I’m sure it’s possible, but it’s not going to come for free nor will it be immediate

Doesn’t all authority already lie with the USA? If we’re going to be real, I mean. I’m sure France thinks otherwise but let’s be real: NATO was always the “Uncle Sam will protect Europe from Russia”-treaty.

Not a lot. The British weapons are reliant on US maintenance. Won’t be credible for long if the US doesn’t support them.

That’s illegal, unfortunately. Only qccredited investors can invest into private companies. There should be a lower limit on that rule, say $100 or something, so naive investors could invest play sums in potentially shady stuff. But there isn’t, so you can’t.

Harrier Dubois, is that you?

I think it theoretically can’t be done. The protocol allows anyone to query for posts, and it has to work that way unless you want to move ActivityPub federation to an invite-only system. On most servers I think browsing while being logged out is sufficient, just like on pre-Musk Twitter.

Mastodon also doesn’t let you prevent people from reading your posts.

Mounting solar panels on roofs - like all roof work - is dangerous.

Sure, Vlad.

Unfortunately not. For me the main problem is discoverability. There’s no recommendation algorithm except for boosts. I’m not suggesting Mastodon integrate some kind of machine learning or other advanced stuff, but number of likes from followed accounts and a threshold would be nice for a start. As it is, Mastodon is just bad for entertainment purposes. Maybe it works for other purposes, but for entertainment I’d rather have the algorithm-fuelled quote-tweet dunking on Twitter.

They absolutely know. In German it’s “Super Fatman’s Fat Nuts”. And you can bet they speak English too.

You okay, dude? It was an expensive wipe, but what’s the harm? I mean, it’s better than wiping with your socks…

MySQL sucks, and almost everyone who willingly use it also sucks.

For apartment buildings, yes, because you have shared private infrastructure that you need to make shared decisions about. For detached houses I don’t really get the point.

No. The driver is in front of the chamber so it’s a bullpup.

Based based based

Check if it’s autism.

Astronomers would round pi to 1.

Funding issues, according to the article

I’m so confused. Did mushrooms help us increase our intelligence? I don’t get it.