Genuinely didn’t expect this. I knew SCOTUS was delivering L after L lately, but I didn’t expect them to go this far. History will not look back on this SCOTUS kindly.

Or just the 10 commandments translated to the language taught in language classes. Seeing the phrases drilled down into your head for years in another language is interesting.

Headphones with an internal MicroSD slot or at least lots of internal storage to locally play back music.

The next generation of design is already taking shape. It’s a simplistic skewmorphic design, where it looks like the logo has been made out of clay. Look at the new Reddit and Android logo.

Thought the upside down American flag was just a Hexbear/tankie/communist thing.

I’m curious, what would happen if I, as a creator, had been contacted by a sponsor and then if the sponsor was shady, decided to not only say no to the contract, but also rag on them in the video where the sponsor would have been shilled?

At least consider it. It will make shady sponsors less valuable and more genuine sponsors more valuable.

They absolutely deserve to be blasted in the comments for a bad sponsor. It will make people reconsider their viewing decisions. If the video itself also wasn’t great, don’t be afraid to give it a big fat dislike, especially if you have the return YouTube dislike extension.

Additionally, if there are too many ads and sponsors, make your voice heard in the comments, and the creator might be sympathetic. I certainly am when I’m on the receiving end of a comment like that on my channel.

Surprised no one has mentioned System76 yet. They’re expensive but quality laptops, with repairability as a priority.

True, I’m probably saying extreme stuff about this, but this stems from my distrust in Google. I don’t really feel like I’m in control when it’s hosted by Google. My entire YT metrics are based on how many videos of mine Google recommends to others.

True, but Google could do a ToS change to alter this fact.

My games: superspruce.org, https://superspruce.github.io/Elemental-Incremental/, https://superspruce.github.io/TheUnscaledIncremental/.

Arguably my YouTube channel, but I am of the belief I don’t truly own it because Google is behind YouTube, and they call all the shots on the platform.

Also e-scooters are just plain fun. 20mph on an e-scooter feels like 40mph on a motorcycle that feels like 80mph in a car.

You underestimate the amount of crap (which is mostly porn, whether you like it or not) on the Internet. And resolutions will increase as cameras get better.

But in some metrics, we have already gotten there. You can download the entirety of Wikipedia and it fits in a few gigs. You could download everything (including the 800+ videos which would span multiple weeks long end to end) I made and have it be less than 1TB.

The steady improvement in computer speed and efficiency (unfortunately brought down by bloated software, but in some areas you feel it in absolute terms), storage and memory size, and EV technology. I hope in 2040 there will be cheap powerful e-scooters and e-motorcycles.

I think I recently saw ~840 somewhere.

To replace the current big tech business, I have a few suggestions:

1. Use FOSS (Free and open source software)
2. If this is not possible, try to find software that does not invade your privacy and made by a smaller company
3. Try to avoid paying privacy invading companies. I’m not saying never pay for proprietary software, but try to only spend the money on ones that respect you.
4. Spread the word about good FOSS apps
5. Donate to FOSS
6. Vote for politicians who are serious about antitrust
7. If you have the skills, contribute to FOSS or make your own software!
8. Use adblockers on websites that don’t respect you and/or your privacy

Your provisional rider laws are a lot more fair than Europe’s, which limit teenagers to 125cc for the first two year of riding.

150KW/tonne (with the rider) is enough to get a Ninja 400 or Harley Sportster 1200, both of which are plenty powerful for the street. But maybe these calculations don’t factor in a typical rider’s weight.

I’m sure I can think of more but I remember an assignment in middle school where I could type it out or write it out by pen, but if you wrote it in a pencil, you get a zero.

Imagine if this rule was still around and you brought a foldable

Let’s give an example that is more uplifting.

A 16 year old who just got their motorcycle license being able to buy a 200hp superbike capable of doing 180+mph.

For all intents and purposes, this should be illegal, because the teenager (usually) doesn’t have the skills and willpower to handle such a powerful motorcycle as a noob.

But it does feel awesome to be able to buy whatever motorcycle you can afford once you get your license in the US, rather than being forced to start on a 125cc that can’t even hit 60mph.

That’s part of what turned me off from YT. I can feel like a neverending treadmill to create content to grow the channel, even when I’m busy doing projects for university.