If you filter out the “buzzwords of the week” you generally get calmer threads

Its not perfect but I’ve been lucky enough to have some very pleasant interactions here

Reminds me of the Rimworld world view

I love this

I put on my robe and wizard hat

874 partners

Man these polycules are getting crazy

Most recently, I’ve made some very interesting friends through volunteering. You’re pretty much stuck with a group of people for a period of time and it gives you a perfect pretense to start conversations - and if you pick a cause you care about, you’re very likely to meet like-minded people.

most notably, in-person friendships require much less time investment to develop than online friendships, IMO (not that online friendships aren’t just as enjoyable)

Its truly a numbers game, though. Put yourself out there enough and eventually something will click.

I completely forgot these existed until this post. What a vivid flashback. Totally going to try them when out

Quantum immortality is just solopsism, with the added twist of watching all your loved ones die

Hard pass

For a human-supporting craft, absolutely. From what I understand, these craft weigh less than a kilogram, so you can accelerate them much faster.

Theres a non-zero chance we could send a camera-equipped spacecraft to the nearest star and get the pictures back within our lifetimes

https://breakthroughinitiatives.org/initiative/3

So if nothing else, I’m sticking around for that

Oh, I need this thread. I’ve been all over the place ever since Mint shut down.

What the hell? Every bit of resume advice I’ve ever gotten has said to use PDF to protect from potential formatting errors due to display differences.

I’ve been trying to find a more privacy-friendy alternative to Discord but I keep coming back to the issue of screen sharing. No other platform does it as smoothly.

The best I’ve found is using Parsec with some virtual audio cables to avoid voice feedback.

Do people actually analyze each others visage like this or is it just because he’s a public figure

I’m suddenly very anxious about every picture I’ve ever taken of myself

read this in a daffy duck voice

The moment my computer refuses to obey my commands sent from the physical layer, is the moment it will cease to exist on this physical plane

This is why having a virtual number is good - my google voice number catches the overwhelming majority of the spam

How can I acquire one of these deployable friends

wish this was me