One thing that's having a little comeback is the email newsletter (see Beehiiv). There's something nice about being able to get exactly what you signed up for and nothing more. No ads, no recommended content, no infinite scroll.
Yeah ever since email spam filters have been effective, email can now work as a social network. I genuinely think it's an untapped opportunity for the next "great thing".
The crazy part of that is how much it undermines all the apocalyptic hype about AGI replacing our entire workforce. Surprise, it's just another app filled with ads and premium subscriptions.
The goal of the far left has always been equality. It's the same goal that legalized interracial marriage.
> That's why you see the rise of Christian nationalism
We've always had an issue with Christian Nationalism in the US, and they use any excuse they can to push their agenda. If it's not gay marriage it's immigration, or trans rights, or whatever other wedge issue they can create a moral panic over.
It's vital to remember that nationalist goals are absolute, but they will lie about it. They say they just want to protect women's sports to get their foot in the door, and then they're banning gender affirming care and looking to re-criminalize gay marriage. There's no reason to compromise with nationalists.
It has been conclusively ruled out. At some point we don't need to keep checking if the Earth is round because no amount of research and evidence will convince some folks. This isn't a science problem, it's a propaganda problem.
Yes, absolutely, but not just a simple propaganda problem. The US is fully engaged in the Propaganda tactics Orwell summarizes from the Franco era. The purpose of the outlandish claims is not to trick a moron, it is to get people to agree to things they know are untrue to show their allegiance to power is more important to them than truth or their own reason.
Alexa correctly answered a not-so respectable 19.5 questions out of 54.
But, with a whopping 32.5 correct answers out of 54, Home comfortably takes home the gold.
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This feels a lot like a technology that's not quite ready. This is why I don't use Siri either. The functionality is limited to quick searches I could do easier myself.
Still, it's interesting to see Google take the lead here. I bet the ability to connect to such huge tools like search and maps must be a great advantage.
I've always wanted to go but I've heard the heyday has past. It's gotten bigger and more commercialized over the years. And that's the other thing, it sounds very expensive, which is kinda counter to what it is meant to be.
I've never been though, so take this with a grain of salt.
"It's gotten bigger and more commercialized over the years."
You've never been.
I've heard this thing so many times.
There is no 'commercialization' at Burning Man. Other than coffee and chai tea at center camp, prepared by volounteers, there's nothing you can buy at the burn.
I terms of 'heyday' - I used to go often in the early 2000's.
The used to say the 'heyday' was before that.
I think it might have been more 'out of bounds' crazy back in the day - after all - the regulations around 'burning' are now very strict, that said, it's so much bigger now - people invest so much in crazy things ...
You should probably hold your tongue and just let people figure it out.
I suggest it's probably a fun thing for anyone to do once or twice. I've had my fill and would not look forward to 10 days in the desert among others without a shower ... but surely it's still something to be seen.
I wouldn't think of it as a replacement for bash/zsh or other shells. Those are meant to control the OS and run programs where powershell is an environment to programatically interact with API's. They can both fill similar roles but their not the same.
