True. Still, afaik, they haven’t done anything shady.

I’ve been there myself. The smarty who thinks he knows everything. Giving people advice about stuff I knew nothing about. “I understand.”

Man was I a moron sometimes.

Probably still am on occasion.

Trust me, raising kids is magnitudes harder.

Good advice. Haven’t tried that yet. Will definitely give that a go.

Great advice.

We try that, it’s just that he hurts family (scratches, bites) while they wait for him to notice that this isn’t fun. So that becomes a bit problematic and sits at the core of our problem.

We also try to burn off energy in other ways, thinking that maybe he needs that. He definitely gets enough attention.

Because it will give Google full control over your device and it’s software. Same reason they try to close the app landscape on Android.

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The way I understand this is that the Great Filter isn’t just about time, as this new theory is and you explained well. It’s about a specific barrier that most civilizations fail to pass.

Going further, none of this explains, of course, some glaring issues (with both theories). Even if civilizations die out eventually, that doesn’t explain why we don’t see any signs of them:

• No ruins, probes, artifacts, or lingering tech
• No Dyson spheres or interstellar beacons
• No signs of past galactic empires

If billions of civilizations once existed, some should have left detectable traces, unless we really aren’t smart enough (yet?) to actually detect these signs. The “they all died eventually” argument doesn’t account for this.

Also, this new theory (and the Great Filter, really), assumes all civilisations have the same vulnerabilities. What if:

• Some develop robust safeguards?
• Some spread across multiple star systems, as another poster mentioned here?
• Some transcend biological limitations?

If even a few civilizations overcome existential risks, they could persist. Maybe the rare earth theory holds more water. This all is a topic on its own.

I did read the article. Thus my question.

IIRC the Great Filter theory suggests that intelligent civilizations may self-destruct before reaching a stage where they can communicate across interstellar distances. Possible filters might be nuclear war or environmental collapse, technological stagnation, societal collapse, etc.

This is in essence what the article aligns with. Thus my question. Isn’t the bottom line not just the “Great Filter” theory (which isn’t explicitly mentioned in the article)?

Isn’t this similar to the “Great Filter” theory?

The above.

My circle of family, friends and others will extend the list to music videos, health care (mental health and wellness, for example), the shorts, movie trailers, even Hallmark movies.

There is no platform other than YouTube that combines all this crazy amount of content.

There’s PeerTube with notoriously difficult onboarding for the average user and limited content, there’s Loops with extremely limited content… I really wish it were different.

Maybe one day existing platforms will rise. Looking at you, VIMEO, Kick, DailyMotion, DTube…

Fine. Name alternatives for what YouTube is mostly used for and I’ll be the first to take your advise.

We are talking vlogs on huge amounts of topics, product reviews and unboxings, reaction videos, how-to tutorials, gaming videos (walkthroughs, live streams, etc.), ASMR and relaxation content, educational and explainer videos for science, history and finance… and so on.

There’s simply no true alternative.

Here’s the actual link without all the tracking:

https://moovit.com/stories/en/tracked-dog-riding-alone

Even just a top bar would be great.

How could the taskbar regress so badly?

Literally one of the reasons Windows boots so rarely on my devices.

Came to say this. Has not failed me yet.

Guess what they look like on my 250 Dollar dumb fridge.

I can even keep my food chilled with it. Plus I can freeze stuff. Even has a light when I open the door. Super practical. You guys should come see it!

The headline is clickbait.

• Bricked = totally dead, no recovery without serious intervention; device is completely unusable
• Malfunctioning = buggy, slow, or misbehaving, but still fixable

The GUI? Sure. Check out Zorin OS. Not to your liking?There’s others.

Steam? Mostly, yes. If you have a specific game in mind, a quick Internet search will answer that for you. In my case, 98% of games run (incl. most AAA games).

Good news: you don’t need anti virus on Linux (at least not at this point in time). If you really want to, there’s decent options. But I yet have to encounter an infected Linux machine. Infected Windows machines, on the other hand, are easy to find. With Linux, your security will go up considerably, coming from Windows.

Sure, but you don’t have control. If Microsoft decides that you are not allowed to disable this any longer, you will be left with no true choice.

That’s what Google does with Android, bending everyone to their will, not caring how we feel about any of their policies.

Why would MS be different? Just look at the numerous features Windows 11 removed as compared to 10. Did they give me a choice? Or what about their promise that Windows 10 will be the last Windows? Or what about them forcing people to buy new hardware to run Windows 11?

Trying to disable this stuff ultimately just sugarcoats the ever growing frustrations of using a system that locks down further with every passing year.

What holds you back? Go for it now.