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I'm not sure popular is the biggest goal right now. It would definitely be nice for federated platforms to gain a bigger user base, but while the tools are growing, it's really inspiring just to think that people are willing to invest the (low or no profit) time and energy into making the internet a nicer place.
That's kind of the idea. I miss the originality of old systems, but it seems like a lot of developers are prioritizing consistency and learnability for the sake of accessibility.
My grandma (decades ago) always went the other way, she wrote "Mr. Sarah Smith" for my grandpa's name. Feminist icon.
It depends a lot on the person, but it always does me good to do something tactile after working all day on a computer. Cooking, baking, sketching, woodworking, Legos, hiking, that kind of thing. I've noticed it really helps me ground and be mindful.
Next version of Llama:
"As an AI assistant, I am only able to provide radical conservative opinions"
More than this it's just a good way to build regular hand washing into a routine. You already use a restroom a few times a day at fairly regular intervals, so you only have a few hours worth of microbes on your hands at a time.
"We make more money from cars. We half assed the walking instructions. Good luck and fuck you."
Anecdotal, but my spouse was in surgery during the outage and it went fine, so I imagine they take precautions (like probably having a test machine for updates before they install anything on the real one, maybe)