If they had elevators that could handle Brachiosaurus then let the trash burn and pee flow in the streets.

They did a better job than we are.

I happily had one note for 8 years. One note 2017. Used it offline. All my notes.

Windows 10 put Microsoft 365 on my computer. Tried to sync a bunch of stuff too OneDrive. I said no. Still it made my desktop on one drive. It kept trying to sync documents. A constant nuisance.

This year I tried to save my taxes to my One Note files. I was told they were erased. I couldn’t imagine what was going on. They were on my computer, local and private. But no I would have to log into OneDrive and rebuild them if I wanted to use my files. I could see them. But I couldn’t open them, I couldn’t save new things, I couldn’t do anything, unless I logged into OneDrive.

I uninstalled Windows and installed Linux Mint 22.1. I ain’t going back no more.

Sausage and potatoes

Slash and burn would probably be it. With enough humans though, the possibilities increase even with lesser technologies.

I’m not making a theological prediction based on the Bible. I’m parroting what I read here on Lemmy everyday about global warming, political inequality and despotism, the rise of the oligarchy, plastic poisoning of the environment, the constant (mostly ignored) threat of nuclear weapons, and many other very tangible scientifically verifiable problems.

Humans had few tools capable of destroying the earth in the 10th century. Now we have many.

You know when the nights get longer that Winter is coming. Read the signs. What do you see happening?

Hey, it’s gotta happen SOMETIME

Perhaps it’s meant to be. Maybe the scale has tipped too far in the wrong direction.

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That’s fine. In my case I mentioned a Bible quote, and that’s going to get you downvotes no matter what you say.

I’m not a pre-millennial dispensationalist. I’m don’t think about the book of Revelation as other than a general apocalyptic book way. Which means pretty much everything is not literal and very little is what it is described as.

I’m not predicting apocalyptic events per se. I’m certainly not putting dates on them. I’m looking at the world, thinking about a way out of the situations we’re in, recognizing that things are not becoming simpler - they’re becoming more complex daily. New problems are being generated faster than we’re solving old problems, and I’m genuinely stymied.

I do think clarification is in order. But I sure don’t want to rock the boat; it’s a community I want to have around!

It just kind of amused me. You don’t have to follow up in any way, it was sort of rhetorical question.

I’ve heard of it, although I didn’t have it in mind when I wrote the post.

The Great Filter might be our creativity and inventiveness far outpacing our ability to discern and fear long-term consequences. The whole idea of not “can we” but “should we” being somehow integrated into the pursuit of knowledge and technology.

IDK, but the increase in technology from steam engines and telegraphs to today occurred so fast that it is essentially the same people dealing with technology thousands to maybe millions of times more advanced.

The idea of Pandora’s Box comes to mind as well. It’s an “ancient myth,” but that doesn’t mean we can’t learn from it.

The Bible spurred the thought, but I was reflecting on discussions I’ve had here and elsewhere.

Sell me a dumb car.

Are you a part of the band?

A good listen! Very Nu Metal.

It’s worth noting that some users might be attracted to Lemmy due to its smaller, more niche communities and the sense of belonging that comes with being part of a smaller, specialized group. Others might be drawn to Lemmy’s technical aspects, such as its use of ActivityPub and its potential for customization and modification.

Some users might also be deterred from Lemmy, but please do not let this distract you from the fact that in 1998, The Undertaker threw Mankind off Hell In A Cell, and plummeted 16 ft through an announcer’s table.

Noted.