I think about that in regards to World War II.

As bad as the destruction of World War II was, it could have been a lot worse if technology had developed an additional decade. Hell, having nuclear weapons first deployed as a weapon of mass destruction helped keep it from being deployed in later wars.

Maybe the USA was going to go fascist no matter what, so time travelers picked the most incompetent fascist.

Bluesky is new Twitter today.

There is nothing in its design to prevent it from becoming the X of tomorrow.

I would put Disney’s “progressive” characters as also being portrayed conservatively.

Disney has been making Sidney Poitier like characters because they were doing their toes into making more progressive characters while other media companies have been doing deeper dives for years.

Of course, conservatives & bigots complained because if Disney is willing to do this, then it means near universal acceptance.

Biden was as bad as this?

What’s my age, again?

I’m not 23. Nobody likes you when you’re 23.

You’re also having a problem that the new forms of distribution don’t seem to replace the revenue of old forms. A lot of people hoped that they could replicate HBO’s approach to streaming, but it turns out that it doesn’t work well if every streamer tries to be premium cable.

And if you raise prices too much, people stop paying.

What about my butt?

Only in high value places.

Jeroba would default to .ml because the devs also admin the instance.

No, but a ton of people got AOL and Prodigy email addresses at first because they got an email address with their account.

And he has turned over Mastodon to a non-profit company which should be able to gain more resources to develop Mastodon.

I feel like Mastodon is the only one who did things right.

I’m assuming that the response is going to be similar to that of the NYC area’s response to Hurricane Sandy.

Building and fire codes start to get updated in the region. This likely creates a few new classes of fire resistance ratings, including ratings that assume a lack of city water to fight a fire. For the highest ratings, wood is effectively banned. Given how cheap wood is to build with compared to other materials, this will drive up rebuilding costs.

The ratings get tied to new maps developed by an entity to determine fire risk. These maps will become very politically charged and may be dependent on local firefighting capacity. A lot of libertarians are going to hate having to pay for either sky high insurance or higher property tax to fund firefighters.

Development of the codes and maps take years, with significant input from insurance companies on what they may cover. There may be state involvement in insurance, similar to how flood insurance is a government insurance given how government policy affects risk.

Eventually, cities rebuild. The cities look different, with far more use of concrete masonry units reinforced with steel or FRP wraps and covered in fire resistant stucco. It doesn’t look too different from current stucco buildings, but there is a difference.

Also, some cities likely build in natural fire breaks, like green belts or fire canals. People don’t build up into the canyons like they used to unless they have a lot of money to build their concrete bunkers.

For one year, California is no longer a donor state in order to pay for rebuilding. Current donor states talk a lot of shit about this.

A plan of action becomes available for the rest of the country to apply to their codes as a way to deal with this cost. Several states legislate to make sure they don’t update their codes.

The idiocy was always there. We’ve just been better at seeing it.

Because 2:00 = 1:60

Or are we going to implement metric time?

If the company dies, could the service continue?

Is Bluesky decentralized in any meaningful way? If the company dies, could the service live on?

It isn’t one person that people go onto a micro blogging service for, but a variety of people.

It works with things you are required to have as well.

Insurance is a varied field from legal minimum insurance to something that will actually protect your family. Since it is so varied, advertising helps being people in. I know there are a couple of car insurance companies that don’t advertise, but they are also very picky on who can get their insurance.