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Thank you for sharing your reactions to this shift; I hope it inspires many others.

I just revisited this to make that exact comment.

I'm sympathetic to the mathematicians who are worried about the future of their field, but as an outsider I wonder if they couldn't learn from the go community's "recovery" after the introduction of an alien intelligence.

Somehow I’ve ended up making ceramics. I use OpenSCAD to turn 3D models into slices, laser cut templates from them, then use them to hand-cut and assemble the model. I’m not very good at it, which results in a hybrid look of machined and handcrafted I like.

Glad to see an API-compatible alternative.

Is archiving on your roadmap? The primary reason I use Pinboard is (at least some of) my stored URLs have text snapshots I can use in the case of linkrot.

You’re absolutely correct. Taking the breaks off of American anti-science wingnuts is indeed the “more at hand” that has made it worse than before.

Not on the list, but my strategy has worked pretty well. Move to a country with proper infrastructure and road safety laws.

I am thankful for the role McDonalds and other commercial third spaces play in the lives of many, especially poor Americans.

I'm also deeply sad that this is made necessary by insufficient social resources and poor land use. It's even nicer to have community centers and parks that can serve this purpose without the need for purchases.

It's also nice that they provide employment for cultures without apprenticeship opportunities but, again, a bit sad that it's necessary.

In summary: nationalize McDonalds! ;-)

Hi, I moved from the US to Europe and have lived both lifestyles. I'm calling BS on your assertions, AMA.

We're working on it. Parking is being removed pretty quickly, one of the three major canal rings will go car-free soon. (And by 2030 we hope to allow only electric motors anywhere in the center, but that's driven by air quality rather than land use.)

For a few years now, every road construction project near my Amsterdam home has removed car lanes. Also parking. Usually the freed space goes to protected cycle paths, but sidewalks, trees, and playgrounds sometimes win some new space as well.

(N.b. there is a plan to add a lane to portions of the outer ring highway, so "more car lanes to reduce traffic" still has some advocates.)

Indeed, I am a bit tired of all the reasons my city (Amsterdam) is unworkable or simply impossible, because it doesn't resemble [Springfield].

I'm voting for false flag because it's the most interesting hypothesis to imagine. Especially with the NCSC statement.

I opted out by moving to Europe.