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I don't even know what the law says in my own country, instead I use a country where is it not illegal to download (but is to upload) and has excellent global connectivity and got a VPS there. I installed Transmission, disabled uploads, and a few other tools and now I just click the magnet link on a torrent site and the media shows up in my download folder after a few minutes or sometimes hours. For anything a bit popular I get 300Mbps downloads on average.

The country in question is left as an exercise for the reader.

That's absolutely true but I'd widen it to people with mental illness generally.

I'm talking about how I genuinely feel, I don't need to censor it. Not talking about these issues is the problem.

I'm perfectly fine as long as I don't do things that make me extremely unhappy. I think that's true for most people. But thanks for your concern.

You might ask them why, because views and subscribers are interesting metrics.

I always pay attention to them because they reflect how the general public respond to different things. So they might be thinking "wow this is so stupid but it's got so many views!"

You're reading way too much into what I wrote. I'm certainly not addicted to numbers or social media. I don't participate in the latter really (yet here I am!) and I generally don't care what people think. I don't have any projects or stars on github and I'm not seeking them.

I was just expressing an alternative to view that seem to dismiss nerdy people who derive pleasure and satisfaction from github and a fairly smug sounding "be normal."

I'm early Gex X FWIW.

I meant it to mean someone who raises being "normal" above other lifestyles.

What makes you think I'm joking?

Please try to read comments in good faith.

Wow! Where did that come from? Especially the boot. Living life however you feel regardless of societal norms seems to be the opposite of living under a boot, doesn't it?

And who are these people exactly? It really does sound like you're projecting there.

No, but stars probably correspond to use or interest in your code.

I don't think people always want contributors. I've found you're much more likely to get people who make a mess of things than coding soulmates.

> Just get a job and make friends and have a life.

That really is a narrow, normie view. Obviously it didn't work out for you but for others (and I'd put myself in the category) stars can be very meaningful, especially for work which you're proud of. In a small way you're being judged by people who understand, or at least use, what you've created and that can be more rewarding than other work, money or social interactions.

(Also, I'd rather kill myself than get a job and friends are generally not that stimulating)

Why? Relative interest rates are one of the main determinants of the value of a currency, and there is a very popular trade that enforces it.

The "carry trade" involves borrowing money in a low interest currency (say EUR) and selling that to buy a higher yielding currency (USD) and pocketing the difference in interest rates.

The dollar is strong right now because people are speculating that the inflation figures mean that interest rates will be higher sooner and that QE will be rolled back more quickly.

The more an asset earns, the more it is worth.

You're ok with a 1 in 50 chance of dying?

I know that people can have difficulty interpreting probabilities, but given the outcome, you don't think those are really terrible odds? Of course the medicine also has a risk profile but it's clearly much, much lower.

Also it should noted that even when covid doesn't kill you it can have debilitating effects that linger or are permanent.

Locking others out gave him complete control over the phone's native interface and performance, he couldn't do anything about the web, and it was a convenient way to placate those who wanted to develop apps.