Notices by 🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱 (freemo@qoto.org), page 28

@Archivist Yup, refering to it as a dwarf is perfectly in line with the historical use of the word.

@Absinthe yea Spacevim, but its far less popular. I've never done a real deep dive on vim or emacs until lately. So I'm really not sure what Vim would offer me that Emacs + Evil wouldnt.

@pervertor

There are always exceptions to every rule. In this case it happened to be John Hill a Billionaire with enough money at the time to provide the unifying national-level vision needed to connect a railway across large distances.

As I said, generally where the railroads were coordinated by many smaller instances (the case with literally every other rail system in the USA) these ventures failed to produce viable transcontinental rails. The difference is that in the GNR there was a single owner, John Hill, thus being able to provide the coordination at a national level that you'd normally get from a government. Keep in mind we are talking about the great north, an area that generally has a much lower population so there was also no significant competing rail companies in the area to throw a wrench in things. Which is why this is a rather unique occurance and not at all the norm in the rest of the USA.

You really should try reading up on the topic. These questions have already been answered by experts in countless books over the years.

@yaakosine @Liberty4Masses

@Absinthe Both spacemacs and doom-macs are Emacs + Evil, but yea no vanilla option for that

@design_RG I feel like I did piss off enough people the first go around :)

@pervertor

Yup, sure do. When I have some time ill gather the links to some books for you that go into details on the history and the earlier failed attempts. Luckily there is a lot of literature on this stuff.

@yaakosine @Liberty4Masses

Just a reminder, Pluto is a planet. Anyone who disagrees can fight me!

#pluto #Space

Just a reminder, Pluto is a planet. Anyone who disagrees can fight me!

#pluto @Space

@pervertor

I got it through years of study, and demonstration of expertise through my accomplishments.

You seem to be lacking some reading comprehension skills. I never once suggested there was no need, in fact, I made it clear there was one. The reason we didnt have an transcontinental railroad until after congress created one was simple: The privatetized efforts were disorganized and uncoordinated. They attempted many efforts at long-distance railroads. But ultimately these efforts failed not due to lack of public demand but due to poorly implemented systems. Each local company optimized their network locally for their own gain without througt for how it might effect their neighboring system and thus interconnect with them efficiently.

Simply put, the need was there, and attempts were made to satisfy that need, but since each interest was local there was a lack of good coordination between them, and thus it failed.

@yaakosine @Liberty4Masses

@pervertor

The first National Railway int he US? The US government through an act of congress. It was calle dthe PAcific Railroad and was funded and coordinated through three acts of congress called the Pacific Railroad acts of the mid 1800s

Prior to that attempts at private companies to create railways were disasterous and limited linking on short distances, had numerous safety issues, and due to lack of planning often convoluted and inefficient routes. Which ultimately led to why congress chose to fund the acts in the first place, as there was a strong need for a transcontinental railway and private interests were failing to produce one.

@yaakosine @Liberty4Masses

@modrobert In practice it has been known for a long time but never done for one simple fact: It only works for relatively large (wide) ships. Since we struggle to get even small ships into space it becomes a limiting factor. We simply cant build a ship big enough for it to be doable without being impractical.

There are other issues to though, specifically manuverability. Things that are rotating oppose any attempt to turn them. So providing thrusters in a position where a spaceship could change its course without wasting energy int the process is also an added difficulty.

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@mandlebro yes, yes it is

@Wetrix There are fundemental technical issues that many beleive are impossible to overcome that make decentralized infrastructure impossible (too slow).

I personally think they can be solved and even worked a bit on that problem writing a protocol that used HF propegation as a test ground.

But thing is, its a technological problem with some really serious hurtles no one has proposed solutions for.

@fristi

iDeal is used in germany, but I dont think (not sure) it is common in the UK. Likely explains why if thats the case. I cant remember if my recent purchases off amazon UK offered iDeal as an option.

I think the biggest reason other than shipping cost that dutch people avoid amazon if they can is simply because its not in Dutch, and if you use the german one its not even in english. So it can be hard to find what you want.

@shpuld @mono @lain @newt

@fristi

Dutch resident here. Me and my two Dutch roomates order from amazon.de all the time, though I do agree bol and coolblue or similar are our first goto just because shipping is faster and cheaper.

With that said, they absolutely do accept iDeal and other Dutch forms of payment. I literally just paid for an Amazon order a few minutes ago with iDeal

@shpuld @mono @lain @newt

@SuperDicq Well no, they really dont come anywhere close to the services in a USA library. Renting books isnt free, the level of time and help you will get from a librarian is minimal (they seem to act more like cashiers than librarians), they seem smaller, less well funded overall. Many libraries I've been to dont even have free computers/internet to access. I have to say having spent a decent amount of time in libraries in both the Netherlands and the USA that the privatization of libraries here in the netherlands show and they really dont live up to the potential and need they should be satisfying.

Just the fees to take out a bunch of books alone (usually no limit in the USA or very high limit at no cost) is astronomical for a poor person who is likely to need the service.

@raboof "public" doesnt mean"open to the public" it means paid for through a progressive system.

Yes you can walk in and read the books, and thats better than nothing. But the point is the serices adn costs is not even close int he Netherlands compared to in the USA.

When I deal with the Librarians for example in a Dutch Library they feel more like cash-register attendants than librarians. They wont help you do research or provide job search resources. I dont even think I saw computers with free internet access in the libraries.

The resources int he privatized libraries int he netherlands are really appalling compared to the resources offered in the USA and other countries with public libraries. Its just unless you've ever been to such a country and used their library system extensively you probably wont notice it.

@thecomputermaster If your paying for it then its already gone. I will happily pay for it with taxes but once it is no longer a public service it looses most of the benefit

@SuperDicq I didnt get into the details of the privatization with them. But even if thats true its still very misleading. Dice it however you want the fact is when I rent books in the netherlands I have to pay (and usually quite a bit). It isnt a free public service as it is in the USA (never pay a penny unless its late or lost)