I agree with that statement, but I also don’t know how to define where the line is where consumption turns into overconsumption. Any ideas?

Hard to know what to do about it when the people who are the most susceptible to misinformation are often the ones who think they’re the least susceptible to misinformation.

And no I don’t just mean right wing chuds. I’ve found there’s a heavy correlation between people who are certain they are immune to propaganda and know the real truth and people who have, in fact, been conned by propaganda and misinformation. Conspiracy theorists, MLM adherents, antivax weirdos, homeopathy people … they’re all “doing their own research” so they can’t be conned.

The hubris is always a dead giveaway. A sort of Dunning-Kruger thing.

For what it’s worth I totally acknowledge that I can be and have been tricked by misinformation and propaganda.

LibRedirect has this functionality:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/libredirect/

The National Institute of Standards and Safety (NIST) will be responsible for developing standards to “red team” AI models before public release, while the Department of Energy and Department of Homeland Security are directed to address the potential threat of AI to infrastructure and the chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and cybersecurity risks.

The rules will be developed by agencies with relevant expertise.

You do know that Biden didn't personally draft this himself, right?

It delegates the specifics to agencies with relevant expertise. That's how the executive branch works.

Are you telling me that old lady is sitting there comfortably supporting 20lbs of cats with her neck muscles?

doubt

Black cats are the best cats. Welcome to the club!

The best way to stop the cats from destroying furniture is to give them better targets for scratching. Make sure every room has a scratch pad or similar; if you find ones that the cat likes the problem will fix itself.

Don't discourage kneading behavior. Instead, keep blankets around so when the cat homes in on you for a lap and some kneading time you can just put a blanket under him to shield yourself from the claws. Over time he'll grow attached to some of the blankets and be content to just knead those on their own without sitting on you at all.

If you really want to help with these things buy a cat claw trimmer and learn to trim his claws every couple of weeks. Give him treats afterwards so he has a positive association with the process. If he fights it then swaddling him in blankets and just poking each leg out as you trim it helps a LOT. Like with all behaviors, starting this when he's a kitten will normalize it for him and make it way easier down the road.

Looking at the Patreon and LiberaPay linked on the join-lemmy page it's >$600 a week. Still not a lot.

Yes. There are innumerable topics and interests that don’t have a robust presence on Lemmy yet because the platform is just too small and niche. Lemmy is great for tech and tech-adjacent stuff but I still wander back to Reddit from time to time for sports, for instance.

Honestly the biggest long term threat to Lemmy is its technology not being able to keep up with its own success. Issues like bad moderation tools, spam, and fractured communities need to be addressed within the software platform itself.

This looks absolutely wonderful. My only mild concern is whether the badges & wacky wonder effects will be able to gel into one cohesive game (instead of just a parade of novelties and things that lose their luster), but reading about the long dev cycle of the game gives me more hope that all of the mechanics have a purpose.

So far these issues only apply to these specific SSDs ... fingers crossed it stays that way, because like you I've got a number of WD HDDs in my life.