For me the majority isn't even relevant, I'm on Twitter specifically to follow certain people or organisations which are related to my interests. I barely use Twitter these days but most of the accounts I follow are still on Twitter and bascially nobody is active on Mastodon (or any other alternative I can access for that matter).
I love the idea of Mastodon, but it's worthless to me if my timeline is empty. Lemmy and Kbin are different because they're organised around topics instead of people.
Yes, they're serious. The problem isn't that some cars exist, it's car dependency. Car infrastructure is inefficient, expensive and takes up enormous amounts of space. It's also ugly and loud. Cities built around cars get very spread out, so walking, cycling or public transport become inefficient or unsafe options. As a result, you have to drive, whether you want to or not. If you want to go literally anywhere, you have to get into your car and deal with traffic. But it doesn't have to be that way. Cities built around walkability, cycling and public transport are not only more efficient, but also much more pleasant, even for those who still want to or have to drive. Good alternatives to cars are the only way to really improve traffic. The idea isn't to just get rid of all cars but to make it so you don't need one.
If you want to learn more about good urban planning, check out the excellent YouTube channel Not Just Bikes to get much better explanations of these concepts. I especially recommend the series about Strong Towns as an introduction.
@giddy I’d love to play Warcraft 4 or Starcraft 3 but I don’t think Blizzard still has the ability to make a good RTS. It seems like most of the people who worked on these games have left.
It depends on how it's implemented and I've never used the reddit API, but I assume it's just a single API call every time new posts are loaded. So it'll load a batch of posts and then once you've scrolled down far enough it'll make another call to load more. But basically everything you do in the app that interacts with reddit causes an API call, e.g. open a post/load comments, upvote, post or comment, view a profile or subscribe to a subreddit. Depending on how the API is designed, multiple calls may be needed.
You’re saying that as if we weren’t already on 68% hydro power. The 19% nuclear will probably go down since we’re not building any new plants, but I’m sure renewables will be able to fill the gap.
Twitter alternatives for the Musk-averse (www.theverge.com)
Twitter isn’t the only social network around — here are some others.
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Any Activision IP you'd like to see revived under Microsoft?
I’m hoping for a Sierra Online renaissance....
Reddit's updated rate limits going into effect over the coming weeks, not entirely on July 1st, as was expected (www.reddit.com)
This is why apps like Boost, who never signed up for a subscription model are still functioning....
Swiss approve net-zero climate law (www.swissinfo.ch)
Swiss voters have backed a new law to accelerate the country’s shift from fossil fuels to renewable energies and reach zero emissions by 2050.