OP specified nonprofit outlets. Of which there are more and more, and they don’t have the same incentives. Important not to fall into cynicism on this subject.

This is uncalled for.

It’s a good question. Obviously the answer is “no” in the narrow sense. Most genuine atheists are not going to spontaneously start believing supernatural dogma just because it’s good for them.

the fear of damnation was check on their base impulses.

This is a double-edged sword. If some people are not doing bad things simply for fear of cosmic comeback, then they might also do bad things for other irrational reasons. Think suicide bombers. It’s the Voltaire quote: “Those who can persuade us to believe absurdities can make us commit atrocities.”

About damnation specifically, personally I’m with Dawkins on that one: this kind of belief can only ever begin in childhood, and to frighten children with threats of hellfire and damnation is a form of child abuse. I’m certainly pleased nobody ever did that to me.

Or it’s just the lack of community that religion once forced upon us, to see and be civil, if not caring for those in our immediate geographic community that hold differing opinions from us.

Yep I think it’s this. Religion is above all a forum for community. What we’re missing is community.

Completely agree! Seeing the dumb little logos all over timetables and the sides of buses always makes me roll my eyes. First they had to change the “t” logo to the bird, then that’s out of date on a billionaire’s whim and they have to replace it with the apocalyptic “X”. Come on guys, this is getting embarrassing. Stop treating big private companies like Daddy, it’s time to stand on your own feet. The tools are there.

It sounds like you’re interested after all. The full essay is here. 3 minute read.

Author was possibly the most famous ever democratic socialist, so a pretty credible source.

Mundane abuse of the word “fascist” is pretty boring, admittedly, but I’m always ready to call it out.

Just adding a bit of helpful context.

as used, the word ‘Fascism’ is almost entirely meaningless. In conversation, of course, it is used even more wildly than in print. I have heard it applied to farmers, shopkeepers, Social Credit, corporal punishment, fox-hunting, bull-fighting, the 1922 Committee, the 1941 Committee, Kipling, Gandhi, Chiang Kai-Shek, homosexuality, Priestley’s broadcasts, Youth Hostels, astrology, women, dogs and I do not know what else.

George Orwell, 1944

This is a bit hard to parse, but it’s worth noting that Switzerland does have great trains. Often described as the best national network in the world. In this incredibly mountainous country, where almost every line involves multiple tunnels and bridges and viaducts, you can get to all but the smallest of towns by train.

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That’s unfair. Picket fence.

Don’t we know it.

In theory there’s no overlap and so it’s immune from VC capture.

Corporate social media is proprietary software (mobile and web apps) piggybacking on open internet standards (DNS, HTTP). Capital investment and financial returns are key.

Federated social media is open-source software and (I certainly hope, one day) newly developed open standards and open protocols. Community participation and state regulation are key.

You could even try next going to back cloud.

Obviously you’re totally wrong but have an upvote for creative expression.

For me it oozes cringey 2010-era hype about this newfangled buzzword “app”, which also doesn’t even rhyme with “up” except to the obviously non-native developers who clearly thought it did. Etc. We will agree to disagree!

And yet the dumbest name of all, the gold medalist of low-IQ nomenclature itself (Whatsapp) is literally more popular than telephones.

Then your password or more likely PIN is what is being used to generate the encryption key. Not very strong encryption but better than nothing.

If that’s the only reason, it’s not a great one. You could solve it by storing the password with your important documents.

That’s because you’re probably using biometrics instead.

Why would you need to enter 2?