Re: GIMP 3.0.0-RC1

On 05/01/2025 16:45, Rich wrote:

D <nospam@example.net> wrote:

... The climate has always changed, and humanity has always
successfully adapted.

 Be careful there.  The total time of "human existance" on this earth is
but a small sliver compared to the total time of existence of the earth
itself.
 While 'humanity' has, so far, adapted to the changes the climate has
thrown at us for the small percentage of total earth time we have
existed, the fossil record does record some rather drastic historic
climate changes that very well could be beyond our ability to adapt to
(i.e., they would be 'human extinction events' if they were to reoccur).
 So while we have adapted to the changes we've seen, so far, we've not
had to adapt to all the possible changes the earth is capable of
throwing at us (because we were not around for most of those changes).
 

Indeed. But those changes are beyond our ability to control.
So when and if they happen, we will have to adapt -  or die.
The current fashion for 'sustainability' is ephemeral bollocks. A fairy story for children. Who do not understand the world, but simply dream of what  - in their infantile fantasy - it *ought* to be, with absolutely no clear idea of whether it could ever be that way.
If we ever get some grown ups in charge of anything we might do far better to work out what is possible, and what its affordable, and do that instead.
--
Civilization exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice.
  – Will Durant