Re: GIMP 3.0.0-RC1

On 1/6/25 1:35 PM, Charlie Gibbs wrote:

On 2025-01-06, D <nospam@example.net> wrote:
 

On Sun, 5 Jan 2025, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
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On 2025-01-05, D <nospam@example.net> wrote:
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We have achienved something no other species has done. Science.

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Someone once pointed out, though, that for all the great things
science can do, it can't make the sun shine brighter or the
rivers run faster.  If our consumption continues to increase,
sooner or later we'll hit the crunch.

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We can use things more effectively, we can build nuclear. In terms of
power we have no problem out all. This is a solved problem and only
requires political will.

 No amount of political will can solve the coming shortages, because
that's not where the will is being applied.  It's all going toward
increasing our population beyond the ability of science to provide,
and ensuring that technological advances will never catch up with
ever-increasing demand.  (Besides, shortages drive prices up, which
is good for The Economy.)
 

Add to that the ability to plan long term, and there's nothing
to fear.

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Given the scarcity of companies that can see past the next quarter,
I think there's quite a lot to fear.

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There are companies that are older than countries.

 And I'm sure a lot of them bumble along in their short-sighted way,
depending on massive financial reserves to carry them through the
downturns.
 

We can even nudge asteroids out of the way, should it be necessary.

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Or not.  See the Netflix movie _Don't Look Up_.

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Sorry, forgot that source of eternal truth.

 Not eternal truth, perhaps, but way too plausible for comfort.
 

I'd argue, that we've actually far, far safer from changes in
climate and our surroundings than we have ever been before.

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Well, the rich folk are, at least.

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You can become rich too! Remember the locust protein company we've been
talking about. The idea is just sitting there for you to realize it! =D

 _We_ are the locusts.  See my .sig.

   Ummmmm ... you don't work in a secret govt bio-war
   lab do you ?
   In any case, as I said to another here, we now have
   eight billion people all wanting to live the life
   of a Kardashian ... 1st-world plus. CAN'T happen,
   maybe not even with an extra century of tech. This
   causes all sorts of dissatisfaction and politics
   and chaos. May largely kill ourselves off before
   the 'resources' run out.
   It's a problem.
   Know how to knap a flint spearhead ?