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> Above GEO, the centrifugal force is stronger than gravity, causing objects attached to the cable there to pull upward on it. [...] On the cable below geostationary orbit, downward gravity would be greater than the upward centrifugal force, so the apparent gravity would pull objects attached to the cable downward.

So, without defensive countermeasures, the Space Elevator would indeed whip around the Earth.

But honestly, if I were designing such a thing, it would have break points, and maybe even a whinch at the base, to pull the line in. I'd also build it over water, and not over a population centre.

But I'm only a software engineer– it's likely a lot more challenging than this.

Here's my repository: https://github.com/lkdm/dotfiles

I use Linux at work and for gaming, and Mac OS for personal stuff. They both build from the same dotfiles repository.

Some things I've learned is:

- Manually set Mac's XDG paths to be equal to your Linux ones. It's much less hassle than using the default system ones.

  - See my .profile as an example on how I do this: https://github.com/lkdm/dotfiles/blob/main/dot_profile.tmpl

- Add Mac OS specific $PATH locations /bin, /usr/sbin, /sbin

- Do NOT use Docker Desktop. It's terrible. Use the CLI version, or use the OrbStack GUI application if you must.

- If you use iCloud, make a Zsh alias for the iCloud Drive base directory

- Mac OS ships with outdated bash and git. If you use bash scripts with `#!/usr/bin/env bash`, you should install a newer version of bash with brew, and make sure Homebrew's opt path comes before the system one, so the new bash is prioritised.

I hope this is helpful to you, so feel free to ask me anything about how I set up my dotfiles.

230lbs is wild. Great job :)

I have a problem with Docker sockets while installing onto Bazzite, and didn’t care enough to look further into it.

That said, I think anything with kernel-level anti-cheat either does not run or runs poorly.

But I've installed Bluefin-dx on my gaming PC and work laptop. I love it. It's similar enough to Mac OS and really solid.

Thanks for your post. It's possible that they're preparing to sell our data, but it's also possible, based on the wording, that they're telling the truth about needing to change their privacy policy for different legal jurisdictions.

I do however want to raise a concern that Mozilla is currently facing a funding crisis[1], and they are likely scrambling to find a way to monetise something.

I've edited the title and description of my post for accuracy.

[0]: https://github.com/mozilla/bedrock/commit/d459addab846d8144b...

[1]: https://lunduke.locals.com/post/5985554/mozilla-faces-financ...

https://github.com/lkdm/dotfiles/blob/main/bin/executable_wk...

Hope it helps you out

I am not clever/experienced enough to solve my own issues with sleep-wake hangs on Linux at work.

I’ve instead opted to work around it. I use Firefox, Obsidian, and Tmux with Neovim for all my work. Tmux has resurrect and a plugin that saves my entire terminal state automatically every few minutes.

I also have a command that automatically sets up my i3wm/regolith windows exactly how I like.

Basically if I run `wkup`, I’m exactly where I was, down to the line of code open on NeoVim, Firefox tab, and dev server or cargo running.

You’re not entitled to an audience.

Also I don’t want anything pro-crypto on my feeds.

Another thing for me is that popups annoy me. If I get too many modals pop up on a page, I get emotionally frustrated. This is quite common these days with some websites– all it takes is one GDPR cookies modal and an AI chat popup in the bottom right corner– and that's already way more frustration than my brain can handle.

Ensuring I still have PiHole or NextDNS to block ads at a DNS level, I'd use Safari with any adblock extension.

Failing that, I'd browse the compatible web with a TUI browse in terminal.

Failing that I'm reading books and taking notes on paper or in Vim. No internet for me.

To further your point– if we can't even get our act together on this planet, what evidence is there that we could get our act together in space?

I think the survivors of these early centuries of the third millennium will be forced into space. By this point infrastructure from mining and refining rare-earth minerals will be in place. It will be survivable, but it won't be comfortable. It may never be.

Our debut as a space-faring species will mark a long dark age in our history. With no evidence that we can create microgravity, terraform, travel even close to half the speed of light, or put ourselves into some form of abeyance (cryosleep)– we will become divided, isolated, and oppressed to a degree we never have in our history. We will struggle for every resource we currently take for granted.

I have no doubt that humanity in some form will continue to survive, but I don't think it will be comfortable or ideal.