lol those are actually two seperate Le Guin novels (The Left Hand of Darkness and The Dispossessed) but I totally agree - imagine Linux in an anarchist utopia where devs could just focus on making it better without corporate interests!

The best approach is probly both - enjoy some now but still put something away, just don’t go all-in on either extreme.

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Yep, and our energy consumption is probably the biggest test of that self-control. We’re burning through millions of years of stored sunlight in a couple centuries. If we don’t figure out sustainable power generation soon, we’re toast. I’ve been researching backup power options at gearscouts.com and the $/Wh efficiency of LFP batteries is getting way better, but we need grid-scale solutions.

trackball mouse solves this probelm, been using one for years and it’s a game changer for weird setups like this lol