That's a blast from the past I wasn't expecting to see today.

The internet used to be filled with thousands of these.

It was magical, serendipitous, and wonderful.

People's creativity hasn't disappeared, but it lives in corporate-owned distribution platforms now.

It's nice that people don't have to spend so much effort building websites, but we definitely lost something in the experience. We did gain convenience for creators and consumers (but also gained ads, tracking, etc.)

There are plenty of highly talented people publishing on YouTube, TikTok, and beyond, but we lost something with the loss of personal websites being popular and the loss of formats like Flash, platforms like NewGrounds, etc.

The old web felt like stepping into someone's personal atelier. Bespoke, intimate, crafted, and intentionally curated.

They can go ahead and fork it all they want, I'm sticking with the original.

> And why would R be "entitled" to an algebraic closure?

It's the birthright of every field.

I'd assume it's just good ol' deindustrialization.

In a nutshell, yep

Cut it out.

If you do it on the regular, or even occasionally, sure, but emergencies are emergencies.

> how do you efficiently harness 1,000,000C heat

Very carefully.

Considering how often, say, lesswrong.com gets posted that may have been unwise.

> Melinda had enough of Bill that she nixed their relationship

Him giving her STDs and then trying to sneak antibiotics in her food without her noticing would have been grounds all by itself.

> And, when I went to look for it on YT, I didn't find the items you referenced

What exactly were you looking for and how did you miss: https://www.youtube.com/@felakuti