Let's say you're a "benevolent dictator" with complete power over legislative and judicial processes. What laws would exist involving speech(public square and private)? What would punishments look like (if any)?

Why do you prefer the Fediverse over other Social Media?

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In my case, I heard about a man with an IQ of 350+, but for some reason he left the country in an unknown direction with his wife and children. Lived like an ordinary person, did not stand out in any way, worked at an ordinary job, I don't remember which one, but definitely not a teacher, It was a manual profession.

90% of it is just misandrist bait, and its just an echochamber of misandry.

I must have noise to go along with going to sleep. Usually thats an audio book or long-form video essay type YouTube videos. I wear one earbud to bed if I'm sleeping at night with my girlfriend or just blare it from the TV if I'm sleeping alone during the day (rotating shift). I feel like when I don't have engaging audio and I'm trying to sleep I can't quiet my mind enough to sleep. A fan or random ambient noise isn't enough for me.

We bought our house three years ago and everything seemed fine with the septic system. The inspection report said it was "functional but aging" which we thought was no big deal. Fast forward to last spring and we started noticing a few things that we completely ignored at first.

The grass over the drain field was greener and growing faster than the rest of the yard. We actually thought that was a good thing. Then we started getting a faint smell near the back of the house after heavy rain, nothing terrible just a slight sewage odor that would go away after a day or two. We figured it was normal for an older system. Then one morning after a week of rain the whole back section of the yard was soggy and spongy to walk on, and there was grey water pooling near where the drain field ends.

Turns out the drain field had been slowly failing for probably over a year and all those "minor" signs were the system screaming for help. The septic tank itself was fine but the soil around the drain field had become completely saturated and could no longer absorb anything. We had to get the whole drain field replaced which was not cheap. Looking back the signs were all there and if we had caught it earlier we could have probably saved a lot of money by just doing maintenance and partial repairs instead of a full replacement. The guy who did the work told us that most homeowners ignore the early warnings because they don't know what to look for.

So for anyone with a septic system what warning signs did you miss or catch early? And for those who had to replace or repair theirs what was the process like and how much did it end up costing? Would love to hear other people's experiences so nobody else makes the same mistakes we did.

Figured someone on here might know or know how to fins out.

People crying about Nintendo Online pricing. First off, it's for an entire year, not by monthly, so I don't know how that's a negative. That's just an example.

I use Linux and I created a video that's pretty low resolution, by zooming in. It's so pixelated that it really isn't going to work as-is, so I tried to use a few of the AI video upscalers out there--TensorPix and others, but none really helped.

I included one of the frames from the video to show how pixelated it is, so I'm hoping for something that will fix it. Since I'm on Linux, I'm hoping to either find something I can use in the browser, or something that's compatible with Linux.

Does anyone know of any that would be able to greatly improve the quality and "create previously unseen details" (which is what TensorPix said it would do) to a great extent?

Anyone out there with real medical knowledge, or industrial hygiene knowledge, of how much heat a human and their society can take before people just die and society crumbles?

Because looking at the situation from the USA, things are looking grim in India. Severe weather about to get worse and the closure of the straits of hormuz means less power for Air conditioning, no pumped water and no way to handle sewage. All this in a country with lethal air quality levels.

Better yet, is anyone on this site actually there, and have some ground truth they are willing to share.

How much heat can we take before things fall apart and we just die.

I'm not looking for a political discussion, or doomer porn, this is more of a concern for humanity question.

https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/05/whats-a-super-el-nino-and-other-el-nino-questions-answered/

https://www.lemonde.fr/en/environment/article/2026/05/20/heat-strokes-are-part-of-the-job-in-delhi-construction-workers-endure-43-c-heat_6753631_114.html

Been doing some digging. Answer seems to be "it depends".
https://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/how-hot-too-hot-humans-record-temperatures-rcna160261

I found professor Glenn Diesen in Youtube and his delightful interviews with experts in geopolitics.

His interviews, although high quality, clean and very rational sounding, are clearly bias towards Russian or at least Russian friendly points of view. He is, after all, professor of Russian internationals affairs.

My question: Is there something like Diesen's interviews (the format, bringing global experts and just letting them talk) with a host more specialized on the western point of view?

Although interesting, I don't think hearing only prof. Diesen is a balanced approach to understand geopolitics. Hence my question.

Thanks.

As per title, I am looking for a legit site that I can get a Portuguese NIF (Tax Identification Number) online. I have seen this one, but i don't believe it to be legit, and the TrustPilot reviews aren't great either.

Does anyone know of any legit ones?

EDIT - I have found a legit site, but it seems a bit 'American' to me.. The reviews are great, but they charge in US$ and this thread makes it seems something I wouldn't want. Although one reply says that they all do that etc. I'm starting to think that getting one online mightn't be worth it for the hassle.

Ideally made in Europe, but European-based companies are fine too, as realistically many will always need to be manufactured in China, Japan, or wherever else (especially tech). Looking for physical products, not software (amazing open-source software is bountiful and easy to find!)

Does not necessarily have to be from the EU (e.g. UK or Switzerland), non-EU countries are cool too!

What are some quality products that you have used that were made in Europe / is by a European company? From any category.

I mean, there is no meaning in nature, it was man who invented it, and often it appeared because of a scarcity, for example, the point is in a beautiful woman, because you are unlikely to find another one as beautiful, right?, or can you find a person who will support you and accept you as you are, like your loved ones? The examples are not the best, but I hope you get the idea.

In addition, I will say that about a year ago I watched the film "The Seventh Seal", and now sometimes I feel in the place of a character named Antonius Block. I dismissed the inevitable by refraining from suicide as a teenager, thinking I could find the meaning of life, but what was to be expected, nothing worked out. But especially now, how shall I put it... in the age of AI, it is impossible to escape the truth, self-deception no longer works, at least for me personally.

Chess Game with Death:

I wonder if a lot of us will identify here?

Since I can remember, ive been an "escapist". Always reading books, or playing story games, or going to a treehouse or cave to "hideout" in.

When i was older, driving hours to nowhere after work, almost daily (not as much now).

Never really had modern tech. Always preferred older tech even when i was young. Was never swayed by "better graphics" of newer systems. Nowadays I like most systems, but still prefer pre Xbox 360. Or PC.

Even now, my basement is setup as a 70s-90s room to hang out in. Its great. Side note I have always preferred basements and I love caves. Not sure why. Maybe something from the ancestors. Maybe I am a mole.

I don't use popular social media or watch most popular TV shows.

Maybe its because the world sucks. I'm not really depressed or anything like that. I just prefer my own worlds. If it was a more recent thing I'd get it since the world is going downhill fast, but ive just always preferred this.

I just think its interesting.

Basically whats your Favoriten high heel Brand that you can walk in for atlwast an hour?

Sometime ago I read about a movie, the director of which found a box of tapes in a garage sale or something, of a man travelling the world alone, and then made a movie out of those tapes.

I think there are some commentary of the man that I'm less sure about, being:

• the man have just passed away and his family found out about these tapes, which he previously told no one about
• the man have no children nor family of his own
• the man had love prospect in his earlier years, and had given up on finding partner after that one didn't work out

I'm not sure how recent that film is. I recall there being colored tape of a man on a mountain.

Have anyone have seen or heard of this movie? I've been searching for it for an afternoon and no luck, so it could be a bit niche I'd imagine

I was exposed to a bad PTSD trigger on Saturday and dissociated for a bit and have been in a state of derealization since. Now that my therapist helped me not panic about this feeling, I've found myself curious about how other people have experienced this.

For me, everything seems muted. People and their expressed emotions, colors, general vibes in different situations etc. Everything is just wrong and unsettling. It's like everything just isn't existing enough to feel tangible. Iam fully aware that my perception is very wrong because I've asked people if things seem off at all and they've said no. I was very scared for like two days until I was able to book an appointment with my therapist and now I'm not as scared and the derealization doesn't feel as disconcerting, but it's still there. Hoping things will be back to normal when I wake up in the morning.

Or a description. I just want to have a chuckle.

I picture this:

Imagine this scenario:

• All companies start producing mostly using only AI and firing people, because people have no use anymore
• Joe spend most of his income on digital video games products
• Joe get fired because he got replaced by AI now, since AIs are taking over most jobs
• Joe has no income anymore
• Joe doesn't have any more money to spend on video games
• Companies have no more profit, because people don't have income, so people can't spend on their AI produced products

In this scenario both lose, the company adopting AI and the worker. Am I missing something? Is there any possibility besides Universal Basic Income to keep the system running and not collapsing?