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Lemmy is nowhere near close to diverting developer resources to that.

Probably nothing, since Putin wants to encourage future defectors.

Or just make it work at scale.

Lemmy at a million users would look far different than it does now.

The market is to optimize for max human eyesight, which is a horizontal aspect ratio. For edge cases, a monitor can be converted to a vertical aspect ratio easily.

There really isn't a large market to go square. If anything, monitors have gotten wider over time.

Regarding the harder methods of protection, why physically separate the ears? It would likely easier to construct a helmet with a uniform ridge that goes over the ears and has a strap on the inside that can fit between the ears. That way, ears have more mobility, the helmets are easier to construct, and you don't create catch points or items to grab on the head.

You're then going to have to decide how to balance exposure versus protection. Armorers have had to balance providing head protection along with eyesight. Is it tolerable to keep the ears fully enclosed to maintain protection. If not, is a screen or small holes adequate to provide some level of sound transmission and cooling off?

I don't think it would.

First, you'd have to power the device, which is likely going to take a lot of energy.

Second, the device is additive only, so it can't address issues with built in scarcity like land.

Third, there is going to be an interesting middle ground where you still need some forms of manufacturing to run the economy.

There will be drastic changes to the economy, but I doubt that communism would fully take over.

Sister wanted to get a job doing art and ended up getting an offer to work as an illustrator for a publishing company. One of her parents was all in in this. The other parent asked me to look out over to see if it was real or not. Turns out it was a scam I found out from 5 minutes of web searching. I had to be the one to break the news and the parent who was all in on the idea didn't seem fazed that this was likely a scam since "there was a chance it was real".

Nothing was signed, but I had to take the hit of standing in the way of the sister's success.

The USA under Trump wants to make being an empire worth it financially while getting some territorial gains.

Greenland could be a second Alaska for the USA as Greenland has untapped mineral reserves and a strategic location in the Arctic Circle. Annexing Canada would be on par with the Louisiana Purchase or gains from the Mexican-American War. Panama is a major strategic asset.

Trump wants to leave Europe because he doesn't see anything for him by staying.

Russia is looking to reestablish its Soviet borders, with a focus on Europe. Belarus is a Russian puppet, but Ukraine can go either way and Ukrainian territory is strategically important to Russia. Beyond that, Russia would probably want to bring in the Baltic nations as well, which is probably what intelligence agencies refer to as Russia wanting to attack Europe.

Beyond reforming the old empire, Russia wants to establish a greater sphere of influence in Europe and weaken potential rivals. A united EU is a threat in that can provide a unified response to Russian expansion.

She isn't banned from running because she is fascist, but because she is corrupt.

And no one has defined what the future system would be

Yeah. When voters were given a choice between maintaining the status quo versus fascism, voters couldn't tell the difference until after fascism was implemented.