I’m going to answer some questions I’m hearing in you question:

"I’m interested in X, should I learn X?”

The answer is pretty much always ”yes”, to that question.

"Is Rust a good/terrible fit for my project?”

Rust is a solid tool. It’ll probably do fine.

However, I don’t think punishment is a humane solution. Rehabilitation and integration are always preferred. Though again, some folks integrate best as corpses.

Exactly. They can cooperate for a better world. I think they’ll have to, soon.

Of course, I’m not going to shed any tears for the corpse of someone who prioritized their next super-yacht upgrade over my geandchldren’s clean air and food.

But I’ll keep advocating for everyone to have another chance to cooperate for public social good.

"No good billionaires” means we never stop monitoring (and legally limiting) billionaire’s choices, not that none of them can ever make a right choice.

I was with you until “unrestrained capitalism is neither a cackling villain…”.

Unrestrained anything tends to become a cackling villain.

We probably outlived the neanderthals primarily because of our capacity for advanced social order through rules.

None of us individually care for rules, but rules are our secret to success.

We need to rediscover our passion for nuance and tuning and obeying our rules.

I hope you’ll listen to those who are telling you you’re wrong on this, because the results matter:

Two year old run over in Cul de sac by drunk driver.

The children’s parents were standing in their driveway watching them ride the bikes when they yelled at the driver to slow down, the affidavit states.

The driver failed to slow down and struck their 2-year-old son as he rode his blue tricycle, according to police.

The truck struck the child and appeared to drag the child and bicycle a few feet before the truck came to rest based on the apparent blood marks in the roadway," police said.

They’ll all continue to do their part to defend their (ultra wealthy) side of the class divide.

It’s funny that Ouya’s brand recognition is so infamous that no additional explanation is needed.

the smog monster voiced by Tim Curry. His song made me feel things.

You’re in for a real treat if you haven’t seen “The Rocky Horror Motion Picture Show” yet.

I hear you. Gadget Hackwrench is the one. I’m actually a little afraid to watch the 2022 movie in case something bad happens to her.

It was fun, and Tress delivered another delightful performance. Her total screen time was less than I expected, but I guess the movie was trying to fit a lot in.

How many people around you don’t own a computer and only use their phones for everything?

Seven.

I assume future me would just pass me a piece of paper with a couple of stock tips… and maybe a sports almanac.

Another tip I haven’t seen yet:

• It varies by client, but Markdown generally works, here.

• Spoiler tags seem to still be a separate extension from regular Markdown.

• Many of us try to be more careful to include ALT Text with images, as it supports both blind users, and anyone whose server is just being slow to load images:

Example of Image with Alt text in Markdown:

![alt text](/path/to/img.jpg "Title")

Here’s one I haven’t seen mentioned yet: many of us explicitly state our intended tone after our comments, to avoid miscommunication. Particularly in busy threads.

We have some great accessibility outreach communicators here, some of whom have shared how much it helps them or people they know.

Some examples:

• (Sarcasm)
• (Genuine)
• (Joke)

Sometimes these are abbreviated, but we often even avoid abbreviation - for general clarity, but probably mainly because we’re always gaining new users who might not recognize the abbreviation.

This is a great point.

There’s also very convenient block mechanisms for rude folks, and a “block and move on” culture for those who don’t keep their communication civil.