A flare as large as the Carrington Event (or bigger) could cause pretty severe problems.

I’ve always wanted to visit Killing Morocco.

finally, someone asking the right questions

According to Wikipedia

D-Link Systems, Inc. (formerly Datex Systems, Inc.) is a Taiwanese multinational manufacturer of networking hardware and telecoms equipments. It was founded in 1986 and headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan.

Agreed. I don’t like watching videos, so I get grumpy about links to YouTube videos that don’t have a blurb.

My kids aren’t really interested in the movies I like. They actively avoid the music I listen to. I’ve gotten them copies of the books I love and they give up after a few pages. They get bored with the games I played as a kid.

My dad loves Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, the Whole Earth Catalog, and Bruce Springsteen. I do not. If he wills me his copies, I will keep some out of guilt and then my kids will have to throw them away.

Yeah - I’m totally for full, real, actual ownership of digital stuff, and we should be able to give it away.

But I’d be surprised if my kids would be interested in more than a tiny fraction of it. Or anyone else, for that matter.

a classic

I’m fine paying what I pay, but I reserve the right to question the quality of services they pay for.

Isn’t there a cure?

I’m trying to curate a few hundred photos for my kids. I’ve written a couple of bios of relatives. I’d like to record something like a story for them. If they want to trash it, that’s fine, but at least there will be something meaningful for them if they want it.

Assuming it survives the climate wars. 🫠

Doesn’t archive.org provide that?

Nobody wanted my grandparents collected crap. Or their photos. Or their books. I tried giving them away. I tried consignment. I tried posting them on Facebook. Most ended up in a landfill.

I fully expect the US to invade the oil sands Alberta if their independence referendum gets anything close to 50%.

Keep in mind that your descendents probably won’t care about a huge majority of what you leave them. Photos annotated with a date, time, people in them, and an explanation, maybe, but generally my generation hasn’t given a shit about the tonnes of books, music, photos, furniture, knick knacks, and antiquities bequeathed to us. It would be bizarre if our kids didn’t maintain that tradition.

I also have a case of the olds. I wish you a speedy recovery.

That’s fancy. Didn’t Google just announce an API in the next Android that will summarize text?