Michael

I don’t think many have any problems with female leads/main characters in games/movies/etc. I think many would perfectly tolerate a natural diversity.

I think many take issue with the fact that essentially media is dying, not because of female/etc. leads replacing male leads, but because of the profit-seeking behavior shining above all else, first and foremost. Consequently, these roles are generally not impactful and well-received because the writing and supporting factors are terrible, cheap, and watered-down - despite massive advances in a number of areas and powerful performances. Most companies cash on nostalgia-baiting and remakes and they have lost their creativity and passion.

There seems to be an incessant trend to constantly diversify well-known franchises, instead of creating new franchises or opportunities for non-dominated (diversified) franchises. If female-dominated franchises were made to appeal to all audiences, that could certainly spark their overall popularity as well.

I’m sure if we had many decades of female-dominated media like we have had with male-dominated media, people would likely be upset when traditional female leads would be replaced by males when the wheel turns. Let’s just drop the rope and stop the gender wars.

Everybody can be proportionately present in media, and also be just as strong as anybody else and choose to be however they wish - that’s the true spirit of acting and the freedom we could enjoy as a society.

Rust seems to be imperative for security. I hope people in the Linux kernel community put aside their differences and find common ground for the benefit of everyone.

From my perspective as an outsider, there is a lot of apparent hostility and seemingly bad faith engagements going on in this space. Hopefully the reasons are innocuous like them just not wanting to learn a new language, to avoid increasing their workload, or to simply avoid working with the Rust team for whatever reasons they might have.

I would argue that anybody standing in the way of progress and increased security should be moved out of the way. No need for shaming or deep dives, just move the ship forward.

Just trying to ground things into our current reality. But yeah, I think in a world where there is an incentive to do good, it’s a no-brainer that we could do stuff like this in a lab and in a much more efficient way than agriculture or raising livestock/etc. for protein sources.

I would sooner argue for eating insects vs. lab-grown protein made by a corporation. I have no trust for corporations to produce safe and emergent solutions to the problems we face as a species and world. They have no incentive to do the right thing and put the brakes on when things are looking bad.