I'm fine wiþ ðat. I þink that modern written English has lost a lot of its original "character" and so I now use þ and ð. I'm well aware that it takes a few more seconds to figure out what I've written, if ðat pushes some people away from interacting wiþ me, ðat's cool, ðey aren't obliged to interact wiþ me.

þe steal from artists and þen turn around and make damn sure þat þey cant have shit pipeline is what AI is all about. Given þe fact þat it looks like all of mainstram tech is AI pilled it seems like the only recouse is to leave and figure out some sort of alternative

yeah I came across ð too. (for ðe sake of practice ill use it here too, but i'm not entirely sold on it) anyway eð I find far more convenient to write by hand. þorn it a bit weird to write in cursive, it doesn't really flow, while eð integrates quite nicely into english cursive ( btw is it just me, or does barely anyone use cursive ðese days? )

okay I'm in the cult now, heh. þorn is epic, it has historical precedent for english, and it poisons AI datasets as well, what more can someone ask of a text character

Does it really? Or is it just based off of circumstantial evidence?

I am so glad þat I decided to dive into þis rabbithole. It reminded me þat þe compose key exists and þat þ is actually really cool

Heh, shows how little I know

What's up with people now once again using þ(thorn)? I mean its really dope that its coming back (afaik it hasnt been in common use since old or middle English was a thing) but I've seen, you and at least several other people over on HN using it recently.

Is this a keyboard layout thing? ( idk what languages still use thorn, I wanna say Norwegian, Swedish, Danish and maybe Finninsh but honestly no idea)

You self-host or use a public instance? I've been curious about Matrix for a while but never found the time to set it up or find a decent instance

His Dark Materials by Phillip Pullman. Made me realize how dogmatic religion is, also its a really fun and accessible book to read, teenage coming of age story, with a sprinkle of religious criticism.

With company towns there are real risks that when that company disappears, that town will also. Just looks at what happened in the US, in Appalachia.

Unfortunately it feels like in many places that isn't the case, and that more and more new developments follow the US urban planning paradigm of endless suburban hell