This is the best usage of this phrase I've ever seen

Microplastics have also been found in our drinking water. So maybe stop drinking water altogether.

I wish Lemmy were searchable better. The search function actually works decently well, but it's not on the same level of actual search engines, it doesn't seem to look for related/similar terms and also relevancy doesn't seem right.

I calculated it, this looks like 32 x 48 blocks, so a total volume of roughly 15.6 m³. Considering that they're going to be loose in the box and not perfectly stacked, I'd double that volume. This would result in a box set, if it were a cube, with ~3m sides. The weight would be 10.53 tons.

Is it only ironic to me that it's hosted on GitHub? :D

Only when you're in the process of being admitted to a mental hospital.

Society in general has not granted this, it was corrupt lawmakers. Notice the distinction of maximizing profits, no one says no profits should be had at all. But I'm pretty sure most of the people don't want companies to literally hold back progress of a whole field, of humanity in general just so their profits can be maximized. It's only the ones directly benefitting from this that would want this, or if you're brainwashed by those parties, otherwise you're just against your own best interests (and of the rest of humanity) which is irrational.

Yeah no wonder that was only in a sci fi movie, that really just sounds too unrealistic.

The difference seems to be that you read the article.

You can even click the "Source" button on reddit and copy the markdown, giving the post the same formatting easily.

Honestly? I just ignore them. Something seems to be happening to them, as they're not growing infinitely, but no idea why.

It was a bit complicated to set this up, but it took me almost no time at all.

I don't own a car, no idea.