Could this run at the network level (like TripMode)? So it would catch usage from web based apps but also the ChatGPT app, Codex CLI etc?

Deploy a TLS interceptor (forward proxy). There are many out there, both free and paid for solutions; there are also agent-based endpoint solutions like Netskope which do this so you don't have to route traffic through an internal device.

That would be a great way to get some revenue from "enterprise" customers!

> Will deliver a greener experience

LMAO. When you get people on a flight your unprinted paper is meaningless.

I think he meant MAID <> PII

Why does it look so similar to the RCKit app while not beign s feature complete? Couldn’t they just buy the RCKit app and make it free?

How can the planet sustain nobody dying?

It's not nobody dying, it's only nobodies dying. Eh? Eh?

I thought I uninstalled my reddit app

If you look at the actuarial tables, 'immortals' would still statistically die eventually from something unrecoverable.

It won't have to. Injuries, disease, and cancer are still a thing.

Isn't the point of cryopreservation to be awoken when these things are no more?

Ain't never gonna be a "no more." That's not how biology or statistics work.

That's the planet's problem... not mine.

More seriously : with such mindset, mankind would not be where it is now. It's by pushing the limits that you access some higher "truth", be it tech innovation or societal rules.

There will always be a half of humans. Even if aging and all diseases are covered. Imagine someone getting their brain crushed in a car accident for example. Or a plain crash and everyone burned to ash in the wreckage. The only difference is how long is that period.

Arcologies, O'Neill Cylinders, Dyson Spheres, spatial colonization outpacing population growth.

By not reproducing

Do they really need a pickup truck? There are so many alternatives to carry around loads which are much lighter. What do you think construction workers and farmers use in Europe?

Mostly vans I believe. With roofrack or trailer if something longer is transported. Or just get it delivered by actual truck.

My farmer neighbour had one beatdown VW polo that he used for the field or the woods. Full motor swap for 500 €, a good car.

In Japan they mostly use Kei trucks, which weigh around 700 kg (1600 lbs).

So if these trees become an invasive species we can say goodbye to our old regular trees. No thanks.

Solutions is to reduce consumption, insulate houses and stop flying. The planet as finite resources.

No it isn't. We should strife to zero carbon emissions. No amount of insulation or reduction of consumption will achieve this. The best these reductions do is delay the onset of the negative consequences of climate change.

The solution is to replace carbon emission based energy sources and there are plenty of basically infinite energy sources out there. Solar energy, geothermal energy, tidal energy, nuclear fission, possibly nuclear fusion.

Until we've scaled those up we should be reducing our energy consumption. But it's just a stopgap, not a solution.

A solution has to be possible for it to be a viable solution. There is no way the world's population is just going to decide to live an ascetic life suddenly, and there is no world organization nor will to force that to happen. Not only that, but I don't want to live in a world where we have to sacrifice the gains we have made in living conditions just to survive. We need to use our innovative powers to come up with a way we can continue to progress while maintaining the livability of our planet.

Interesting research question: how much did the fear of air travel resulting from 9/11 reduce the rate of CO2 being released into the atmosphere?

Yes, voluntary poverty is one possible solution, at least in theory.

But even if it can be implemented, it's a pretty bleak future.

And I have very serious doubt that the whole world can unite behind such selfless sacrifice. The free rider problem is obviously gigantic.

So I'd keep looking many other solutions.

We don't need to get to poverty levels to be carbon neutral. But we need to stop consuming for consumption's sake, and reduce some important bad habits. The structure of pricing must also change. People don't feel poor for not being able to eat caviar daily today, they don't have to feel poor for not affording beef daily tomorrow either.

Reducing energy impact, if anything, is the opposite of poverty.

Living below you means, avoiding unnecessary purchases and trips and saving money makes you more financially stable.

and don't procreate

Procreation is irrelevant. The USA is a bigger problem to climate than India, despite being a fifth the size or less.

And you think Americans would consume less if only they procreated more?

No, how did you get that? I'm saying that the number of people is pretty distantly related to climate impact.

I like to use Focus (https://heyfocus.com/) on the Mac to prevent myself from actually doing these context switches.

"The Datastore API is somewhat unique in that it, unlike the Core API, deals with non-file data, so we’re working directly with individual developers to help them migrate to an alternative."

I would be interested in what this help means concretely for developers. I imagine Dropbox has limited interest helping small developers who might have used this API.

(I'm the blog post's author.)

Concretely, it means we emailed everyone by hand with a Datastore API app that had a non-trivial number of users and offered to help. (If anyone didn't get an email, you might only have a couple test users, but feel free to reach out to us yourself.)

With most developers who respond, we're digging into their data model and trying to suggest alternatives (possibly files in Dropbox or possibly alternative services like Parse and Firebase).