[venturecruelty]

In a dead empire, sufficiently advanced rot is indistinguishable from malice.

[Meekro]

Infrastructure in general seems worse than 20 years ago. Our talent for black-bagging dictators has never been stronger, though!

[devilbunny]

20 years ago much less of the infrastructure of everyday life depended on an always-on network connection. Smartphones in particular were a relatively niche product. I didn’t even have a cell phone (and not because I was too young), much less expect it to work all the time.