If you can’t believe it, you need to learn more about FOSS software. In other words, what you’re describing is PEBCAK.

Right but if you’re using a mini split you’ll get much greater efficiency for the heat.

I used to get a good night’s sleep regularly, and now I have cats, so that’s right out the window. Those pesky chaps want to play at 4AM. But they are cute.

Of course it feels new, because it is new to many people. :-)

I felt like people were seeing my Reddit posts and comments, and I feel like people are here, as well. As with any commenting website or service, as the numbers of commenters grow large you need to be relatively quick to reply if you want many people to see what you write. On Reddit, obviously that means it depended what subreddit you were commenting on. And surely it will be the same or already is the same here.

The UI all depends on what client you’re using. In my mind it doesn’t feel like the early Internet, but that probably depends on our relative ages.