The strength of the sources should be clearly indicated in the answers to help users gauge how trustworthy the info is.

Why can't at least tech people use only traditional forums which are easily searchable, readable without login, etc?

There are lots smaller local websites which can produce useful local content because of ad support. Those may not have enough subscribers to continue behind a paywall.

The question is: is there content which is useful, but not provided by volunteers? We see more and more content behind paywalls, and it is a loss for many people who can't pay, because they won't be able to access the same content for free supported by ads.

So the result is poor people are going to lose access to certain contents, while well to do people will still have access.

Most people won't bother with buying powerful hardware for this, they will keep using SAAS solutions, so Anthropic can be in trouble if cheaper SAAS solutions come out.

It's an abbey, so they are probably into religious tracts and it has cultural and sentimental value to them. E.g. if it has a Bible from the 13th century then it's worth preserving even if it's just the usual stuff.

Emacs's strength is being a portable programming platform which once you learned it allows you to very quickly create mini applications which help with everyday tasks.

Programming a VS Code extension is pretty cumbersome compared to creating a quick Emacs extension.

That's my use case too. I don't want to maintain a VPS, just have some server available. Something fast and cheap which is maintained by someone else.

What do you use as alternative?

I'm pretty sure Google Terms prohibits using data from its Maps API otherwise than in connection with displaying/using a Google Maps service, but maybe they won't go after this, because it's not much data.

Surely, there will still be emacs and vim users 50 years from now, but the user numbers and the community power will diminish as the graybeards gradually leave this plane.

The question is why you are asking about black people? Is there a different method of preventing shoplifting by blacks vs. non-blacks?

Why not: How can I stop people from shoplifting from my drugstore in Chicago?

Yes, but Dall-e, etc. output will be good enough for most people and small companies if it's cheap or free even.

Big companies with deep pockets will still employ talented designers, because they can afford it and for prestige, but in general many average designer jobs are going to disappear and get replaced with AI output instead, because it's good enough for the less demanding customers.