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Cake day: September 25th, 2023

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  • Lack of infrastructure as cited by cyclists in the article is no excuse to put pedestrians at risk for the convenience of the cyclist.

    100% but then cars and trucks parked on the cycling lanes, road work without a new bike lane, etc (impossible to have an exhaustive list but I bet you’ve seen countless video of cyclists everywhere unable to have a single ride on the actual cycling lane) ALSO must get punished because they are the ones prompting dangerous cycling too. There is no justification for putting others in danger but then it has to actually be applied to all otherwise it feels arbitrary.


  • Just skimmed through the thread and its filled with strawmen or plain misunderstanding.

    Nobody is criticizing someone for having rich parents, even if said parents got that money from exploitation, heck even slavery.

    No the criticism is that someone rich, thanks to their parents rather than their own effort, is promoting a way to reach such a position in life by replicating a path that is not real. If you have rich parents and you promote “making stuff” or writing a book, which you actually did yet never meaningfully contributing to the lifestyle you are promoting, you are basically dishonest.

    TL;DR: nobody cares about that specific person or that situation, we are just tired of lies sold for profit.







  • Can’t speak for Ubuntu Touch but tried PostMarketOS on PinePhone and PinePhone Pro.

    The PP works well, good support for most things included SIM, camera, BT, etc but it’s big and bulky, also IMHO not powerful enough for Waydroid so no Android apps, “just” Linux. Relying on the browser to avoid using app is rarely practical as it’s too slow.

    The PPPro being more powerful should cover the gap… but some lack of support, specifically the camera, makes it tricky as daily driver.

    Both PP and PPPro don’t have great battery and/or power management so you can go through a day of usage, barely, and you might get stuck in a cycling loop if you depleted it entirely. That means also as daily driver, if you are not very cautious, it’s tricky.

    So… we are nearly there but unless you have a very VERY minimum usage of your phone, basically a dumb phone with a bit of CLI to remote connect to your own server from time to time, it’s probably not practical for now.

    Maybe the Liberux NEXX thanks to its power would have closed the gap but the failed crowd funding campaign shows that price point does not have a market fit right now.






  • Meanwhile I’m traveling soon and “packing” microSDs, like… 0.5Tos the size and nearly weight of my fingernail. It’s ridiculous!

    I considered buying the 2To ones … but I don’t even need them. Even the 0.5To ones it’s to carry some video library or Kiwix with Wikipedia and StackOverflow which to be honest I don’t even truly need as I can get the content over the Internet anyway.