ME was a freak of software development, not an outright sadistic experience.

Eh, Vista itself wasn’t that bad, the issues stemmed from both marketing way to low quality devices as compatible, and developers getting used to UAC.

Also, Vista did not have the shitty new settings app.

Ever since Windows 8, Microsoft has shown to be a sadist.

Well that’s fucking stupid

Like everything in life, most dangers is a matter of quantity.

Listening to music with headphones is a fantastic way to enjoy music, as long as you are reasonable, it is fine to listen to music loud enough to drown out other sounds for periods.

Back in 2022, I got double flat feet, double heel spurs and a bad knee at the same time, walking was agony at the end of the day, so when I had to walk home from the bus stop, I put on some quite loud Sabaton in my headphones, used that to gather strength to move, usually ending up crying hard as I dragged myself up the path to my apartment building.

I still hear ok, sure, I have a bit of bad hearing, but that was something I had found out a decade before.

You won’t go deaf just by listening to music in headphones, they are an important tool in several sectors, especially in music, every live performance artist is wearing in ear monitors these days, they are special headphones that allow the artist to not only hear the other performers and instruments, but also protect their hearing from the extremely loud speakers and crowds at a live event.

Then you have the people working post production, they all wear headphones all day, you have radio DJs, they also wear headphones all day, pilots, air traffic controllers, police, security guards, and similar professions also often wear head phones constantly.

What you are being told about headphones is just fearmongering, but built on a small kernel of truth, loud sounds can and will damage your ears, but that goes for all loud noise, not just headphones.

Water purification is a big problem, however water does not need to be treated to fulfill the standards for normal drinking water here, boiling collected rain water should be plenty good enough at the start.

Further up in the mountain we have soo many freshwater springs that most hikers don’t pack water as it is just dead weight.

Down here by the coast, fresh water springs does exist, but are way fewer.

Fair point

I am not too worried about heavy machines, they work at scale, but require a lot of infrastructure to keep running.

In an apocalypse, manpower will probably be the number one resource of work available, so basic tools is needed, after we have a source of food, security and shelter, we can start looking at researching/refining better tools, once basic needs are met.

I disagree.

Most doomsday preppers won’t really be prepared for a complete fall of society.

Most that I have seen ignore the need for cooperation snd focus on their own individual survival.

That is short term thinking.

Data hoarders are more like private libraries, they can for a long time distribute knowledge and media helping society as a whole.

A doomsday prepper like that, would focus on creating caches of standardized tools, I mean stuff like shovels, hammers, nails, screws, screwdrivers, files, plows, hoes, drills, saws, shoes, and more, so that they could organize a group of people to build a community.

Most preppers seem to just focus on their own survival in the short term, one of the dumbest things I have seen is the “doomsday vehicle” thing, that is just stupid. Get a simple, reliable car, put it in a garage, take it out once every other week for a good drive to keep it fresh, and leave it, that will do far better than any insane custom doomsday car.

Thanks, blocked!

I had a look at the system, and it is a commercial product, I would imagine that their customers have requested these features.

Since you are a customer, why not request your features to be added as well?

Or, better yet, since you have explained that creating an XMPP/Matrix module as an alternative to email requires no coding, and the plattform is open source, why not just slap it together yourself?

You don’t have to write code to configure Matrix/XMPP.

You do realize that the developers need to write code to configure a Matrix/XMPP module? The module doesn’t just appear out your immagination.

Then it will need to be maintained as security holes are discovered.

Tell me again why developers should spend the time and resources to maintain a feature that at best will have a marginal impact on the userbase, over focusing on the core of the project.

Most people have no idea they exist.

That is my point.

If you write software, and need a way for it communicate with the user outside of the app, implementing email is simple, just about everyone with internet access has an email address and it is free.

XMPP/Matrix is a lot of added work that will only benefit those who:

1. Knows what they are and
2. Has or are willing to set up an account and
3. Care enough about it to do that rather than just using email.

I think you will find that the groups of persons who all three critera fits is vanishingly small.

So, please tell me why a developer should focus their time doing that rather than building the core features of the app.

EDIT:

I write this as someone who has used Jabber/XMPP and Matrix in the past, they are great services and I wish they had a longer reach. This is not a hill for you to die on.

XMPP and Matrix are not near universal.

Most people have no idea about that the hell the first one is, and are even more confused as to why you start talking about a movie when you just complained about email.

And this is why dayfines are fair and a food idea.

Especiqlly if there is no upper limit on how expensive a single dayfine can be.

It is a fourth gen i3, i5 or i7, I would sadly say that BeamNG will not be happy.

It might be worth it if it runs an i7…

This is interesting, but in general meaningless, as we don’t have the data of what triggered the advice.

That has probably also changed over the times.

With the rise of dickheads like Tate influencing more men, and the general awareness of abuse in relationships, I can absolutely se reasons for breaking up increasing.

No, you don’t understand, they specifically did not use the material for simple enjoyment, they used it to try and make money.

Obviously the author of the works should only retain profit if the end goal was simple enjoyment, but if the end goal was to make money from the original work, then naturally, the original author can go fuck themselves./

/s

What would be fair would be if he as he is sitting on the ground a Cybertruck in summon mode careened off the road pinning him against the building not killing him instantly but slowly while the radio in the car is playing a comedy show where he and his companies are the punchlines. The last thing he hears is his legacy being laughed at as a joke

The first one was a really dumb action film with a pretty woman in it.

If you like stupid action with zero logic, then sure, if not, eh give it a miss