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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Another great example is probably starting a fire only using materials from the environment. Anyone can learn how to do so, but most people never have it come up during their lifetimes!

Someone who knows knapping and how to start a fire is 90% of the way to surviving long term in temperate wilderness. Yeah, building shelter and knowing what to eat are important too, but making sharp things and creating heat are the two things that are make or break in a survival situation.

Speaking of not leaving written records, a large number of cultures had strong oral traditions that passed information down for thousands of years. Oral traditions have the additional benefit of being taught personally, allowing for time to ensure it is actually understood! It does have the danger of being lost when the culture changes significantly.

[–] [email protected] 54 points 2 months ago (4 children)

No, he fails every time but his base pretends he wins and the news has such low expectations and a need to sell advertising for profit so they go along with it.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

They deserve the death penalty for their failed coup.

[–] [email protected] 63 points 2 months ago (2 children)

That he said it?

Yes.

Is what he said true?

No.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

People who fetishize self defense carry will always have loaded and unlocked guns in the house because they are afraid of someone breaking in at any moment and they might need to play John Wick: Home Edition. Those kinds of people also teach gun safety because they think responsible handling of firearms is important.

They just don't understand that accidents are far more likely than a home invasion, and children are children even if they are taught gun safety.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The constant UI changes that fix nothing of importance and make using it less enjoyable.

A recent update changed the options for navigation from being able to hide the three icons at the bottom and swipe instead to make it like an iphone where you have one swipe up and it does things based on whether you hold or let go immediately and now the sides are go back swipes. They kept the option to show buttons, but apparently keeping the two options and adding this new train wreck as a third option is too hard. So to use my fulll screen real estate I have the joy of accidentally going back a page dozens of times per day, holding or not holding the swipe up the wrong amount of time dozens of times per day, and when I crop photos I constantly catch the stupid edge go back thing and have to cancel. At least it asks first I guess.

Why couldn't they keep swipe up for three things if they kept the buttons in the same spot anyway? I am still trying to get used to the new stupid thing after a few months because the bottom buttons are such a waste of space.

That is the worst offender, but changing icons, how notifications work, and several other things are just annoying enough tl not drive me away but feel like change for the sake of change. I know some changes can require a lot of maintenance to have multiple options, but keeping a basic navigation option when adding a third should not jave been a big deal.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Be the continuation of a meme you want to see.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

It has what plants crave!

[–] [email protected] 78 points 2 months ago (3 children)

2 liter bottle.

Checkmate, athiests.

[–] [email protected] 46 points 2 months ago (2 children)

This is almost guaranteed to be used to deny minorities a position.

[–] [email protected] 49 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (12 children)

You are thinking of a flak jacket, which is for shrapnel.

Bullet proof vests should be bullet proof up to a reasonable impact. They won't stop a .50 cal, but are designed to handle assault rifles like the m-16 or AK at a commmon engagement distance when loaded with standard ammunition.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That sounds like more work than just putting the cart back...

 
 

This is something that I couldn't find an obvious setting for, but someone pointed out that the descriptions are different on different instances.

This post has a German (?) description on midwest.social, but on programming.dev it's in English.

In my settings:

  • Interface language is Browser Default.
  • Languages has Undetermined and English selected

All other descriptions on posts are in English, only youtube seems to be different.

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