Meanwhile in BeOS and Haiku; isComputerOn() isComputerOnFire() isComputerCursed()

Just between you, me and the entire Fediverse, I put the sarcasm tags on just in case I offended anyone.

We need better public transport so that those people who are not confident drivers, or are not competent drivers, or are downright incompetent drivers don’t have to drive.

Less roads, less vehicles on the roads mean that those people who do enjoy driving for the sake of driving can still drive, but they are sharing the road with like-minded people. This is my selfish view with altruistic results.

I deliberately purchased a Suzuki Jimny because I can fix anything that is on it without specialised training or equipment.

The only special tool i would need would be a wrench for the front hubs.

The only specialised equipment is a scantool for configuring the VVT.

In a classic case of “they don’t make them like they used to”, new ICE vehicles are less reliable than new EVs, and have similar (lack of) life cycle.

Older ICE vehicles may not be as efficient, but because they will still be on the road 10-15 years longer than their new equivalents means that they will have less environmental impact.

Our only hope is that recycling of depleted EV batteries becomes a thing in the near future and that recycling of modern composite materials improves to a point where we can use damaged body panels for make new body panels.

Everyone (who doesn’t have waist-down body issues) does too, but car manufacturers can’t charge as much for them.

They therefore lobby governments for tax breaks for the oversized road boats and destroy the market for Japanese kei-cars with tariffs and “safety regulations”.

https://australiainstitute.org.au/post/big-ute-loophole-cost-taxpayers-over-250-million-in-2023/

https://www.drive.com.au/news/imported-kei-cars-stranded-australia-blunder/

Keep your classic cars roadworthy and registered.

Legislative changes and requirements for useless and dangerous Advanced Driver Assistance Systems are making it more difficult to keep older cars on the road.

This is compounded by Manufacturers and legislative bodies forcing driver assistance systems on everyone.

<sarcasm> Back when I was a lad, I could drive my manual-transmission vehicle while reading a paper street directory, texting on one phone, talking on another and eating a cheeseburger., Kids nowadays don’t know how to drive.</sarcasm>

Christian Zionism is a sect of racists who believe in a corrupted interpretation of the Book of Revelations that if all the Jews are sent to Israel and then exterminated, it will bring about The Rapture.

Judaist Zionists are those that have been tricked by the Christian Zionists into a rounding up all the Jewish people into one big concentration camp.

Unfortunately, the location of this concentration camp is already occupied by other Semitic peoples, and has limited natural resources.

It is all very disturbing.

Since the Palestinian people are the original Semites, Zionist are the actual Anti-semites.

That is why a Zionist is the envoy for the Anti-semites.

Repetition with sincerity.

Just keep telling them that they are beautiful.

Someone with body issues of any sort just need to have their self-esteem reinforced.

Targetting their specific issue can seam insincere. Just telling them that they are beautiful is enough.

Belkin should be forced to unlock these devices and provide enough data for an open-source firmware to be developed.

He can’t monetise on PeerTube. He will be able to get sponsors, but YouTube revenue will dry up.

Me too, and Copilot is disabled on my work computer (and then magically reenabling itself)

Please tell me how to disable Data Detectors on MacOS, sometimes a number is just a numerical string and is not a Phone number; actually it it quite unusual for it to ever be a phone number. Even if it is a phone number, I would love to be able to just copy and paste it without it trying to connect to my phone and prank call some poor sucker.

Substitute “Pie” “Couches”

Sounds like it was using DCAU YouTube videos as training data.

I was always advised that “NATO standard” was instant coffee with 2 sugars and milk.

This can be paired with the “Erase all Data” option in “FaceID and Passcode” settings to add another level of security.

Just remember to play dumb when you “accidentally” incorrectly enter your passcode 10 times in a row and to make sure you have a recent backup that you are able to access.

This reminds me of when I got Spore on Optical disc for my (brand new at the time) Intel iMac. The disc was ISO9660 with both Joliet and HFS extensions, so if you put it in Windows, it would show up natively and if you put it in a Mac, it would also be native.

After a few games in MacOSX I was disappointed with the performance so I started to dig and realised it was the Windows Binary with some sort of WINE-like translation layer. I assumed it would run better natively in Windows.

I installed Bootcamp and a stripped-down version of Windows Vista and then installed the native Windows version. It installed a Root kit that broke most of Vistas security and the game ran even worse and crashed constantly.

I don’t think that Microsoft deserves all the blame for games running like shit natively. The users who pirate games and the studios who don’t trust Windows users to not pirate games deserve the blame as well.

Microsoft (and Post-Jobs Apple) definitely do deserve a lot of blame for allowing their platforms to get so bloated with so many features that users don’t want. Copilot should have been laughed out of the boardroom and Apple Intelligence is an underperforming, overly obnoxious know-nothing know-it-all.

Just a reminder for anyone travelling to the US (or any other totalitarian regime that doesn’t respect right to privacy).

https://www.tomsguide.com/phones/how-to-safeguard-your-phone-when-entering-the-us-5-essential-security-tips

I can’t remember the combination of buttons you need to hold down on your iPhone to disable biometric unlocking and to force erase your phone.

Anyone else remember these, and know the equivalent combination for Android devices, please comment.

Keeping multiple devices is the easiest way to get by. Have a burner phone for everyday use when travelling and keep your main phone either at home, or locked and unpowered in your luggage.