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  • We used to wear helmets whenever we rode after witnessing a fatality on the Great Victorian Bike Ride when we were teenagers.

    Dude had his helmet hanging on his handlebars, came off at speed and skidded on his head. When the Ambos came (they weren’t called Paramedics back then), he was still alive, but his brain was exposed.

    We never wore our high-vis vests though, they were loose and would droop off our shoulders and we would get tangled.

    There was also the story about the dad so was fooling around with his kids bike without a helmet in the back yard; fell over, cracked his head and died instantly; (plausible, but unproven).





  • I reckon that is one of the reasons. Lemmy’s (and the entire ActivityPub/Fediverse ecosystem/graph) attracts people with a positive, progressive attitude.

    Advertising is based on passive attitude and thrives on negative attitudes.

    There was a lot of negative being accepted (and sometimes actively pushed) on some instances, but most other instances defederated from them.






  • Salvo@aussie.zonetoMemes@sopuli.xyzAnyone in tech confirm?
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    2 months ago

    I suppose “mature” would be a different word, but still not 100% accurate.

    I meant Stable and Secure as in “consistent over time”.

    The fact that it is also Stable as an operating system and Secure as in production workflow.

    They are Conservative without being regressive.



  • Salvo@aussie.zonetoMemes@sopuli.xyzAnyone in tech confirm?
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    2 months ago

    I work in automotive.

    My livelihood depends on people crashing their cars because they are idiots.

    People not servicing their cars is also a great money spinner because parts sales lost to missed services are made up by parts sales from breakdowns due to lack or servicing.

    I wish people would service their cars regularly, drive safely and not be idiots.

    ADAS is also zero-sum because drivers with ADAS are more complainant and just as likely to crash. ADAS just creates more idiotic idiots. (Advanced Driver Assistance Systems).

    I work in Automotive because I didn’t want to work in Tech anymore.