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I have it on good authority that they do. =)

[–] TimLovesTech@badatbeing.social 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

I would argue that a battery powered bike is closer to a dirt-bike/motorcycle/mini-bike and should probably be looked at the same as those. I would not expect someone to be riding any of those modes of transport on a "walking path" either. And all 3 of those have current battery powered versions that do not change the rules around where you are expected to ride them, or even who can ride them.

I think bike manufacturers have made it this far because unfortunately the law makers in most countries are older, and slower to respond to regulating new technology until it becomes an issue "for the masses" (aka effects their votes). And I know the business side tells these companies to make as much money as fast as possible, but in cases like this, having some sort of internal group looking at regulation as an eventuality instead of a "we'll cross that bridge when we get there" should be something required. Because I think we all knew this day was coming in most countries once these bikes (and also the scooters) starting showing up more widely, and being proactive instead of reactive would do a lot to help themselves, as well as the customer base they have now put in a bad spot.

... for some people, information itself carries the urgent pull of a reward. The question ‘What might I discover next?’ isn’t just interesting – it’s compelling in the way that food is to someone hungry.

I've been seen! I am also battling finishing the article with part of me that wants to play Crimson Desert, because the exploring part makes my brain sing, and "not playing it right" means I dump hours into the game while making very little actual progress, except by accident.

 

The site has been updated to Lemmy version 0.19.17, so as always, let me know if things look "weird".

PS - I think I also finally fixed my login issues on desktop! Yay for bad configs!

[–] TimLovesTech@badatbeing.social 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

My guess is the DDoS attack Arch has been dealing with.

[–] TimLovesTech@badatbeing.social 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Trump has had several GOP "rhinos" primaried because they wouldn't bend the knee.

  • Rusty Bowers: The former Arizona House Speaker was censured by his state party and targeted by Trump after he refused to help overturn the 2020 election results in Arizona.

  • Liz Cheney: As the former chair of the House Republican Conference and a leading critic of Trump, she was a primary target. Trump endorsed Harriet Hageman, who defeated Cheney in the 2022 Wyoming primary election.

  • Doug Ducey: Trump called the former Arizona governor a "RINO" for not engaging with his efforts to challenge the 2020 election outcome in the state.

  • Larry Hogan: Trump has repeatedly labeled the former Maryland governor a "RINO," though Hogan has remained popular in his state.

  • Brian Kemp: The Governor of Georgia earned Trump's ire for certifying the 2020 election results in his state. Trump endorsed David Perdue in the Republican primary, but Kemp won re-election.

  • Mitch McConnell: Trump has repeatedly attacked the Senate Minority Leader, though he has not been able to directly replace him.

  • Lisa Murkowski: One of the few remaining senators who voted to convict Trump in his second impeachment trial, Murkowski has faced heat from Trump's allies and activists, though she was not successfully primaried.

  • Ken Paxton: When the Texas Attorney General faced impeachment charges, Trump defended him and called his Republican opponents "RINOs".

  • Ben Sasse: The former Nebraska senator was another Republican who voted to convict Trump. Sasse later left the Senate to become president of the University of Florida.

  • Pat Toomey: The former Pennsylvania Senator, who also voted to convict Trump, retired from the Senate at the end of his term.

[–] TimLovesTech@badatbeing.social 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Well, not entirely true. They do it in the US based on your public voter registration data, giving rise to companies that only exist to suck up and sell that data to groups looking to game the system instead of giving people what they want/need/deserve.

[–] TimLovesTech@badatbeing.social 25 points 4 months ago (2 children)

[Disclaimer: I'm not Jewish] This seems more antisemite than boycotting Israel does, because this (IMHO taking into account the disclaimer) seems like someone that can't separate a government from a people, or basically "everything Jewish is the same". Similar to how many in government can't separate being Muslim, or Arab, from [insert US declared "terrorist country"].

[–] TimLovesTech@badatbeing.social 26 points 4 months ago

Doubling every year would be crazy unsustainable at Google scale, but to tell employees you need to do so every 6 months seems like a fever dream of someone that doesn't understand what they are asking (or knows they aren't responsible for actually doing it). The old "just throw it over the fence" approach that corporate kool-aid drinkers love because they can take credit and shift blame.

[–] TimLovesTech@badatbeing.social 2 points 5 months ago

⬆️ ⬆️ ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬅️ ➡️ ⬅️ ➡️ B A START

Never forget Contra, though I have forgotten the Mike Tyson code. 😭

[–] TimLovesTech@badatbeing.social 1 points 5 months ago

Oh man, the conspiracy theories that would have come out of Trump deep frying his paws. The Right wing propaganda machine went crazy when Trump had issues at his UN visit over stuff the UN said was at least partly due to his own team. If he burned himself they'd have put that franchise owner on a plane to El Salvador that afternoon.

[–] TimLovesTech@badatbeing.social 2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Trump marveled repeatedly about how the fries are packaged, with the aid of a scooper-like device.

“Never touched by a human hand,” he said at one point. “Nice and clean.”

Source: Trump attempts to troll Harris by serving french fries at a Pennsylvania McDonald's

Is a small clip of him making fries between 24-50 secs of the video at the top of the page.

[–] TimLovesTech@badatbeing.social 1 points 5 months ago

Also, I am not sure what security Podman under Distrobox is making worse. Got an example?

From the site ...

Security implications

Isolation and sandboxing are not the main aims of the project, on the contrary it aims to tightly integrate the container with the host. The container will have complete access to your home, pen drive, and so on, so do not expect it to be highly sandboxed like a plain docker/podman container or a Flatpak.

You are suggesting Flatpaks for security? Um. Ok.

OP said ...

But the question developed if it would be wise to use distrobox to execute random internet scripts without altering your base OS/putting your data to risk.

I was suggesting a Flatpak from a supported project over a random package from wherever being run as root on their box, yes.

And how is calling the entire Freedesktop platform just to run an app better than the much more limited dependencies that Distrobox will pull in? And, if I already use Podman, Flatpak is a lot of extra complexity compared to Distrobox.

And I just don't see why I would install another insecure layer that is just going to use Docker/Podman, why not just install Docker/Podman and be done. And for a desktop app installing a Flatpak seems like a better tool than a pod/docker container if you can't get a native package.

 

Today (31/8/25) I have made the tough decision to block the site for UK users. The broad and yet vague rules around the OSA make enforcement for a Lemmy Instance of my size virtually impossible. I'm sorry to anyone this may effect, but it was a step I felt I needed to take to protect the site as well as myself.

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submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by TimLovesTech@badatbeing.social to c/main@badatbeing.social
 

~~Updating the instance to 0.19.12 so let me know if you see anything weird.~~. Just kidding for some reason the site gets wonky and nothing loads, back to 0.19.11 for now.

EDIT 20/09/2025 - Well apparently Lemmy release 0.19.13 does the same thing, slow loading requiring a page refresh for every page which makes things like comments and logging in impossible. I'm not sure if it's a weird caching bug or what. I did break the database/instance for several days in my pursuit to "fix" it. Sorry!

 

I have set the set the instance to "private" so you cannot read it without logging in. This is an effort to stop AI bots from hammering the server. If you see anything else weird please let me know.

 

I updated to 0.19.10 like two weeks ago when it released and noticed I never posted anything about it. I haven't seen anything weird or seen any news about strange gremlins, so I'm guessing no news is good news. =)

 

It's once again that time of year that I dread, well, partly. I find the holidays very draining with the high energy/high emotions surrounding EVERYTHING this time of year. And if you're anything like me, it can be kinda rough. It's going to be OK though, you are not alone, and we will make it back out the other side in 2025.

Until then, be kind to yourself, and you got this!

 

I updated the Instance to Lemmy 0.19.8 the other week and forgot to post about it, sorry. It seems to be running well, but, as always let me know if you see anything odd.

Lemmy 0.19.8 - Full Changelog & Release Notes

 

I updated the Instance to Lemmy 0.19.7 today, so as always let me know if you see anything odd. I also moved the images to Object Storage, and unfortunately it does seem that a few images were "eaten" in the process, sorry!

Lemmy 0.19.7 - Full Changelog & Release Notes

 

I have updated the instance to the new Lemmy 0.19.6 that comes with a bunch of updates/fixes. As usual, let me know if you see anything weird besides me. =)

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Lemmy 0.19.5 (github.com)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by TimLovesTech@badatbeing.social to c/main@badatbeing.social
 

Upgraded the instance to 0.19.5 and all seems well. As usual, let me know if you see otherwise.

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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by TimLovesTech@badatbeing.social to c/main@badatbeing.social
 

Upgrading the site to Lemmy 0.19.4 so expect roughly an hour of downtime. I'll update this post right before I take the site down, and again once the site is back up.

Edit #1: OK, site will be going down now 11:31am EST. Edit #2: Site is back up - upgrade complete @ 10:46 pm EST.

A lot of things broke I didn't expect, so please let me know if you find something not work as you believe it should be and I'll see what I can do about fix it (hopefully quicker). Again, sorry about the downtime!

 

The server has now been updated to Lemmy 0.19.3 release. Let me know if you see anything that seems broken, and enjoy!

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