Yes I miss her too. I found her stories super interesting, even more so than her tech content. Like the one where she explains how and why she looks so heavily feminised.

A lot of people were complaining she used her sexuality to get attention but I never thought that was the case. She didn’t seem to be playing a role. And I can totally understand her story. ❤️

I bet most of its buyers never even have a need for a truck bed.

Well it kinda is because that certificate is needed for the phoning home. If it didn’t need to communicate at all it wouldn’t have needed an SSL certificate so there would have been nothing to expire.

Cool but if you handle complex documents with stuff like macros you’re straight out of luck. Even if you can get some compatibility you’re never going to be quite sure it will all work and look perfectly.

This is how Microsoft keeps their position.

Was it really more of a hell than it is now?

Especially if you don’t exactly agree with the government it’s not a very nice place to be right now.

Yeah name Chiang Kai-Shek in particular hehehe

Loll I thought of the first two too. Of course the first is a given considering his picture is right there on the post.

The third was Naomi Wu. One of the few influencers who really managed to captivate the west (in her niche). But unfortunately she was silenced as she was too critical about the government (and IT security issues in particular in the pinyin input module, which she had really good points about). Basically she was arrested and told to stop youtubing or else…

I think this plays a role too. Influencers that capture a western audience often get silenced when they don’t toe the party line. And when they do they are obvious shills so they don’t appeal to us. The same reason linkedin is insufferable as social media.

It’s too bad because people like her really fostered understanding of Chinese culture. Which is good for China and its government too but they’re too focused on their internal hold on power to see that.

She came there realising the potential of political influence and tried to turn it into a power for good. She failed, obviously.

I think she’s a good person if a little naive.

It’s not Windows but I know what you mean. And totally agree.

This is so sad. I read her book. She’s a really good and brave person.

I’ve never bought a new car in my life. Always bought old bangers. Because I hated needing a car and I wanted to waste the least amount of money on it.

Now I haven’t owned one in almost 9 years and I’m much happier. But I live in a city with amazing public transport.

❤️ Cuba

Yeah that’s what I’m saying. Southern Europe (and I would count France under this too especially culturally) and Eastern Europe smoke a lot more. In Holland and Germany and the Nordics it’s a lot rarer.

I think the difference is cultural. Those countries tend to be more laid-back while the further north you go the more serious people are about life and rules. Just as an example, if your whole street has green front doors in Holland and you paint yours blue, you can bet you will get a visit from some local council pencil pusher ordering you to change it right back. In Spain you just do whatever the fuck you please with your own house. The only thing you get complaints about are actual dangers (eg plaster falling from the facade and possibly injuring people).

And I’m not saying that to bash them. In fact I moved from a northern to a southern European country in part because I like the looser outlook 🫶

You could put a speaker in it that does vroom. Some companies do that.

This is really a rich people’s problem though. #care

Magyar isn’t exactly an LGBT advocate. He’s not a rabid LGBT hater like Orban, no. But things could still be a lot better. He’s still very conservative family first etc.

Depends totally on which country. And what demographic you visit.

South and East Europe smoke a lot more than North and West. People outside bars smoke because if they didn’t smoke they’d be inside.

To be honest current America is like this. No. Not all Americans are. I know. But blame Trump. Not those hating on America’s actions as a state.

Yeah but having to squeeze through a tiny gap which makes it hard for all pedestrians to cross in the time allotted.

Pedestrians should have priority over cars.

Yes but the one Trump is sticking it to is them primarily. They’re the ones that suffer the most as a result of his politics. Especially in the long run.

His voters will only applaud him for it because “he’s sticking it to the man”. The man is they themselves but I doubt they will ever see that