In case you want to just have a look at the bridge without going nuts.

https://i.cbc.ca/1.6007355.1619716182!/fileImage/httpImage/i...

The bridge also has its own website with photos: https://ponte516arouca.com/en/516-arouca-worlds-longest-pede...

Huh... websites. What a great idea.

I’d say you’re still in a somewhat decent position. I miss those times. The real worries start when you realize you’re spending the other half of your time fixing bugs that would have never come to existence if you wrote it the first time.

Step 4: accuse others of doing the same thing you’re being accused.

There are more ways to harm a life than there are guns in the world. Just because a health professional gets a diploma and makes a promise doesn’t mean that worker will take good care of you or your loved one. There are plenty of cases all around the world where some health professionals killed tens of innocent people.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niels_Högel

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Cullen

>> His final victim said that a "sneaky male nurse" had injected her as she slept, but family members and healthcare providers at the hospital dismissed her comments as unfounded.

>There are plenty of cases all around the world where some health professionals killed tens of innocent people.

But this article is about US doctors vs US cops. And US doctors murder at a far lower rate. The argument isn't that doctors are perfect. The argument is that they are better than cops.

Health professionals are no different than cops or any other worker. There are good and bad professionals working in pretty much any domain. Good luck generalizing and classifying people into groups. That has always worked great throughout human history.

I’m seriously considering ditching my iPhones for any Nokia dumb phone. But what we really need is a mobile OS that is really free with no marketing BS, ideally BSD derived.

Like this one? https://pureos.net/ Running on a phone: https://puri.sm/products/librem-5/

Pinephone for a cheaper, less performant alternative: https://pine64.com/product-category/pinephone/?v=0446c16e2e6...

Unfortunately (since otherwise I’d be using one) both are unusable as practical replacements for Android or iOS.

Once calls/texts work with 100% reliability and it isn't slow as hell I'm going all in :)

Yeah - I don’t even care about calls that much.

Texts, not slow as hell, decent battery life, would do it for me.

You mean Ubuntu touch?

It’s not just the Leaf, all electric cars have a terrible resale value problem. People think that preowned EVs suck because these cars have depleted batteries, and they’ve heard car batteries are just like their other devices batteries. More than any other car, EVs should never be outright bought.

> More than any other car, EVs should never be outright bought.

I am uncertain about this. They've tried this with phones, and it ends up that the cost gets bundled into a more expensive service. Also changes might be forced to get people upgrade more often and make the devices throw-away.

I think with ownership, there might be pressure on the manufacturers to focus on longevity.

On the plus side it means buying a used EV is great value. I got a 3 year old leaf for £6.5k, and 3 years later 6 year old leafs sell for £6.5k. Even if not using it as a car I'd still have £5k of batteries

Yes. That’s why the OP talked about separating hot/cold data and scale up instead of scale out.

I’m one of those who will still buy my cars for one simple reason, I’m unable to live in other people’s filth. I’ve rented lost of shared electric cars and sometimes you just want to drive it into the sea.

Just like some people are used to park in handicap spots. I don’t think that’s a problem with the type of car but with a certain type of driver.

This is happening to normal folks with small businesses too. I have some friends who are being targeted by google and fb, for no good reason as they’re completely in the dark. We need to decentralize the web yesterday.