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Cake day: June 30th, 2023

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  • That’s just people not used to dedicated cycle paths.
    You would likely have as many issues of a pedestrian trying to cross a road and not seeing a cyclist, as you would travelling on a dedicated cycle path with an ignorant pedestrian.

    It just needs everyone calling out people on cycle paths. They likely aren’t even aware they are on it.

    But that’s a lot to read into a single picture. Maybe they have checked both ways, and know nobody is coming (like they would with cars on a road)

    Edit:
    The 2 people further down don’t look like they are crossing!


  • I can understand.
    We have some new dedicated cycle lanes in our city (I mean, they are a few years old now. But fairly unique in our country).
    I feel bad for the cyclists. They have a dedicated path, which pedestrians are super ignorant of (they are better marked than this picture).
    My parents think they are a menace when they visit, because they are unaware of them and get menaced by cyclists.
    Except, that’s literally what roads are. They just grew up with roads and (even faster) cars.

    So, I am understanding of the transition.
    And everyone needs to call everyone out over it. It will make everyone safer


  • WRT macros & VBA conversion:

    with AI to save time and avoid errors

    Maybe it saves time, but I doubt it avoids errors.
    I would rather the time spent to develop this was spent on improving the plugin/extension/macro development ecosystem.
    I know they have an SDK, and I’m sure it’s great.

    But with MS Office, I can install Visual Studio, create a new VSTO plugin for what I’m targeting (excel, word, powerpoint, outlook etc), and get into coding. When I hit Play (as in run with debugger) it will launch the targeted application and build/hook in my plugin.
    It’s literally idiot proof, until it gets to writing code (then it’s c#).
    And Visual Studio is a decent IDE.
    The only thing really holding it back is the terrible documentation from Microsoft regarding the VSTO or Com Interop or whatever it’s called. It’s truely terrible, trying to figure out how to implement your idea.

    Make Codium systems similar to Platform.io (which is for Arduino, ESP32 etc), except for your given office suite.
    Make it better than the Visual Studio VSTO experience.

    That’s what I really want.
    And more people to use it, of course. I’m so fed up of Microsoft crap



  • I feel if it was something like “Swedish Prime Minister launches their own meme coin”, it would be world news.
    Or maybe a country that pushes for their own produce to have Geographical Indication (like scotch or champagne) then churning out a bourbon.

    I get that it’s local to the US.
    But the US is also currently pissing on global politics with their irrational/misguided/ignorant tariffs, with a strong flavour of “returning jobs to the US”.
    And the president of the US is now saying they will launch a Made In US phone for $400.
    And Made In US has to actually be made in the US (by their own laws), not just assembled there.

    So maybe not actual world news, it does contribute to the global opinion/perception of the US government.

    Another example would be a country that criticises another country for abuse of its own citizens, then turning around and abusing its own citizens. At least as I see it.


    But I get your point. It’s the US doing things to the US.





  • Your threat assessment is way off.
    So, you import a phone. What sim do you use? Where do you use it? When do you use it? Who do you contact with it?
    All of that is more valuable and easier to get for the police than some sort of modification of firmware or platform as it passes through customs.
    If in doubt, flash your own firmware.

    If this is actually a threat assessment to you, asking on Lemmy is the wrong place. You need people with the same experience that an entire country has at their disposal.

    If it’s a concern as opposed to an actual threat, buy some 2nd hand phones from random places and buy some prepaid sims (ideally via smurfs or black market means). And be aware of how you use them








  • XKCD alt text is always worth!
    And it’s not always available (like, the well known ones being circulated around social media).

    Props to the OP for linking to the image from XKCD (as opposed to rehosting it) and further props for linking the source!

    Just missing the delicious alt text (at least for me using jerboa, Firefox and a pixel phone)