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  • Snot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zonetoPrivacy@lemmy.ml"You need to try Linux"
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    I agree that the backend for snaps being proprietary sucks, but I actually think snaps themselves are pretty useful in server configurations because of the sandboxing and limiting access to system resources. I get the whole argument that it’s doing what flatpak already did yadda yadda, but like… competing standards happens. It’s part of life and always will be.







  • Printed books fall apart. Ancient tombs decay. But data is cheap.

    Okay, but printed books don’t need a power supply and absolutely last quite a lot longer than cds, dvds, hdds, ssds, and even tape storage (tape currently is the best long-term data storage for cold storage).

    None of them match books because all of them need a power source and some type of device to read the media on them.

    The data on 8-track tapes is pretty much useless without an 8-track player even though a lot of the tapes are still around there’s fewer players to play them.

    Books are the superior data storage format, sadly.








  • EDIT: I hadn’t watched the whole video, didn’t realize the presenter is 6’10" which gives a skewed perspective on the height of the hood. Still lower than a lot of other truck hoods, but not as good as my original comment made it out to be.


    A valid complaint, but at the same time, just watching the video, the person presenting the truck, if he was hit head-on, would fly over the top of the hood because the hood would hit him square in the hips, right underneath his belly, sending his top half flying over the top of the hood, instead of dragging him under.

    The issue you raise is still valid, but its way more of a problem in the giant trucks that are everywhere now. The Slate seems to be one of the smallest trucks that will be available on the market. Sure, the sloped hood would help, but the height of the hood is going to be hitting pedestrians on their hips and legs, not their major internal organs in their stomach, nor does it risk dragging them under the wheels like most big trucks.

    Take the little wins, sometimes.

    https://www.motor1.com/news/757625/slate-truck-size-explained/

    Slate’s electric Truck is about the size of a 1984 Toyota Truck. No, really. Both the Slate Truck and a short-bed, single-cab 1984 Toyota Truck SR5 share an overall length of 174.6 inches. A Slate Auto representative says this is purely coincidence.