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Hrnrurjon Organizing OpenStreetMap mapping parties

They mostly attack small kids, so sadly no.

Hrnrurjon Organizing OpenStreetMap mapping parties

It would be handy to give street mappers some sort of defense tool from dogs. Like air horn, sticks or maybe peper spray. India has a huge problem with packs of wild street dogs, that regularly attack and kill people. It is dangerous to roam on streets you do not know very well.

Hrnrurjon Vietnamese property tycoon sentenced to death in $27B fraud case

USD (and Euro) is widely used in UA. You actually have to specify what currency you will pay with. Foreign currency may get you a better deal on gas station and other shops.

Hrnrurjon Going in circles without a real-time clock

Voltage check on battery is part of regular PC maintenance. Like cleaning dust, checking all fans are spinning, capacitors are not getting bigger, checking for weird sounds in PSU, overnight memtest...

You should do it every year or two...

Hrnrurjon Changes in conspiracy beliefs are rare, but possible

I used to believe conspiracy theories, now I am far beyond that.

Everyone who wants, should get their booster shot every six months. They should also get RNA vaccine for flu, common cold, herpes and every other illness they desire. I would encourage them to do so! It is their life, and my life will go on.

And arguing about virus origin? Who does that today? It is like arguing about Santa Claus! (it's village must be on the North magnetic pole in Greenland, so it does not sink into ocean...)

Hrnrurjon Do immigrants help or hurt the US economy?

Most migrants do not even have a work permit. I would love to work in US (as software dev) , but immigration office is not very friendly!

Hrnrurjon SFMTA's train system running on floppy disks; city fears 'catastrophic failure'

Here is 2017 article from NY to get an idea.

https://www.businessinsider.com/nyc-mta-subway-delay-2017-6

Hrnrurjon Don't require people to change 'source code' to configure your programs

I think it is matter of contract between author and users. Some authors just do not provide services like "background compatibility".

"Shipping" requires a lot of work, and some people just refuse to do that. Some of my popular programs are just repos on Github. To use them you have to run build script and execute from source code.

It elimites people who would require a lot of support, and would not give a meaningful contribution. Less work for me...

And if you desperately need my software, I always provide consulting...