Every car I’ve owned has had a way to change the speedometer from freedom units to ✨ metric ✨ .

For knowing what speed I should be going, I roughly follow these numbers. (Note, these are not equivalent.)

• 35mph -> 50km/h
• 60mph -> 100km/h
• 70mph ->110km/h

Also, very roughly 10km ≈ 5mi.

However, most of the time I just follow the flow of traffic.

I voluntarily switched to metric like 10 years ago, so meters, celsius, grams, etc make more sense to me now.

TIL https://crossidiomas.com/que-te-folle-un-pez/

This idiom may seem vulgar and offensive at first glance, but it has a deeper meaning that reflects the culture and mentality of the Spanish people.

What’s this in Spanish?

UND KEINE EIER!

I’m gonna download more RAM right meow! https://downloadmoreram.com/

28 days later…

OK. I’ve been using Nubo daily for 28 days. So far I’m really liking it.

Although, mostly, I realize that I like Nextcloud.

The main value-add Nubo brings is 1. They host Nextcloud for you. 2. It may be cheaper than hosting yourself.

If you want to host your own Nextcloud, then you can definitely forget about Nubo. If you care about maximum privacy and security, then forget about Nubo.

If you don’t want to host your own Nextcloud, or if hosting your own Nextcloud is too expensive, then that’s where Nubo shines. €3.5 is a competitive price. And everything just works, WebDAV, CalDAV, CardDAV, notes, todos.

Things I don’t like:

• Nubo is running an old, deprecated version of Nextcloud, 25.0.6.1. The latest version is 31 something.
• You really have to hunt for good client apps.
• The service is kinda slow. (Although, I’m in the US, so that’s part of the problem.)

Overall, Nubo has made it really easy for me to de-Google. Technically, I still haven’t used their email service yet. I’m still with my old provider, but I do think I’ll switch over to their email eventually.

Yeah, 145km/h might be a liiitle under powered. I drive between 120km/h to 130km/h on the US interstates.

Wait, huh?

Users can adjust from their profile settings which language they want to see … posts are marked as English despite being Egyptian, so these posts get forwarded to English speakers

TIL!

Oooooooh. That’s what the language setting is for??? I never touched that setting. I also didn’t realize you could select multiple languages! (ctrl+click) Holy shit, thanks!

I just selected English and Spanish as my languages and checked All. It’s still mostly just English posts, but it seems like !colombia@lemmy.blahaj.zone is new! Neat!

A buddy of mine got his Tacoma tailgate stolen in broad daylight during a kid’s football game… I hope any really valuable parts are secured…

not equipped for actual utility

Doesn’t that guy know?! He’s not getting any actual utility from this truck! 😱

what if cars don’t have be ridicules in size

Then you may be interested in this vehicle. It’s about as long as the Kia Niro at 4.4m.

carrying dead weight

I mean, even in a 5 seater sedan, you’re gonna be carrying dead weight. Are you suggesting everyone ride bikes or motorcycles instead?

Whoops! I did mean the Toyota Pickup. Thanks! https://www.iseecars.com/car/1985-toyota-pickup-dimensions

One thing that makes me nervous is that there are so many screws exposed. It seems like it would be really easy for thieves to just walk up with a hex key and steal your bumper or panels… 🤔

Ah, yes. I remember the summer we had Google Chome. Then Google killed it off, like they always do, and they relaunched/rebranded it as Chrome.

United States: How do the Chinese and Russians fall for such obvious government propaganda!?!

Also United States: OMG, my favorite show CSI: Miami Law Blue Bloods Unit is on! OMG, my favorite movie is on Cop Show, but With More CGI and Colorful Costumes!

All of the apps I use play very nice with scaling … with the exception of apps…

Sssssssssoooo… it sounds like not all of the apps you use work with scaling?

I used to be with it. Then they changed what “it” was.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DlTexEXxLQ

I’m typing this message on my Dell XPS 13 9310. I’m really happy with it, specifically the 9310 model, not other models.

• The volume, screen brightness, and keyboard brightness buttons all work great.
• Bluetooth and wifi work great.
• Touchpad and touchpad gestures work great. It’s also a decent size.
• The FHD display has no scaling issues with any apps or any distros.
• The keyboard and overall build quality feel nice.

The one thing that doesn’t work great is the webcam. It turns on and captures video… except it’s really dark. Although, I haven’t tried running Wangblows on this, so maybe it’s Dell’s fault for picking bad hardware. Anyway, I just use an Opal Tadpole webcam and that works great. Happy to answer any questions about this laptop! I use Arch, btw, with GNOME. Zoom, Google Meet, Discord video calls and screen sharing all work as well.

If you’re serious about this requirement:

DPI/screen resolution doesn’t cause scaling issues

then I would avoid Framework. I recently sold mine after daily driving it for about 1 year. My biggest complaint was the high DPI display. It will 100% cause scaling issues. You will have blurry apps and/or tiny text, 100%. People will suggest that you add a ton of config or switch distros—neither of which will actually 100% solve the issue—or use different apps—which you can’t always because alternatives may not exist. If you want to use arbitrary software like hexchat which is GTK2, DO NOT buy a Framework laptop. 🙅

I love the little cultural differences here. In the US, our old traditional saying of “grab 'em by the pussy” means you’re fit to be president. But I guess other countries interpret this as sexual harassment. 🤷 😭

at least a few will pause and realize, “Wait, other countries have higher standards…”

Nice thought, but too generous. If you’re not England, France, or maybe Germany, then we consider you a third world country. (Incorrectly!)

If anything, this will piss them off more: “How dare these third world countries reject the world’s best food?!”