Somewhiteguy

I fully understand your points, but I’m just going to put these here since it’s not as simple as “be google” in the FOSS community.

“Just upload a photo” to some host.

Not everyone has access to just “some host” or wants to deal with the hassle of their TOS, and a FOSS host has the issue of longevity. Data storage and bandwidth all cost money, and if it’s not consistently coming in, then you have an issue. I always wondered if registering as a non-profit and then getting hosting as that would change things, but I don’t believe so. These big companies and ISPs don’t care too much about servicing without monies. Distributed to the users is also out (see Napster, Limewire, most torrents).

A review system that works

Yeah, humans are messy, and people like to spam things with bots because they can. Review systems are hard in general and they would work consistently if ANYONE had them figured out. It’s in everyone’s best interest for them to, but even with removing bots, it doesn’t remove people making new accounts and paying for them to be filled with garbage (see Amazon). It’d be nice to know you can trust all of the reviews, but there is just no true way. Once you found a way, the spammers, bots, and scammers would all start using that one thing and you’re back to square one.

API integration for public transport services like DB. Those already do navigation really well, but no routing directions etc.

Oh, how sweet this would be, if all public transportation services had a consistent API structure. I want this so bad for when I travel, but every town hires a new developer, who has their own idea of what the “standard” should be. To keep all of these APIs straight and updated would be a full time career and team surprisingly enough. That’s just for the municipalities that have it available. I want this over everything else. If we could just get everyone to agree to a basic standard so we can have a base standard for API calls to these municipalities, that would be great and give people more access to basic necessities wherever they are.

I say all of this, not to crap on your post. I have the same thoughts and wants all the time in the OSS side of the world. I use OSMand when it doesn’t crash, or not have data and I don’t have time to update things in the moment. I just try to keep supporting the things that I know I can and work around the quirks of them not being a billion dollar company with thousands of employees. I contribute where and when I have time. It’s drops in the ocean, but it’s something.

“I’ll get the water frisbee.” ~The Dog

Literature has been using asterisks, daggers, double daggers, etc. to denote markups, notes, corrections, whatever for centuries.

This is going to sound condescending and it’s not intended that way, but read a book. Not a fiction, but non-fiction. Biographies that need research, science texts on detailed subjects, psychology with many interpretations, really anything outside of a storybook.

Have fun learning, and this is not a dumb question. You’re on the right track.

Here is the Reuters link in case you want to skip the opinion piece. https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/tesla-musk-steering-suspension/

But my google home tells me that the microphone is disabled when I say the magic phrase. How can you not trust that?

I already ditched Chrome and Gmail over this kind of garbage. Most, probably not, but the privacy and security minded will find alternatives.

This would be a great set of additions for any of the Dark Souls games. Fail a parry, get one-hit killed by a basic mob, etc. Seems like this would be a great addition to a lot of games.

The problem is that campaigns will use snacks and water to campaign as close to polling places as possible. That’s what the law is trying to prevent, so that there aren’t 15 10’X10’ tents with names emblazoned on top just to garner more votes.

How you solve for that is: No branding or signage beyond “Free Water” or “Free Refreshments” and workers are not allowed to speak to anyone. Just place things on a table. Campaigns can setup tents, refreshments outside of a new buffer, 300 ft. Or, OR, just ban campaigns from setting up tents. If it’s found, they forfeit the election.

But, we all know that legislatures aren’t about making common sense laws.

Update: I appreciate all of the responses. I’ve read up more on this law, and ya’ll are right. The way it’s written, and how it’s communicated are different. I’m leaving my original comment up for clarity. Discourse is good and I appreciate the softer approaches along with some of the more angry of you.

The best thing for my family was that we were in St Jude with our daughter while the rest of the world lost their minds. I was able to speak directly to Infectious Disease doctors that had nothing to do with anything but researching for cancer patients. They had worked with the original doctors for the Covid vaccine, and how long it had been in development as we learned more about the disease. People were just going off ignorance. Just because you don’t know, doesn’t mean everyone else is trying to lie to you.

Pressure washer should help. One of those basic electric ones should be enough.