Notices by Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com), page 16

Bicycle advocates have it all wrong when they try to justify building protected bike lanes based on the number of cyclist casualties.

You think car advocates had to argue about the number of driver casualties to get most of cities real estate for themselves? No! It’s because they themselves killed scores of pedestrians and bikers.

We should apply the same logic and start having bikers randomly kill car drivers on shared roads, let’s see how fast those protected bike lanes prop up!

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@Andrej I don’t usually clean parts in bulk after purchase, but I do wash individual sets I sell. I put the parts in water with dish soap for a little while, then I move them to a colander for rinsing where I brush the largest plates that are more susceptible to collect dust and grime, then I rinse and shake the parts to remove as much water as possible, and finally I spread them on a towel for drying using a table fan to speed the process up.

The rare times I did clean parts right after purchase, I do the same process minus the individual brushing in my bathtub instead of my kitchen sink.

@Raroun Homeworld (1999) was revolutionary. A full third dimension to master in a real-time space strategy game, ballets of fighters, original missions, a strong visual style supported by a moody soundtrack, it had everything.

Homeworld 2 (2003) mainly kept the visual style and ditched the third dimension altogether which made it more accessible. Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak (2016) is surprisingly similar to Homeworld 2, despite happening on land, because of the same missing third dimension. Neither are bad games, but they kind of pale in comparison to their elder.

I like the work of these people:

• Molly White
• Cory Doctorow
• Bruce Schneier
• Brian Krebs
• …

But I can’t follow them directly, it is absolutely depressing to me. I don’t know how you folks are doing.

Went for Red Alert 2, had a miserable time trying to get it to work correctly in my setup, had to apply three separate fixes:

1. Run Playnite as an administrator, otherwise RA2Launcher.exe is blocked from executing (by an administrator I should contact???). Use Playnite, it’s good™️.
2. Fiddle with the RA2.ini configuration file to enable widescreen support and fix low FPS.
3. Dowload a third-party Direct Draw adapter from a GitHub repository to be able to click on menu buttons as my mouse was hovering the EA launcher window below instead. 😒

I'm in the mood for some Command & Conquer. My favorites are Red Alert 2 (2000) and Generals (2003). Which one should I go for tonight?

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