[-] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago

its just a sign of the times. bikes were easier/cheaper to maintain and take less space to stable than horses, especially in inner cities. Trams (electric 'streetcars') were probably only just starting to spread in the larger cities.

There would have been quite a few underground train lines in london that would go on to become 'the tube', but in early 1900s mostly still slow and dirty steam trains, electrification was starting, but fairly slow to phase out steam.

The 1890s had seen a bicycle boom/bubble following mass production of the chain drive 'safety' bicycle and Dunlop's pneumatic tyres. Even in 1912 cars were very few and far between compared to bikes

Obviously cars were starting to appear, but i suspect many more bikes and horses were still on the roads.

The british expeditionary force in 1914 still had many cavaly divisions, very little of the army would have been motorised at the start of WWI. things like tanks were developed during the war so pretty unheardof in 1912.

[-] [email protected] 29 points 5 days ago

It's a province in the Netherlands. It's only \ few hundred km from legoland in Denmark - the dude should get out more - I bet he only goes to the central bit of Old Amsterdam.

[-] [email protected] 23 points 1 week ago

yes, I think the main thing is when the nonfree firmware was included (user can opt-out) as a default at install. So out of the box support for most common hardware became way better.

It was always pretty easy to add nonfree repositories, but having to manually sort out wifi firmware after an install was a pain.

[-] [email protected] 48 points 2 weeks ago

If >1 special character is not allowed the last check should be failed . The second check is literally satisfied even if there are 2+ specials.

I'd not be using that bank.

[-] [email protected] 19 points 2 weeks ago

That's why you should make sure they all have access to guns.

[-] [email protected] 15 points 2 weeks ago

really good research skills? you're going to need more than an internet connrection.

[-] [email protected] 24 points 1 month ago

I think you might be missing the part where memes are not real. aur is useful. arch wiki is useful.

[-] [email protected] 19 points 2 months ago

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sfg [waggle mouse] qqwthr

[-] [email protected] 19 points 2 months ago
[-] [email protected] 24 points 2 months ago

Britain left of centre ? . . . these are blairites, "labour" in name only , they literally propped up the second homes buy to let market through the 2000s. and they'd gladly privatise every public service we have left if they can. I've already heard shit like "individualised healthcare" being mentioned in their "think tanks".

They're probably not worse than the tories, and they probably will fuck it up less, that's about all you can hope for them.

They aren't going to tackle anything fundamental like bank regulation, promoting domestic investment, industrial strategy or developing public services.

I hope France gets a lot better.

[-] [email protected] 44 points 3 months ago

Call the Sales/new accounts line and see how long it takes them to pick up.

[-] [email protected] 23 points 3 months ago

I like the infinite battery life, massive fold out screen size, and great daytime contrast ratio and glare filter. regularly for hiking.

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