What’s really insane is that sometimes the second identical test actually works.

Which is a plague that affects every country in the world - so isn’t a reason for America being so keen to jail people.

I think you’ll find some ISPs will be reluctant to let go of CGNAT - they’re doing quite nicely by charging extra for ‘commercial’ services where it’s not in the way.

Fortunately, many of us know about cloudflare tunnelling and other services, so NAT really isn’t a problem to self hosters and even SMEs any more.

obfuscation should be done for FUN by PROGRAMMERS to SCARE python programmers. It should NOT be a MANDATORY feature of a language.

<snorts in perl>

To be fair, Emacs has had a package for that for years.

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Um, how? I’ve strapped physical electrocal devices and petrol powered motors together. Nothing I’ve done is unique, I hold no IP or copyright and anyone can copy it.

If you mean show others - then sure, I’ve done that!

Well, yes - but only if you don’t cost time and mistakes… (Actually, I don’t, it’s been a lot of fun and I’ve learned heaps)

Yes, that was my first thought as I know Qatar has a huge population of immigrant workers from Bangladesh and other countries, all of which are male.

Amusing to read this as I’m in my 50s and my wife’s in her 60s. Along with almost everyone in the UK we drive manual, and in very narrow and steep lanes like your aunt. Reversing for a long distance when you meet another vehicle is normal - most roads here (Devon) were made from sheep tracks and follow contours. We both also drive larger vehicles like a 3.5 ton horse lorry and big trailers around here. I say it’s amusing because… everyone does it, it’s normal.

As for why - I think it’s because Americans (and maybe Canadians?) always have had cheap oil so have adopted very large engined cars. Automatic gearboxes on small engines like we had, especially before the 80s, are painful - always hunting for the right gear and tend to be uneconomic and high revving. Drive a 1 litre mini automatic from the 1970s and it’s just horrible compared to manual.

Getting fed up strimming our 4 acre, very steep field.

I looked at remote control mowers. At the time they were all well over £6k, so I thought I’d try building one. Well, I’ve done it and it works well, but it’s taken three years and cost over a grand so far in parts.

Nope. Two months of not using reddit. Not doom scrolling, not feeling that heart rate lift when I see I’ve had a bunch of new replies and wondering whether I said something wonderful, or something dumb and a hundred people are now calling me an arsehole.

I do get your point about some reddit communities being genuinely nice places with great content, and if it was just that I’d still be there. But my mental health is better through having left it. Also, having read the posts about Reddit’s attitude to its users and supporters during the Apollo posts made me realise just how toxically they view us. Fuck them, they can go to hell without me.