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  • Honestly, if you fear the EUC strawman (for pedestrians) and not the giant 3000lb+ metal boxes that can go 100mph+ standard (for decades) that’s a weird hill to live on. The momentum isn’t even comparable.

    Just about anything around you is going to provide some protection from a stray EUC rider (a wooden fence, a bus shelter, a cemented mailbox), a car can barrel through a fucking brick wall. Yeah, EUC riders are probably more in-danger but they also probably are going to pass out on the pavement rather than on their accelerator. I’m guessing you’ll say some cars fix that (maybe if the surveillance tech is working right), but yeah not that used car they’re actually in because cars are expensive.

    Also from what I see a medium-weight EUC is 60lbs and heavy is 80lbs, so I imagine a pedestrian crash with one would mostly result in leg/foot breaks. Assuming standing adult and no sweet jumps.





  • I guess I would boil it down to: I’m not using Linux on a touchscreen and am unlikely to any time soon. I’m not even sure if/when I’ll ever go beyond 1080p (and a small screen at that) because cost.

    I don’t want a dock or full-screen apps menu. I don’t want to fix those (or missing features) using extensions. I do want to customize things*, but otherwise I don’t need my desktop to look new or exciting.

    * I even made my own hyper-minimal XFWM window theme (which is honestly unneeded for maximized applications due to my XFCE settings anyway, but it does allow me to have a rolled-up music player always visible like an old-internet music widget).