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I like this, but I'm a python guy. Any alternatives? PDFs aren't that complex with the libraries we have now, are they?

I agree with this assessment. Of course its not a solution. Its delaying the inevitable. But depending on the rate of "filling up the disk for unknown reason" it will buy you time.

So when you're running out of space, you immediately delete the junk file. Suddenly there's "No Problem" and you've reset the symptom back to hopefully well before it was an issue. Now you can run whatever you need to, do reports, do traces etc. Even add more storage if necessary.

More importantly, as soon as you delete that junk file now you have space for logs. You have space and time for investigation.

I'm cranky about the settings app as it stands right now

KaiOS. Firefox as a toolkit / OS.

(Likely wrong terminology but you hopefully get the idea)

Summed up in the following:

Its time to upgrade your PC. Now. We don't care you're running a presentation. yeah We'll let you delay it... for now.

Its time to dim your screen. We don't care if you're reading a recipe while you cook. No we won't put a widget to allow this temporarily. We think its better buried in the settings. And you'll have to set it back later.

Its time for feature X to not work or not exist anywhere. We don't care that it worked in the old version. We don't like it.

Yes. Yes I do. Make it happen. Tomorrow [1]

How? the existing handset manufacturers just need to make their phones functional enough for linux and/or provide the various blobs in a straightforward manner. And a suitable stretch goal? few or no blobs.

Alternative approach: release the blobs for old phones so we[2] can at least actually write our own updates.

There. No weird hardware needed. Just existing handsets. Just start there.

[1] next week is also good.

[2] or someone who is more clever, has more time available, or otherwise more motivated.

If you don't care about evidence then this rule is therefore more about the optics - just the appearance of doing something. And because you don't care about evidence you can't then make claims about "making sure" because then you stray into the land of probabilities and possible guarantees. Which you can't do because that requires evidence to be even remotely useful.

If the rule has any validity then you ALSO can't tolerate people talking before the ride. Can't stop one activity and allow the other. Talking is a known infection vector since it can easily fill a space like a room with a significant viral load. This is how people get infected simply by entering a room full of infected air that has suspended viral particles in it.

But can you fill an area with a significant viral load when that area happens to be an open-air roller-coaster moving at high speed?

So evidence does matter. Either way.

At the speeds we're talking about, is there even a threat?

If they really think this is a real threat then I'd fully expect them to be already cleaning the various surfaces of the ride each time. That means alcohol swabbing all hand surfaces. I'd also expect the people waiting in line to be fully masked without exception because people talking is a known aerosol vector.

That's the "reasonable" science approach to dealing with a known aerosol and surface infection threat. But I doubt they clean each time. I doubt they distance properly. In plenty of locations I'm sure they don't wear masks.

If they aren't already doing all those preventive measures then adding a "no yell / scream" requirement is actually just nonsense because the simple and basic actions aren't being done.

EDIT: on a more serious note, if there is no threat then the reason for the rule isn't health-related. That is even worse. That then makes it a rule put in place for health reasons yet with no actual health reasons. That's very bad public policy and sets a bad precedent since now anything can be justified for no reason. Doing it just for optics is even worse.

well if there's no science then it has nothing to do with any medical concern. Isn't that kind of the point?

This yelling/screaming in particular is presumably done at high speed due to it being a roller-coaster and all. Is fast moving air in the outdoors really going to contribute to significantly high viral load exposure?

I'd love to see the studies backing up the idea that screaming is actually a concern. This is a science based decision after all...

Another aspect: Don't people line up before they get on the ride? Isn't that more dangerous?

And finally: Raised voices? Does this mean arguing in public is now an offence?

EDIT: Article does state: "These guidelines do not require parks to prohibit screaming."

Juggling chainsaws is not a casual activity to be done lightly.

Using the root terminal is serious. Pasting junk in isn't to be taken lightly. Its evidence of carelessness. Don't blame the tool.

So the government does its thing via WIC and distorts the market. The price goes up as the price-sensitive portion of the market disappears. Why wouldn't crime take advantage of this?

Alternative restated question: where are the competitors working to lower the price in a functioning economic dynamic? Enjoying the profits of a distorted market.

Kind of like the etiquette for small arms when cleaning them at the dinner table.

How weird are company names going to get in the future just because of the need for a domain name?

Frankly the whole thing stinks. On the whim of an unaccountable AI basically anything can happen. We need laws around this sooner rather than later. AIs are getting more powerful but less responsible.

Just don't have an argument about a book or you could end up on death row. Gordon Dickson wrote a short story about this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computers_Don%27t_Argue