XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy   
   From: crude@sausa.ge   
      
   On 2025-12-19 11:36 a.m., -hh wrote:   
      
   >> I know that a few are aware of the company (and their government's)   
   >> desire to censor everything, so Android's ability to sideload   
   >> application is a benefit. Of course, a few manufacturers seem to be   
   >> actively disabling that feature, so the benefit won't be around for   
   >> much longer. Once it's gone, there will truly be no good reason to   
   >> choose Android over iOS.   
   >   
   > This is alluding to the "walled garden" complaints.  As I mentioned to   
   > rbowman, its pretty common for developers to hate having specific rules   
   > imposed on their work, even if they understand the reasons why.  The   
   > benefit to customers is fewer security holes/etc and fewer instances of   
   > having to deal with "lab rat" quality software with UI violations/etc.   
      
   I can confirm that using Telegram from the iOS store or Google Play is   
   different than using it from Telegram's own website. Apple and Google   
   both censor things which are trivially available to anyone who gets the   
   software directly from the source. I'm on the side of the people who   
   stand against the walled garden in this respect.   
      
   Also, it should be noted that the things the iOS and Google Play   
   versions of the software censor aren't even bad. Usually, it's reports   
   about what happened with migrants in a variety of European cities.   
   Unless you want people to be unaware of what's going on around them,   
   there is no reason to keep it out of their feeds.   
      
   >>>>> I think it was Civ 3 and/or 5 that I had squandered many an hour   
   >>>>> on; was a good diversion at the time.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> It's the most perfect game I have ever come across.   
   >>>   
   >>> The last version I had ran on Steam...hmm...going to have to see if I   
   >>> can go find my Steam account to try running it again.   
   >>>   
   >>> (update:  found some ancient Civ 2(!) files ... and the Steam account   
   >>> for V ... might be out of touch until mid-January now)   
   >>   
   >> I had the original Civilization on a computer I traded for. I had   
   >> never heard of the game but the original owner was nice enough to show   
   >> me how it worked and I didn't immediately realize how much that game   
   >> was going to take over my life. Once the 2 came out, I was dazzled by   
   >> the full- motion video. It gave the game some additional personality   
   >> that made it even more fun to play. Of course, the personality of the   
   >> original, with Genghis Khan and others smiling as they're offering you   
   >> garbage deals was fun too.   
   >   
   > Bad news for me is that I got Civ 5 up & running last night ;-)   
      
   I have the 5, 6 and 7 available to me in Steam and I can easily get the   
   first four in GOG for peanuts. I think that part of the fun of Civ,   
   eventually, will be to play old versions and see how far you get. Each   
   edition requires you to change the way you think and what works in the 6   
   won't necessarily work in the 3 and so on.   
      
   >> If I were to get an EV of any kind, it would have to be hybrid. If the   
   >> electric motor fails, I want to know that the traditional engine will   
   >> still get me to my destination and vice versa. All I would want is   
   >> greater fuel economy. Saving the world is not my concern, especially   
   >> since my government and others are busily importing garbage people   
   >> with no concern for their immediate environment or social cohesion.   
   >   
   > Unfortunately, hybrids reduce overall reliability because both drive-   
   > train systems have to be functional in order to operate.  Their primary   
   > benefit is as you note, better fuel economy - but even this needs to be   
   > hedged in terms of where the biggest benefit is, which is where there's   
   > more opportunities for energy regeneration from braking, so its more for   
   > stop-n-go city driving than it is for constant-velocity highway driving.   
      
   Since most of my driving is within the city, it actually makes sense for   
   me to go electric. I just don't want to.   
      
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   CrudeSausage   
   John 14:6   
      
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