these tracks are in helsinki, and these are finnish trams, i think skoda may be exporting them to germany, and i don’t know what you guys do with them there, but these are pretty comfortable personally (even comparing to SBB trains, which travel so smoothly that it makes me dizzy, bc there’s very little sensory points of reference)

you’re most likely having a poor experience bc the tram tracks have fallen into disrepair, bc even comparatively old trams (from the 1970s and the like) can be pretty comfortable on proper tracks (take budapest, their fleet consist largely of older models, but due to good track maintenance and relative straightness of tracks themselves, it’s a pretty good experience)

not sure why you’re extrapolating your particular experience onto something so vast and vague as “public transport systems outside of china and singapore”, not to mention that a decent amount of comfort is a baseline that good systems of public transport operate off of, with accessibility, frequency and location being more important factors

i’m not sure where you grew up and live, but as someone who grew up in a very large city (10m+), i can tell you that children aren’t stupid, if they grow up in an environment in which they’re given an appropriate amount of responsibility in the face of danger, while also explained the possibilities of danger and how to avoid it, they grow up to be pretty responsible, and certainly wouldn’t be endangered (or really bothered in any way) by something as trivial as grassy tram tracks

there’s been like 3 deaths total from tram collisions in the last 200 years 💀

elegant systems in like Singapore or China

how’s grass on tram tracks contradictory to any of that

norrona jackets

i’ve had mine for many years, wore it pretty often, did everything in it, from skiing/hiking/rafting to just normal rain/warmth protection, and it still looks brand new, it’s extremely high quality and pretty durable

they are rather expensive tho, like 500 euro +, but you can find versions from previous years (still new) for about 300, worth it either way if you can afford it imo

POV 2024:

we are now desperately trying to get people off of signal because it turned out it was privacywashing (like greenwashing, but with privacy)

pretty cool! are these labels in the app store alongside the apps before you download?

where matrix tho?

nah it’s fine, it’s just that while this does certainly contain topics related to privacy, it’s primarily about piracy, and people often accidentally confuse those two communities because they’re written really similarly, just wanted to make sure you didn’t do it accidentally :)

and then risk being doxed by cloudflare? meh 🤷‍♀️

the group requests a DMCA subpoena that requires Cloudflare to hand over personal information and account details relating to the operators of The Pirate Bay, YTS, 1337x, EZTV, Seasonvar, Tamilrockers, Lordfilms, and many others

ok seriously tho why on earth do they use cloudflare :woman shrugging: :woman shrugging:

do they pay in Monero? :thinking face:

oh hi there, if it isn’t my good friend “security through obscurity” :)

It really bothers me that not needing a phone number for registration is now a feature, and not a basic requirement for anything claiming to be anonymous/private…