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  • Of all the weapons in the vast Soviet arsenal nothing was more profitable than Avtomat Kalashnikova model of 1947, more commonly known as the AK-47, or Kalashnikov.

    It’s the world’s most popular assault rifle, a weapon all fighters love. An elegantly simple nine pound amalgamation of forged steel and plywood, it doesn’t break, jam, or overheat. It will shoot whether it’s covered in mud or filled with sand.

    It’s so easy even a child can use it, and they do.

    The Soviets put the gun on a coin, Mozambique put it on their flag. Since the end of the Cold War, the Kalashnikov has become the Russian people’s greatest export. After that comes vodka, caviar, and suicidal novelists. One thing is for sure; no one was lining up to buy their cars.

    ~ Lord of War





    1. I actively chose software written in Rust over other software, even if it’s not better, and I argue that it is.

    Rust has quite a high barrier for entry which is likely to deter inexperienced developers. I’d say that’s enough justification to favour software written in Rust.

    Python on the other hand is far too easy to get started with, thus the ecosystem is plagued with terrible software. I avoid it like the plague. Yes, there some decent projects written in Python but they are rare things






  • The thrill of flying a 747 in flight simulator quickly wears off when you realise large planes are really fucking dull.

    After takeoff you turn on autopilot and there’s fuck all to do for the next few hours apart from occasionally twisting the heading knob, or setting up the ILS approach for the landing.

    It may actually liven the experience up if you have to deal with passenger complaints when you mistakenly over prescribe alcohol. You need to give the passengers enough to get them lethargic but not so much they reach the angry or depressed stage.



  • From what I can see a wordpress plugin uses an icon you disagree with. You’d rather they use something else. Rather than approach them constructively you post your emotional response as an issue on their repo? What response are you expecting from the maintainers?

    feud

    frontline is shifting

    Why all the militaristic language?



  • @Rogue@feddit.uktoFediverse@lemmy.worldI said what I said
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    21 days ago

    If you want to be taken seriously you should re-word your issue and the title.

    Be explicit about:

    • what icon you prefer,
    • include a graphical example
    • include examples where it’s used to back up your claim that it’s the "actual fediverse symbol "
    • highlight the issues with the current icon,
    • include an example of the icon you disagree with.

    The issue you’ve linked is literally just a complaint with zero context.