Any suggestions?

Ignore the nuts, like we all do?

I’ve not clicked the link (without any description or comment, I see no reason to follow a link to YT). That being said, I would agree with your comment if the video was also shared elsewhere than on YT since non-YT alternatives already exist. I insist: also shared elsewhere, not published elsewhere as I’m all for reaching people where they are, not where I would want them to be. But I’m also all for not bowing to simplicity, conformity and, but isn’t that linked, to laziness ;)

As others have suggested: next door local shops. And then, other online shops.

For example, here in France, the law make it so books are sold at the exact same price everywhere, be it on Amzn or in one of our local bookshops. I’d rather talk to nice human being than fill a web form, and I’d rather do business with someone that can also do business with me than send money to some billionaire. So, I order at the local shop ;)

I find almost everything I need. It just requires me:

• to go there, or to pass a phone call (it’s nice talking to people or to re-learn to do it… and it’s never too late to start doing it either).
• to plan my purchase, as those small shops aren’t open 24/24 and don’t have a bazillion and a half items in stock and they can’t get it overnight either (which is good too as it helps me distinguish between what I need from what I ‘stupidly’ want to buy)

And for the rare few things I can’t get elsewhere (at the very least I will try to directly contact the seller on Amzn), well, either I will have realized I don’t really need them, or I will find some alternative or, then and only then, I will order it on Amzn which since January had not been that frequent, but that’s just me.

Rien n’est automatisé si tu veux dire programmé ou géré par une machine ou un logiciel. On a aucun appareil smart non-plus (pas même uen petite ampoule). Le truc le moins con dans la cuisine c’est le percolateur qui est programmable mais… on l’a jamais programmé ;)

Si tu parles de planifier certaines activités, je peux te dire que (ma compagne bossant bcp plus que moi, je me charge de la plupart des corvées ménagères) je fais la lessive 2 fois par semaine max, les courses tous les 3 jours car on vit dans un petit appart parisien, la place est précieuse, y compris dans le frigo (et on aime cuisiner et manger des produits frais, pas des trucs industriels). Pour les repas, c’est variable pour savoir qui s’en charge de nous deux mais on va souvent se préparer de quoi manger pour un repas ou deux d’avance. On achète/mange des trucs de saison autant que possible.

First you will need to stop having uranium for breakfast, then we may let you in.

Yep, they even promised to move their entire corp away from the USA and to the EU the moment the orange clown in the White House would ask them to threaten or to jeopardize in any way EU sovereignty. And I would have 100% believed them if only they had thought of adding a ‘6 Free chocolate box for all EU users’.

I can’t say no to a chocolate box.

Nice try Microsoft, nice try.

Oh no I didn’t delete them because I’m wrong, I deleted them because the quality of response is garbage, usually a few words at most, no links to stats, no interesting discussion, mostly boring garbage tier

That’s an garbage and boringness expert opinion, obviously.

In short, it’s the others (and me). It’s not you. How could it be you?
Why am I not surprised?

If you didn’t include your bit about a dog it would have been the only response I thought was actually interesting and worthy of discussion

Going to delete this in a bit as well

Unsurprisingly, I suppose.

You’re in for a fascinating life if that’s how you’ve learned to deal with not being happy with what you get from people. The world around you won’t let itself be deleted as easily as your messages.

He’s definitely american educated.

Could be, I don’t know.

I was just surprised to see his insistence in calling English Americans. It was even more surprising to see him delete all his posts later on… There is hardly any hope of him learning anything if hos reaction when being wrong is to try top delete his (numerous) wrongful comments instead of trying to discuss his motivations/reasoning in saying what he said. Whatever, let’s all get back to speaking some sort of flavored English ;)

Before rejoicing, I’ll wait to see the actual ‘reduced’ price. (saying that as an already paying customer)

i am obviously referring to american english

Your forgot to delete that one message of yours. Though you might want to know.

BTW, is that how you ‘american speaking aussies’ (did I got that correctly in your own version of world languages?) are being taught to deal with being proven wrong? Trying (and failing) to delete all evidences of you being wrong?

You as a frenchman I thought would be particularly concerned

Why is that? Should I disappear if French language was to disappear? Am I legally bond to speak only French or to keep my mouth shut?

I love French. It’s one of the nicest language I can think of but I speak four languages and I can ask my way around in a few others. So, I would not worry too much about my ability to communicate with people if my dear French language was to suddenly vanish… but why and where would it so suddenly vanish? Maybe in the vast emptiness of our soulless age? It could be that. It’s such a sad age, so ill suited for a joyful language like French.

More seriously, France is certainly not the superpower it once was, we can all agree on that (some will agree a lot more happily than other, I know that) but French is something like the 6th or 7th most spoken language on the planet if I recall well (which I may not). And even though it’s hard to date the apparition of a language, French has been officially around for more than 1100 years and the last time I checked on its label, the expiration date was not anytime soon.

Lastly, don’t forget the most essential point: we French have this unique way of speaking English that makes us so charming. So, yeah, I would not worry too much about French going away.

I don’t understand this enormous metaphor

The size of the metaphor one may step in mostly depends the dog. And the carelessness of its owner.
Some people should really care more about their dog and their metaphors.

You seem to have a hard time understand the point: languages are not owned by a country, culture, nation. They’re passed on. Your ‘American English’ comes from German (and some French, and others as well). Following your (very questionable) logic, should we not say English is mostly German and therefore that Americans are speaking a derivative of German? That would be silly.

Also, languages are a mix of others. To flirt, which is such a nice English thing to do, comes from the French ‘compter fleurette’, while to fuck, which is such an American thing to do, may come from the Dutch fokken (aka a derivative of German Ficken). So are American speaking French when they’re romantic with one another and are they speaking Dutch or German when they have sex?

Then, the English we’re now speaking around the world is neither US nor English, it’s international. Its a new mix.

Enough with that. Like I already said, you’re welcome… to keep ignoring facts that don’t suit your narrative. I’ve noticed how trendy this habit has become and I quickly learned to be OK with that, as much as I accept the risk I may step on some dog poop while I get out of my house for a walk in the city.

Have a nice day.

American as your primary language,

when I see signs written in American

You meant to say “English”, not American.

We learn English in most EU countries (alongside a few other languages). American people also happens to be speaking English, which is neat but, no matter the tariff-obsessed orange clown they recently elected, this doesn’t mean Americans actually own the English language. (hint: they don’t)

English originates from (the old English which itself originates from) old German (aka from Germany, which is in the EU as we all know).

You’re welcome.

+1

just underlines that Russia and India are scared of their citizens taking their privacy back and perhaps even organizing.

They’re far from being the sole countries scared about citizens safekeeping any semblance of online privacy (hi from France, EU)

Not that I know, but you can buy a thermal camera (or just a BT enabled thermal printer that will work with your phone for cheap (20$ or less, and rolls of thermal papers can be found for cheap too almost anywhere. So it wouldn’t cost much to give it a try.

Some kids are even sold with… markers to color the (crappy) B&W prints; not kidding. It’s kinda cool and children/teens love it as well as silly adults like me ;) It’s real cool to be able to share an instant print that cost peanuts, even if it’s a crappy one

Je ne suis pas sûr que grand monde aille jusqu’à qualifier les ports USB-c d’“écologiques”…

Pourtant, on les vdens comem ça. Comme on vend des voitures électriques ‘écologiques’. Et s’ils continuent à les vendre de cette façon, je me dis que ça doit plaire aux acheteurs.

J’imagine que ça dépend du produit mais l’Union est un gros marché, plein de clients qui ont les poches pleines. Même Apple a commencé à fabriquer des iPhone USB-c…

En plus, la plupart des gadgets USB-c sont justement ça: des gadgets, càd un gaspillage 100% inutile de resources naturelles et d’argent. Ce serait con de ne pas pouvoir les proposer sur ce marché 450 millions d’enthousiastes toujours heureux/ses à l’idée d’acheter la dernière stupiderie du moment qu’on lui assure que c’est écolo parce que USB-c.

C’est là que tu lui réponds, ‘t’as tellement raison, fils’ et, tout en lui tendant une paire de rames et, devant son air probablement un peu surpris tandis qu’il prend la paire de rames, tu lui racontes où poussent les bananes tout en précisant qu’il devrait se grouiller s’il veut avoir sa banane pour la cantine de ce midi et ne pas arriver en retard à l’école ;)

Le marketing est notre pire ennemi. Même quand il est colorié en vert et même quand il est souriant comme une banane.

any experience or advice on which is best

Depends a lot what you want to with it, aka where you will ‘walk around’ with your camera ;)

And also it depends a lot how you like to take pictures, and what is your level of expertise.

I’ve quit photography almost completely (I’m sketching now) but was mostly doing street and wildlife. The last camera I ever purchased was an used OM-d 5 MK II (I would have to get it out of the closet to be sure of the exact model, the one that’s weather-sealed but not top of the line from 2015 or 2016) and I could not be happier. It was to the point that I stopped being interested in new gear.

(for context: I have been using almost anything you can think of since the late 70s, from your standard 35mm to large format chambers, from fully automatic cameras to full manual ones with nothing but the sunny 16 (not even a portable light-meter). And I started fiddling with digital starting in the late 90s)

Yeah:

• Lightweight and not bulky. Those two things alone make it a blessing if you carry the camera all day long on the streets, and even more so when hiking in the wilderness.
• Edit: It’s also much less intrusive than a bulky DSLR for street. And a tad less of a thieve magnet than, say, a Leica.
• Image stabilization works great.
• Fully articulated screen is so useful in so many situations.
• Silent (if you want it to be).
• Excellent lenses. Even basic kit lenses are decent (unlike so many other brands kit lenses). I mean they’re not amazing but anyone should be able to use the 14-42 from Olympus or from Panasonic and get decent shots. Which is great considering how cheap they can be found used. Much better lenses will be, well, much better but it’s hard to beat the 14-42 price used (I paid something like 25€ for the first one I got, and got a second one new for free by someone that refused to use nothing but the most expensive lenses to take snapshots (which was more than by me). Not my favorite lens by any means but one I would never hesitate to pick in many common situations.
• Very niche, but this OM camera has a very usable focus stacking mode.
• Did I mention it was so fucking not bulky with great image quality (given enough light)?
• Edit: dirt cheap, used.

BTW, I also own a Lumix GH5 that I mostly use(d) for video. It’s great for that but I prefer the OM for photography.

Meh:

• Poor low light perfs compared to larger sensors. I never cared that much about my images being noisier I cared a lot more about my gear being too bulky and too heavy to easily carry around ;)
• In-lens stabilization doesn’t work between Lumix<>Olympus (depending the type of photos, it will work wonder within each specific brand) but the in camera does work cross-brands.
• Weak battery life. I carried 2 spares on a standard day, to be on the safe side. Still less than the 4 I used to carry with my Fuji X100 and the 6 or 8 I had to carry with the now long forgotten but still beloved Epson RD-1s.
• Menus are a mess. It’s even worse with the Olympus than with the Pana but one gets used to them and since one seldom need to access more than handful of those menus. Plus, all buttons are configurable for quick access to whatever you often use.

I think I like the idea but shouldn’t we worry it would make it harder to use? I mean, people are lazy… if they are forced to hesitate each time they want to vote for a post or a comment, they’ll simply find a shortcut which probably means they’ll go for the biggest/first button they can click. Something like that.

Also, I’m not sure vote will really change any deep trend (which by the way is one of the reasons I steered away from other social media). If people really want to share memes and low effort content can we really prevent it?