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Citronella candles and torches don’t repel mosquitos, but they mask the scent of humans. This helps, but not 100%.

DEET doesn’t mask your scent, so mosquitos are still attracted to you. Once they land on your skin, though, they fly away immediately. Very effective.

Propane based traps work very well for collecting large numbers of mosquitos. There isn’t a definitive answer on whether they reduce the local mosquito population over time. The idea is that if large numbers are killed, it will reduce the local breeding.

Thermacell brand mosquito repellers are, IMO, magic. At first I thought they were a gimmick, but my impression of them is very positive. They output a light chemical mist which keeps mosquitoes away. They only work with little to no wind, and they take 15 minutes to warm up and start working.

You want to pick your own MAC? At least you can set it to not be random for a specific network.

Each instance admin can check a box to require email. It reduces spam accounts and reduces work for admins because users can perform password resets themselves.

I may have gotten sucked into the .ml user’s what-about-ism, but I started off by just trying to point out the flaw in their logic.

System, personal choice, whatever – it doesn’t really matter because .ml user is trying to spin facts to support their agenda. I don’t know what their agenda is other than just being contentious.

Ah, so you do understand there’s a difference in why someone would chose one type of transportation over another.

I think your logic is flawed. The discussion is about a specific form of transportation. By your own logic, you should be suggesting that people fly everywhere.

I haven’t heard of v3, I’ll have to check it out.

Depending on the group using it, you can apply for a Community plan to enable mobile push notifications. I do wish Zulip would use UnifiedPush or something like that, or even allow your own ntfy setup, but I’m placated by the Community plan.

Zulip paywalls mobile notifications, but you can apply for a Community subscription which is free, and includes mobile notifications.

IRC is too difficult for normal people to figure out. Normals don’t know how to /join, /nick, and all that other stuff. People want a username and password, because that’s a standard thing that everyone knows.

Even Matrix is too complicated for most people.

IRC serves a purpose, but judging by the success of Discord there’s obviously something lacking from IRC.

I guess I see your point, but at the same time I don’t.

Tiny yes, but IMO getting the attention of computer gamers needs to be the next step if a Linux flavor is going to become a household name.

Even if it’s “SteamOS” that becomes the household name instead of “Linux” that’s still good overall. Maybe it’ll turn into how people used to say they had “Droid” smartphones, not Android.

That’s fair.

Same, I can’t tell if you’re serious or not.

Yeah, wild

That’s 3 sharks per second, 24 hours a day. I’m going to need to find a source before I believe it.

Edit: I’m tempted to believe this source https://www.science.org/content/article/shark-kills-rise-more-100-million-year-despite-antifinning-laws

This one made me chuckle.

That’s another side effect of acetaminophen.

/s

Finding the Center of Gravitas.

It’s recommended to not begin boarding until it’s finished, but one person moving around, gusts of wind, etc. don’t bother it.