Sounds fair

I wonder what exactly makes it okay for animals, but not for humans, though

yt-dlp is amazing, but not everyone likes to use CLI tools (and, looking down the thread, not everyone prefers native packets as they may cause dependency issues and need extra tools for permissions control).

Even in a geeky Linux space, many people just want to push a button in a nice interface and get what they want. This app provides just that.

Abandon elitism, embrace variety. And use the tools you prefer - after all, plenty of Linux video/music downloaders have yt-dlp under the hood, and I use it on a regular.

I wish we could still install the old panels somewhere. They might not be good enough to be rooftop solar anymore, but in the field, why not take all they can still give?

I don’t think the point is about present.

More like, “back when these things were built, government had to build the most resource-efficient and mass-constructed housing, responding to a surge in demand for urban living due to industrialization”

It was either this or leaving people without any place to live.

Sure, modern situation is different, and we can have nicer homes.

I live in Russia nearly all my life, and I can tell it really is a matter of proper maintancnce. Many cities do a very poor job keeping these buildings in a good shape, but when they do, it looks fairly good. Look through the comment section for examples, they are real, I’ve seen quite a few.

Not to mention European neighbors where they are still common, but due maintenance makes them look actually good.

The sound issues are fair, but there are ways to limit them.

Moving to a countryside can give you both decent enough isolation and teach you to reconnect with others in a more healthy way

Also part of why it looks depressing is because it’s old and poorly maintained.

Just a touch of renovation and the houses start looking way better:

It’s also not a cube!

It is 12x10,5x15 m.

Everyone talks about the drug part, but not the rest. So, filling in on this one.

The black thing right there is The Kaaba, the holiest place of Muslims. People on the background are completing Ṭawāf - holy pilgrimage to The Kaaba, which ends in going around it seven times in a counter -clockwise direction.

People there normally wear special clothes and chant holy phrases as they go around. For Muslims, it’s a very serious and spiritual event.

The dude poses in a way that says “hey, I’m gonna get spiritual with THIS” while completely disregarding every rule about being there.

(Muslims and other knowledgeable folks are welcome to correct me)

I once accidentally unmounted the system drive. You know what? Aside from some crash messages and a lost battery indicator, the system just kept going.

I finished my Zoom call just fine, finished what I needed to do real quick and then rebooted.

It all went back and was just fine.

Doesn’t anon know Rule34? It’s the first one you need on Reddit