its been a while since ive read a comment somewhere that I am so completely bewildered by. I understand about half the words, and none of the references, that you wrote.
No, ants are not the topic of discussion here... the original comment was extending the ant patterns to human communities, and the comment I replied to said they've been saying this for years (presumably about human communities). I'm trying to get rid of the misdirection and see exactly which ant colony practices people are saying should be done with/to human communities, and why.
Yeah it's the best web-focused blog on the web. As such, it regularly argues that the focus and battleground must be for browser access to device apis etc... Unfortunately the world is distracted by alternative native app stores.
I similarly don't think that bootloader unlocking and installing custom OSes is the solution - sure, would be nice. But it only helps like 1 in 10000 users, whereas a powerful web platform helps 100% of people.
You're misinterpreting the stats. Those are not "updated" - they're from Dec 1, 2025 and are the latest that are available from Android Studio (I just checked again).
If you add up the distribution inclusive of Android 9 (which is what I was trying to refer to, perhaps unsuccessfully), it is 9.2%. That corresponds with the 90.7% Cumulative Distribution for Android 10
If you're arguing that it is Google who is dropping support/making people have insecure browsers, we're in agreement. As with Safari (or at least those at Apple who control/fund Safari), the Android team is very anti-Web/Chrome. Lots has been written about all of that at https://infrequently.org.
Also, since this article/post is about 98%, Android 7 and below account for 2% of usage still, and its max Chrome version is 124, which was released in April 2024.
Its hard to find these stats now (need to use Android Studio), but about 10% of android users are on Android v9 and below. Android 9 support was recently discontinued by Chromium, such that they cannot update past Chromium 138.
So, 10% of android users dont have web features beyond, at best, June 2025.
caniuse.com does not track this - they lump all Chrome for android together in the latest version.
This is painful as someone who wants to make use of some very useful, powerful new features, but is targeting people who are most likely to have old, slow, not-updated devices...
Yeah, I live in Central America now. 7 years ago after a month of subtle... Issues... and and a bunch of weight loss, I finally discovered an 8 inch worm in my poop after taking some albendazol.
Since then, I take it every few months. There's really no risk as it is barely absorbed into your system - it just stays in the intestines and paralyzes (doesn't kill) the worms, they loosen their grip, so to speak, and fall out.
I also give it regularly to my dogs even when they aren't showing symptoms.
If you have more... violent... symptoms, it's likely bacteria etc rather than worms. Secnidazol is what you want for that - single dose and youre done. Most doctors prescribe metronidazol because they don't know anything - it is something like 3 pills a day for a week, and bacteria have high resistance to it. More expensive, more hassle, less effective.
I also give Secnidazol to my dogs.
Albendazol and Secnidazol are essentially free here at any pharmacy.
When you say "just", which innovation are you referring to? Did they literally just announce something or are you referring to something like v4 flash?
I could very much see people becoming tribal, untrusting and uncollaborative due to not wanting to split the reward with others (or have it stolen altogether).
It seems to me that a profit sharing scheme would be more effective - everyone incentivized to reduce costs together. Then people would more freely share ideas and collaborate.
oh wow, yeah, $150 is far too expensive. Its unsurprising, given how flashy their site is and their like 100 employees - what are they all even doing, other than patting themselves on the back?!
The site shows all the telltale signs of self-important, low-impact NGO.
Actually, plenty of people - including the person I was replying to - explicitly argue that locals know best and you're being imperialist by even suggesting that outsiders might have anything useful to contribute other than money.
And, yes, you do need to "coerce"/convince/persuade/retrain people across many dimensions - people are generally extremely resistant to change, and instead stick with whatever theyre already doing. Not all interventions are just immediately self-evidently beneficial. Eg. "Hey stop destroying your topsoil by every means imaginable - removing and burning all waste from the harvest, not planting in contours to prevent erosion" and much much more. That takes time to prove out and even then requires a leap of faith.
I do strongly agree, though, that "well meaning" non-profits are quite often completely clueless and, arguably, destructive. Often through the very gifts they give, which often don't even work, or at least go counter towards the necessary goal of developing self-sufficiency.
I tried to make a contribution a couple years ago and was absolutely dumbfounded and exasperated beyond belief by the arbitrary, unsubstantiated rejections, bureaucracy, etc... An absolute cesspool of humanity.
And hence, AS I SAID, people should collaboratively work together. There's no presumption - despite you recognizing that incompetence is all around us, you'd be amazed at how many completely obvious things are not done, and other things done very poorly
Yeah, that sounds about right. I assume such bikes, parts and tools do exist. Can probably order it all on alibaba. I intend to investigate and do this in the coming years, but have to attend to other things first.
Ship a village 1000 bikes and one person is going to end up seizing control and selling them to everyone at market value. Perhaps even under the guise of being a social non-profit whose profits go to help people (extremely ineffectively)
Hope your teeth are doing better now!