This is philosophy, not history or even historiography.

its not difficult to pipe a file of packages into a shell loop to get the behavior as described

It’s possible, but “not difficult” is a bit of a stretch. FWIW I’ve used this in the past, among other hacky solutions that don’t always work as expected:

# Print packages installed from different origins.
# Exclude standard Ubuntu repositories.

grep -H '^Origin:' /var/lib/apt/lists/*Release | grep -v ' Ubuntu$' | sort -u \
| while read -r line; do
    origin=${line#* }
    echo $origin:
    list=${line%%:*}
    sed -rn 's/^Package: (.*)$/\1/p' ${list%_*Release}*Packages | sort -u \
    | xargs -r dpkg -l 2>/dev/null | grep '^.i '
    echo
done

As a non-Nixer I completely share your frustration. Immutability, i.e. tracking of config changes, is so obviously a good idea. It’s high time it became universal.

Fair enough. I Just see downvoting as so juvenile and petty. We don’t jeer people at every turn in person, we have manners.

This was always the endgame. With e-bikes becoming so obese that the pedals look superfluous, here’s a literal scooter with decorative pedals.

Using “scooter” as synonym of the unsightly (but admittedly accurate) Britishism “moped”.

So counter-intuitive that such a tiny motor and battery could produce the virtual elbow grease needed for 90 psi.

Boring political groupthink-fest does not belong in this community.

Immigration policy, hmm?

Positive sign. This country is always ahead of the curve.

Wait, this is amazing! A real Icelander actually replied!

Race-obsessed Anglo progressives are about to discover that imperialism is not, after all, correlated with skin color.

Well, apparently the witticism was not appreciated. Must be hard to find a way to take offence at literally anything but whatever…

I was actually making a serious point. The standing joke goes that God was unkind to men when he put their delicate bits on the outside - and in fact it’s true for bikes too. Hub gears make much more sense than derailleurs - the vulnerable parts are protected! But as I understand it there’s a trade-off with the efficiency of power transmission. To be honest I’ve never quite understood this, nor why amazing 7-speed hubs are not a thing.

Well I for one will be interested to hear how it went. I’m planning a bike trip later this summer and accommodation is (naturally) the big question mark. I hate camping so that’s out. But proper hotels are basically unaffordable in much of Europe. AirBnb (ugh) is hit and miss. Hostels tend to have great locations but they’re few and far between and becoming pretty poor value too, in my experience (crummy bunk bed in dorm for 2/3 the price of a private ensuite etc). So I’m always interested to hear in whatever other options exist.

What’s up with the “quite some”, is this not in the right context or what?

It’s just non-idiom, the sort of thing that really good non-native speakers will say that instantly betrays them! Like the tricky difference between present perfect and past tenses - it’s all but impossible for foreigners to score 100% on that. Or when I get a gender wrong in a Latin language - something no native would ever do! Anyway, I like languages but it’s of zero importance.

When you see those clueless creatures on the streets, just trying to mirror the moves

Had never noticed this. I am not as observant as you. But I like to think more observant than most people when it comes to pigeons.

My pet theory on pigeons, part of the reason I’m interested in them, is that they are the mirror reflection of humans. Which is why so many people hate them. They’re scruffy, they eat junk, there’s too many of them, they’re literally the same shade as concrete and tarmac. People kick them away because nobody wants to be reminded of of how feral we are. They throw back in our face everything that we hate about ourselves. And maybe also because we subconsciously need an underclass to hate and despise. They fill the role of peasants and serfs in feudal society.

But perhaps I’m overthinking it!

Keep posting! Especially about any agriturismo experience, that would be really interesting to hear.

Yeah, IMO even feeding seeds is a bit of an ethical conundrum given that the offspring you facilitate will probably be eating trash. My go-to factoid is that pigeons can live to 17 but typically only manage 2 in urban environments.

quite some

Unless this was a typo, it betrays a non-native! Your written English is pitch perfect so I was a bit curious. No need to say, it’s unimportant!

So wild camping is feasible? I believe it’s mostly neglected farmland over there - no problems with farmers?

That’s a sweet story and really good of you.

What’s your attitude when you see lonely people feeding white bread to flocks of them?

You certainly know a thing or two about this subject!

Interesting, thanks! Yes, very hot already in early June, that was when I went too, but not on a bike. Almost got heatstroke when I spent a day walking in Asinara national park in the far northwest. But that’s the problem with southern Europe, it’s too cold till about March then you have about 6 weeks until it gets too hot!

How’s the experience camping?