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[–] a887dcd7a 6 points 5 months ago (5 children)

Idk. The devs run a business and still advertise with bean. If it is really abandoned instead of just low prioritized or idling they would start a coverup...in the end reputation sells.

The “likely” in the heading needs to be emphasized as we cannot say with certainty what will happen…

I would also not recommend anybody to subscribe or renew until there was a sign of life.

[–] a887dcd7a 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Well, the App basically works and there have been updates. Also — come time — there will be further updates in the future.

What would be the basis for apple to grant a refund?

[–] a887dcd7a 1 points 5 months ago

Maybe an opening. You look like a nice fella. Maybe you want to be a community manager 😂 Be prepared for some pitchforks 🧐

[–] a887dcd7a 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I'm 100 % with you on that. Health comes above all else.

But his mate, who is also running the business, could just leave a message of absence or so. With the pre-course this would honestly be enough - at least for me.

[–] a887dcd7a 1 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Yea, I read you the other day commenting a post. Yet I thought I would love to bring this upfront to devs attention and provide some simple ideas on how to communicate… ehm.. more 😂

[–] a887dcd7a 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I actually enjoy the Anker bolder LC90 torch and for general purpose a set of two LC40 as well as a no name mini torch as EDC.

With everyone running LEDs it is only the case and the features and use case that sets them all apart.

For headlights I went with three different Petzl torches (ACTIK, TIKKA) and am totally satisfied with the quality and feature set (one in the BOB, one as daily driver, one for my partner). Others like to go with ledlenser. In regard to regular torches olight is celebrated by the tactical community.

It comes down to this: how much are you willing to spend on this subject. I would go with products that are ranged in the realm of reasonable pricing.

[–] a887dcd7a 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

For multitools, I would also recommend SOG. I EDC a small PowerAssist EOD .

What I do not recommend is Gerber, at least not in the price class I bought. I got myself a Gerber Suspension and an Airlift in a set and both kind of suck for my purpose, maybe even for any purpose.

In terms of blades I'm intrigued by "local brands" Wolfgangs and Boker and as always mora. Anyhow, my next fixed blade will be a ESEE 4.

[–] a887dcd7a 3 points 6 months ago

Hi, in my opinion there are several great brands for different stuff out there. Whenever I want to buy a product I try to find some youtube reviews to see what problems might come up with. Often times you can also find information "searching the old place where we used to hang out" 😂

Anyhow: as a rough orientation and pretty obvious: I would never trust a reviewer to be unbiased if he pushes you to use his affiliate marketing links, or if he is sponsored by the brand.

[–] a887dcd7a -1 points 7 months ago
[–] a887dcd7a 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Ah... I still have faith. I mean communication could have been slightly better cough, cough , but after all it is a two man gig which is more prone to hard times. I anticipated kind of a growing process, when buying. Christian's Apollo for reddit was the playbook example how it could be. On the other hand dev of the mastodon woolly App went dark on all outlets... that leaves me wondering if something bad happened to him.

I see it that way. If the (indie) product is nice, I would like to support the dev behind it. Period.

Here in Germany entrepreneurs have to calculate their manpower with at least 80-90 € per hour when offering contracts, just to have a sustainable business. I understand the scaling effects but 35 € is quite modest with that calculation in mind (even though regular workers have to put in some working hours to afford the 35 € :). Im curios if this offer is sustainable after all.

[–] a887dcd7a 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

Idk... he informed the community about last week, I suppose even If he coded like a manic monkey straight through there are still the the app store App release gods that need to have mercy... so no 🫢

[–] a887dcd7a 2 points 7 months ago (4 children)

Is this some sort of premature bullying, after dev already opened up on current affairs and the near future?

 

https://lemmy.world/post/2313051

With all these fires going around and the potential of house fires a quick question about gas masks.

Is the RD40 40mm thread EN-148-1 the same as the STANAG 4155 Nato thread?

Would a draeger rd 40 filter fit a MP5 Gas mask ? Or a military nbc filter fit a draeger x-plore-6300?

Edit: Just want to know if the civilian and mil spec threading is identical.

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submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by a887dcd7a to c/preppers
 

With all these fires going around and the potential of house fires a quick question about gas masks.

Is the RD40 40mm thread EN-148-1 the same as the STANAG 4155 Nato thread?

Would a draeger rd 40 filter fit a MP5 Gas mask ? Or a military nbc filter fit a draeger x-plore-6300?

Edit: Just want to know if the civilian and mil spec threading is identical.

 

Hi,

sitting in a bigger City in the center of Europe I realised, that I have the short term problem covered, but no real plan for long term inconveniences.

To be clear, in my opinion this is tailored to the EU as the USA has a vaster landscape, and a different infrastructure in regards to power and food delivery. The point is, that almost all European countries can be traversed in one day, so in case of regional events help and relief could be there faster.

Bug in

I have in accordance with the Federal Office of Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance goods to stay self sufficient for about a week, maybe more. Because of a hiking and camping hobby, I have everything to deal with colder weather. So, I have some gear and skills which can be put to use.

Bug out

Hopefully seeing the signs early enough, I plan to leave town when everyone goes mad. I plan to head towards family and friends, which have houses and are situated more rural. I have one bag packed which would help me to make the way by bike or by foot. But actually I hope to have a car until then, or that the trains are still going. Anyhow: I would make my way out with a dedicated place to go and would stay there until I can come back.

But what If there is nothing to come back, too? I mean, if something is fundamentally changing the world or my country as it is? Would it be okay to stay with said friends and family and to build up a community that watches after each other?

I have certainly no clue but with this densely populated European countries the many times dreamed up living in the backcountry is no real option -- simply because there is not enough backcountry to provide for all the people.

What is your take?

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submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by a887dcd7a to c/preppers
 

I am about to print and laminate DIN A6 cheat sheets that go into my BOB.

What would you add to the essentials (in Germany/Europe)?

E.g.

  • Maps of ROIs
  • Basics for landnav
  • Fire setups (warmth vs cooking, which wood)
  • Radio frequencies (and their usage)
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macOS build (self.memmy)
submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by a887dcd7a to c/[email protected]
 

Hi my super productive overlords (no joke, u all got my utmost respect),

thanks for the latest updates of memmy. The new sidebar sits well with memmy, and you can see, that the UI gets more polished.

I had the iOS version installed on my mac from the getgo.. I was just curious what catalyst does to the App. The recent updates made it even more useable — by accident I suppose.

Do you have the long-term goal of making a apple multiplatform App targeting iOS/iPadOS/macOS ?

Also the App did not update via AppStore. Had to uninstall and reinstall it?

I mean otherwise there are upcoming options like leomard I could settle with, but I really love the way memmy looks, feels and behaves.

Best wishes

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by a887dcd7a to c/[email protected]
 

Hi,

I did not fall for it (yet) but the "edit" (community info button) and the link "leave mod team" are pretty close to each other.

Best wishes,

a9987dcd7a

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Rules (self.preppers)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by a887dcd7a to c/preppers
 

Be polite and be excellent to each other.

Beyond that follow lemmy.worlds rules.

( We might adjust our rules, as we go along :-)

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Check your sources (self.preppers)
submitted 1 year ago by a887dcd7a to c/preppers
 

A quick reminder to check your sources of information, and a big disclaimer for an incoming rant

A friend of mine just came along with a youtube video talking 2023 power management in Germany and the video was far beyond conspiracy and resonated too heavily.

A key competency should be to check sources for relevance by questioning the presentation style:

  • Wording preset to inflict fear and insecurity
  • Wording preset to stimulate a conflict (we against the others)
  • Author profits, e.g. by promoting his store/hardware
  • Author evades naming further sources
  • Author use portions of statistic / single sources to "proof" his point

If all that checks, oh boy. Maybe the source is not as independent, philanthropic or enlightened as you thought it would be. Especially the point with the sources is something I come along in many discussions lately...

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Shout out (self.memmy)
 

Really just a humble and honest shout out for the pace the development takes place at.

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by a887dcd7a to c/preppers
 

Do you know of any regional sources/information on useful emergency kits?

I now for Germany there is a leaflet distributed by the BBK (Government) and I just found out about https://www.ready.gov/kit in different languages for the USA.

Any further sources/countries to add?

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by a887dcd7a to c/preppers
 

As suggested at a previous post it might be good to have some offline data stowed away.

May it be in form of a prepared mobile device, a pen drive or a hard disk. Some even suggest Raspberry Pi setups, which make it easy to serve/share data in a hotspot WiFi — aiming more at TEOTWAWKI situations.

One thing is for sure: having a (encrypted) pen drive with essential proof (IDs, licenses certificates, etc.) should be the bare minimum. As pointed out below you want to considered long-term storage like an M-DISC or swap the drive on a regular basis. You also need to update your outdated files, so you might want to do this in one step.

The topic and different approaches were often discussed at reddit and I'll try to give an overview and animate people to also post good digital reading materials and sources.

Wikipedia

We already mentioned the offline wikipedia with KiWix and ZIM-archived, browsable data:

Maps

You might also want to store map data with

Coming from https://www.reddit.com/r/preppers/comments/oxbna2/prepper_hard_drive/ someone posted the http://survivorlibrary.com as good starting point, and an article shtfblog.com discusses a bug out library on SD/USB drives.

I will edit this post when I find the other sources in my archives and would be glad to incorporate your suggestions.

Edit

I have been skimming through several sub reddits like /r/preppers in search for a collection I once saw. However, you could also use Google and search for yourself.

Many of the sources are unchecked for quality. ⚠️ Some resources have an American touch and might address gun smithing, general warfare, military SOPs and field manuals as well as civilian sheltering and or resistance stuff.... because of, well.. it's an important thingy oversees. Sieving through these collections is an absolute must.

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Medical Books

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