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@nflux @kristiedegaris

14/10?

@kristiedegaris @nflux

these are ok, too, provided you don't have too much earth moving to do. if you are moving a lot of dirt or trying to grade & fine tune the grade of the landscape then something with a drag bucket behind it is faster and gives you fine control over slope and grade. The caveat is they need space to operate.

These bobcats are for very tight spaces, which is why you see them in cities but out in the country, less so. they are tippy, hard riding, and a bit unpleasant to use all day. They have an odd center of gravity. Visibility from the driver's seat is mediocre. In actual use, they perform a hybrid function, usually a cross between a fork lift and a shovel, in that configuration, but don't specifically excel at either task.

@kristiedegaris @nflux

these things, in all their various forms and configurations, are little gems.. easy on fuel, light on maintenance, and quite strong. Uses maybe 6-8L of diesel running all day long.. 8-10 hours. Agile in tight tight spaces, surefooted, strong pullers, low gearing, 4wd.

@nflux @kristiedegaris

these 2 things are conceptually quite similar, even while you are doing them..

@nflux @kristiedegaris

especially using one of the larger ones to demolish an old house..

gets a bit dry and repetitive for normal things.. like a long drive you sometimes wish the thing had cruise control or autopilot or something. These are more fun and less tedious for bulk digging, in a straight line..

@stefan

More and more, it seems that Mastodon is just Telegram, if Telegram were designed by idiots. "Microblogging" is a silly conceit held by a minority of silly users. For the majority of users, Mastodon and all others are simply a modern version of IRC chat. The moment you respond to a post- it is chat (or even worse- a web forum).. the moment it becomes interactive, it becomes chat. Nothing more. Micro-blogging is conceptual nonsense. Any linking to an outside URL/website nullifies any conceit of "Micro-blogging".. it once again becomes mere IRC chat pointing to "click and look at my off-fedi website.." The fedi has existed for long enough now. The devs need to sit down and have a reality check. Sluff off any of the old idealism from 2010 that no longer fits or has lost relevance due to the shifting usage patterns of the majority. Fail at this and the Fedi, in it's own time will go the way of ICQ, AIM, IRC, and all the others that came before but were merely instances of the same old thing as before.