I disagree. By not playing, you're protecting yourself from future retribution, deserved or (more commonly) not. And not being on social media - or more precisely, not posting on social media - doesn't mean you're out of touch or lacking in influence. Not by a long shot.
I would posit that our definition of 'meaningful' has dramatically changed since the C64 days. Nowadays, if you aren't doing it online or collaborating with someone, it's not considered 'meaningful.' Back in 1983, this was not the case.
I think a better comparison would be to do the things a C64 was good at on a modern computer with modern workflows, and see which is easier/faster/more satisfying. I'm talking word processing, gaming, printing, etc.
I bet the C64 wins.
(Side note: you can get that C64 online and onto IRC or a telnet-enabled BBS; there are plenty of products to do that)
Yep. I throw 30-40 year old lenses on my 10 year old E-PL1 and go out and just have fun with photography. I never worry about taking it out on the beach, or on a boat, or any other place that cameras die. If it dies...I just pick up another one cheaply and continue having fun, and because I'm not as concerned about it, I take it places and get shots that others don't.
It's like having a beat up old 4x4 pickup. It gets the job done, and if you bang it up a bit in the process...oh well.
You're only hearing the transmissions they made (likely recorded via the ATC side). Any in-cockpit conversations/panic would not have been recorded, or at least not released.
Any news article that mentions the number of new positive cases without mentioning the number of new tests is doing it for the clicks. One is fairly useless without the other.
150 cases out of 150 tests? Yikes! 150 cases out of 150,000 tests? Yawn.
This article goes so far as to flirt with the testing numbers without actually siting them. I really don't see what's so hard for news outlets to throw the total number of tests alongside the total number of positive results.
Look on YouTube for folks flying something like a Kit Fox (start with Trent Palmer). You'll find some fun videos of some cool spots they land. Also, STOL drags are cool to watch.
People are buying the new products due to a lack of cheaper alternatives, which you said yourself (it's the whole reason they're carrying local items in the first place).
Once those cheaper items return to shelves, a significant portion of the shoppers will return to them.
> I wonder what would be the police reaction if this were happening and made public.
Probably not much. A vast, vast majority of cops are just normal people doing a difficult and dangerous job. A vanishingly small number are power hungry psychopaths.
We really only see the bad stuff in the news, while the insane amount of great things they do go generally unnoticed, with a few exceptions every now and again.