Overall I've been happy with Matrix (private not federated), but it's very convoluted. Whenever anything goes wrong it's really difficult to figure out why, as there is a lot of complexity. And once you set something up, it's really hard if not impossible to make a change.
For instance, since it's built for federation, changing the URL is impossible.
So I'd like to try out XMPP since it's much more lightweight and simple. I may not switch, but want to explore.
We dont know the whole story. The second driver might not have seen the chicken until it was too late. Nothing in the story indicates that the second driver purposely hit the chicken, but bear mace in an enclosed environment is no joke and can lead to permanent damage. Nothing about this story is "right".
I just aet up Obico self-hosted via Docker, so I may give this a go in Docker running alongside it. Can't hurt to have two methods of failure detection.
Here they are always on street corners. I never give money because I don't want to encourage unsafe behavior, as our streets are pretty high-speed. I would much rather provide to the shelters.
For weather, the hottest/coldest part of the day are almost always around the same time. If you know those, it's pretty easy to say "the temp right now is the hottest it will be for the rest of the day", or "the high for today will be the hottest when we get there".
Doesn't matter bridge work by "adding a user" to rooms, vs just your user?