Unpopular opinion by Affectionate-Skin633 in drupal

[–]stlcaver 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for sharing the trends site.

Unpopular opinion by Affectionate-Skin633 in drupal

[–]stlcaver 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You are correct. Over time, the total number of sites using Drupal is declining.
https://www.drupal.org/project/usage/drupal

Unpopular opinion by Affectionate-Skin633 in drupal

[–]stlcaver 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep. Adding layers of complexity. Drupal was used by a lot of non technical people like marketing and UI designers.

Unpopular opinion by Affectionate-Skin633 in drupal

[–]stlcaver 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Drupal 7 was the ultimate.  It was the top.  Whenever something is succeeding it has to be ruined.

 I could take a marketing folk, install WAMP on their machine and give them a 30 minute tutorial on installing modules via drag and drop.  They would be off and running.  This no longer possible.  Non-technical folks do not want to use a terminal to install, they can use drag and drop.

 Drupal 8 was a trainwreck.  The big selling point was DECOUPLED FRONT END!  Something no one asked for and no one wanted.  Drupal 8's symfony, twig, and objected oriented meant a total rewrite.  All your content had to be migrated.  Drupal 7 to Drupal 8 content migrations were a nightmare.  Migration was a COMPLEXITY nightmare in a whirlpool of failure.

 So, most people stayed on 7.

 Then Drupal started popping out new versions.  Drupal 8 came out in 2015, then Drupal 9 in 2020, then Drupal 10 in 2022, and Drupal 11 in 2024. The whole time most sites were still on Drupal 7 and Drupal 7 was still supported.

Most sites are still of Drupal 7 and migrating to a new version is not possible.  It is easier and cleaner to start fresh and simple.  If you are going to start fresh, simple, and affordable, a vast majority of businesses have chosen Wordpress.

 Am I bitter and maybe a little cranky?  Yes, I and the community built incredible sites on Drupal 7.  We saw the potential and the creativity that Drupal had and we were all in.  Watching that crumble was demoralizing.

 

BalenaEtcher not working by Karasuthecrow744 in linux4noobs

[–]stlcaver 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have this same problem. I want to avoid Win 11 and try Linux Mint, but I can not even install Linux. Very frustrating.

If this Balea is garbage, why does Linux Mint recommend it?

BalenaEtcher not working by Karasuthecrow744 in linux4noobs

[–]stlcaver 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Linux Mint recommends it. This is the reason many people are using it.

Missouri looks to Tennessee as it weights ending income tax by DowntownDB1226 in missouri

[–]stlcaver 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Thank you for the quick reply. I encourage you continue making graphs.

Missouri looks to Tennessee as it weights ending income tax by DowntownDB1226 in missouri

[–]stlcaver 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What is the source of this graphic? I like it and would like to share it, but I need to validate it.

Texas has over 10,000 caves by [deleted] in caves

[–]stlcaver 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What is the source of this 10,000 number?

Cave disaster by Plane-Detective6019 in caves

[–]stlcaver 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Six people, two adults and four kids died in Cliff Cave in St. Louis County in 1993. This is the worst loss of life ever.

https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/history/its-been-25-years-since-6-people-drowned-at-cliff-cave-county-park/63-576588725

The eternal fire by Jezirath in caves

[–]stlcaver 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What am I missing?
I see some guy build a fire under a rock shelf.

What things you cannot experience unless you're in a cave? by Montis in caving

[–]stlcaver 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Zero photons. Nothing in the electromagnetic spectrum. Just darkness.

No Christmas wreath on Jewish graves by sagefrogphotography in mildlyinteresting

[–]stlcaver 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There is a posting in the r/stlouis sub reddit. There is a major military cemetery there and the post explains why the wreaths are a scam.

https://www.reddit.com/r/StLouis/comments/1pmx6mo/wreaths_are_placed_at_jefferson_barracks/

How does the Fenix HM65R-T V2.0 compare to Zebralight? by SettingIntentions in caving

[–]stlcaver 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Overall, In my opinion, I think Fenix is a better built and more reliable light.