Over here, it’s pretty rare to have a car that causes a lot of noise.
A few days ago, there was a car crossing me that was quieter than my cycle’s hub. And it was an ICE.
Only the “sports” cars and bikes tend to be loud and thanks to petroleum prices (and the vehicle’s price itself) are much less in number.

But loudspeakers and fireworks, I cannot bear.

Air pollution? Mine is a smoker’s country. People like me are lucky not to be handed the Darwin award.

Oh, how many times have I wished for a pointer to just null itself.
This one, depending upon how it gets implemented, should be a really good one.

Imagine if there was a hack so bad that it caused everyone to become unable to develop in C and C++.

Well, there is one that will imply you can only develop using anything that you have bootstrapped yourself, using hardware that you have designed and manufactured yourself, using tools that you have designed and manufactured yourself, using tools that you have designed and manufactured yourself …

… with your own bare hands.