Comparing a city to a country doesn't really work.

That's correct

Not still, but again. Moved back when Covid hit and my company started to allow working from home. Honestly, I prefer it. Lived in a tiny city apartment, now I live in a large house in a village, with a garden and lots of nature around. The house would be too large and expensive for my mom to live there alone, so it makes sense for both of us.

Much of the world is moving in that direction. The many crises of recent years and an uncertain future outlook for humanity are fertile ground for extremists promising easy solutions and "going back to the good old days".

I really enjoyed visiting Cimiteiro Monumentale in Milan. A historic cemetery with lots of lavishishly designed huge tombs. Very few tourists there and no scammers whatsoever.

Source? In Germany at least that's not the case, it's mainly the conservatives who push for it. In the original vote, only the greens clearly opposed it. Later on, SPD (center-left) and FDP (liberal) changed course to also oppose it. Couldn't find results for other countries though, so I'm genuinely curious.

Either way they can just give it a new name and change some details to propose it again. Like how they made it "voluntary" this time (but you can only send text if you don't agree).

Nice. I guess they didn't expect to get a majority to support it anymore. Definitely a win for now, but I'm sure they'll try again.

Missed opportunity to create Firefox 127.0.0.1.

Reading online comments and reading a book might technically be the same action, but trust me it's really not comparable. Books are also a great way to practice English. It's basically how I got to my level despite never having studied for tests.

Pirating books on a Kindle is trivial as well.

Some things I do:

• Read a book
• Learn/practice a language
• Go cycling or hiking through nature
• Take the train to a city or town I haven't been to before and explore

My uncle preordered the Fisker Ocean. He said it was the worst car he ever had and returned it within a week or so. So yeah, not surprised.

Vegetarian here. It's not something I'd personally buy or use in meals, as I don't really have the desire to eat meat. That said, if it happened to be in a dish I really want to try at a restaurant, sure I'd eat it.

I don't think I've ever seen a book series getting so many adaptations in such a short time.

• Biggest democracy in the world
• Wouldn't consider it a world leader, to me it often seems more like they refuse to take a clear stance in world affairs, so they can continue positive relations with authoritarian countries like Russia
• Rapid development, but still a lot of extreme poverty and inequality
• Chaotic cities
• Great food, especially for vegetarians like me
• Religious extremism/conflicts seem prevalent

PCs. Gaming laptops kinda suck IMO, especially their cooling. They also can't really be upgraded and are much more expensive for the performance. For mobile PC gaming I much prefer a Steam Deck.

There have been many times in history when things have been far worse, so no, it's not the worst. But many things are in decline right now. Democracy, digital privacy, trustworthiness of information, global peace, climate, the environment... humanity has to get back on track soon or the future looks pretty grim.

I'm not impressed by this. Doesn't seem like much of an RPG anymore, but like a generic action game with thin slices of RPG elements at best. I don't mind the game not being open world, but the levels shown seem to effectively be linear corridors without any variety in how to approach a situation.

This game was announced in January 2023, and its name is the name of the book from 1905 it's based on. Don't really see any malicious intent here.