The old testament - in many parts - as well as other ancient “religious” texts, is the passed down reflection of humans on the process of “civilizing” themselves during the late neolithic period. It’s all there, beginning with the end of their life as hunter-gatherers and the emergence of diseases of civilization, the hardship and suffering that came along with the “gift” they got that is learning how to cultivate land.

It’s been the complete loss of everything that made up human life for the largest part of our (pre-)history, suddenly gone, because we literally “tasted the fruit”.

Your absolute monarch doesn’t need those things. He’d proudly state “l’état c’est moi” if he was able to.

It’s the part where you say that Jews want skynet for world supremacy.

That’s the “what?” part.

What

That explanation is very pictorial yet wrong.

R.I.P

Enshittification ensues. We should have some legislation that forbids such sales to US- or CN-Companies. They may invest, but they may never hold majority shares. Shit’s ruining us from the inside out.

Guess US-companies don’t really care what’s legal and what’s not. They don’t fear the repercussions of doing illegal shit. They just pay their fine - or they don’t and nothing changes.

Interstuhl, Löffler, Sedus wurden schon genannt - aus lokalpatriotischen Überlegungen werfe ich noch Viasit mit in den Raum. Habe einen Stuhl von denen seit 2019 und er sitzt sich wie am ersten Tag. War nicht mal das Top-Modell. Ergonomisch trotzdem prima. Haben wir auch (zumindest teilweise…) auf der Arbeit, wo sehr viele Ärsche darauf Platz nehmen. Keine Beschwerden.

I guess they’re there for deterrence, not for actual use. That’s what those nukes in germany are for.

So if they’d make a submarine form factor that can be mounted to the F35As hardpoints…

It’s the same with my XBox Series S. It’s just sitting there, collecting dust. Just as my steam library. My switch though has seen some rise in usage during the past few months as my kids are getting old enough to play video games and I prefer them to do this instead of binging Cocomelon…

epic sound track

That’s the one thing where I would raise an objection. An epic soundtrack is that one thing that adds to the experience more than fancy graphics or overly complicated game mechanics. Epic doesn’t necessarily mean expensive. Monkey Island had phantastic soundtracks, as well as other older games like The Settlers 2, early Anno games etc. They just set a mood. They supported their narratives. That was good stuff - and I guess you might now be able to extrapolate how old I am.

Half a decade for a subpar product that’s barely out of beta.

Back in the day we’ve got subpar products barely out of beta that we had to patch from magazine cds more often. Oh - and they were more fun because developers had to make something out of nothing. I feel today, where everything is possible as the engine used delivers a toolset for anything, games easily are so overly stuffed with “mechanics” that they just feel like work. I don’t like that.

Das ist schon bemerkenswert

Vermutlich mit keinem ;-) Aber ich bin Gebrauchtwagenkäufer seit ich den Lappen habe und orientiere mich daher eher an älteren KFZ.

Klar wird er das - je mehr Menschen BEVs fahren, desto weniger werden sich noch für 'nen Verbrenner entscheiden. Gegen die Zoe meiner Frau wirkt mein Mittelklassekombi EZ2015/Modell von 2008/9 geradezu steinzeitlich und noch dazu ist er unverhältnismäßig teuer im Unterhalt - wenn das Auto seine 250, 300tkm erreicht hat, wird er auch durch ein E-Auto abgelöst werden. Dann mache ich auf den paar Urlaubsfahrten im Jahr halt zweimal 'ne Stunde Pause. Ich sehe diesen “Trend” auch sonst im Umfeld. Wo Verbrenner kaputtgehen werden vermehrt E-Autos angeschafft. Einfach weil sie unterm Strich die besseren, günstigeren Autos sind.

Noch wichtiger als das wäre es aber freilich den ÖPNV auszubauen und vor allem Fernfahrten mit dem Zug schneller, zuverlässiger, familienfreundlicher und erschwinglicher zu machen. Von mir aus auch mit Subventionen.

GOAT

it’s that one game I have on each device I own and carry around alongside AD1503

NFS 4 was the last one I thoroughly enjoyed. Porsche Unleashed was nice too but way different. But the series from NFSII-SE to PU was what I played with friends from elementary school after we got home so it’s a key memory for me and I might be biased.

Gaming back then was just different. The games from that era are the only ones I regularly come back to even after it’s been almost 30 years.

In Germany, if you write that a former employee has always shown great afford to accomplish goals, that basically signals that he’s an idiot not able to tie his shoelaces.