You could be in the finest school in the world and the phone would still win.

Also, France started doing this a few years ago already and has seen improvement across every metric. Better grades, more socializing, 80% less bullying, less anxious kids. They only downside they found? Parents complaining they were unable to call the kids at any moment.

In my career I’ve learned there is a difference between what they ask for, and what they’ll accept. If a NASA engineer with some crazy specific knowledge and skills offers their services, these rules might suddenly not apply.

My wife wanted a switch for her birthday since my son is getting older and wants to spend more time playing games. So we waited on the Switch 2 Direct announcement and it was clearly just a cash grab. Even the hardware demo “game” is a digital purchase. The Chat button only works with a subscription. €90,- for a Mario Kart game and expensive upgrades for games you already own.

So Steamdeck it is, the OLED model is a bit pricey, but i’ve only been hearing good things. And it wil run emulators which is an added boon.

https://www.esa.int/About_Us/Careers_at_ESA

A lot of biodegradable plastics were only biodegradable in industrial composters. Meaning it would still last in a natural environment for years or even decades. So seeing this just dissolve under natural circumstances seems like a game changer.

Starbucks coffee sucking is by design. Because more important than the coffee being any good is the coffee being consistent. But it’s very difficult to make really good coffee consistently with minimum wage chain store staff. So they use dark roasts and automation to make sure a Starbucks frappocino oatmilk shake tastes the same in Amsterdam as it does in New York.

This goes for almost any chain store. McDonalds is the same, food is not bad, but not good either. But it’s never awful because it’s always the same.

Long long time ago someone wrote on Reddit that the best post-apocalyptic place to stay would just be a small town. With a dentist, a doctor, farmers and builders. Where everybody knows each other. The interdependence of skill and need for cooperation would keep the peace.

And for some strange reason when they park in 2 spots, it’s somehow the fault of the parking space being too small for their oversized truck.

https://www.hetregentbijnanooit.nl/site/totaaloverzicht-van-10-meetjaren-het-is-volbracht/

Though it seems I’ve got my numbers mixed. Must’ve read 7% before instead of 7 times.

None of the countries is going to back down. Because the all know the minute they do, the more shit Trump is going to pull. At this point it’s basically extortion.

But it only rains about 7 times a year during normal commuting hours. Most rain the Netherlands falls at night.

Wait, isn’t this just extortion? Smashing in a shop’s windows and telling the owner if he wants to put in new ones he needs to pay the guy with the bat first.

Zelensky has the most to lose. And even he is not doing anything that could be construed as “ass kissing”.

So it’s a total fabrication, which is not odd coming from a guy who ordered a 4 mile military parade to celebrate his birthday.

Especially long range. International/Interstate high speed rail should be the norm.

From their website:

“We will only be working with factories that pass a series of internationally-recognized certifications and audits.”

“We produce items in the US as well as abroad”

Why would a US factory need internationally recognized certifications? That kind of thing is meant to prevent unsafe sweatshop conditions in South-East Asia. Also they’re not specifying how much of their products are made in the US. If I went through the trouble to make 90% of the products domestically I would like to share that. So the balance is most likely leaning towards the other direction.

Oddly enough very product I checked said it was handmade in the US. So which products are made abroad?

I don’t want to be a A-hole over this. It’s cool they’re doing this, and seem to have their hearts in the right place. But I’ve seen too much shit in this space to believe things at face value.

Having to pay tariffs. Sending money to a country with an adversarial government. And it’s not even made in the US.

I don’t think they meant it that way.

I mean the last time we tried tariffs it led to the Great Depression. So I’m going to go with yes.

What’s worse is that even if tariffs went away tomorrow. Even our closest allies are now looking to decouple their economies, which means in time the US will matter less in trade but also the US dollar will lose it’s value.

Even if expenses remained the same, the reduced number of patients would mean more attention and level of care per patient.

Electric cars have very little upsides compared to gasoline cars. They’re basically made for the car industry. Not the consumer.

What we need is more cycling and public transportation.