The Belgian government didn’t investigate for months. An NGO fighting against human rights violations in Palestine did track them on social media, saw they were at Tomorrowland in Belgium and filed a complaint. Only then the government acted by questioning the soldiers.

There are angle grinder resistant u-locks which can last up to 5 min and waste several disks. They aren’t cheap though and the thieves also could just cut through the rack.

https://thebestbikelock.com/security/angle-grinder-proof-bike-lock/

Last year China installed more solar than the rest of the world combined, but they have less than 1/5th of the worldpopulation 🤷

There are lot’s of things you can criticize China about, their commitment to renewable energy isn’t one of them.

Of all ways to get rid of dictators you choose Lybia as a good example. I rest my case.

Current events show that guns are pretty useless against dictators, people do just happily vote them in power. The right to free education would have been a better weapon.

Sure they can

I’m not convinced that source isn’t just spreading the urban myth. You’re going to have to come with something with more weight behind it than the webpage of a seller of heatpumps. Here’s another source saying it has nothing to do with eating: https://www.la-tour.ch/fr/conseils/se-baigner-apres-manger-faut-il-vraiment-attendre-3-heures

And what does that have to do with swimming after eating?

It’s mathematically proven that no voting system is perfect, so you’ll have to choose what you value most in a voting system. There is no clear best system.

I think the arguments for approval voting are strong. It’s simple and easy to understand, no need for complex multiple rounds of counting. Since you can’t rank candidates it doesn’t suffer from the spoiler effect.

In your hypothetical scenario you’re forgetting the Trump voters who will vote for Sanders again after they see Biden nearly beating him. RCV has a bigger problem which is called the spoiler effect where, without strategical voting a loser can influence the election results. And am I missing something or should the numbers in your RCV list add up to 100%?

https://electionscience.org/education/approval-voting-vs-rcv

A Honda civic weights ~1100kg. The kinetic energy of a vehicle is proportional to v². Therefore, a vehicle going at 30MPH delivering the same kinetic energy as a Honda civic at 130MPH needs to weigh in at 130²/30²*1100kg or 20tons. Modern American trucks are too big and heavy but not that big and heavy I think

No, we damn well aren’t.

It’s not a clear cut case, but if you look at the development of solar, battery and other renewable technology we definitely are on the right track to stop the worst. We might even be able to reverse some of it by the end of the century.

It could also make it vastly worse in the future, which is the more likely scenario.

Yes, I wrote that in the next paragraph…

Some times this place is really worse than Reddit, wallowing in self pity and downvoting anything positive. In many aspects this is still the best time to be alive no matter where you live in the world and the future is potentially very, very bright.

In short, solar prices are declining exponentially and deployment is growing exponentially. There are even companies claiming to be able to make efuels from air using solar cheaper than fossil fuels by the end of the decade.

Not the End of the World by Hannah Ritchie is a good book if you want to read something optimistic.

In the West too life is generally better than ever, also for people under 40

It’s really sad that many young people are so pessimistic about the future. Despite some setbacks the last years, in many ways the world is still in a better place than it has ever been in human history.

Child mortality is still lower than ever, (extreme) poverty is still on a declining trend, we’re actually on track to stop the worst climate change (thanks to massive Chinese investments), AI could vastly improve our lives in the future…

That said we do live in uncertain times, fascism is on the rise again, a nuclear war could still kill us all, fighting climate change is not done,l and AI could ruine all our lives; but pessimism is not the right mindset.

A big drying rack for things that don’t go in the dishwasher. Drying with a towel sucks and is unhygienic.

Maybe (probably) I’m just stupid and clumsy but cleaning as I go means cooking takes even more time and effort. I do it exactly the other way around, to minimize cleaning time I only clean my kitchen every few days when my counter gets too full. YMMV.

Both is best.

Enlighten me which part of the Netherlands doesn’t eat bland food ;)

No, exactly the same parts of Europe. Both the Dutch and the English were know for their spice trade and are known for their awful food. The rest of Europe has better food and terrorized and colonized for other reasons.

I did not expect to see someone making light of the horrors of the Holocaust

I’m surprised you didn’t expect to see that, you’re on the internet after all. But I did not make light of the Holocaust, you have misunderstood me.

They did try to make it humane, if alone to make it easier on the executioners. Causing pain and suffering did happen, but it wasn’t part of the plan. It was like trying to exterminate rats. You just want them dead, suffering is not necessary. In my option that makes the Holocaust more horrific, not less.