And yet another issue is that the height doesn’t just matter while driving, but also when cars are parked. Being able to anticipate dangerous situations is a key aspect for safety, but if tall cars on the side of the road block your visibility that becomes much harder.
I don’t watch them much anymore, but imo LTT was always best when they did stuff similar to Top Gear.
For actual reviews others like Gamers nexus, hardware unboxed, rtings and others imo were always better. What I found frustrating in this regard is that LTT seemingly made a big push into the more serious review space with their labs, but at least from what I can tell that so far hasn’t materialized.
I’d like to know how long the lifecycles of those charging stations are. Because you are right that Maximum speed and break times put a hard cap on distance needed, but at least some form of self driving will eventually come and i’d imagine long distance highway trucking would be the prime target for deployment.
With iPhones i think it’s less about durability (and especially in the software department they were always great in terms of longevity), but more about repairability in case something does happen.
As far as lightbulbs go the issue with potential planned obsolescence doesn’t go way just because of the swap to LEDs. First there are a type of bulb even today that use some form of filament and second the part that gets damaged is usually some kind of capacitor or other electronic part that gets run with too much voltage and too hot. Don’t have time to watch it again, but i remember finding this video from a few years ago interesting.
I do agree with the notion that phones in todays society are hugely important and spending money on what for most people might be their most important computing device is valid.
But the thing is that you really don’t need to spend this kind of money to get all the performance 95% of people need. Unless you want a foldable phone or NEED the telefoto-lense that is often reserved for higher end models (but I assume even then there are cheap options),
As an example here in Germany you can get a pixel 9 for under 500€, if you get a cheap mobile contract even cheaper (I pay 15€/month over 2 years and got a free pixel 9 with the mobile plan). All the performance you need and makes great photos. And for anyone who wants lots of storage there are still phones with sd card readers
How should Germany have reacted? As I see it there were two possible culprits: Russia or Ukraine. If we make a big deal out of it we have to act.
Say it turns out to be Russia, then we have a direct attack on the infrastructure of a NATO member. If we don’t react to that it sends a desastrous message. If we do we and the rest of NATO have to react with force, something everyone has tried to avoid at all cost so far.
If links to Ukraine turn out to be true (which seems more likely atm) this will give a massive boost to anti Ukrainian sentiment, with a good chance of complete collapse of public support for Ukraine. So what are we supposed to do then? Considering how Germany got bashed by everyone already for seemingly not doing enough (unfairly imo).
Now even getting into a position like that is the result of long-term strategic failure. But in my limited view keeping this topic comparatively small is a favor to everyone involved. Because in the end world goes on without the pipeline as well.
Fun fact: in Thuringia the afd is blocking the confirmation of judges and prosecutors (needs 2/3 majority) in an attempt to use this as leverage to gain a seat on the control committee that oversees the domestic intelligence agency of Thuringia. The very same that has classified them as proven right extremist and is thus investigating them.
What I find particularly problematic is the conflict of interest between Tesla and xAI, especially because Elon has a higher percentage of ownership of the latter.
It’s clear that Tesla is priced not as a car manufacturer, but as a technology company with high (arguably delusional) hopes towards self driving, compute and robotics. However that kind of seems like a natural area to expand into for xAI as well. So why should Elon do it at Tesla where he has less ownership?
Btw xAI acquired X, so one less company. From what I remember at the time the purchase felt like Elon taking advantage of other investors and getting a very favorable deal for himself due to the company evaluations, which increased his ownership stake in the combined company.
Frankly, if the company you invested in does not give you dividends, then you are a fucking chump.
That’s just not true. There are plenty of reasons why fast growing/expanding young companies shouldn’t pay dividends, if they have better opportunities to put capital to work (if you disagree with their assessment you sell the stock).
And even in mature companies dividends aren’t always good. Just look at Intel and Berkshire. Intel should have cut the dividend way sooner and is now in a worse spot because they didn’t. Berkshire on the other hand is by all accounts a healthy and well run company. If you want to take profits you just sell some stocks and if Berkshire thinks that price is to low they repurchase some of that stock.
Since I just saw this in the self-host weekly post:
Seems like there is a bug and one should use 13.0.1
See here
John Oliver (or alternatively other talkshow hosts like John Steward, Stephen Colbert, or Conan) could be another interesting choice.
I’d assume he is probably more intelligent than me and has already spent a lot of time presenting problems and thinking about solutions. He’d also have the right energy to get things done.
That said, I think without changes to the capabilities of the office, I actually don’t think they’d get that much done. Despite what it sometimes may look like, Trump can only do most of the things because others support it. This isn’t a one man show.
It gives you and the users of your jellyfin instance a nice UI dashboard to search and request movies/series. The requests then get handed off to radarr/sonarr for downloading via your downloader (e.g. Sabnzb)
Instead of having to go into the less polished sonarr/radarr that would also expose some settings that you might not want other users to change, you get a nice dashboard. Similar to how you’d browse on a streaming site.
It shows you currently popular movies/shows and upcoming highly anticipated ones, you can search for a specific movie and when you click on it you get a helpful site. It displays all kinds of info similar to jellyfin, like cast, tags, relevant other movies, links to sites like rotten tomatoes or letterboxd, and so on. You can also search for persons and it’ll show you what they’ve been in/have produced. And when you want something you can easily request a download in your preferred quality setting.
You also may limit what and how requests from different users are handled.
To be honest: I haven’t done a complete switch. I still lurk on reddit from time to time.
What I have done however is switched to only actively engage with Lemmy, which imo is the more important part. I sadly don’t have much original content to offer, but I try to engage in some comments (like just now)
That’s great to hear! Here in Germany we’ve had such a system for a long time already and it works great.
Now that the system is in place, it is likely to take Poles some time to get used to how it works – and get into the habit of saving and returning their bottles and cans.
An opinion poll by the IBRiS agency published last week by the Polish Press Agency (PAP) found that only 47% of Poles say they understand how the system works. A further quarter said they had heard of the idea but were unfamiliar with the details, while over a quarter had not even heard of it.
Since it sounds like it’ll work similar to the German one, think people will adapt really fast. It really is quite intuitive and not much of a hassle. I’m sure there will be a vocal minority saying how in the past everything was better, but the vast majority will just go on with their lives after a short transition period.
From personal experience I can say that I am actually always somewhat irritated to be somewhere that doesn’t have a deposit scheme. Over time throwing bottles away rather than returning them actually becomes a bit weird.
Also talk is one thing, but actions matter more. However in general Europe’s problem is that, as mentioned in the article, there simply isn’t a consensus and unified voice. Hard to debate about “Europe talking big”, when everyone expresses a different opinion.
My take:
Is it even worth trying to invest $15K?
Yes and no. What i mean with that is that investing can mean a variety of things from investing in stocks/etfs to investing in yourself, your education and new experiences. Also while $15k is substantial and if put into a broad market fund and not touched until retirement will grow into a substantial sum, if you are on track to getting a good education and wellpaying job you are going to make this many times over during your carreer. To the point where you might enjoy the luxury of being in a position similar to your generous brother-in-law, for whom $15k is “pocket money”.
The goal of investing is not just to put as much money as possible into your retirement account at all cost, but to smooth out your lifetime earnings over your whole life. Since you will earn most of that in your 30-60s that ofc means setting aside a good chunk for retirement after, but it is just as valid to spend some during your teens and 20s, where you equally will have lower income.
Without knowing your specific circumstances, here is what i would do, assuming you are otherwise financially healthy (otherwise paying off debt and stuff is likely more important):
Take a substantial sum, maybe $5k and put it into a broad market, low fee fund. Depending on your preference that can be one following an index tracking the total market, the developed world or the S&P500. You will have plenty of time accumulating more wealth once you land a good job, but from a psychological pov there is a difference of looking at historical data and coming to the conclusion that investing is worth it, vs having actual skin in the game and seeing the ups and downs affect your own money. If you feel like it, pick 1-3 stocks of companies you believe in long term and buy a few shares, but set yourself a hard limit of maybe 10-20% relative to what you put into the diversified fund. However you should see this as a risky bet and mentally mark it as 0, maybe you’ll get lucky and hit the next nvidia, but likely not. This is an investment with a time horizon of at least 10-15+ years (a time frame which is historically enough to ride out market downturns,) so do so only if you expect to not need the money for at least that long.
Take another chunk, maybe 2-3k and spend it on sensible “luxury” purchases that you otherwise wouldn’t have been able to afford. With that i mean maybe you get a new laptop that you could also use during university (if that is where you are headed) or otherwise a good pc setup, a nice bike, some better quality gear for your hobbies, maybe some good clothes etc. . Still try to get good price/performance, but opt for something that lasts.
If you have the time, then travel. Taking a few thousand and spending it e.g. traveling a month or more all accross europe, asia or south america might be a once in a lifetime experience worth many times over what you spend. Maybe you end up getting to know new friends or even a partner, maybe you get to know something new about yourself, you’ll learn about different cultures and so on, which might end up changing what you want to become and where you want to live.
Does your brother-in-law have any interest or hobbies that you know of? Or maybe you yourself have some interesting idea that he might also enjoy. If you can think of something good i might take a few hundred $ and ask him whether he would like to do some unique experience with you for a day or a weekend. If both of you are thrillseekers you could do something like skydiving, as an example. If he’s a car person, maybe there is a opportunity to go to a race track and drive a few rounds in a cool car. If he’s a sports person, go to see a game together.
Maybe take a few hundred and spend it “irresponsibly” just having fun. Go to concerts, in the cinema, eat a huge pile of ice cream. idk whatever you can think of. Or maybe do something nice to someone else by including them in those things or getting them a way larger gift that you’d overwise have done.
Whatever is left, which should be a few k into readily accessible saving (if there’s something that also pays a bit of interest even better), because there most certainly will come times that you unexpectedly need some of the money. For example when you need it as deposit for renting a new place.
I am far from an expert and just looking this up myself since I am also interested, but it seems similar to SpaceX’s Grasshopper prototype, which apparently completed all its 8 launches/landings successfully. It’s a bit depressing to read that this was in 2012 over a decade ago, and Europe just now reaches this stage. Although catching up gives you the benefit of learning from what came before, so hopefully they’ll make rapid progress.
This short article has a few more details on the timeline, specifically this graphic might be useful.
The first flight will be a small “hop”, where the engine will fire continuously but at varying ‘throttles’ – this in itself will be a first for Europe with the use of cryogenic propulsion. Flying up to 100 m on its first trip towards space, the hop-test is a significant milestone and allows engineers to focus on the critical landing and ground sequences for such a rocket.
So you are right T1H’s job will be to perform “hop” tests.
Better late than never, so lets hope that from here on they double down and speed up development to catch up.
Also to state the obvious: it is too round on the top, it needs to be pointy
Regardless of how arms exports should be handled (i’d be on the side of banning them until there is actual change), this just seems like bad politics. Why even bother to first suspend them completely after such a long time and then immediately revert back?
Seems to me like this achieves literally nothing, but is the worst option in regard to public perception. Like they could have just kept the status quo, since there all the bad publicity was already “priced in” so to speak. Or they could do a move like in August and change their stance, but then you got to keep it up for it to actually matter and intend to do so from the start. If you revert this fast you get the backlash again for your original stance AND you look weak to the counterparty.