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@mohs Zusätzlich zur Bezahlbarkeit (niedrigere Einkommen in Großstadtzentren) ist ggf. auch der Nutzen geringer: Wenn ich 4-5 Tage/Woche 100km aus dem Umland pendle, ist ein BEV wirtschaftlich sehr sinnvoll. Wenn ich guten ÖPNV-Anschluss habe und mal am Wochenende das Auto nutze, tuts ein günstiger Verbrenner auch noch. Dazu ggf. die Praktikabilität von Laden & Unparken in Innenstädten. @publixpace @ubahnverleih @uberfant

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Richard Apr 25

@Richard_Littler Thinking about the fact that at some point in time these giants of jazz came together in one place to record this sends shivers down my spine every time.

Kind of Blue was an ephemeral, unique moment in the history of the world. And it was brilliantly recorded so that we can all listen to that moment in 1959 in NYC.

#jazz

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Richard Apr 25

@softicecreamlesley Oh, absolutely, I’d prefer being able to talk to and order from an actual person. Most of the time restaurant is the constraint with short staffing, cost cutting ➡️ dislike. But sometimes I’m the biggest constraint on effective communication, in which case ➡️ like … but I guess with rising costs for ingredients, energy and labour, restaurants have to squeeze every line on the budget 🙁

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Richard Apr 25

@softicecreamlesley tbh, when done well, there are situations where I like QR code ordering. If there’s an English translation, allergen info, photos etc. and I just want a simple, quick meal … I don’t speak Cantonese, my Japanese is rudimentary, thus I’m a bottleneck in human to human communication, so this has made my life easier many times.
But for a “real” restaurant with specials and recommendations and all that: this needs the human touch.

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Richard Apr 19

@gnarf Interesting - that’s how I thought it’d work in my modern digital thinking where you can process an image and look stars up in a database.
And then I learned a while ago that there were semi-automated systems for this back in the 1960s and I didn’t understand how they would do that without losing the entire plane full of tubes for a computer.

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Richard Apr 18

@kenshirriff Thank you, this is a wonderful article! I had been wondering how celestial navigation worked in planes and missiles.

For all practical intents and purposes, this information is useless for me, but reading the article makes me happy.

If knowing how to build a positioning system for a strategic bomber in a post-GPS/GNSS world ever becomes practically useful to me: thank you again and may God help us all.

Richard Apr 13

Osma A 🇫🇮🇺🇦Apr 13

Estonia is correct. The responsibility to keep children safe falls on adults and platform operators, not on the kids. If social media isn't safe for children, it's not safe for adults either, because the safety this is about isn't about the content, but of what the platforms do with our data.
https://thenextweb.com/news/estonia-eu-child-social-media-ban-opposition

Estonia is the rare EU country opposing bans on children’s social media use

In short: Estonia and Belgium are the only two EU member states to have declined the Jutland Declaration, an October 2025 pan-European commitment to restrict children’s access to social media. Estonia’s ministers argue that age-based bans are unenforceable, that children will find ways around them, and that the correct approach is to enforce the GDPR against […]

The Next Web

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Richard Apr 13

@DePemig @osma Exactly, especially as there’s currently no measure to prove age that can’t be turned into digital infrastructure for authoritarianism easily. It’d be ineffective at protecting children but potentially effective at stifling free speech.

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Richard Apr 13

@newsguyusa He’s working hard to make that prophecy come true: Not only does he supply a false Messiah, he’s also taking care of the wars, rumours of wars, famines, more wickedness and pitching nations against nations.
Really dedicated to filling the End Times bingo card. 😔

#Trump

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Richard Apr 12

@mHtt With how things are going down here on our planet, when looking back, did the astronauts ever consider saying: “You know what—screw you, Earth! We’ll take a hard turn and keep flying!”?

I know it’s practically impossible. Still love the idea of them saying “eff this, we’re up here, well maybe come back when you have got your act together”

#artemis2