Indeed, I haven’t heard of bike theft on trains either. Problem is, if the thief can pull it off, it makes the perfect crime. As the victim you’re basically screwed the moment the doors close and the train starts to move. This is why I never let my eyes off luggage or bikes when on a train. Even more so on a bus.

That explains it. Those things are like virtual voyeurs.

Is it like a shopping trolley where you get the coin back at the end?

Yes.

Is it like a shopping trolley where you get the coin back at the end?

You turn the key and out comes the key! Like coin-operated lockers in train stations. Better not lose the key!

Agreed about the hangers. It’s always a mess, they only really suit skinny racing bikes. And everyone else needs to babysit their bike if only to stop it rolling away.

This time with the lock I actually went and sat in a normal seat elsewhere for once! I’m sold.

Beautiful. How did you get that close?

Why do all cars since about 1920 have “fat” tires? It’s the same reason.

Never understood why the arian particle can’t just be dropped. Same deal for the horribly unwieldy (but genuinely useful) authoritarianism, whose French equivalent is the more elegant autoritarisme.

English is an ugly messy language. There, I said it.

I’ve been using it for a few years

undergoing a significant rewrite for the 0.4 release

I plan to try it when it’s ready. Some time next century at this rate.

Telling random strangers to get help is not “conducive to that end” either, IMHO.

Fascinant, merci.

Le monde semble être en train de se diviser en deux camps technologiques : le camp du futur, soit le tout-électrique chinois, et une arrière-garde nihiliste menée par les USA et déterminée à poursuivre la fête fossile jusqu’à la fin. Qui sera moche.

The election is in a few months. That will be the moment of danger for Orbán.

California’s (i.e. the USA’s) inability to complete the most basic high-speed rail project is making it the laughing stock of the developed world.

Japan managed this in 1964. France in 1981. And China has indeed built literally tens of thousands of kilometers of line in an astonishing fast period, and yes, mostly in the last 15 years.

So, on the contrary, this cartoon is directionally right in every way.

Alternatively, it was a missed golden opportunity for Norway to prove that it considers capital punishment wrong on principle, not contingently wrong. Israel missed the same opportunity.

So you’re saying that (you think the data says) most people here are not blanket-downvoting anything that gives them marginally bad vibes, and that the damage is being done by a busy few? Interesting if true. I too basically never downvote, on the principle that it’s toxic and hostile and just not something that has a polite equivalent in person. I had assumed I was a massive outlier.

All decent advice. Here’s a thought experiment.

Start a discussion, debate, or ponder about [etc]

By the same token it would be bad to stop such a discussion, right? Right.

Make new communities if you don’t see one that fits

Therefore it would be bad to *destroy" such communities, right? Indeed.

Upvote the things you like

So, it would be bad to downvote the things you - personally, subjectively - don’t like - right? It wouldn’t? Why so?

Don’t downvote other people’s good-faith opinions. It’s petty, it’s juvenile, it’s toxic. Even if you don’t see it that way. It’s precisely what will discourage the participation we all want to see.

Personally I’m inclined to think the best response is indeed silence, but it’s a valid point nonetheless. The US president is a bully, and bullies often back down when they get pushback. And some of these latest accusations really are the most outrageous hypocrisy coming from a political movement that literally tries to steal elections.

Well put. It’s a difficult one, though. The alternative route, of national (i.e. European) champions, can be a slippery slope into protectionism and shoddy standards. By the 1970s British cars were rubbish but the Brits still produced and bought them patriotically. Argentina has spent a century trying to protect its substandard industry and it’s now a poor country.

But I do agree that there’s a balance to be struck. On principle I use Firefox and not Chrome even if it’s 2% slower (which it’s not BTW). We should not be rushing to buy foreign products when the technology gap is still bridgeable.

Can confirm that in late November it was not just feasible but really very pleasant! Murcia is one of the sunniest places in Europe. And, as you say, incredibly hot in summer.

Beautiful animal.

To add to the other poster’s advice, another good way to get better color saturation (i.e. less washed out colors) is simply to under-expose a bit. In my experience digital cameras always tend to over-expose, so you can usually just set them to underexpose a bit and all your pictures will look instantly better.

The five microstates (Andorra, Monaco, Liechtenstein, San Marino, Vatican) are wreaking havoc in south-central Europe.