European. Contrarian liberal. Insufferable green. History graduate. I never downvote opinions expressed in good faith and I do not engage with people who downvote mine (which may be why you got no reply). Low-effort comments with vulgarity or snark will also be politely ignored.
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.
13! A prime number indivisible into anything. Ugh!
A obnoxiously loud combustion scooter was literally called “Ruckus”? You can’t make this up.
Fascinant, merci.