I’m in Austria where the usability of self-checkout counters is often terrible, sometimes to the point where there are employees nearby for troubleshooting. I try it sometimes in stores where it’s available, but only if I’m not in a hurry.

Wenn man bedenkt, dass z.B. die weltweite Düngemittelproduktion derzeit auf fossile Brennstoffe angewiesen ist, ist das mit den Ernteausfällen/Hungersnöten eine Zwickmühle. Sicher wird da viel geforscht, und es gibt schon sinnvolle Maßnahmen, aber einen wirklichen Ausweg wird es nicht von heute auf morgen geben. Quelle z.B. https://www.pflanzenforschung.de/de/pflanzenwissen/journal/neuer-weg-zum-gruenen-duenger

Es gibt realistische Prognosen und wirklich kluge Analysen, z.B. vom IPCC, aber wenn heute jemand eine Schlagzeile zum Pariser Abkommen raushaut mit “O nein, die 1,5-Grad-Marke wird bald geknackt werden”, ärgert mich das. Weil das von vornherein ein völlig utopisches Ziel war, die Emissionen bis 2050 auf Null zu reduzieren.

Ich verstehe das Narrativ nicht. Diese Grad-Ziele waren schon 2015, wo sie definiert wurden, extrem unrealistisch. In der echten Welt ist niemand daran interessiert, weniger Erdöl, Kohle, etc. zu fördern. Das würde Lebensstandard und Wirtschaftswachstum sofort gefährden, noch lange bevor irgendein positiver Effekt für das Klima spürbar wäre.

One of my favorite movies of all time is “Let the Right one In” (“Låt den rätte komma in”), a Swedish romantic horror film. There is an American remake called “Let Me In”. The pacing, mood, and atmosphere of the remake don’t even come close the original. I believe the American versions of foreign films are often more expensive, polished, and with better actors, but I don’t need that to enjoy a film. One recent example is “Bugonia” which was nominated for 4 academy awards and is very well made, yet I enjoyed the Korean original “Save the Green Planet!” just as much.

Baking soda is too weak. As far as I know they use sodium hydroxide in bakeries, which is kind of dangerous because it can cause serious burns on the skin. You can bake your baking soda to make the solution slightly more alkaline but it will still be a lot weaker than the stuff that’s used commercially.

X-Duckx, it’s a French cartoon about two ducks doing extreme sports, there is a German dubbed version that’s pretty legendary even though it only ran for a couple years on German TV

more like a revival of early internet aesthetics, i.e. shitty 3D graphics, low quality digital images, and WordArt from the late 1990s

I had a similar experience with OOT, never owned an N64 but finally played it 2 years ago on PC. IMO the gameplay just isn’t very good by today’s standards, yet it was very innovative for its time. Some of my friends who played it in the 90s when they were young still love that game.

As others have said, I too think the golden era of video games is now. Games are getting better and better and there has never been a bigger selection of games to play than right now. There have never been as many people enjoying video games than right now. That being said, I don’t play as much as I used to, but that’s mostly because I’ve been getting older and working in video games for almost 20 years I’ve been a bit overexposed to the medium.

Link zur Studie: https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000595

Die wollten einfach ein bisschen Clickbait haben. In der Studie selbst geht es glaube ich darum, dass viele Sachen aus der Manosphere unwissenschaftlich und damit für die Evolutionsforschung nicht relevant sind. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12645320/

Not drinking alcohol when I’m alone or not in a good place mentally. And yes, this can be hard depending on the social circle.

idk, Mastodon has official apps for iOS and I think also more users

Video game programming, because I’ve been doing that for more than 20 years.

I don’t get it, what does “pause payments” mean, who stops paying whom and how much money are we talking about?

Chinese food! More specifically, Sichuan and Northwestern style food.

I don’t need to pick a second one.

It should be possible to buy frozen durian in Germany, in asian supermarkets. Not sure if that’s an option.

When I was studying computer science I had a dual-boot setup on my laptop. I was never happy with a VM but it’s not a lot of work to set up so you could try that first! With dual-boot I could still use Windows if I absolutely needed it for a course. I can recommend the Arch Linux wiki, it has many articles and tutorials. It’s only really useful if you are using Arch Linux or a distro based on Arch, e.g. EndeavourOS

The downside is, you will be spending a lot of time customizing your Linux and fixing problems. This can be very rewarding and a great learning experience but it also takes time and effort. If you want to spend less time with your computer and more time talking to people offline or enjoying nature, installing Linux can be a bad idea.

Check out https://www.unqualified-reservations.org/ There is a list of books he wrote with free PDF and links to Kindle store. “Mencious Moldbug” is one of his pseudonyms.