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- Comment on I am only now discovering the sheer addictiveness of Sid Meier's Civilization. 6 days ago:
l mean, I should still have plenty of time, as it is still quite early in the evening!
*looks at watch*: 2:49am - Comment on I am only now discovering the sheer addictiveness of Sid Meier's Civilization. 6 days ago:
Had to uninstall Unciv from my phone.
Having a Civ-like install 24/7 available in my pocket isn’t something I can handle… - Comment on No gas? 1 week ago:
Nothing cooler than a bicycle that looks ridiculous
l experienced that feeling for a while about 15 years ago, riding one of the then very rare 29" drop bar mountain bikes.
Looked like a legit frankenbike.People turned their heads and started asking me about it out of the blue at predestrian crossings or so (a very unusual behaviour here in Germany).
With the somewhat similar looking gravelbikes becoming a thing during the recent years, the bike doesn’t stand out that much anymore, so situation is more relaxed now.
Although I miss the extra attention a tiny bit… - Comment on No gas? 1 week ago:
A bicycle is more practical
But has waayyy less style!
- Comment on No gas? 1 week ago:
Why isn’t it fucked?
- Comment on U.S. customs searched a record number of electronic devices last year— Recently revised directive adds flash drives, smart watches to searchable devices 1 week ago:
Would be kinda hard for an international company that has several work locations in the US… ;-)
- Comment on I blame Obama 1 week ago:
Hot take:
If DST still makes the evening on Halloween too bright, you actually don’t need DST. - Comment on I blame Obama 1 week ago:
Yes, but in this states it’s in three weeks…
- Comment on I blame Obama 1 week ago:
But daylight savings day is on March, 29. 🤔
And what does this strange word “international” mean?
- Comment on U.S. customs searched a record number of electronic devices last year— Recently revised directive adds flash drives, smart watches to searchable devices 1 week ago:
I doubt the fun would last long for you…
- Comment on U.S. customs searched a record number of electronic devices last year— Recently revised directive adds flash drives, smart watches to searchable devices 1 week ago:
My German company has a travel directive to use clean-slate Laptops and virgin burner phones when going to the US for some time now already.
There are reasons for that… - Comment on Remembering the good times 1 week ago:
Solid breakfast!
- Comment on Australia forces porn sites to block under-18s from Monday 1 week ago:
Any statistics about the the development of VPN access numbers for Australia?
- Comment on They cannot imagine that you actually have a life when you leave your place of work 2 weeks ago:
Sure I’ll support, but let’s talk about adequate weekend bonuses first.
And you sure won’t mind that I’ll take Monday off in exchange, will you? - Comment on You can tell a lot about a man when you discover the thing he is most proud about .Of what are you proudest?” January 17,1937. 2 weeks ago:
Didn’t know that Linkedin has been around that long already.
- Comment on what is with the "I personally" epidemic!? 2 weeks ago:
I initially upvoted the post, but just changed that to a downvote when I saw OP had later switched to insulting the commenters in his post instead of interacting with them in the discussion.
There is nothing wrong about the initial rant itself, but that’s just not the proper way to take part in the community.
- Comment on British children are growing taller but not for the right reasons 2 weeks ago:
Body-fat caused hormonal imbalances (mentioned in the article).
This also includes estrogen and testosterone, linking it to precocious (early) puberty.
And it doesn’t exactly cause tallness, but often quite the opposite: Affected persons typically are shorter than the norm.
It just triggers growth at an earlier point in life. - Comment on It's kind of funny how we mocked old people for years over mispronouncing "meme" and as soon as they got it right, we came up with "Pepe" 2 weeks ago:
I am pretty sure that Pepe already had been a few years old when I first heard “old” persons use the word “meme” (apart from the ancient internet founding fathers that helped invent memes in the first place).
And was anyone seriously mocking them instead of just telling them how to pronounce it? - Comment on British children are growing taller but not for the right reasons 2 weeks ago:
The missing line from the summarizing lead:
The increases in average height are closely linked to rising childhood obesity among poorer children and widening socioeconomic inequalities.
So the reasons are child poverty and the accompanying unhealthy diet.
- Comment on what is with the "I personally" epidemic!? 2 weeks ago:
I personally use “I personally” occasionally.
I think it stresses the fact that the statement you are about to make is more deeply rooted in your personal believes and behaviours or even a major part of your personality and not only a random thought that just crossed your mind. - Comment on Motorola confirms GrapheneOS support for a future phone, bringing over features 2 weeks ago:
Dream on…
Motorola has continuously been moving headphone jack down to ever lower spec devices.
Has been the reason I bought a used G84 half a year ago, as this has been the last Motorola with at least somewhat decent specs to support those. (On top of it, it runs LineageOS really well!).
But the GrapheneOS phone will be a high-end-device, so you can probably forget about it… - Comment on Why nor???? 2 weeks ago:
B’cause XOR!!!
- Comment on 2 North American 4 you has been created 5 weeks ago:
Comment was not about what is, but what the rest of the world thinks it to be.
And that is not fancy West Coast craft beer or so, but Bud Light and Coors, I am afraid… - Comment on Hose Clamp Security Gate Chain... 5 weeks ago:
TBF, this doesn’t look like a security feature, but just a convenient way to span the chain taut.
- Comment on 2 North American 4 you has been created 5 weeks ago:
Dude’s coming from a Swedish Lemmy instance, so quite probably is a Swede.
Swedes don’t eat Hagelslag, that’s a Dutch thing, so I guess he is entitled to stay ;-) - Comment on 2 North American 4 you has been created 5 weeks ago:
Perhaps establishing some additional designated Communities will somewhat reduce the US-centric pressure from the more general communities.
So, not a bad thing, I would say. - Comment on 2 North American 4 you has been created 5 weeks ago:
Especially funny as Pecans are a very American thing, they don’t even grow in Europe.
So probably a significant part of the US population thinks because of this cake that Germans bake Pecan based stuff, while most Germans (me included) haven’t seen a Pecan nut in their whole life. :-) - Comment on 2 North American 4 you has been created 5 weeks ago:
I just remembered that we are have a very similar traditional dish in my home region (although only in a hefty variant with meat and/or vegetables):
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sülze
And I also have to say, Schweinskopfsülze (pig head in aspic) is not as bad is looks, but certainly is an acquired taste… - Comment on 2 North American 4 you has been created 5 weeks ago:
l don’t dispute that (and also that they are probably great - had neither so far, as they are largely unknown here).
It’s just that nobody outside of the States thinks of these when they hear “US food”.
- Comment on 2 North American 4 you has been created 5 weeks ago:
That’s quite disputed.
One of the more likely theories states that the bun idea together with the ground meat steak originated in Hamburg, where it was a variant of the common “Rundstück warm”, which has been around since 200 years or so.