We’re still cooperating a lot with China, despite all she human rights concerns.

Some billionaire like Frenchman Bolloré are using the same strategy as Musk and Murdoch to push their propaganda and far right does well in elections

While we are a it more economically progressive than US, it’s not like gay rights or drug legalisation or even abortion are widely accepted.

We need more people here, so just have some fun with us.

The big white light is used for landing.

Moreover, while it’s not legally required, most airliner would turn it on when changing altitude, in order to improve other planes siftuational awarness

(I was curious when visiting family living on a hill with a view on the airport down the valley)

The whole “tech industry” naming is bulllshit, there is more technology let’s say in composite used to build an aircraft wing or in a surgerical robots, than in yet another mobile app showing you ads

The whole tech sector also tend to be over evaluated on the stock market. In no world Apple is worth 3 trillion while coca cola or airbus are worth around 200 billions

Shoes and clothe are the kind of stuff where you loose a lot by buying online.

In person you can see the fabric texture and colour. Not a photo where light, camera and then your screen altered everything.

Check how well it fits. For shoes you can easily get one size less/more depending on brand/cut and even for clothe you are not a standard person so passing them in the shop tells you a lot.

You can even ask a sales person opinion to get a feedback of course they want to sell but can help you more than a chatbot

A big change between the internet in the 90’s/00’s and today, is that today we don’t really have this internet with “all computer being equal”, we have a dozen of facebook/google/reddit/tiktok massive websites, and it’s relatively easy to close one of these.

in the 90’s a judge could ask an ISP to close the homepage of someone without impacting the whole internet

No, Please tell me it’s not in Elon playbook ?

US money is incredibly strong, so US$ is way more interesting.

15 years after it’s creation the bitcoin failed to meet the expectation of being a usable money or even “way to pay”

safe. But if it’s at low altitude (<1000 ft; 330 m), then it’s very easy for the flight to go sour.

When I talk about paragliding, normal people are weirded out when I tell that I am safer 1000m agl than 30m AGL. But we call the 5-50m aglthe death zone. If shit hits the fan, I have no time to react nor to pull the reserve. Lower, helmet and airbag would limit the damage,higher I can try something, but at low height you don’t have much time to react and need to be 100% focused

In flight?

1. Masks would fall down

2. The crew will start an emergency descent to a breathable altitude

3. The crew will call a may day and reroute to the nearest suitable airport

in my building, owner use informal tu and first name but when talking with renter they use vous and last name.

To be fair owner see each others at owner’s association meeting and have seen each other in the building for years while many renter move within 2-3 years

And for the fun fact, my owner association ordered a security audit, and the consultant recommended organizing a building/neighbour party/barbecue over installing security camera. As people knowing each other care for each other

A part of the solution is “government owned housing” rented at fair price. Most countries have such housing for “poor people” but not enough for everyone. Let alone the whole “cut-down in welfare budget” means that these building are badly maintained and that even if you’re poor enough but not homeless (e.g. full time minimal wage) you still need years for your application to be accepted. I believe that Denmark and Austria are the few countries where this model is common even for middle class. It may-be a model to follow, at least for lower middle class

A couple of a house as an investment is already a lot, and way more than the average person can afford. If you go from a leftist perspective, the fact that they make money without workings sucks. These people who own a couple of house for investment are also the one complaining about “public retirement system is too expensive, so we should cut-down retirement benefit for everyone”

More seriously, I understand that you want to play by the rule in today’s capitalist world. The problem is that in many places the rule are skewed. In some countries income from rent are less taxed than income from work, and the power-balance between tenant and landlord is favouring the landlord (and people see implementing stuff like rent-control and shorter notice for tenant as leftists policies). While it’s fun to say eat the rich including the landlord, you need to build a reasonable political program if you want to stand a chance.

Another big issue, is the lack of affordable rental properties managed by the government/municipality. It’s basically massively promoting either homelessness or bad housing

In modern countries where worker right have more than minimal standard, by getting fired, you get a Severance pay (it’s not what it used to be, but may let you survive a few month) and unemployement benefit (which would give you a fraction of your salary until you find a job)

Quiting means you’ll loose these rights

I know someone who was doing that when I was a student. The guy got a scholarship from the unemployment system (basically was allowed to keep his unemployment benefit while attending university) got his master and became a teacher. So it was possible in the 00’s.

If you’re unemployed talk with your employment advisor.

Big talk if you’ve never crossed a six lane stroad on foot. The American transit system is often downright hostile to anyone not in a car. It can be goddamn terrifying.

Unfortunately you’re right, I remember needing to take the car between the hotel and the Starbucks 500m away because there was a flicking big road on the way(which is insane for a European) .

I don’t get how American Karen don’t get mad at their mayor for the lack of way to cross the street

Restaurant, bars and cafe can be a huge spending. You can also do a romantic dinner at home.

Check all your subscribed services you may find a cheaper competitor.

Before buying anything ask yourself about whether you really need it, and whether there is a used alternative available

If you do have money, set an auto transfert of 100-200€ to a saving account at the start of the month, you’ll main account would feel empty faster.

It’s legal in some countries, so I don’t see much risks. They rotty sure you can look up for data from Switzerland, Belgium and Netherlands

In functional democracies, there is law protecting individual against the government. Meaning that you’ll require a court-order to request the localization of a phone (to the phone provider or applications collecting GPS data). This is (in democratic countries) allowed in criminal matters but not for administrative status matters like immigration.

I ve seen a popular one saying burn fat not oil but while on one hand it looks cool/edgy, on the other hand you pass for one of the douchy bumper stickers guy.

Just get an extra high visibility sticker and one backup light on your helmet

Actually, the younger you fuck up, the worse are the consequences. A 13 year old go in a school fight, he is kicked out of school, has to go in another school further away, sleep less, see his grade fall down, and next year he’ll be pushed to start an apprenticeship rather than high school.

A 31 one year old (otherwise a good citizen) does the same. He’ll spend a night in police custody and at worst pays a fine (with a high probability that change are dropped because judges and prosecutor are busy)