Hoc casu non est

Such mentality likely has to do with the environment. I read some that strategy games are more popular in Northern Europe than in Southern Europe, with the explanation that strategic planning is more essential for survival when the amount of sunlight is limited and there are months were you can’t really go outside because of snow and coldness.

That would mean adverse conditions require it more to plan for the future. Coldness is indeed just an example for such an environment.

Old vs. new hardware is difficult. New hardware can also do the same with lower energy consumption.

It’s impossible to calculate, but the tipping point would be where the saved energy surpasses the energy needed for producing and transporting the hardware.

I’m quite sure that my raspi4 is more powerful, smaller, less noisy and requires less energy than my oldest computer.

The thing is just that they rarely only improve the efficiency.

My ability to read does not get affected by others writing stuff wrong.

I can read it, but I certainly see that most words are not written correctly.

plenty of places where housing is still affordable

There are even places where people would give you houses nearly for free, but nobody wants to live there and the infrastructure is crap.

Edit: Seems there are really some houses in Germany that are 100% free, but they have expensive liabilities like mandatory redevelopment etc. There are reasons why the previous owner gave up ownership instead of selling it.

zsh women rule

Animated emojis are also exclusive to nitro, but super react is more animated effects that can be combined with any emoji

Tbh it’s good if one can do without the pro features. That gives one more freedom to support them or not.

Animated emojis are also nitro exclusive. And you can boost “server”, which unlocks more customizations for “servers”.

The horse is running around naked all day, it’s only fair

In restaurants that should be for preparing tables, cleaning dishes etc instead of including that in food/drink

I have yet to find plants that do well in darkness.

Synchronized mayonnaise?

security deposits

That’s the word I was actually looking for. But reading a bit about security deposits and non-refundable deposits, they are two very different things. The first is a security like the name implies and credit scores have a similar purpose, they want to be sure that you are able pay. Non-refundable deposits are essentially just fees that are paid even when you back out of the rental contract and don’t move in.

Do you have no rental bonds? It’s quite common here to have a rental bond up to three times the monthly rent, but you get that back at the end if there are no disputes about damages or payment default.

Opt-out systems are never a proper choice. You don’t choose where you get born. You need to learn the language of that country, move somewhere there, find a job there and get citizenship. That all costs money and time, some countries only give you citizenship after you live there 20 years. As long as you don’t switch citizenship, you still need to pay income tax and probably other things, some taxes like VAT immediately changes and are not tied to citizenship.

Somalia has taxes, though they might struggle to enforce their income taxes. It’s unlikely that there is any country without any kind of tax or a catch. Some have no income tax or VAT because that look good on paper, but then have a tax that acts similar or you basically have to buy citizenship.

It’s not just impatience, for companies is usually more bet. They bet that they can earn a surplus higher than the interest rate when they invest that money now and not later.

Though you can also reach that with a hybrid system like it’s done in trains. Recuperate through breaking, run motor at maximum efficiency and store excess energy.

Maybe you confused it with rare earths? China dominated that market.

But reserves don’t matter that much for market domination. Actual production and how much you control production of other countries does.