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I might be ruining the joke, but are you talking about kids?

As a support for this comment: doing some estimations, the of average kWh household use in the US is about 10,500 kWh, with about 19% being used for Air Conditioning. The energy mix in the US is quite carbon-intensive, with an average of 0.37kg/kWh. That gives a yearly figure of 740 kg per household.

If we want to reach the climate targets, we need to reduce our yearly CO2 "budget" per capita significantly. It was at about 800kg per person & year for 1.5 degrees a few years ago. As we have resigned that target already, we're at about 1500kg per year & person for the 2 degree target. (estimations of total CO2 budget until 2050, divided by #people on earth).

After 2050, that number per person should go to net zero.

So the way Air Conditioning is used is a significant problem. If the entire world would use it like it is used in the United States, we would get into a runaway situation. And we kind of are heading towards it.

Ernst & Young officially change their name to just "EY" some years back.

Unfortunately, they forgot to check the name beforehand, and it turned out that "EY!" already existed: a gay porn magazine.

Yes, this really happened.

Alas, it is unfortunate that the founders did not consider a mechanism for amendments to be introduced

I also did a double take on this one! New word discovery. Sharing the same root as e.g. 'Emporium' I would assume.

But it's not clear how to interpret the date code: 05-06 could be 5th June or 6th May; same sorry for 06-05. Very confusing due to American-style date formatting. Versions number are at least sequential, with a bigger number being a later version.

As an outside observer, I believe that it's dangerous to disregard the threat of a dismantling of the democratic system. The current administration seem to have little regards for any traditions or rules of law, and is actively targeting governmental institutions that limit how they can wield their power.

Democracy is not some magic spell that will bring the administration back to normality. Democracy only works as long as all players continue to act as if democratic decisions are binding. The executive branch have already shown they are more than willing to go against the judicial branch. They could do the same with the legislative branch. Questioning the legitimacy of elections, or actively rigging elections, is a possible next step in the same playbook.

We should focus on how the actions of the current administration work as means to consolidate their power. A powerful minority can rule over a majority, as long as their keys to power are upheld.

We visited a manufacturing / assembly plats for industrial vehicles in Sweden during the autumn. Everything was spotless, bright, and almost silent. All the tools were neatly organised in overhead ergonomic hangers, reducing the stress on the workers. It looked like a great place to work, nor akin to an office than a dirty grimy workshop.

On the other hand, I visited a Canadian plant and the difference was stark. There was hardly any lighting, the floor was black with dirt, and the noise was unbearable. This was a small supplier about 10 years ago, so take it with a pinch of salt.

There is interesting effects from group dynamics and having a sense of purpose that can help people reintegrate into society. But the work environment has to be prioritised to make it easier on the workers. If the work place looks and acts like a prison camp, you are not going to get those benefits.

The point is that clean factories do exist, and manufacturing can be a good place to work. But it needs some work to make it so.

This is what happened in Sweden about 10 years ago, when they started charging a $7 "administrative fee" on all packages privately imported from China. Prices for resistors went from $1 for a pack of a hundred to $8. As a student at the time, it effectively made the hobby non-viable over night because it got too expensive.

Lately, there have been some domestic actors filling in the gap. But it's still a significant cost increase compared to the glory days.

It's all vehicles who got early access to the auto pilot features

This resonates a lot with me, and I think you expressed what has been running through my mind lately.

Sometimes, I feel like I lack agency; lile I'm not a primary character in my own life's story. It's so easy to sit back, follow the flow, and let the will of others dictate what I work with and spend my time on.

Working on changing that. But now I'm at an impasse, as it's difficult to know which of my interests and hobbies are coming from within me, and not just something I do to--for lack of a better way to express it-- please or impress others.

Current working theory is 'work less, play more', spend time with others, and being as attentive and receptive that I can.

Thank you for your words: they helped me

We are born meat and die meat; our life spans are short

"Hyrdogen core clusters" might be around a bit longer

On a related note, it would be curious to see how many years a computer could keep chugging along silently doing its job. Of course dependent on a reliable power supply and that We stop our habit of breaking all dependencies every three months. Maybe thousands of years would be possible? A bit interesting to think about.

I live in Sweden and we live with slightly-above-freezing temperatures (often with rain) for 4-6 month per year.

Perfectly possible to bike if you put on the right clothes. Even when it has been snowing, as the bike paths are cleared.

Several of my colleagues with kids bike every day as well, taking the kids with them on thei bike.

Might not be as comfortable as a air conditioned, well-cushioned car. But there are other benefits.

Scooters live a hard and short life from what I have understood. So they are not very environmentally friendly given their resource intensity over their life cycle.

But most cars are not filled with 4 people: quite often it's only one or two

And many don't drive a Honda civic: they are driving the biggest, heaviest car they can get their hands on

Actually, in accounting Money turns into Goodwill when a company is acquired, representing the premium that is paid above a company's assets. I accounting, this value is not amortised, unless something exceptional happens that affects that value (decided by the company's management).

So in the real world, (real) goodwill turns into more money. But in accounting, money turns into goodwill!

"In accounting, goodwill is an intangible asset recognized when a firm is purchased as a going concern. It reflects the premium that the buyer pays in addition to the net value of its other assets. Goodwill is often understood to represent the firm's intrinsic ability to acquire and retain customer business, where that ability is not otherwise attributable to brand name recognition, contractual arrangements or other specific factors" (Wikipedia)

There are dedicated keys for this on most keyboards: PgUp, PgDown, Spacebar (context dependent)

It's due to the higher interest rates

A higher risk-free rate of return from e.g. Government bonds entails higher 'required rate of return' for all other investments in the economy

Suddenly, all companies need to increase their profits by 3-5 percentage points, while their costs are increasing across the board. So they need to increase sales (hard/expensive), reduce costs (might not be possible), or raise prices ('easy' to do, but customers might not accept it)

You should continue to be scared of horses. There are quite a few injuries and deaths related to horseback riding every year.

Start menu search is unfortunate broken in Windows 11 (even more so than in W10). It needs to do a Web search before returning results, which makes it too slow to be reliably useful in my opinion.

It's easily solved by installing Power Toys and using the search feature from there instead (activated with alt + space, like in Linux & Mac)

The marginal tax rate is going to be quite a deterrent when you're working two jobs. 55%, and then an additional 25% VAT, and you're at about 67% tax.

In Sweden, it's difficult to get rich through salaried work. Startups, inheritance, and housing are the only avenues. As an example, during the 'housing bubble' years, there were some buzz around people earning more from the appreciation on their house than they did from work.

With that said, Sweden has a high dollar-millionaires-per-capita. When you already have money, Sweden is almost a tax haven. But they pulled up the ladder behind them for most of the population.

Looking at the raw statistics, it seems that the US could do more to improve road safety

I'm not a traffic engineer, but I believe better street design (meaning slowing cars down) and roundabouts could help. Building more public transport is also an option, but it might not be a feasible solution due to US City design.

US: 12,9 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants Europe: 9.3 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants Sweden: 2,2 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants Netherlands: 3,8 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_traffic-r...

"Tubi is the largest free movie and TV streaming service in the US. Unfortunately, we're not currently available in your area."

Oh well...

No, no. You need to fine each person for the maximum potential harm that they inflicted to the licence holders.

Downloaded a movie that's not available to buy anywhere via P2P? That will be $10.000.000 due to lost potential revenue. Seems fair.

I dislike shortcuts with special characters, as its availability depends on the keyboard layout. It's quite common that the shortcut doesn't work when you have to use modifier keys to invoke it.

Some vendors make an effort to support non-US layouts, others not so much (e.g Adobe, and recently Microsoft).

As a shortcut junkie, I've even changed the OS keyboard layout to enable more shortcuts to work, and memorising the location of special characters by feel. But that's not exactly an intuitive UX.

As some examples of shortcut keys that usually brings me dread are: /, ~, [, ], ;, |

I much prefer shortcuts in the form of "ctrl + letter"

Worlds smallest violin?

It's a turn of phrase, where you are mocking someone by accompanying their expressed sadness (or whining) by "playing the world's smallest violin", e.g. by rubbing your fingers together

Have you heard about this newfangled GDPR thing? You comment kind of reminds me of that

I just had a discussion about this with my family, and I'm in your camp of living small and avoiding the painful adjustments that might come in future.

If I wanted to, I could get a house or buy an apartment, but it would require me to put in most of my wealth to cover the mortgage.

Currently in a rent-controlled apartment, so my housing costs after buying would go up about x5 with the interest rates we're seeing now. And then my utilities, insurance and other maintenance costs on top.

I feel I'd need to earn 2-3 times what I'm earning now to be comfortable with that level of spend. I would feel trapped if I'd have to sustain property ownership on my current salary level, as it would force me to keep working certain jobs and long hours.

But many of my peers seem to have made a different choice

I have this issues as well. I sometimes find that I need to disconnect from mental tasks to recover.

For example: - Stop listening to music or podcast while you exercise - Go for "silent walks" outside - Meditation

Sometimes we need to find "the other battery to recharge", so to say. For me, just resting isn't fulfilling that need.

I hope/pray you find a way