Crypto farming, feeding the ai bubble, large scale wars of aggression, commuters replacing cars with trucks, buying throwaway junk has never been easier. That's the relatively new completely unnecessary hubris that I can think off atm. These should be the low hanging fruits to just not do, but apparently we're going to continue doing them anyways. If we can't address the low hanging fruits, then tackling the harder challenges will remain a pipe dream until it's too late. Climate stability is fucked, and we're in for a rough ride.
An easy one would be telling them a story of a world without any magic, where even the most basic spells don't work. That'll be very scary and otherworldly for those kids.
Khan's lawyer says: Tayab Ali, head of Khan’s legal team, noted that a judicial panel had “unanimously” determined that findings by the United Nations Office of Internal Oversight Services “did not establish misconduct or breach of duty by Mr Khan under the relevant legal framework”.
Versus the claimed reason for firing him: “The Assembly has decided by a majority of 82 States Parties that…prosecutor Karim Kahn committed serious conduct and a serious breach of duty…and to remove [him] from office,” the Assembly president announced, calling for the dignity and privacy of all those involved.
Does not compute.
The narrative of the icc can be read here: https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/07/1168025 Except everything that matters is confidential, so we just have to take their word for it apparently.
I had a not the onion moment with this one. Regulators believing that asbestos would not get grinded up when mixed with an abrasive material that is regularly being churned by little kids and cats ... I thought it had to be satire, but alas no.
I more believe that this was wilful ignorance than stupidity, those regeulators are bound to have heard of sandpaper. Any excuse to not have to do anything is good enough.
The worst so far. Maga republicans have only been leading the USA for about 18 months, it's definitely going to get worse in the next few years. Thoughts and prayers is the best policy for letting things turn to shit, literally in this example.
Not the same at all unfortunately, Merck's formatting seems to be a mess, your serial number isn't. Merckx' bikes also seem to have stamped or etched branding near the serial number in that time period, so probably not Merckx. Sorry for wasting your time with that, it was wishful thinking on my part :(
https://www.ricardo.ch/de/a/rennvelo-corsa-1284325456/ That one looks a lot like yours. Eddy Merckx Corsa racing bike from the 1980s or early 1990s. When it was new, it was probably one of the best that a consumer could buy. Where I live (Belgium) it's not that unique however ;)
Personally I loath the Anglo Saxon habit of making ever more words taboo. It just leads to people circumventing the taboo words with alternate phrases and once those get too popular, they risk becoming taboo as well. Another problem is that what should be normal innocent phrases have become innuendo. It's very easy for a foreigner to make a direct translation to English and what comes out is unintended sexual innuendo or something perceived as a veiled threat.
I'm not going to complain about the absurd censorship it in the youtube comments though, instead I simply don't comment.
It might be a desertion prevention setup. If a frontline soldier goes on vacation to his family in a remote region of Russia, then hiding from the state is going to be relatively easy if he wants to. But if he can only go on vacation to Crimea, then there's far less chance of escape.
In southern Europe AC is common. In northern Europe floor heating with a central heatpump system seems to be the most common solution for new builds (in the part of Europe I know at least), but it was unfortunately seldom installed with cooling ability. New builds in northern Europe are very well insulated, and double glazed glass with a low solar transmission factor is common, as are built-in blinds. Proper ventilation was an issue when we first started with insulating and sealing everything up, the rules have since been made more humane, but imo still too focused on mechanical solutions.
Every new build/renovation has to have an energy + ventilation study done and meet certain minimum standards. The result of that study is prominently featured on any immo platform, so renters know what to expect.
But when it's 35+ °C outside for several days in a row, those new builds without active cooling still get too hot. Our legislation simply hasn't caught up yet. When it gets that hot, people now often make due with mobile airco units to keep a few rooms livable, which is silly for a home that's only a few years old imo. We should have been prepared for this, we knew it was coming :)
The former headquarter consists out of 2 buildings, a 10 story one from 1905 and a 32 story one from 1960. Pfizer was using both since 1974 and moved out in 2023. Now with the conversion to residential, the builders were adding 19 stories to the lowest building + renovating the taller one.
Based on where the bricks were falling, I think the buckling is occurring in the taller 1960s building, which should just be a non structural renovation/conversion ... strange. My guess is that they overloaded the top floors by storing building materials there, but this is just a wild guess.
That's actually a tiny octopus. The top of the oval is interrupted by the octopus head with eyes, the horizontal line above is interrupted by the octopus mantle.
There are native reeds in NA: " three separate lineages occur in North America – one endemic and widespread (the native), one from Europe (the introduced invasive), and one whose nativity is currently unclear which occurs across the southern U.S. from California to Florida and into Mexico and Central America (the ‘Gulf Coast’ type)."
https://bugwoodcloud.org/mura/mipn/assets/File/Educational%20Resources/Phragmites%20Field%20Guide.pdf
So it's a recent myth, invented by a known fraud, which means that those republican Texans are bound to know that it's completely made up. That they still want to add this to the official curriculum shows where their priorities are: indoctrination > knowledge and understanding.
People have reclaimed some of the public space that we lost to cars. Losing rights and privileges to new technology is not as inevitable as Jensen Huang wants to present it.
Car-free streets, streets with restricted access, streets where cars have the lowest priority, temporarily closed streets, ... I don't know a single commune that doesn't have some of these, it's not the 1970s anymore.
Crypto farming, feeding the ai bubble, large scale wars of aggression, commuters replacing cars with trucks, buying throwaway junk has never been easier. That's the relatively new completely unnecessary hubris that I can think off atm. These should be the low hanging fruits to just not do, but apparently we're going to continue doing them anyways. If we can't address the low hanging fruits, then tackling the harder challenges will remain a pipe dream until it's too late. Climate stability is fucked, and we're in for a rough ride.
An easy one would be telling them a story of a world without any magic, where even the most basic spells don't work. That'll be very scary and otherworldly for those kids.
Khan's lawyer says:
Tayab Ali, head of Khan’s legal team, noted that a judicial panel had “unanimously” determined that findings by the United Nations Office of Internal Oversight Services “did not establish misconduct or breach of duty by Mr Khan under the relevant legal framework”.
Versus the claimed reason for firing him:
“The Assembly has decided by a majority of 82 States Parties that…prosecutor Karim Kahn committed serious conduct and a serious breach of duty…and to remove [him] from office,” the Assembly president announced, calling for the dignity and privacy of all those involved.
Does not compute.
The narrative of the icc can be read here: https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/07/1168025 Except everything that matters is confidential, so we just have to take their word for it apparently.
It sucks to live in interesting times. It's an old curse come true.
I had a not the onion moment with this one. Regulators believing that asbestos would not get grinded up when mixed with an abrasive material that is regularly being churned by little kids and cats ... I thought it had to be satire, but alas no.
I more believe that this was wilful ignorance than stupidity, those regeulators are bound to have heard of sandpaper. Any excuse to not have to do anything is good enough.
The worst so far. Maga republicans have only been leading the USA for about 18 months, it's definitely going to get worse in the next few years. Thoughts and prayers is the best policy for letting things turn to shit, literally in this example.
Both. The first c when the heli is flying at a constant speed. The 2nd one when it's accelerating.Edit: problem description said constant speed, so that means the first one.
Not the same at all unfortunately, Merck's formatting seems to be a mess, your serial number isn't. Merckx' bikes also seem to have stamped or etched branding near the serial number in that time period, so probably not Merckx. Sorry for wasting your time with that, it was wishful thinking on my part :(
Looking up that serial number and Bianchi i find back that another bike with serial number "AS435230" was a Bianchi Grizzly, manufactured in Japan in 1984. https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-vintage/70572-bianchi-serial-number-identification-55.html How that person deduced that is never explained :)
If it's an Eddy Merckx frame, than you might find the serial number here: https://cadre.org/Merckx/
https://www.ricardo.ch/de/a/rennvelo-corsa-1284325456/ That one looks a lot like yours. Eddy Merckx Corsa racing bike from the 1980s or early 1990s. When it was new, it was probably one of the best that a consumer could buy. Where I live (Belgium) it's not that unique however ;)
Personally I loath the Anglo Saxon habit of making ever more words taboo. It just leads to people circumventing the taboo words with alternate phrases and once those get too popular, they risk becoming taboo as well. Another problem is that what should be normal innocent phrases have become innuendo. It's very easy for a foreigner to make a direct translation to English and what comes out is unintended sexual innuendo or something perceived as a veiled threat.
I'm not going to complain about the absurd censorship it in the youtube comments though, instead I simply don't comment.
It might be a desertion prevention setup. If a frontline soldier goes on vacation to his family in a remote region of Russia, then hiding from the state is going to be relatively easy if he wants to. But if he can only go on vacation to Crimea, then there's far less chance of escape.
I'm from Belgium, but the requirement for an EPC is part of a EU directive, so all EU countries should have something similar going. A page about the directive: https://energy.ec.europa.eu/topics/energy-efficiency/energy-performance-buildings/energy-performance-buildings-directive_en
In southern Europe AC is common. In northern Europe floor heating with a central heatpump system seems to be the most common solution for new builds (in the part of Europe I know at least), but it was unfortunately seldom installed with cooling ability. New builds in northern Europe are very well insulated, and double glazed glass with a low solar transmission factor is common, as are built-in blinds. Proper ventilation was an issue when we first started with insulating and sealing everything up, the rules have since been made more humane, but imo still too focused on mechanical solutions.
Every new build/renovation has to have an energy + ventilation study done and meet certain minimum standards. The result of that study is prominently featured on any immo platform, so renters know what to expect.
But when it's 35+ °C outside for several days in a row, those new builds without active cooling still get too hot. Our legislation simply hasn't caught up yet. When it gets that hot, people now often make due with mobile airco units to keep a few rooms livable, which is silly for a home that's only a few years old imo. We should have been prepared for this, we knew it was coming :)
Searching or referring to the june 4 incident and related protests in any way is/was censored in China. Even searching on Weibo for vague cryptic terms like "64" was blocked on the 3rd of june 2019: https://citizenlab.ca/research/censoring-a-commemoration-what-june-4-related-search-terms-are-blocked-on-weibo-today/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pfizer_Building
The former headquarter consists out of 2 buildings, a 10 story one from 1905 and a 32 story one from 1960. Pfizer was using both since 1974 and moved out in 2023. Now with the conversion to residential, the builders were adding 19 stories to the lowest building + renovating the taller one.
Based on where the bricks were falling, I think the buckling is occurring in the taller 1960s building, which should just be a non structural renovation/conversion ... strange. My guess is that they overloaded the top floors by storing building materials there, but this is just a wild guess.
That's actually a tiny octopus. The top of the oval is interrupted by the octopus head with eyes, the horizontal line above is interrupted by the octopus mantle.
There are native reeds in NA: " three separate lineages occur in North America – one endemic and widespread (the native), one from Europe (the introduced invasive), and one whose nativity is currently unclear which occurs across the southern U.S. from California to Florida and into Mexico and Central America (the ‘Gulf Coast’ type)." https://bugwoodcloud.org/mura/mipn/assets/File/Educational%20Resources/Phragmites%20Field%20Guide.pdf
The existence of this black robe regiment was invented in 2010 by David Barton: https://boston1775.blogspot.com/2015/02/the-roots-of-black-robed-regiment-in.html?m=1
David Barton is known for persistently making false claims: https://www.peoplefor.org/rightwingwatch/post/david-barton-keeps-spreading-false-christian-nationalist-history One of his books won a vote for "least credible history book in print", before it was pulled by his publisher: https://www.splcenter.org/resources/reports/christian-historian-denounced-propagandist-sees-book-withdrawn/
So it's a recent myth, invented by a known fraud, which means that those republican Texans are bound to know that it's completely made up. That they still want to add this to the official curriculum shows where their priorities are: indoctrination > knowledge and understanding.
People have reclaimed some of the public space that we lost to cars. Losing rights and privileges to new technology is not as inevitable as Jensen Huang wants to present it.
Car-free streets, streets with restricted access, streets where cars have the lowest priority, temporarily closed streets, ... I don't know a single commune that doesn't have some of these, it's not the 1970s anymore.