Don’t know about Berman’s mental state, but I know of plenty of old people who didn’t lose their marbles. My granny for one remembers anything since the dawn of time or at least from her 95 years of living.

For some reason the ‘article’ mentions compressing space and time multiple times. Does it really though? Maybe I’m misunderstanding, but I can’t imagine large centrifugal forces inducing any relativistic effects.

Kannst du das bitte für meinen Freund erklären?

Well, as I said: not ALL pricing is entirely made up. In particular, in a production chain it makes sense that the price increases with further processing. Why would I sell a gear for less than I paid for the metal I made it from? Why would a bicycle manufacturer sell the bike for less than they paid for the sum of its parts? You can reduce the profit to nothingness, but you still need to assure a living wage for all the people involved (as long as you have morals). That means that there at least is some rules that need to be followed in pricing. And complicated things tend to be expensive. A computer chip must always be more expensive than a gram of sand and that’s not arbitrary.

There are other incentives for why people labor than just getting paid.

I’m pretty sure that many unpleasant jobs like mining do require monetary recompensation if the task is not pleasant by itself. I can’t imagine how else one would incentivize this kind of labor.

Not all things are expensive on a whim. Some things just use massive amounts of material, energy and work hours to be produced. I cannot just stop paying miners their already too low wages. I also cannot take energy for free. It is not like we have all minerals and energy in abundance and have automated the crap out of every production chain.

I loved playing the Dyson Sphere Program, but the controls without mouse and keyboard felt impossible to me, so I stopped playing it altogether since gaming mostly on the Stema Deck. Have you got any tips for making the controls work better?

Fair.

How do you feel about Einhundertzweiunddreißigtausendvierhundertfünfundsechzig?

Als guter Christ beharrt man auf dem Patriarchat und unterstützt den Erhalt vom Nachnamen, den der Ehemann mitbringt.

If the german car manufacturers would finally accept the deadline, they might actually start to implement changes in their production line. The way things are going, they will ask for more flexibility again in ten years time.

Moisturize me!

I wonder what you are referring to as well. Also ‘weaponizing discomfort’ sounds like something inappropriate while actually discomfort is a real thing and no one has to stand for it (in a certain degree). Not caring at all if you are causing others discomfort is the definition of selfishness. Recompensating somebody with a big tip, because you are a dick doesn’t make you less of a prick.

Die aktuelle “Alles gesagt”-Folge mit Annerorhilker kann ich auch sehr empfehlen: https://www.zeit.de/wirtschaft/2025-11/anne-brorhilker-interviewpodcast-alles-gesagt

Probably depending on the country and according legislature, but as a pedestrian, I often wish for more scooters to take to the road as well. In most aspects they are very equivalent to bicycles and just as fast and dangerous. Worst of all are those scooter drivers who switch between road and sidewalk with every traffic light.

Huh, and I thought I needed a Microsoft account, but this way I could maybe even use for the computers at work. Thanks!

Not what you were asking about, but you reminded me of this video arguing that the LM741 is a relic and not a good choice for a modern circuit. IIRC the video also shortly explains some standard characteristics of an opamp, which could be interesting to you if you suspect a knowledge gap.

Yes, there is. Why deny something without checking, elaborating or citing a source? Sure, it is fun to doubt anybody is ever saying true things on the Internet, but denying a fact just because you do not know it yet, is misinformation in itself.

Beautifully carved! Just to be certain though: This is about Outer Wilds - Echoes of the Eye, right?

Im felinen Haustier.

I have seen this (or a very similar) picture about five years ago and have thought about it nearly every time I heard the name Radcliffe. I am very thankful that you posted it here and I can finally save it as a reference.