I recently visited Killarney and I thought it was a great system. As a tourist, the €2 was no big deal to have a cup for the whole week. Then I just returned it before I left and got the money back. They do this all over Germany and have branded cups for each town. It would be cool to see it more widely done elsewhere too.

Tolkien called this idea “sub-creation,” suggesting that only God could create, in the complete sense of the word. But that humans, being made in God’s image, would by their nature strive to create. Anything we create uses what God gave us and would therefore be a lesser order of creation, thus sub-creation.

You can technically get from the US to Canada via the Atlantic, so the logic checks out.

It means that he has been formally accused of these crimes and there will be trials in court to determine his guilt. There has to be sufficient evidence of a crime before they (a group of people called a grand jury) will allow a case to move to trial. This limits the government from making false charges and tying people up in court on bogus charges.

An indictment means that they find that the Department of Justice (DoJ) do have sufficient evidence for a trial. It is not a determination of guilt per se, but a determination that there is sufficient evidence that a trial (or trials) must be set to determine whether he is guilty.

Furthermore, it’s my understanding that the DoJ will not indict someone unless they are absolutely sure they have an ironclad case against them that will result in the person being found guilty.

There are a bunch of charges against him, many (all?) of which are felonies. Which means he could go to prison for who knows how long. Possibly the rest of his life. The penalties are determined separately after someone is found guilty. Though, of course, there are guidelines on what the penalties should be (i.e. how long they spend in prison for each crime, restitution they may have to pay, etc.).

TL;DR It means that Trump has been formally accused of these crimes, there is sufficient evidence for them to take him to trial, and if he is found guilty he will probably go to prison, maybe for a long time.

Since the obvious choice has already been mentioned (Firefly), I’ll add Top Gear to the list of best. I haven’t watched it since the Clarkson, Hammond, May days, so I’m not sure if it’s changed. But that intro was great.

Yes, but this is kind of missing the point. We can’t all just buy old cards forever.

Starbucks has turned into the 7-Eleven of coffee. It’s uncomfortable, not particularly clean, and you only go inside to use the bathrooms.

I stopped in at an airport the other day and they told me there would be a 15 minute wait for drinks from the time you placed your order. There were 4 people working, one was talking on her phone the whole time she was making drinks. I just went to the next coffee shop instead.

It’s not hard to see why Starbucks is in decline.

Part of the problem with new technologies is that they’re inherently less efficient than the same technologies once they’ve been further developed. And the problem with that is that it takes millions of dollars develop and deploy new technologies.

This was once the biggest argument against solar and wind. It was expensive and markedly less efficient than coal. However, solar and wind are now pretty good and continuing to get better. All because people were willing to invest the many millions of dollars to develop those technologies.

This is almost always the argument with new technologies. But to make the argument that it’s a good reason to stop investing in a wide variety of technologies that could literally help save the world is shortsighted.

This was going to be my answer. I’m so glad it’s the top comment.

I think it’s worth it. I use many of their services and they integrate nicely between each other and between different platforms. Plus, their customer service and tech support are excellent. I’m in the beta program and they’re always super responsive to bug reports and the like.

My first bike was a Ninja EX500. It was a great first bike. Still had a carburetor instead of fuel injection, but it looked sporty. It was basically bulletproof and an easy bike to work on.

There are a lot of suggestions for a 400-700cc 80’s Honda, also a great choice. The only caution would be that the bigger engines are, obviously, heavier. Something to consider if you’re smaller and also learn how to pick it up if you drop it or knock it over.

FortNine has a YouTube channel with some great guides for beginner gear and beginner bikes too.

I don’t think the smaller size is that big of a deal. I got a friend into 3d printing a year or two ago and he started with the A1 mini and still has it. Most of the stuff beginners print isn’t that big anyway. If you go with the A1 mini and find that you love it, you may want to upgrade to a bigger size in the future. If you go with something like an Ender 3, you may just give up on 3d printing all together. Bambu printers are just so user friendly.

I’ll second this one. I love Proton. It’s the only free service, other than the late Apollo, that I’ve ever decided to pay to upgrade just because I love it so much. It also happens to be well worth paying for imo.

As with any service, unless you build and host it all yourself, you’re ultimately trusting some one else with your data. However, Proton are generally very transparent and, as you say, seem to really know their shit. For those reasons I choose to trust their services.

Looks awesome! Just don’t put it through that planer!

Yes, I did completely miss your point. However, I think these are two different issues. One is that oil companies are benefiting from our tax system and using carbon capture for good PR. The other is that we are trying a variety of things to help reduce the effects of climate change and one of those things is carbon capture. Oil companies using using carbon capture to gain good favor doesn’t preclude it from being a potentially helpful process.

US and Guatemala?

This is very different than my experience with Creality, with the exception of having a hard time getting prints to stick. And as I said, that issue was solved by simply getting a PEI plate. I also have a few other friends and family who have Creality printers and I haven’t heard any bad stories. Maybe it’s that model?

For me, it never stopped sucking. I ran for years because I had a good group to run with, but I always hated the running part. Still do. So I don’t run anymore. But I absolutely love to ride a bike! Rowing and xc skiing are really enjoyable for me too. Try finding something you like more!

I agree. But we are not there yet. And there is already a lot of carbon in the air.

I read them and flew through them, despite being a slow reader. The second arc though (Wax and Wane) is one of my favorite series ever. It’s set in the same universe, just centuries in the future and is basically a western. They’re great fun to read. Would recommend.