https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/dev-reports-that-intels-laptop-cpus-are-also-crashing-several-laptops-have-suffered-similar-crashes-in-testing

Mind, that this is just the company which published the initial reports that the defects in desktop CPUs are systematic, so I can see why Toms Hardware deems their Post a reliable source.

With very little initial work, physical media is also very convenient.

I buy a disk, put it into a specific drive, get a instant message when its ripped, check its name and put it into a folder. From there my mediabox converts it to a managable size and adds it to the collection.

Whin I turn on my TV I see all these Movies and shows neatly presented by Kodi. I have a tiny Wireless keyboard and can start any in under a second. No buffering, no adds, no matter if the router is connected, and no fear of ever loosing access.

Its great.

Exeptions are there of couse, I would love to buy The Orville, but they just don't want my money!

Want to learn a fun programming language? PureBasic ist great. Mighty, fast and still simple. But not only that, it has a still very active forum https://www.purebasic.fr/english/ where people help each other, present their projects, if big or small, and small talk from time to time. There are even happy birthday threads! The creator and maintainer of PureBasic is also quite active on the forums.

Für eine Hürde gibt es wenig Argumente. Im Bundestag und Geschichtsuntericht argumentiert man meisten mit der Weimarer Republik: Zu viele kleine Parteien hätten das Parlament unfähig gemacht und der NSDAP den Aufstiegt erleichtert. Schaut man sich die Geschichte an, waren es gerade die großen Parteien die sich nicht einigen konnten und die NSDAP wäre wie die AfD heutzutage bequem über die Hürde gesprungen.

Im Europaparlament... das weiß ich wirklich nicht mehr, wie man eine Hürde begründen will. Es gibt keine Koalitionen, es gibt Fraktionen und in den Fraktionen entscheiden die Abgeordneten tatsächlich noch nach Gewissen. Somit sind auch die Guten dann stark, wenn sie über viele Parteien verteilt sind.

Sicher wären nicht alle Kleinparteienwähler zu den Grünen gegangen, wenn es eine Hürde gäbe. Also Pirat hätte ich dann die Wahl zwischen den Grünen und der Linken, beide mit kleinen bis gewaltigen Abstrichen. Die FDP nicht, sie war mal nah aber ist nun ganz fern von Piratenthemen. Ohne Hürde gab es in der letzten Legislaturperiode mit Patrick Breyer einen Abgeordneten der ganz genau die Werte vertreten hat, die mir wichtig sind.

Same for me.

I always was curios and learned early and in detail about all of the negative effects of alcohol. Damage to organs like the brain and the liver for example. So I decided to avoid it. Seeing my friends with hangover and making really bad decisions whiled drunk only enforced me. I also had two friends who at some time asked me to look after them and stop them if they drink to much (one after he a night where he desperately tried to call a taxi with his wallet ^^)

Pressure to drink was strongest in early university. But I always found easy ways to diffuse it. If they went on for an hour and somebody said "Come on, just one sip" I did that and took just one very little sip. (I also dislike the taste of alcohol and I guess its the same for anybody who hasn't consumed much, only cidre was somewhat ok in taste) Or one time I was on vacation with a few friends and they played a drinking game. I participated and drank a whole glass of Water when it was my turn. Everybody had fun.

After the first two years (nearly) everybody accepted my stance and now every friend just knows it and respects it. When our bigger friend group travels to a hut in the alps I can safely ask anybody of my friends to mix me a cocktail and can be sure it will be an non alcoholic one. I also had the great luck that the love of my life never tried alcohol.

One thing I noticed: Often my friends or more often parents say to try some dessert e.g. Tiramisu, It doesn't taste after alcohol at all. I take a little bite and taste it very strongly. I still don't know if that are moments where they downplay it or where they really don't notice it.

In whole I may have drunk less than half a glass of alcoholic things in my life (I have tasted beer, wine, Cidre, 2-3 cocktails and the tiniest bit of Becherovska)