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I remember reading about these Openmoko devices before most people (certainly I) owned smartphones.

I thought at the time it was the most awesome idea ever, especially because I wasn't used to mobile Internet or even much computing. Now I am typing this from an Android tablet on a train in a foreign country without WiFi, so the world has definitely changed.

Many did if they could afford it. Those who didn't probably didn't predict the future correctly.

Overview here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emigration_of_Jews_from_Nazi_Germany_and_German-occupied_Europe

I see, car (liability) insurance is also mandatory here, but it's a separate thing from automobile club membership.

OK, in my country it's about 100 euros for an entire year, ie much less expensive than many other expenses that come with owning a car.

In my country, most people who own a car are also members of a drivers' club where you pay a membership fee in exchange for being able to call them for assistance in situations like this (they might repair or tow your car). Is that not a thing in the US?

probably not, maybe you could ask a former sysadmin of lemm.ee whether they have a copy of the database and can extract this data for you, but if that doesn't work, they're probably gone

OK, das mag sein.

Hatte für mich keine Paywall, ich verlinke nie auf Paywalls, weil ich selbst nicht für sie bezahle und somit nicht wüsste, worauf ich verlinke.

Unciv, not Uniciv. For search result purposes do you want to fix that typo?

Dubai is likely the most well-known part of the UAE, so you may have heard people mention Dubai as if it were a country (because the audience might associate more with "Dubai" than "UAE"), without them meaning to imply that it's a real country.

There are certainly irredentist movements in many parts of the world that want to restore previous states of geopolitics, including the existence of the Soviet Union.

A country is ultimately a country if it is recognized as such by other countries. There are videos on the Internet that give greater details (search for keywords like "how many countries are there"). There are many places that some other countries say are countries, others not.

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Out of the ones you mention, Dubai is in fact not a real country and I have not seen anyone claim that it is; it is a city and region of the country called the United Arab Emirates.

Israel isn't universally recognized by all countries because some countries claim it is illegitimate (for religious reasons, because they say it is a colonialist project, etc. etc.).

Belgium is a country with different parts speaking different languages also spoken in neighboring countries, that is why some people have claimed it's not (culturally) its own country, but I don't think anyone seriously refuses to recognize it as a country.

As for Latvia, no idea whatsoever what you're talking about.

So the question as asked is unanswerable because you're giving confusing and inconsistent examples.

not heard of it before, do you want to explain what it is or does everyone who is like me have to separately do a web search for it?