l have to add that I’m ancient and most extemal hard disks I have lying around still have actual 2.5" or even 3.5" devices with standard connectors in there.
Have opened at least two of those to exchange drives.
So my perspective is slightly twisted… ;-)

No, not quite everyone…

l was about to mention trying to open the case.

Seems like if you own a soldering iron, everything looks like a tinkering project… 😆

l understand, then it makes sense !

I had to look that up, it’s the DRM system you need for most streaming services, like e.g. Netflix.
Wikipedia page says though, that it is also integrated in Firefox?

“Google Chrome is finally coming to ARM64 Linux”…

… said no one ever

l mean, I should still have plenty of time, as it is still quite early in the evening!
*looks at watch*: 2:49am

Had to uninstall Unciv from my phone.
Having a Civ-like app 24/7 available in my pocket isn’t something I can handle…

Look out for devices supported by Gadgetbridge, completely frees you from any intrusive manufacturer clouds!

He complains about running a cracked version. This is ragebait.

You are seriously complaining that your pirated cracked game is not running on Linux?

Tone it down, adding exaggerated details to your ragebait makes it unbelievable.

Apart from April fool’s jokes I haven’t heard of automated bicycles yet…

Aren’t horses stupid […]?

Yes.

Horse-automation sucks, though.

Oscillating between taking a food break when spotting some favorite green and becoming mortally frightened by a moving leaf, rising up on the hindlegs and galloping away in the opposite direction.

Where I live they just would have fined the rider, as it is his duty to clean it up.

Also, on the poop-side, at least horse droppings are as non-critical as this type of stuff can be.

I’m not convinced the fucking has declined. :-)
I guess it is more that by now it is decoupled from family planning, which combined with more rational considerations (tied to higher education levels) lead to reduced family sizes.

Housing prices in the last few years have exploded in Germany, but the reduced birthrate preceded that rather recent effect.
When looking at the statistics, main reason is less that parents decide completely against children, but more that they have less children. So the average nowadays is just 1.35 children per woman compared to 2.5 children in the 60s.
Main driving factor here seems to be more self determination of women and a more rational approach to family planning overall, tied to increased levels of education.

In many municipalities child care is even completely free of charge.
(Only for low-income families where I live.)
From society’s standpoint it is also a good idea to let pedagogues mentor young kids and give them social interaction with same age peers. Also best way for foreign kids to learn the German language and customs, reduces possible later social problems.

* in the US

We currently pay something in the range of 250€ a month for after school care of our 2 kids, including lunch; full kindergarten care for both was around 500€ before in Germany.
Funny thing though: birthrates here are dropping even worse than in the US…

Wow.
What the hell did they do to deserve that punishment?
Worst that could happen to us during my time in the Army was being thrown in the brig.

As a German I am a little bit confused about the statements and assumptions being made here.

No, Americans don’t communicate clearly, direct and context-free.
Quite the opposite in my experience.

But also: No, Germany isn’t low context, despite very direct communication and being on the low-context-side of the graph shown.
Depending on region, there are a lot of implicit rules and customs you just have to know about.

Imho it’s more complicated and not as black-and white as this theory wants to paint it.