I have. I would probably use my last phone for at least another year if it didn’t loose system updates. There’s too much important personal data (bank, photos, messages including medical info…) on the phone to risk using it unsupported. At least to me it is not worth it so I try to buy a phone with reasonably long support and buy a new one soon after the old one looses support.

Cars are also not safe, especially at 200+ km/h but somehow it’s OK to drive them this fast in Germany.

Edit: What I want to say is that there is no absolute safety.

Waste from nuclear weapons is not the same as waste from commercial nuclear power plants.

Unfortunately use of fossil fuels also continues to hit record numbers year after year.

I wonder what the round up efficiency is like.

Generally for extended periods you would pedal with something like 100 - 200 W while small electric compressors seem to be in > 1 kW region (and don’t get tired as quickly :D).

So basically with pedal power you could feasibly run some led lights and portable electronics but anything beyond this is not practical.

There’s also survivorship bias. All the crapily designed cars from 30-50 years ago are long scraped while some of the well designed ones are still around. With “current” cars you see the whole spectrum.

How replayable is it?

Indeed. It takes time.

And there needs to be an actual alternative to driving. You can’t just make driving worse and expect results. I’ve found that even small positive changes in alternative methods of commuting can have disproportionately positive effect. For example at work we simply installed better and more bike racks and it seems that after a while we have maybe twice the number of people regularly cycling compared to before. Basically because cycling accommodations got nicer a few more people started cycling and then others saw that it is not only feasible but also enjoyable so they started cycling… If we could only fix few sections of the road leading to our facility… Once can dream.

But yes, change takes time.

One of my first weird (culture shocky) experiences from USA (Tennessee) during my first trip there was with a drive thru.

I wanted to grab something to eat in the evening and there was a fast food place just across the street from my hotel so I decided to walk there. Once there I realized that the main part of the restaurant is closed and only drive thru was open. Then as I was there on foot they wouldn’t serve me so I ended up walking to a petrol station down the road to actually buy something to eat which was quite scary as there were no sidewalks and I had to cross 6 lanes to get to the station.

Thank you for the heads up about tabletop minis community. Looks awesome.

Riiight. The undercoat seems like a great idea. Actually in some cases a black or metallic looking undercoat and a few details would do the trick.

Nice. You seem to have good trade system going :)

The Thing: The Boardgame is a really nice game that works well with larger group (up to 8 people). You are basically playing out the move.

Mysterium - something easy to learn and can be played by up to 7 people. One of the players is trying to tell others (psychics) who their killer is using very nice looking but rather ambiguous cards.

Maximum apocalypse - up to 6 characters doing different missions in different types of the apocalypse (zombies, nuclear war, aliens, robots). Map is randomly generated so even though there is limited number of scenarios they are replayable.

Sherlock Holmes consulting detective (multiple boxes) or Bureau of investigation - investigation in Arkham & elsewhere. These are text based puzzles (e.g. solve a murder case).

Spirit island - it’s basically anti Settlers of Catan :) Still learning to play it but so far it seems like an amazing game with many scenarios…