Ich fahre Fahrrad, das mal im Voraus. Schon mein ganzes Leben eigtl.
ABER jedes Mal wenn ich mich in einem öffentlichen Verkehrsmittel befinde, sind's entweder besoffene, gröhlende Fussballfans oder Rudel von Wannabe-Gangster Teenagern. Also verstehe schon, wieso da jeder ein Auto stattdessen will.
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Beautifully written and entirely spot on. The question is whether we will do anything about it. We probably have 10-30 years before this elite will entrench themselves forever with some kind of robot police that truly can't be overthrown. (And it's not like anyone is rising up now, even though the power is clearly with the workers)
And then this elite will Habsburg-jaw themselves into oblivion and all that remains of humanity are machines built in the name of shareholder profits. What a sad way for things to end.
Yup, you're right, I've had OLED TVs in my sight for quite a while. They seem to be ridiculously cheap compared to OLED monitors. Seems like you could get a lot of bang for your buck there. And cheaper OLEDs also mitigate for the burn-in issue somewhat, as you could just buy a new one if it ever becomes unbearable. How have you found things like text rendering to work on the OLED TV?
Normally I like buying things second hand as well. That way I can buy second-hand, sell my things to make up for the cost, too. With OLED, second-hand feels risky, due to burn-in again.
I had thought about using the OLED monitor just for games, but I can't exactly justify dropping £1k on something I'm only using for games lol
Let me tell you about the marvel at L2 called JWST
This might be the first time I've heard someone else describe this phenomenon. It's gotten much worse in the last 5 years, to the point where I barely game. I still want to though. Very odd.
How is your German? In Berlin you'll be fine with English. In the other big cities, you'll already notice less proficiency. You'll be fine, but you'll notice it from time to time and English speaking jobs will be few and far between. Rural areas are hopeless lol
German here. Lived in Hamburg and Munich for about half my life each. They call Bavaria the Texas of Germany, but that's just in relation to the rest of Germany politically. German conservatism is nothing like American conservatism, thank God. Right-wing disinformation cancer is spreading in Germany, like it is anywhere else (AFD in the east). Any LGBTQ folks don't need to worry in any big cities. I'd recommend Munich over Berlin, but that's personal preference (Berlin is like Germany's London, loud, dirty, exciting, more crime than any other part of Germany, which is still less than most places in the US). Like, you won't 'feel' the difference between Hamburg and Munich politically. In Berlin you might find a few more people openly displaying their left or right leaning tendencies. It's also much cheaper than Munich, not sure if that matters.
Monitors are an exciting place of development. They make such a huge difference when upgraded. The jumps between TN -> IPS -> OLED are crazy and completely change the experience. Almost nothing else makes such a big difference. Maybe HDD -> SSD was similar.
I perform well in areas I have interests in. Thus, by coincidence, I can appear capable in those areas. I'm also shockingly stupid in other areas. I've noticed a few things about how I learn: it has to be practical. Nothing theoretical will stick, unless put into practice. Thus, school was hell. I am also a devilish combination of a very slow learner who thinks differently about things. When a teacher taught things to the class, everyone got it immediately and I always somehow managed to come up with my own, weird, wrong interpretation of things. Once I have finally learned something, I am very accurate and precise, which is fairly useful in the fields I've worked in. I also have a flexible mind, which is great. I can usually reason outside of the confines most people think within. Which, see school, can be a blessing or a curse.
I've met truly intelligent people. Like, real freaks of nature types. PhDs in aerospace engineering, that sort of thing. Their universal intelligence is something else. It has shown and demonstrated to me beyond a shadow of a doubt that there are levels of comprehension, both in the uptake and subsequent processing of almost any information, that I will never reach.
But don't for a minute think that these were happy people.