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Yes, this is a big difference between North America and Europe. I've never understood why (and consider it to be a big mistake), but for some reason most potheads in Europe mix their weed and hash with tobacco.

> [...] our assaults are more likely to be physically painful.

I'm not saying you're wrong, but I wonder why you think this is the case?

There is no such thing as clean energy.

They wrote the screenplay for 'V for Vendetta', which I thought was a pretty good movie.

Just like with the all the other stuff they are promising right now: I'll believe it when I see it. Talk is cheap.

Here in Europe, there have been a lot of cases where sort-of-legal CBD weed was laced with sort-of-legal synthetic cannabinoids, which are essentially research chemicals (i.e. nobody really knows about their long-term effects and risks). If it's done right, the end result is not easily distinguishable from the real thing, but it's cheaper and safer to obtain for the dealers.

> Where will they get the cannabis from? they don't have enough lands, import from the US/Canada i bet? ;)

"they don't have enough lands"? Are you sure about that? Given that less than 10% of Germans consume cannabis on a regular basis, I don't think you'd need all that much land to supply them all with generous amounts of weed. Also, since weed is going to be quite a profitable crop, I'm pretty sure some farmers will be eager to cease their corn/wheat/whatever production for it.

I'll believe it as soon as I hold the first legal buds in my hand. Until then, I'll remain cautiously optimistic.

I think it's still a little fishy that none of the articles mentions anything about the supply chain. Also, nothing about home growing or how DUI will be handled.

Nice answer, thanks!

Given the content of this answer:

How hard would it be to create a forgery of an original Apple I?

Asking for a friend...

Is there any mouse on the market that has three actual buttons and a separate scroll wheel? So that you don't have to use the scroll wheel as a button?

There are rival ad networks?

The gatekeepers are the ones with the people skills:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNuu9CpdjIo

I'm really glad that my employer is flexible about the time I start working. That way, whenever the clocks are set to/from DST, I just start work an hour earlier or later and my sleep remains unaffected.

If only the parties were legally bound to fulfill the promises they make before the election...

> You can release a remaster of an old game, but any reverse-engineered version would be competing with it.

Technically, that's correct of course. But realistically, how many people will build one of these projects from the source code they obtained from GitHub, download the game assets from somewhere and spend a lot of time to make it all work on their machine instead of just buying the remastered version? Some, sure, but I don't see Rockstar losing a lot of money here.

If I were in their shoes I would simply hire these developers. And leave their fan projects alone as a sign of good-will and generosity towards the community.

Man, regardless of who is in the right legally, I wish these big corporations had a better sense of humor and would understand and appreciate that the people who go to these lengths to understand and recreate the original code aren't their enemies, but their biggest fans.

Aren't there also places within the US where you could live off $1000 per month?

I'm not asking to discourage you from moving elsewhere, just out of curiosity.

> ...but it's two miles east, which is a long way to walk in May and September, at least.

Two miles is a long way to walk?

I'm a big fan of Apple IIs, as an Apple //e was the first computer I've ever used as a child. When I got a little older and read about its hardware, I was really impressed by the amount of trickery involved to make the graphics and the disk drive work.

There is a very good forum: velomobilforum.de

It's in German, but you can ask questions in English and they will usually be answered in English as well.

As for your question about which models are well designed, I'd say that if you're looking for speed, the fast ones are the Milan SL, the Alpha 7 and the upcoming Snoek, but those are not suitable for tall and/or wide riders. If you don't fit into those, your best options for speed would be the Milan GT, the DFXL or the upcoming Alpha 9.

If you're rather looking for something more practical, the Quattrovelo is the way to go; it has four wheels and therefore a bigger and more usable luggage space, which can even be used to transport a small child.

BMW had a car with a hydrogen ICE back in 2005:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW_Hydrogen_7

Personally, I don't see the appeal, it seems to have most of the downsides of hydrogen fuel cells with no real upsides.

Very thirsty car, too.

> "There's a tendency among the press to attribute the creation of a game to a single person," says Warren Spector, creator of Thief and Deus Ex.

I see what you did there.

With the amount of distraction this provides, it should really have a NSFW warning :)

> Also, it is quite amusing to read the EncroChat logs from some of these trials.

That's interesting, where can I find those?

I think the 4x4 is legible only when you are already used to it and/or have the the full font as a reference. There are several letters and numbers which, when seen on their own, cannot be unambiguously deciphered.

>Imagine the other way around, German company selling Kinder Surprise Eggs in US

TIL that Kinder Surprise Eggs are illegal in the US.

Nice find, thanks!

Every time this comes up I wonder whether the Landlord's Game can be played with a regular Monopoly set. Is it just the rules that have changed, or did the original game also contain different pieces/cards?