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When I was traveling in Uzbekistan I found a map with live locations of busses operating in Tashkent quite useful on Yandex Map. Today I learned that similar services exist for Switzerland. Not sure though how useful this is for daily life if you have information systems at each stop and public transport that is alsmost always on time.

Yes, that's true, and we go to the polls on average four to five times per year. Indeed, this leads to making the process lean and efficient. However, this trusted process too is under pressure to change. Recently, voting via internet has been discussed, which could potentially undermine its trustworthiness.

Yes, completely normal here in Switzerland. Approx. 90% vote by mail here [1].

[1]: https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/politics/how-the-world-s-most-f...

I started reading Josephine Quinn's book "How the world made the west" and I can recommend it. It goes quite into detail and is not of the sort "coffee-table"-style picture book. It explains the origins of technologies, trade between groups and challenges the common view how civilizations evolved.

Some more technical information: https://cleantechhub.lufthansagroup.com/en/focus-areas/aircr...

The Swatch brand was founded 1983 by ETA CEO Thomke and his Engineers. ETA is a watch movement manufacturer.

Speaking of Swatch and mechanical watches: the Sistem51 is an interesting watch, since it's the only mechanical watch ever fabricated in a 100% automated production line. The parts are welded together and held by a single screw. https://www.swatch.com/en-us/sistem-51.html

This was one of the reasons that made me switch from iPhones to Android phones.

There's an interesting documentary on ARTE about illegal truffle harvesting in Romania: https://www.arte.tv/en/videos/100299-004-A/re-truffle-traffi...

Why? A cuff is inflated by a pump, which is way more annoying than an electrical measurement.

"Near Ticino" is relative. ;) This article is about a famous rocky cirque in the french part of Switzerland, so a completely different region, in Swiss scales. However, around 150 km and some high mountains apart. Interesting article, thanks!

From the article: "The reason grottos worked so well as natural fridges is due to their excellent ventilation. Since they usually occurred on rockfall or on an accumulation of scree, they have a porous foundation that guarantees internal air circulation and results in a year-round stable temperature..."

Quad9 is "operated by the Swiss-based Quad9 Foundation".

I was wondering why Serbia, but you meant Siberia. Thanks for the interesting video, though!