Thanks you, it’s nice knowing I’m not the only one.

Yes, link aggregation is one of the main feature of reddit. And I guess it’s a main feature here as well. But another feature on both sites is also the text-post that can be used to promote discussion among users. But they are so few and far between they drown in all the post with links to new-site of less than good quality.

Of course there are webforums, but the one that are still active are usually single topic webforums. Like for example windows 10 forums, or a rc-helicopter/remote-drone forum. This place is a much better place to discuss a wide range of topics inside the correct community, anything from gardening, to politics, to power electronics. That’s why I would enjoy a common place in the fediverse to meet people :)

To avoid making my post a 1000 word essay, I’ve omitted some detail to get my point across.

I haven’t tried NixOS yet, but many things about it appeals to me. I could put it on my old laptop I guess.

I think you over oversimplifying somewhat. Most countries have a very deep history and a long chain of events that leeds to what is now their countries and borders. There has been plenty of kings and rulers of different lands, and wars fought over said land, but again this have evolved a lot over the ages.

One idea you’re touching, that borders aren’t real can be a good one. When astronauts take their first trip to space some of them are almost overwhelmed by whats called the ‘overview effect’. Seeing earth as a blue marble, with no borders and realizing we all share this small island of life we call earth circling around the sun. In this regard it would be nice in a distant future that what country you were born into has no limits to you possibilities in life. and no one will judge you because you live on the “wrong” side of a border.

So yeah, I think about it from time to time.

In cities or close by cities this is not a problem. I’m from norway, the country is big, but with few people. So the train or bus doesn’t go where I need to go. Last week I was going to a place 25km away from my home. I was thinking of taking the bug but it would take 1h14m. with my car it is a little under 30minutes.

Then there taking stuff home. A few weeks ago I needed some planting soil for my garden. I only needed 3 bags with 40L of dirt. But imaging taking that on the train or the bus. People living a apartments in cities don’t have this problem. But other people leed other lives.

For me there are many levels of ‘special’ cars. One level is the great cars through history, Mercedes SL300, Ferrari F40, Mclaren F1 and the likes. Another level is the engineering in cars like the koenigseggs gemera that go from 0-200kph faster than many cars do 0-100kph. The carbonfiber wheels are hand made. A Swede is handlaying layers of carbon fibers cloth, before adding resin and then curing process. The modern mclarens are also fascinating engineering wise.

The last level are cars that it’s possible for me to own, right now I have a BMW. don’t know what I’ll get next. Some porches are nice, maybe my priorities change I’ll just get a Polestar 2 or something. Anyways I like BMWs, maybe i’ll get an old 3 series like an E92 to have as a summer car.

I wonder if this is a GDPR violation for us Europeans.

No, not really. Mars has a very weak magnetosphere, so you need shielding against radiation. Also there is no atmosphere and any atmosphere we put on mars will quickly (in a geological timescale) get blown away by the charged solar winds because there is no magnetic field. So it’s an immense task, and probably a few hundred years out before we have the technology.

So they are basically saying they would like to live under the regime of Stalin back in the day(or a modern analog). A society where it didn’t matter how left your were, or how correct you had been living all your life. If you were “in the way” for someone important with connections you and maybe your entire familie goes to the gulag.

I must say I had forgotten about this one. I checked the biggest car buying website in my country and there only 3 for sale. But I’m sure it’s a fun little runabout.