Hallo! pant wheeze
Welcome to Zangendeutsch, where we (mostly) take words and translate them literally. Works the other way as well btw, I often see stuff like that in those "funny german words" memes. Birth control pill = Antibabypille = Antibabypill
Tangled cables = Kabelsalat = Cablesalad
(excess weight gained due to sadness) = Kummerspeck = Griefbacon
It's being held up artificially right now through unsustainable means. The Russian economy is massively under pressure pushing it towards a downwards spiral and got problems sourcing material, which is what those sanctions intended.
It’s pretty clear that hasn’t been working
It's pretty clear you never looked into it. The Russian economy is massively strained, they got huge problems due to those sanctions.
Those problems are being fixed with newer vehicle designs though. The charging speed (the 800V systems seem to reach sub 20 minutes consistently by now), range (450+ km appear to become normal, the more fancy ones even got over 650km) and economics (battery packs become repairable and way more affordable even for a full replacement, especially given the savings in other expenses compared to ICE) seem to check out. The main problems are infrastructure, lack of affordable second-hand options… and honestly that stupid idea that cars should be our primary mode of transportation. Damn, we even got viable alternatives to lithium-ion batteries by now, that technology didn't properly evolve for half a century or sth.
The data on battery longevity is also promising, they stay at usable capacities way longer than expected. Those first generation EVs just age really poorly given they're, well… first generation. The technology is developing at breakneck speeds for the last decade.
On a sidenote, don't let anyone tell you european EVs are somehow worse than chinese (they are not). They're just more expensive due to a fortunate lack of slavery, and generally higher standards of everything in the production chain compared to China.
and bullying (or how survive it).
My over a decade long therapeutic history, scars and damage to sensory organs say differently. You're right about the shootings though. Since the bullying at my schools was so bad I can guarantee there would have been at least one shooting if it was in the US. Back then I would've probably celebrated the idea even, I was saddened when an actual shooting happened somewhere because it wasn't at my school, but specifically not because it was a shooting (just to give you an idea how bad the bullying was).
Heard the US schools got a really weird sports team thingy going. Never fully got that; there's no comparable culture over here. Of course schools love to work with Sports Clubs whenever possible, they're not "the same" though (and it's about the sport itself, very rarely the Clubs' identity). There definitely aren't state- or nationwide sport tournaments organized around school teams in the same fashion the US celebrates it.
Latin as first (second) language sounds so phenomenally weird to me. How late in school did you start learning? For me it was third grade in primary school, I can still remember that first sheet with pictures of "tree" and "umbrella" as it felt so alien to me for things to suddenly be called differently.
There was a choice for second (third) language in sixth class, I chose Latin there as well (there were only 2 choices, Latin and French). Unfortunately had to change school 2 years later and they only had French, so now I can't speak either. 🥴
English however never was optional (your post make it sound like it was for you, pretty sure no state does it that way though…?). In fact for all I know it's one of the primary classes everywhere in Germany, together with German and math.
Do you imply that ancestors building concentration camps is somehow boosting education?
…so Trump's decisions actually are long-term educational policy? Little genocide today, big brains tomorrow? 🧐
This meme couldn't have been made by a German. Nobody in their right mind would say something so outlandish as Germany having a great education system. I literally got taught with a smashed blackboard, next to a cabinet that collapsed during class and with "books" that began identifying as a stack of papers (still had to wrap them though for protection! …somehow!).
On the upside, my school didn't have mold… that we knew off. And we constantly had classes canceled since there weren't enough teachers once a single one was missing.
The emissions part I’ll have to agree on, but safety? Germany is literally among the safest nations to drive in. There’s not much lower you can go.
Always room for improvement, especially if there's such an unnecessary reason it's "only" 16th place. Regarding EVs: You didn't really acknowledged the economics arguments but simply assume that ICEs will be faced out. Which might still be true even in the worst of all economical situations, however my argument also entailed that people want to buy EVs. Giving ICEs and EVs equal footing in a "free" market is a good thing unless you want offset not doing so with a heavy hand with more regulations. One way or another we need this change asap, so a regulation that's literally everywhere but here, has support from a majority of people and benefits every cause there is makes the most sense if you ask me.
"Top 10 in road safety" also has a nice ring to it.
and for people to always check their mirrors before switching lanes.
Oh, I wish. I don't think your expectation of adapted behaviour is correct on a societal level, and given how many deaths could've prevented by a speed limit… people drastically overestimate their abilities and underestimate the speed and force of impact all the time. If the road is going slow right now or someone missed their exit people will still drive like maniacs. Not to mention that there's also other good reasons for a speed limit, environmental and economical (with ICE cars you don't immediately feel how much more you're paying in money and convenience/time, but EVs will tell you that immediately = more CO², more costs individually and for society, less sane car purchases).
I don't think strict TÜV, training etc. is connected to a lack of speed limit either. It's more of a cultural thing in society, and of course to politics and how well people are off.
I get your opinion about preserving existing freedoms. It's always a balance, however in this case I think this personal freedom to go fast is in no relation to other people's right to save travel, and future generations' right of well-being.
This. Of course it would be even better with limits on the Autobahn, and in fact a majority of people are in favour of such a change (especially if the limit is at 130-140). Our governments are in the pocket of the car industry though, politicians act as if our whole freedom is endangered talking about it (now where do we know that from? 🙃). Things can always be better, but A.I. definitely doesn't improve an absolutely shitty mobility system like the US has (which is basically nothing but cars). If anything it will make shit even more… off the rails. 😏
I mean, the US really isn't a good example for road safety. Even Germany got better drivers, and we like to drive 140-200 kmh. It's a matter of good education, standards and regulations (as always).
In the end self-driving public transport is the way the future of mobility should primarily be imho. Self-driving cars… as long as there always is a steering wheel in case of unexpected circumstances or to move around backyards and stuff it'll probably me fine. Just don't throw technical solutions at cultural problems and expect them to be fixed.
Imagine putting your name on AI slop. That doesn't even make legal sense, you can't claim to have "made" it. Since you didn't, effectively nobody did.
This. Nintendo went so far to try patenting relative physics in games (I think that one failed, but they do hold a patent for throwing balls at someone to catch them). And if you wonder why you never see smaller round menus in games for conversation selection (but mostly a rather clunky list instead), that patent is held by EA or Bioware due to Mass Effecr. For a fucking circular conversation menu.
I can't eat as much as I want to vomit. This whole system is just perverted to the core and completely stifles both culture AND economy. They just register all this shit because patent trolling is also a business to them. It's both profitable and weaponizable.
Bet he was the goodest of bois
Depending on their success there might be at least one app that facilitates payments. If not anything else then at least GNU Taler once it gets adopted (obviously talking about not earlier than 2027 right now for any of this).
Parts of me want to argue that "experienced devs" can't seriously still ask ChatGPT for syntax correction. Like, I do that with Codestral as I'm learning Python (despite the occasional errors it's still so much better than abstract docs…), but that should just be a learning thing… or is it because nowadays a single codebase often consists of 5+ languages and devs are expected to constantly learn all the new "hot shit" which obviously won't make anyone experts in one specific one like back when the there just weren't as many?
I have one of those Eierschalensollbruchstellenverursacher. They're really useless.