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Comment · 4 months ago
In defense of the comment you replied to: Research into treatments with Psilocybin or LSD was in quite a hiatus for decades after the substances were banned in the 1960s or 70s.
Comment · 10 months ago
Don't know about the US. From what I can tell Samsung and LG appliances are certainly less common in Europe than the European brands (there's also cheaper brands like Beko or Gorenje).
Comment · 10 months ago
The camera based object (and poop) avoidance actually works pretty well in my Roomba j7+, bought in 2022.

The cloud-based software for everything else has degraded in quality, tjough. I'll probably upgrade to a lidar-equipped competitor model if this continues to get worse after this bancruptcy.

Comment · 10 months ago
BSH (Bosch, Siemens, Neff brands) have their main production sites in Europe, a lot in Germany still. But of course China as well. https://www.bsh-group.com/about-bsh/bsh-worldwide/

Miele (at a more premium price point) production is even more concentrated in Germany. https://m.miele.com/en/com/production-sites-2157.htm

(Edit: No replies after 8 hours, but of course they then came in quickly after Europe woke up..)

Comment · 1 year ago
> There’s something about shoes that makes my legs tire faster.

Less weight on the parts of the body that move most during a run is an obvious benefit of not wearing shoes.

Comment · 1 year ago
Do you have an opinion on the sleep tracking in Garmin Fenix watches?
Comment · 2 years ago
I disagree on your 14th century building picture being "nothing special" to Europeans. All the major German cities that I've lived in were bombed to ashes in WW2. Most buildings are post war construction. Picturesque towns like Tübingen with conserved old buildings are an exception in Germany and attract local tourism for this reason. Split is a UNESCO world heritage site and pulls in tourists from all over the world.
Comment · 2 years ago
Huge archive that's heavily biased towards text adventures / interactive fiction. There are only three titles published by Lucasfilm Games, and they predate Monkey Island.

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