PonyOfWar

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (5 children)

This one for example. Don't know whether it technically has internet, but the smartest function it seems to have is FM radio.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 2 weeks ago (10 children)

Old-school "outlaw" country music is great. Like Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson and the like.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (7 children)

There are totally still working dumb phones that use 4g. Just be prepared for giant buttons, as the target group is mostly elderly people.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Riding my e-bike is still a physical workout, just one that takes me further than my regular bike. I can take bike paths or forest paths and don't have to always use the roads. E-bikes are quiet.

[–] [email protected] 66 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Yes, it is. If they’re in a flat, probably flour moths. Your friend should check any containers with food, especially grains.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 weeks ago

In theory, yes. Only problem is that we need a dev team willing to develop one. Mozilla won't do it if it's just for Europe apparently.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago

The little Polish (formerly German) village my grandma grew up in. She never got to see it again after the war, so I want to make the pilgrimage there in remembrance of her.

The family treasure is also supposedly still buried there, but I don't think the locals would appreciate a random German digging holes in their village so I'll refrain from searching for it...

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 month ago

It depends. Names for people and locations get reused all the time, both in real life and in fiction and of course it's fine to do so. At this point, it's probably impossible to be 100% original all the time with the amount of books, games etc that are out there. However there are some names that are so iconic that people will immediately connect them with a certain work. For example I wouldn't write a fantasy novel and name a city "Minas Tirith", as everyone will just think of LOTR. But calling a city, say, "Dragonstone" is just fine IMO, even though it's a place in ASOIAF (and probably more than a few older fantasy books).

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago

Die Bahn hat ja mehr als genug Probleme, aber die Bahnhöfe sind wie ich finde vollkommen in Ordnung. Ähnlich sauber bis sauberer als in anderen europäischen Ländern und besonders unsicher habe ich mich auch nie gefühlt. Die Zugangskontrollen die es in manchen anderen Ländern gibt habe ich als eher nervig empfunden. Vor allem wenn es dann so läuft wie z.b. in Großbritannien, wo man als Interrail-Nutzer nicht einfach sein Ticket scannen kann sondern es immer einem Mitarbeiter zeigen muss um durchgelassen zu werden. Das jetzt wieder bei uns einzuführen wäre meiner Meinung nach absolut rausgeschmissenes Geld das die Bahn an anderen Stellen bitter nötig hat.

[–] [email protected] 180 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (12 children)

No music, no images... two things that have defined Human culture for millennia. The Taliban must really love leading a miserable existence.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

I have a perfectly capable gaming PC but more often than not, I choose to play on the Steam Deck instead. I already sit at my desk for work most of the day, so it's nice having a dedicated gaming device that I can take with me and sit in the garden or on my sofa. And of course I can take it with me when travelling.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I think it's exactly those stories that give people a false impression when they come here. It's not that they are false, most of the time you'll certainly find people who can speak decent English. A tourist probably won't need any German, but when it comes to living here long-term, dealing with bureaucracy, finding a job or making friends, knowing German is pretty essential.

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