Took her quite long to come to the conclusion that X is not worth working for.

Thanks! I hadn’t noticed!

I’m surprised that Germany was not faster. But so far, Berlin is still asleep.

Nope. For those events, they actually bring river sand to the beach. Beach sand, like desert sand, is useless for sculpting - and for use in concrete, too. It simply is too round, while river sand is more ragged and edgy.

That’s also why those ultra-rich desert sheikdoms have to import sand for building their skyscapers, despite basically living in a big sandbox.

Like with any other ability, like painting or playing an instrument, learning a language is something that some people can do better than others.

And while starting to learn a language as a baby or toddler has it’s advantages (Our kids basically grew up bilingual), I started learning English in school when I was 11, and I still managed to learn it. Yes, native speakers will still tell me that I have an accent, but I’m good enough that they cannot place it, just that it is not native. With only 2-3 weeks a year in the UK, it is probably the closest I can get. Written English is another matter, anyway. I’ve probably read way more English books than the average native speaker…

Germany: I’m fine with the status quo. You really have to prove that you really need a gun to get it - Most Americans would simply not qualify under our rules. The Police has weapons, but they are much better trained than the American Gung-Ho, shoot first, ask questions later cops.

So, basically, it is more like “normal” Twitter posts since then?

What took her so long?

While it might have been a response initially, it was probably quickly seen as a perfect opportunity to finally set long-hedged extinction plans in motion.

We have two supermarkets within five minutes walking distance, if you make it ten minutes, it’s four.

Also within ten minutes walking distance are two middle schools, a primary school, and two kindergardens, several doctors and apothecaries, several shops, and the central bus station.

The latter is a bit of an disappointment, as not only the bus service is low frequency, and it takes an hour+ to the city.

For what Trump did, Netanyahu would probably give him a blowjob.

So much about the “We don’t need the ICC, Americans don’t do war crimes”.

Alabama is all about family.

In politics and diplomacy, calling a decision “brave” has a very interesting meaning.

This depends on what you are actually looking for, and how you are looking for it.

Do you really need pattern matching, or do you only look for fixed strings? Then other tools may be faster.

If you need case independent search on an upper- and lowercase data set, make a copy that is all upper or all lower, and search there.

If you only search in certain columns, make a copy that only includes these.

Or import the data into a database.

Occasionally, humanity sacrifices a wannabe Christian missionary for them.

Or concrete boots and a coast with nice tides.

Hey, it could be worse, we could have landed on Carboby-16, which has an 80h workweek.

The first thing that comes to mind here are prostata problems or kidney stones. While the ring muscles can’t counter the pressure from a full bladder, the other two can seriously obstruct the urinary tract. In case of a kidney stone, it could even be that sharp crystals support or cause a rupture.

Jean-Michel Jarre: Oxygene I-III, Equinoxe, etc.

Kitaro: e.g. Kojiki or Silk Road

Robert Miles: Fable and Children, especially the long versions.

Some of Alan Parsons and Mike Oldfields pieces are good on that behalf, too.