I would go to the Azores and see what it would take to stay there. I’ve always found the vibe in coastal regions more agreeable and I’ve heard good things about the Azores. No need to worry about currency as it is part of Portugal so Euro zone. The weather is fine, not too hot, not too cold. Areas are beautiful.

Only thing is that it might cease to be above water if the seas keep rising.

Just an anecdote of something that happened mere minutes ago: I was at the supermarket and we have this plastic bottle recycling system where you pay for the package and you get it back once you hand in the bottle at the supermarket. You’ll receive a kind of coupon with a bar code.

Some older dude before me handed in some bottles and got out of the way quickly because I was in line behind him. I noticed that he forgot his coupon but he walked off rather quickly. He stopped pretty close to the machine so I handed in my three bottles and took his coupon and my own. I then sought him out and gave him his coupon.

It was just a very simple thing for me, it was his ticket, I knew it was his and I could find him easily so giving him his coupon was a no-brainer. It was only for 75 cents but that doesn’t really matter.

He was very surprised and happy with my action.

It got me thinking. What would the situation have called for in order for me to behave differently. Would I not have returned his wallet packed with cash if he’d dropped it? No. So the amount of money is not the issue. Would I not have sought him out if he had moved further away from the collection machine? Maybe. I would’ve taken the ticket and moved around a bit to see if I could find him. Would I not have gone through the trouble if it was anyone other than an older gentleman? Not really.

So in short: you can always do the right thing in these situations, no matter if the parameters are slightly different.

I was told that being cheeky wouldn’t get you far, cutting in line was wrong, being nice to people would make life easier. Turns out being selfish is pretty much the best way to survive.

Google does not benefit from your user data in Vivaldi.

The Chromium project is also mostly community driven and yes, Google has had a big hand in it, but it is in no way fully Google’s thing.

On paper.

Thrustmaster used to be French and they have one that’s some kind of modular (Eswap) and only costs the same as three DualSenses. Since Sony is Japanese I’ll give them a pass.

Link to the HEART

Not bad but it’s interesting how Vietnam and Nepal are on par with continents. I feel like this might have been drawn by someone from East Asia or South America, considering how it is positioned. Also noting Asia itself is not mentioned. There is no Middle East.

Copenhagen? When I was there I just got the sense that everyone was in a hurry all the time

Well if you’re from the Netherlands you knew this already. I know of a Nieuw Amsterdam and I’m not exactly a huge fan of the original one but there was really no need for a new one.

I’ve heard nice things about New Zealand though. I suppose it’ll have less nuclear reactors and highways than the original one.

Did you think we didn’t have 2011 or Chevrolets in Europa

Yeah my point was more the engine size. The EcoTec in my 2001 Corsa was half its size. A 2.4 litre engine would be a high performance vehicle in Europe.

2.4 EcoTec. Tell me it’s American without telling me it’s American.

Went from a custom 1070Ti with an ASUS closed loop AIO and NZXT G12 to the 4070 Dual.

I’ve noticed a bit higher frame rates in demanding games which I can now all play on ultra. Worth it? Not really, no.

I think it falls under reckless driving

• IPC
• Instruction set
• Levels 1 through 3 cache
• Performance per watt, usually measured by benchmarking, gives you an idea of efficiency

Generally, you can assume that a newer CPU with a the same thread count as an older CPU will outperform it.

However, you’d have to keep in mind a CPU is a very complex entity comprised of its cores, its cache, its bridges, its controllers and whatever I’m missing. Intel, for instance, would not make any huge changes to architecture every other generational skip. It’s what they called tick-tock. The tick would be a new concept, the tock would be a refined version.

But redesigning the entire chip, ie its lithography, the layout of what is positioned where, all the way down the to smallest detail, will have some effect on performance. It’s difficult to quantify, hence the need for benchmarking tools like Geekbench.

Sinkin’ Park

EasyToys is a really big one from the Netherlands.

Correlation map with AfD votes next?