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Jeff Bridges will always be The Dude.

Das erinnert mich irgendwie an diese Urban Legends, in denen davor gewarnt wurde, dass zumeist in bestimmten Discotheken oder anderen Partys oder in U-Bahnen oder Straßenbahnen Leute von jemandem mit einer Spritze was injiziert worden sein soll. Diese Storys gingen damals Ende der 1990er/ Anfang der 2000er unter anderem in Form von Kettenbriefen rum. Damals klang das alles schon ziemlich sketchy.

Krass, dass das nun eine reale Bedrohung geworden ist. Vor 25 Jahren war die Welt aber auch noch nicht so krank.

I knew the video before I clicked the link.

So they basically re-invented trees?

Three can keep a secret if two of them are dead.

Have you considered a mechanical timer? After a quick search I found this model in particular. The description says that it can handle up to 96 on/off-cycles with 15 minute incements.

In your case it would be used the following way: Before you start the washing machine you need to set up the timer, so that it will switch off after the washing program cyle completed, i.e. the washing cycle lasts 2 h 30 min - you need to set the timer to 2 h 45 min (adding some tolerance)

The disadvantage would be that the timer had to be set up everytime before you use the washing machine - or you have to wash always at the same time (which probably will be impractical). Alternatively you just could unplug the power cord after using the washing machine, saving the effort to buy a timer.

Kein Wunder, die würde ja auch Unruhe in den Laden bringen. Das kann von der C*U nicht gewollt werden.

I had several encounters with the same person in unrelated events, over the course of 10 years:

During my traning and education (apprenticeship) there was a dude. He was in the same group/ class, but we had nothing to do with each other, beyond knowing each others name. After my apprenticeship finished I never saw or heard from him or anyone else, since I had begun working.

After a couple of years I had to serve mandatory military service. At that time every male aged 18 or above had to go to either of the military branches (I went to the equivalent of Navy) for a couple of months. That dude from my apprenticeship was not only in the same company, but he was put into the room/parlor next to the one where I was put in.

After military service I was searching for a job and I found one. Guess who I had to work with: that dude from military service!

Some years later I was riding the train. When I got in, I saw that same dude again! We chatted for a brief time, after that he left the train.

Somehow I doubt that this will be the last time we met. It feels like the simulation got lazy and sent always the same guy!

Tthis setting is not intended to apply to websites. With this setting you can change whether the date is shown as absolute (dd.mm.yyyy) oder relative (today, yesterday,...) for your own files on your computer.

The option is called "relative date" (as opposed to absolute date). On macos you can switch it off:

• open Finder, go to list view
• select very first item in hierarchy
• click on the little triangle next to the (folder-)icon to expand but press the option key wihle doing so
• hit "cmd" + "J" - a settings panel will open
• there is a tick box that says "relative date" that needs to be disabled (unticked)
• if you want to apply this settings as the new default setting for all finder windows, press the "apply as standard"-button at the bottom. All dates will show now the actual date instead of "today", "yesterday" and such.

I started learning the language in school (5th to 10th grade). I had a teacher who insisted very much on grammar which sucked while being a student, but in hindsight it turned out to be a good foundation.

With upcoming internet English became more and more a part of every day life, as there is more content in English availiabe than in my native language. In order to build up a proper vocabulary and to understand figures of speech and play on words I started to watch cartoons in English - first easy-to-understand-ones, like The Simpsons, because I knew the plot of the episodes already since they were aired dubbed on television. In the beginning I found South Park very hard to understand because they speak rather fast, but meanwhile I understand everything now.

Today I am able to speak fluenty.

Ich tanke seit Jahren schon E10. Ich stelle keinen signifikanten Unterschied zu E5 fest, außer, dass mich die Tankfüllung in der Regel weniger kostet als wenn ich E5 tanke. E10 hat ja einen Ethanolanteil von bis zu 10%. Meistens wird dieser Anteil aber geringer sein, wenn nicht sogar auch nur bei 5%, wie auch beim normalen E5-Benzin.

Ich bilde mir aber ein, dass man manchmal eine "schlechte Mische" bekommt, mit der die gewohnte Reichweite (bei sonst gleicher Fahrweise und Fahrstrecke) dann nicht mehr voll ausgeschöpft werden kann. Das hatte ich in ca. zwei Jahren vielleicht drei Mal feststellen können. Es könnte möglicherweise daran liegen, dass der Ethanolanteil in dem Fall tatsächlich eher in Richtung 10% gegangen ist.

In Bezug auf die Motorleistung kann ich keinen Unterschied zwischen E5 und E10 feststellen, allerdings hat mein Aufo auch einen verhältnismäßig schwachen Motor.