I would like to see the recipe of that mayo cake(?) in the center.

Doesn’t sound that impressive when Wendelstein 7-X achieved 17 minutes of plasma in 2021.

There exists a generation of people today that do not know that the save icon shows a floppy disk. They have no idea what a floppy disk even was.

I feel old now and will go back into my cave and weep quietly.

Or you just switch to LibreWolf where all these settings are already set. It even comes with uBlock preinstalled.

Those apps are like Google search. They are designed to keep you occupied, to make you pay for subscriptions and click on ads.

They are not designed to find you a good partner.

8-10 years is a fully fledged pv system. The small balcony panels pay themselves after about 5 years, longer if you add a battery.

In Germany those panels usually pay themselves after about 5 years depending on the price of the necessary electronics (don’t forget the electricity meter!) and if there’s also a battery.

Just did A Magician’s Apprentice by Trudy Canavan. It’s not exactly what I hoped for (wanted more magic, got a war in a different universe instead).

Currently I’m reading Foundryside by Robert Jackson Bennett like OP does. It’s quite good so far. I feel entertained!
After that I either continue reading the other two following books or have a look at Imajica by Clive Barker or the Shades of Magic series by V. E. Schwab.

And after that I’ll probably turn to sci-fi for a change.

If you like a to completely immerse into a different culture, history and time then maybe Ascendance of a Bookworm by Miya Kazuki is something for you. Don’t let the manga style cover fool you it has really well thought-out world. It’s the story of a girl that died in our world and was reborn in another while remembering her past life. As a bookworm she struggles with the harsh reality that books are incredible expensive over there and attempts to remedy that - and clashes with the prevailing culture and social norms. Sometimes the MC is a bit silly or too much coming-of-age. But I read 24 volumes (270-330 pages each) out of like 32 so it can’t be too bad.
And yes they made an anime out of it.

IMO it depends on how much action is displayed in the movie. If there are a lot of dynamic scenes like car chases you’ll need a high rate while ‘simple’ dialog scenes can get away with way less.

That also means it depends on what movies you like to watch.

I have a really hard time distinguishing between a good 4K webrip (15-20 Mbps) and remux (40-80 Mbps), so I have no issue keeping the majority of my library encoded at ~18Mbps

That’s because Netflix and the other common services usually only stream at 6-15 Mbps. You’ll have to resort to Bravia Core or blu-ray discs to get anything in the 80 Mbps range.

It’s got electrolytes!

Usually those rich guys don’t have that money sitting around - it is invested somewhere. It also often only exists as shares - that are some kind of imaginary money that doesn’t really exists.

They can’t spent that money without destroying what gives its value.

Thank you for your amazing comment! I’ll definitely check those guys out after you praised them so much. The magic (systems) you mentioned sound interesting and unique. It should be fun to read about them.

That’s an interesting take. Dirty and violent magic warfare. Why not! I take it. :)

Interesting! I put that on my bucket list. Thank you for your suggestion! :)

That looks like to be a part of lot larger Franchise. Nice!

I think I’ll start with that. Thank you!

Oh! Zauberer is wizard in German.
Is it a series? Or is it planned to do so?

Arrrr! Welcome aboard, ye scallywags!

Storing data for decades or even centuries is a difficult thing. But the problem isn’t the storage it’s the data format!

Who knows if a person 300 years from now has a program that can open .png or .jpg? Or the dreaded .doc and .xls that even Microsoft has problems with today. This poor future fellow probably won’t have the capatibilities and might need a few years or decades to develop a reader app.