I’ve learned French in school for 5 years, but I only speak it on a relatively basic level, despite living very close to France and crossing the border quite often. Not too big of a deal though, as many people in Alsace also speak a German/Alemannic dialect.
Taiwan/RoC is not currently ruled by the KMT though. (Nor is today’s KMT very comparable to what they were many decades ago)
Roughly:
murder, rape, sexual assault, battery, arson, sexual harassment, racketeering, assault, treason, DUI, fraud, theft, infidelity, speeding, drug dealing
However, that order could change quite a bit based on the specific circumstances of the crime.
Not at all. The only eggs I get are from a local chicken enclosure where my family helps out by feeding them once a week.
I’ve used it at work for the past 6 years and it’s just quite buggy. Sending an image only works around 50% of the time, calls go directly to voice mail despite the other person being there and waiting for my call, mobile app shows me being in a call I’ve left hours earlier, tabs with things like checklists never load etc. I’ve used worse programs, but it’s far from good. On a positive note though, the background noise filter in Teams is the best I’ve heard.
Keep in mind the battery lifespan tho. They degrade drastically overtime.
For most people the batteries will outlast the bikes. After 30,000km or so, you may have to exchange the battery. My 2020 eBike’s battery hasn’t noticably gotten worse.
If you have a decent bike shop nearby, I’d recommend going there and asking for advice on what to get. You should also be able to go for short test rides there on any bikes that interest you. Before buying, also research the bike online to see if there are any common issues or complaints with it.
Why not an eBike? I’d always prefer that over a moped personally.
It’s a bit of a dilemma. If you leave, you’ll also leave Twitter’s (still large) userbase to freely be manipulated by the far-right without any objections. If you stay, you support a network owned and controlled by a fascist. By continuing to provide content you encourage other people to stay on the platform. I’m personally in favor of everyone leaving, but I understand why some organizations don’t. The least they should do is establish a presence on other networks so nobody has to use Twitter to see their content though.
AFAIK Ukrainians started calling Russian soldiers Orcs and Russia Mordor due to Russia being an invading force with often very brutal tactics and horrible behaviour in the regions they occupy.
The point is that the planning itself wouldn’t be illegal if there were absolute free speech. Of course the murder still would be, but ideally you’d want to stop that before it happens, which will be tougher when just talking about murdering people is perfectly legal. Free speech isn’t just about “naughty words”.
Things like death threats being legal would be pretty awful. Husband saying “if you leave me I’ll murder you”? Oh well, he’s just exercising his free speech, so it’s not an issue.
People could defame others, openly call for genocide, plan terrorist attacks etc without consequences. It would be a pretty awful society to live in.
Yeah, I believe you’ll receive an automated verification call.
Yeah, it does actually require a phone number, though you can use a landline and you can also hide that number for people you chat with.
Not end-to-end encrypted by default, ad-financed, stores data and ecryption keys centrally, analyzes messages while they’re being typed etc. It isn’t really any more secure than even something like Whatsapp.
Signal works quite well for me. I use it with most of my family members, though for some people I still have to resort to Whatsapp.
No and no. I don’t think I’d want to subject my kids to where the world is headed. Also, too much of a long-term commitment that would significantly reduce my opportunities to do what I want, travel etc.
Sure. No need to save up or plan for a future that never comes, so I’d stop saving up money and probably stop working depending on how far in the future it is. Then try to cram as many things that I always wanted to do as possible into my remaining time.
No, pretty sure it’s not. Way too consistent and it has none of the artifacts that all current AI videos still have.
The expectations will probably be different between cultures but personally, nothing. It’s a gift after all, giving them money for it would make it a business transaction. Of course, when there’s an opportunity, I’d give out some food or drinks to my friends as well.