It’s a good, thought provoking, question but “thriving” is subjective. One of my besties is not wealthy and doesn’t want to be but he’s living the life he wants and very happy doing it so I’d consider that thriving.

Hon hon hon

Thanks for the recommendation. I got woken in the middle of the night by one of the kids and watched it after getting them back to sleep.

Very heartfelt and genuine. I wondered constantly how they’re doing now while watching.

Lawnchair supports it.

https://lawnchair.app/

Looking forward to seeing them :)

Oh fantastic! Looking forward to those!

Welcome! Yeah I’m not sure how I came across it in the other place but it just brought a little joy to my life. I do love a good bench.

You should be able to pick up an old style timer plug for under 10 euro / USD in your hardware store.

They’re a tiny bit fiddly to set up but given how power hungry those things are you’ll be saving money in no time.

We have one around here somewhere. I’ll see if I can dig you out a picture.

Internet was faster…

Absolutely sold! Thanks for the solid review.

Could you give me an example of a prying question you got asked?

I find most people overshare unnecessarily. I’m always telling me wife and kids not to give detail (with examples of how to avoid it) and have gotten very good at giving minimal detail.

Example: my wife has been in hospital for weeks. It’s not something she’d want people to know about.

My mother in law was all “what are you going to tell people?” and I just said “nothing”. So when I do have to bring it up I say “she’s been in hospital a few weeks and will be another few more but she’ll be fine”. That last part I add to deflect in advance.

Only one person has had the gall to ask for more information and I told them I’d tell them over a pint some time (i.e. would you ever fuck off with that).

Is it a subscription though? Investors like that

2MB/s / 16Mbps is enough for 4K HEVC video and audio. In theory you could encode a full movie with enough starlings.

Heads up if you’re a microwave popcorn person - they’re apparently choc full of microplastics. :( Think it was a recent Veritasium video I learned that in and stopped buying them.

Props to that young lad. I wonder if his parents were geeks.

Fucking love New York. The high line is incredible.

It could be that a culture like mine where it’s considered rude are more sensitive to it but it was definitely a thing.

I love Italy. Been there a good few times. The staring did stick with me though, along with lots of other more positive things.

Oh that’s a lot of time! You’re right in the middle of Europe so everywhere is accessible and you will probably get bored in a single city in that timeframe.

Consider a trip to Prague or Milan maybe. You could even go to Amsterdam or Berlin or hop on a flight to Rome. Internal flights are cheap.

Also get some sleep there pal. It’s late over there :)

People do stare, not sure if that is specifically a German thing.

I found that a lot in Italy too. In Ireland it would be rude but I just took it as a different culture thing.

Well, welcome to Europe so! I hope you have a great time.

Yeah definitely try to overcome the discomfort of using the trains / subway. Once you’ve done it once it becomes easy and they’re a great way to get around.

In general I like to do the tourist walking tours in big European cities. You get to see around, meet a bunch of others and get a feel for the city plus get little nuggets of history etc all for very little money.

I’ll check with the young lad about specific recommendations and get back to you.

How long are you coming for?