I can relate. I am basically a Labrador, there is almost nothing I wouldn’t do for a good head rub and someone tussling my hair.

By German industry I really meant German post industrial financial capital e.g. the automobile finance companies who incidentally make cars. Not German steel producers.

And in fairness Germany tried its hardest to keep importing cheap Russian energy for as long as possible, despite American requests. I’d say that was probably why America blew up Nordstream2. So I wouldn’t precisely say they enthusiastically chose to sanction Russia.

Also German car manufacturers have been moving car manufacturing out of Germany and even Europe wherever possible (profitable) for decades. It’s not (only) manufacturing costs that’s holding them back. They’re failing to compete as their cars are overpriced and out of date. This was true before Ukraine war. They’re simply uncompetitive. That’s why Chinese car manufacturers are having their breakfast. They’re providing newer cars, with new platforms new styling and new drive trains, with new infotainment and new comfort tech all at better prices.

Spoken like someone who has never had to clean a million+ viruses off an elderly relative’s pc

cease your investigations.

On the back of VW profits dropping 60% the EU is protecting German industry at all costs. Even if it means preventing the wider adoption of electric vehicles and keeping them out of reach of poor people.

Yeah if you mix your fibres, you have to wear nylon+polyester blend underwear for eternity. And yeah hell is warm, so that lack of breathability and bacterial growth is gonna suck.

They’re both embarrassing, each in their own special way.

I don’t know if it’s just the wording, but it sounds like he left his wife and kids behind. In which case that’s a hilarious “fight or flight response” to flee, leaving behind your family to save your own skin. Very alpha. lol, lamo even.

Also, I forgot to mention, find a club that has a women’s side (that they don’t totally neglect) and attend the women’s matches. The fans are generally more pleasant and the football is just as enjoyable to watch.

If you want to follow a team but don’t plan on going to matches: Celtic or Liverpool - probably the more left leaning fan groups in British football.

Otherwise whichever team is the closest, and attend some home matches. Watching a match in person is one of my favourite things. I don’t really enjoy watching most matches on tv, but I almost never regret seeing a match in person.

I always find gnome to be rock solid, even on Fedora, which is not known for a conservative attitude w.r.t. stability. Perhaps just my specific hardware

My favourite that I use lots of places is Gnome. Love using it. Use it completely stock.

I also use KDE, which is fine, but I don’t much care for it, I always find it to be buggy and unreliable. Could well be pebkac errors, but I’ve seen it across multiple machines over the years. With this said I still use kde on one machine.

I also use sway. Which is a wayland window manager. I find it very good. I’ve heard that hyprland is also good, but I’m not looking to mess with a window manager, I just like it to be simple, so I’ve not really tried it.