Brave is developed by a complete bigot, Proton praises Trump in the name of political neutrality or whatever the fuck.

I think neither of them should be recommended as an alternative by anyone anywhere. They do not represent an alternative, they are the same shit in new wrapping.

Yeah. The crown princess has a severe lung disease and needs new lungs, her e-mail exchanges with Epstein have been made public and it turns out she lied about cutting ties in 2013, and her son is a chronically violent serial rapist.

I think it’s fair to say the Norwegian royal family has seen better days.

I had no idea it was possible to knit anything this tiny. Crazy!!

Looks like a great fit as well! It makes me question what I’m doing making poorly fitting clothes for real people.

I keep my ski pass in the left front pocket of my jacket, never had any issues. Most people I know do the same. The ski passes have pretty good range.

Based on experience in French and Swiss alps, in case it’s regional.

Sure - I had a snowboarding jacket as an all purpose one for a few years, and it was great. So I think it’s more about finding a good jacket that you could see yourself wearing in many situations.

And yeah, it makes sense that the snow could melt and all that, sounds extremely uncomfortable. In either case I’d want a waterproof jacket for sure. :)

I always ski in my hiking jacket, which I also tend to use on rainy days throughout the year. It’s wind and water proof (I’d think wind is more important than water as I wouldn’t ski in rain, but you mention getting wet so what do I know), and has zippers under the armpits so I can cool down a bit if necessary. It is extremely thin and lightweight. The brand is Bergans (of Norway, middle end), but there are plenty of good options. Underneath I just layer up with wool until I’m comfortable.

Not really a specific jacket recommendation, more a general advice to get a good jacket you can use for other activities as well. For a beginner there’s no reason to have a jacket dedicated specifically to skiing.

I also ski in winter hiking pants. The problem with those is that they don’t go over the shoes in alpine skiing, which would have been more ideal. I can’t say it bothers me much though.

If you don’t care about the price Remarkable Pro move could be worth considering. Comes with a pen and let’s you doodle and take notes, colour screen, and the usual ebook stuff. But you can for sure find way cheaper options out there if all you want to do is to read books.

Why is baseball such a backwards sport? Because it’s whiter? Popular in flyover states?

Genuine question, I’m European and this is a piece of American culture I was completely unaware of.

Turns out their all just scratching tools.

I guess we’re used to hearing “this was not an accident” as meaning “this was rigged”, but for scientists it translates more to something like “thank god, it’s a real finding and not just one of those weird things that happen every now and then”.

Just doodle it yourself in a sketchbook like creeps have been doing for centuries

Well yes of course! If we don’t track the identity of every single person on the internet, how can we possibly prevent children from accessting these child pornography generators?!

Imagine the horror if twelve-year-olds were exposed to seeing the pornographic pictures Grok generates of them. They are way too young to see that kind of content!

Ideally women and children should be banned from the internet entirely, so that brave pioneering men like Musk and co can be left to pornographize them in peace.

If we really cared we’d also importantly be buying fewer new cars every year. Over-consumption is running wild.

Turning people into passive consumers of unthought thoughts

Interesting contrast to the church itself, which has the capacity of turning people into passive consumers of thoughts that have been painstakingly processed for centuries.

I’m using Busuu, originally Spanish but hq in London. They have implemented some AI stuff recently though. :/

Arte is great if you speak French or German. A lot of European countries have similar things. BBC iPlayer with a VPN is also amazing.

The melody isn’t catchy and the instrumentation is generic. The vocals are worst part

Welcome to folk music dude. Some of us like it.

If you want an overly produced pop track with 15 vocals stacked on top of each other in perfect harmony you’re not gonna get it released two days after the song was written.

Yeah, I was initially going to object that his best work was surely 44 years ago with Nebraska, but then I realized it’s only 31 years since Ghost of Tom Joad and it’s a crazy good album. But that was 1995.

Personally I’m a huge fan of his latest albums as well, but each to their own.

Past his prime is doesn’t really say much in the case of Springsteen, his new albums are still great and his concerts are incredible. But I appreciate that you’re attributing his prime to the period around the Ghost of Tom Joad, which is one of his most underrated albums for sure.

Of things I dislike, people accusing real artists doing real art of being similar to the AI slop generated by stealing their work certainly makes the list.