Ich musste neulich überraschend von Berlin nach Stuttgart und habe dafür zum ersten Mal Flixtrain genutzt. Und was soll ich sagen, es hat alles funktioniert, der Zug war von Anfang bis Ende pünktlich, und das ganze für deutlich günstiger als ich es (spontan) bei der DB haben konnte. Für mich ist das also zumindest in bestimmten Situationen eine gute Alternative.

To be fair, this is about June 2025, so they still have some 15 months to accomplish it all. /s

Figs fresh off the tree.

Even if AI did make psychology redundant in a couple of years (which I'd bet my favourite blanket it won't), what are the alternatives? If AI can take over a field that is focused more than most others on human interaction, personal privacy, thoughts, feelings, and individual perceptions, then it can take over almost any other field before that. So you might as well go for it while you can.

Yup, that's me, too.

A bit morbid, but there's https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unusual_deaths. Features stuff like:

Sergio Millán, 59, was alone in his apartment in Torreforta, Tarragona, Spain, when an explosion in a petrochemical plant 3 kilometres (2 mi) away launched a one-ton iron plate into the apartment above him, causing the ceiling to collapse, killing him.

or

Vladimir Likhonos, 25, a student of Kyiv Polytechnic Institute from Konotop, was killed when his chewing gum exploded. Likhonos had a habit of dipping his chewing gum in citric acid to increase the gum's sour taste. On his work table police found about 100 grams (3.5 oz) of unidentified explosive powder which he used for chemistry studies at home. It resembled citric acid, and it is thought that he confused the two, having accidentally coated his gum in the explosive powder before chewing it. The explosive was found to be four times stronger than TNT, and the explosion was possibly triggered either by reacting with Likhonos's saliva, or the pressure exerted by him chewing on the gum and explosive powder.

I get almost all literature for my papers from libgen and scihub. I even have access to a lot or journals through my uni's VPN, but it's just much simpler and quicker to use the open seas.

My justification is that a) scientific journal publishers are evil and a scourge on humankind, and b) on average, I only need like 1% of the info in such literature, so I would never buy it anyway, which means that me pirating it doesn't affect sales in any way.

I have no idea what this is about but I love the meme template.

Yes. (I'm a protestant Christian.)

Plus it tells you the risk of infection for each, with the last (meme addition) being zero risk.

I've never quite understood what binds the BRICS together other than some vague opposition to the West. These five countries are incredibly diverse, and adding more countries from three different continents isn't gonna change that.

...in a tank, or in a prison cell? Or in a café drinking ^polonium^ tea?