I think the tectonic plates have helped to make natural boundaries that create such difference in culture, in particular the Indian region (incl. Pakistan, Bangladesh) is vastly different from the other side of the Himalayas, of course still linked, but culture is very different!

Same goes with the Carribean, Arabia, etc.

Yooooo nice! Congrats!

Several are able to run Lineage (I believe a lot of the 1 series as well as a couple of the 5 and 10 series too), and since e/OS is based on Lineage, they can more easily support it. Check the link the other person commented!

Other factors might include the design of the car (how it distributes the force, for instance), the rails (friction, tolerances, etc.), or the environment (decorations around the roller coaster, lighting effects, sound, etc.)

As it turns out, there’s a lot more factors towards the safety of a rolls coaster asides from peak force. Mainly, you have swift changes in force due to rapid changes in speed or direction. A gradual increase in force is safer than a quick burst!

No, the design is not the same. The shape is different and, more importantly, the angle is also different!

Yes, I did mention alternative software for Logitech mice! Solaar looks awesome if you have a Logitech mouse. The mouse I mentioned can also switch between 3 devices, I think that’s a pretty common feature on most mice nowadays.

Definitely more of a hassle to replace the battery, but good to see it’s somewhat replaceable at least. AA batteries are a lot easier to replace though, you don’t need to pry out the mouse feet and it’s much quicker to swap it out when it runs out!

Rubber will wear out faster than a normal plastic finish, but if it has lasted for your hands that’s good too! I’ve just heard lots of people, particularly in humid climates, where the rubber disintegrates quickly. I’m from HK so humidity is a big issue, so this mouse isn’t a good option for me (if you live somewhere drier, it could be neat!)

And again, the one I have is really neat too with the fun colours (!!!) and magnetic grip thingy. The shape is more comfortable for me too, but hey our hands are all different

Well yeah, the Russians teach just one continent, Eurasia. A few other places do that too I think, mostly those who were influenced by the Russians in the past (i.e. were part of the Russian Empire and/or the USSR’s sphere of influence)

And I know many Latin American countries teach a unified continent of America rather than splitting it North and South.

Egpyt does not combine Asia and Africa despite having the Sinai peninsula in Asia (which is only split by a manmade canal)

Personally, I’m a fan of defining continents geologically, since it gets rid of all the politics

Make sure the check the Map Men one too! They are timeless and funny too

Middle East and West Asia are both terms that can be used kind of interchangeably, it just depends on the context. And yes, Europe is a glorified peninsula of the continent of “Eurasia”. Interestingly, Russia and a few other countries that straddle the boundary of Europe and Asia teach it as one continent.

In my opinion, the idea of “continents” is ambiguous if we define it as no sea in between, Afro-Eurasia is a monster that isn’t helpful to categorise the world. There’s good videos on the topic by CGP Grey and Map Men (previously Jay Foreman), you should go look at that I think!

I would rather divide the world based on the geological definition of continents, about the major tectonic plates! But even that can be difficult since what constitutes as a “major” tectonic plate? It’s still better in my opinion, since it’s something that can be discussed by geologists rather than politicians.

According to Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tectonic_plates

Under this definition, the continents are (if we only consider major plates as defined by Wikipedia):

• Eurasia
• Africa
• North America
• South America
• Australia
• Antarctica
• Pacific (mostly ocean)

if we include the some of the larger minor plates (I feel like we should):

• Carribean
• Arabia
• India (subcontinent has levelled up!)
• Somali
• Nazca (again, mostly ocean)
• Philippines (another ocean one)

There are lots of smaller ones but those are mostly ocean too

I think it would be neat if the world was divided to have India, Arabia, the Carribean, and Eastern Africa to have the Europe sort of treatment! India alone has more people than the whole of Europe combined (I think you could throw North America too and the Indian region, including Pakistan, Bangladesh, etc., will still be more populous!)

Vertical mice aren’t a Logitech trademark. The shape is noticeable different from the MX Vertical, it has the cool wrist rest magnetic thing, and the angle it sits is different. The colours are a lot nicer than the graphite black of the MX Vertical. Also, the MX Vertical (at least the current revision) does not use replaceable batteries.

Logitech Options doesn’t support Linux, so no, it’s not “well supported on everything”, though there are community made alternatives that seem really neat! I imagine the mouse itself does, but nearly all mice should work on Linux so Logitech is not unique in this

The MX Vertical is over $100, over five times the price of this cheap little guy, so I don’t think the price is worth it, especially since this cheap one has fun colours + a more comfortable shape for me (YOUR HANDS MAY VARY)

I just like that it has replaceable AAs, plus the fun colours. I don’t think it will actually last “for life”, but hopefully it will last for a long while!

Larger storage is good for videos (think Blu-rays, 4K videos are very big! Security camera feeds could also take up lots of space), and you might also want to host for multiple users (for family, friends, or a business)

But yes, _100_TB is a lot. 8-24TB (before memory became super expensive) was reasonable for most consumers, usually in a RAID configuration for redundancy. Multiple smaller drives are more reliable and modular than a single big one!

Just checked Amazon, it is for sale with all four colours (though you do have the Amazon tax)

A bit unfortunate it’s not sold in other stores though

I bought one through some Chinese ecommerce site (I think Aliexpress?), not sure if it’s on Amazon (in any case, you’re feeding some weird billionaire)

edit: It is on Amazon, for $30!

It’s always a case of time for these kinds of things, yeah. I doubt it’ll last of a lifetime, the switches will eventually wear out

I promise it’s not an advertisement! I just like the purple mouse that uses AAs :D

I don’t think the specific brand is important, there’s probably lots of identical ones by various alphabet soup brands

Oops just checked the link, you might be right. It guess it does make sense that it’s the way colours are used rather than just what the colours are. The way part.

Sorry about that mate! I’ll amend the post then

edit: It seems I’m wrong! Whoops, it is an “ATM machine” case after all

Neat! Waiting is fine on these kinds of things :D

Using replaceable AA batteries is a good start I think! And it doesn’t feel cheap, the build quality is good