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One commonly perceived problem is the increase not just in the fraction of the population that is retired, but how long they will remain retired if provided with adequate care, or (more bluntly) how long it takes them to die compared to previous generations. Here in Germany the social system was established when most people died within two-three years of retirement age. Today they can expect to live for more than fifteen years, thanks in part to more expensive health care (cardiac arrest used to be effectively lethal, if not immediately then through subsequent arrests, now it's generally survivable with expensive care). The current retirees are entitled to this, having paid into the system, but current workers can look upon their own increasing contributions and the overall maths and feel uneasy that though paying more they may receive less.

The retirement age is now slowly being raised, and given time the system may level, but in the meantime "issues" will indeed present.


Raising the retirement age is one thing, but finding work for those retirees is another. Ageism is rampant (and especially in tech). Maybe that becomes less of an issue when more of the population is older, but I don't think we're there yet.

You only do that after spilling salt accidentally, and it's to knock the devil off if he happens to be sitting there (which would be what made you spill the salt at all). This, for my English ancestors, was plain common sense, unlike the superstitious balderdash adhered to in benighted lands...


Introducing yourself with "I'm from United" will get your ear chewed off with complaints about airline service


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The corollary of which is that no function the driver might sensibly need while underway should be presented or accessed through a touch screen.

So physical levers and buttons. With some tactile feedback, such as raised lips or centre bumps or distinct shapes, so without looking the user knows which one their finger is on (third from left in the Aircon group). Displays can be present multiple items (don't need physical dials) but changing that display when driving comes back to buttons.


The grenadier interior is supposed to be great in this respect. Sort of looks like a cockpit

https://www.caranddriver.com/photos/g63743843/2023-ineos-gre...


Wow. Except for what appears to be a stateless gearshift (Not that that isn’t standard-issue these days), A+. Look at all those physical switches and knobs, whose location I would learn to use with zero looking away from the road needed in a few weeks.


Apart from the aesthetic style, that's just what cars used to look like. A bunch of buttons for various things in the middle.


Bouquet or brickbat? I have no idea what outcomes unite these countries, nor whether you think this is good, bad, or even both at once. Could you expand on this?


All of these counties have this this funny thing going on where you’re never sure, when you go out, whether you’re going to be car jacked, or stabbed.

All of them didn’t used to be like that.


Doesn't the sun do this at all latitudes at the equinoxes? (Rises due east, sets due west)


That makes sunset and sunrise at 180°, not making the Sun hit the horizon going "straight down" at 90°. Maybe you're thinking azimuth?


Right you are, and thanks. I should have pondered the path in the sky at higher latitudes...


But it would promptly deform into a sphere, since its yield strength isn't remotely high enough to withstand the pressure of its own gravity


These sorts of people do not math.


That's tracking or dollying, a term from the days when cameras were large and fragile so moving in a straight line meant rolling it on light rail tracks. OP is correct, a pan keeps the camera on top of its fixed tripod and rotates it to follow the action.


I delegated this errand to my manservant. I am quite unaware of what means of access he may have at his disposal but I trust that his resourceful nature will suffice to provide a precis of this internet website.


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