From physics point of view, I guess everything is deterministic. But from a human point of view, the question is irrelevant, because we can only experience reality as humans.
When I toured the Tower of London I was told this happened to many improsined in the dungeon there. People would sometimes be held indefinietely for small crimes as they wouldn't be able to pay off their initial "accomodation". It seemed an insanely unfair practice and even though I knew US prison system is fucked, I had no idea it was this bad.
Of course, the problem in Poland is bad planning and lack of tracks. Europe on avarage has only got about half of the tracks we had before ww2, due to extensive damage. Still I can see things improving, slowly.
The 2.5h one was in Pomorze, but Im from the south too, I think you were lucky. Go on a random big station on infopasazer.intercity.pl and its likely youll see at least one 1h+ delay (granted its low traffic on sunday midday)
Good luck in Poland, where an hour delay for a train is not a surprise. I recently had one delayed for over 2.5h and had to get a hotel due to missed connection. No point even bothering asking them for a refund.
Sure, but the rumor is believed by just enough people that you can get away with selecting 'Lord' in every single paper or electronic form that asks for a title.
I had an old Soviet-era made excavator digger standing on my property. It was standing out there long enough for trees to grow through the cabin and way above it. We cleared them and put a little grease here and there and it started like charm.
Another random example seems to be a Remington beard trimmer I had which recently gave up after nearly 20 years of service.
Edit: I guess we should make an honourable mention for the Opportunity Mars Rover.
Thanks, never saw the plan just heard an anecdote. And it's interesting to learn London landlords could be as "assertive" in XVII century as they are now
Rebuilding "as it was", despite calls for modernization, is also something that happened after the Great Fire of London in 1666. Especially Christopher Wren, one of the most famous architects of XVII century, was supposedly very upset that his plan for a concentric ring-like city plan was rejected, in favour of rebuilding the city with all its tangled medieval street plan.
I would like to see someone advance an idea that all rail should be fully subsidised and free to use. Because rail creates massive economic gains by increased mobility, but modern rail companies struggle to maintain a modern infra while trying to make money and competing with coach and planes. If they just focused on running trains things could be much better.
> why targeting groups of civilians was an acceptable strategy
Churchill allowed his Black and Tans to burn entire villages to the ground and terrorise people to subdue them with fear. Terrorism is not just blowing up buses.
In Rome there were two periods when the title of Dictator was used. First during the Republic where it indeed was a temporary role with limitations, then resurrected during the Empire as title only to justify authoritarianism.
Since were talking hundred-year timescales, wouldnt it be better to drill deep into the moon, set off a massive nuclear device inside the moons crust and build this thing in the resulting cavity? Then youre not only protected from muscle loss due to lack of gravity, but also from radiation (though probably not all).
At least we would have a good use for all these nukes
Brits also pride themselves on not having to carry any Id with them. It actually seems to come from some sense of civil liberty. This was all good in XX century but things have changed and I wish that civil lerby focused people understood the tech a little better, I think they would then oppose it
I grew up in a historic EU city which is slowly selling out as well. I do not think there is a way to stop it. However, if handled correctly, the tickets could bring cash needed for public projects in the city.
I used Algo to make my own, it builds a VPN server on your host. If you choose to host on digitalocean the script sets everything up via API and you're done in minutes.
Its wrong to jail people for having consensual sex. You can say its a cultural element, but it doesnt make it right. We have every right to criticize a culture/country/religion that allows things we find reprehensible. Trying to force that to change would be wrong, but events like this allow people to pretend like its fine. But its not, and thats why people are upset.