This has been in the article though, among other alternatives.

Are the faint stripes a tribute to the famous Pale Blue Dot image?

And in Jerboa they are almost as tiny as optical wavelength physics permits.

Didn’t even realize they exist until I took a very thorough look because of this post…

Hey, I didn’t even know you could make donations to f-droid…

Financial contribution incoming, time to give something back! :-)

And the books had imho a very good and satisfying ending.
Shame they cut the TV series short…

But still love the whole series, book as well as film!

Not sure about the relaxing part…

Instantly reminded me of the “Assault on Thoth Station” episode of The Expanse, where they used interplanetary FedEx containers to sneak a bunch of heavily armed asteroid belt soldiers near a space station to then invade it.

Oh no, the Kzinti are coming… 😳

Took me a moment…
Dad humor is strong with that one!

For all others who didn’t own a pub before: things like sodastream do basically the same and are easy to place and handle.

Part of what you describe (sans the transfer thing) sound like the main plotline of Bladerunner.

Ah yes, sure, Begriffsassoziativitätskombinatorik.

(Yes, I just made that word up. And also yes, it makes sense and might be the word describing what you were just thinking about.)

Depends. I like it, but it lures you into lazy naming of stuff, that being especially pronounced in state administration.
And written form is hell to comprehend for dyslexics…

I think you might enjoy “The Meaning of Liff”…

It’s missing an “e” at the end…

And yes, I heard the German language is supposed to be full of such special-purpose words (and if not, we construct fitting new ones by endless concatenation)
So I guess, I am the lucky one in this thread. :-)

One a scale ranging from 1 to 10:
How high are you right now?

They are not that common here in Germany in general, but my city has in the past years put up a dozen or so, mainly in public parks.
They are maintained by our municipal utility service and are basically always in perfect condition.
At least during summer. Being outdoor installations they are shut down (actually completely removed) during the winter months.

Other than that I only had one in elementary school 30 years ago, which also worked and a lot of actual natural springs with drinking outlets that are often maintained by rural communities.

Our city also has one of those natural water drinking fountains, but as it is the (still maintained and monitored) remains of a thermal baths project from a hundred years ago, it is not so suitable for actually quenching your thirst. Full of crazy salts and minerals with a faintly sulfuric aroma on top - but supposed to be healthy :-)

So, in general: no complaints where I live.

History of early natural sciences is crazy.
Leibniz, the guy who drew this reconstruction of a unicorn, was the same Leibniz that lay groundbreaking work in many scientific fields, including computer science and much of modern calculus, in parallel with his rival Issac Newton.
Speaking of Newton, besides single-handedly inventing a major part of modern physics, he was also a huge fan of alchemy, trying to create the Philosopher’s Stone…

Reminds me of the first scientific attempts trying to reconstruct fossilized bones to plausible shapes:
https://viralbandit.com/photography/the-worst-fossil-reconstruction-ever-design-you-trust/

Just noticed: Al got a little confused between leg and trunk … 😆

Hey, we don’t talk about that here!