I like Mini Motorways in creative mode for this purpose. You design road systems to connect houses with businesses using limited resources. The music is very peaceful and the pastel colours are very pleasant on the eye. While the other modes are a bit more stressful, creative mode is like a simplified city builder.

And of course the perennial favourite, Stardew Valley.

If anyone needs a more comprehensive explanation:

• This comic became a popular meme many years ago
• Those memes evolved to include overly simplified illustrations, like depicting the characters in each panel as lines like I Iı II I_
• That last panel simplified looks kind of like the letter L
• L in Roman numerals is 50
• Turning back into digits, you get 1 2 2 50

83k Github stars in under 4 years is definitely indicative of an excellent project

GrapheneOS recently announced a working relationship with a top 10 Android OEM to officially support GrapheneOS builds, so that'll give another choice once the first release happens next year. Though it's been confirmed that it won't be FairPhone, speculation is pointing to Nothing, Motorola, or possibly OnePlus. I'm pretty excited about this because I quite like GrapheneOS but have had hardware issues with every single Pixel I've owned (2, 2XL, 3XL, 3a, 7 Pro)

And if you do this twice, you've got a calztwo

Yup, using the bang !w anywhere within the search

Canada does have Interac E-Transfer, which is already used as a free alternative to the likes of PayPal. It is also possible to use e-transfer for business transactions. An e-transfer system similar to Alipay where you scan a QR code to pay would be quite handy to make payments at stores. Would it be possible for credit card merchants to use e-transfer for their transactions?

Portugal doesn't have a property based golden ticket visa as of October 2023 due to concerns that it was affecting real estate prices in cities like Lisbon and Porto. But you can still donate 250K euro in cash or invest 500K euro in a local business that leads to job creation (among a couple other investment options). Another option for Portugal is the D7 visa, which requires you to live in the country 6 months the year for 5 years, but requires foreign income of 10K euro per year. Either way, after 5 years, you're eligible to apply for citizenship.

Unfortunately those aren't safe either :/ The article mentions how several subs for the game Luigi's Mansion got banned, even though they have nothing you do with Mangione

An unpopular opinion I actually agree with! Part of the issue in my opinion is that houses are no longer made in ways that are designed for their environments. In the past, houses in warm areas would use large balconies or awnings to shelter the windows from the sun, which is where the greatest share of heat would come from. Also, high ceilings and transom windows would allow hot air to dissipate. Courtyards would serve a similar function. All of these provided natural ways for homes to cool without having to use ACs.

Now that ACs are prevalent, house design has deteriorated to what's cheapest to build, without regard to climate. This leads to higher AC usage to cool energy inefficient homes, all while pumping heat into the atmosphere that makes the temperature worse.

I believe ACs should only be used as a last resort. We should design our homes based on where they are, so that ACs are unnecessary except during the worst of heat waves. There are plenty of other ways to stay cool that don't involve ACs, so let's exhaust those before we turn down the thermostats.

New New Mexico and Old New Mexico

Axyz of evil?