much more efficient (in spaces and penstrokes) than the Roman numerals they replaced, and even the “Arabic” numerals that replaced them. A single glyph could record anything from 1 to 9,999.

But letters and numbers are not supposed to be optimized for the space they take up? What an odd metric. I rather have a system that is easy to read, easy to write, easy to expand, more flexible, ...

Good point.

Drunk or not, many people are irresponsible and it shows when they drive. I see many dangerous things pretty much every hour of driving.

Very creative.

Picric acid? Is this a wrong translation? It was chloropicrin. Something completely different.

Yes, seems like shit, but still, the shooter gets prosecuted. It was not an execution, especially not as part of a large movement.

So what is the story you would like me to buy?

One was executed by german police recently. 4 shots in the back, one to the head.

You mean the guy with the knife that badly injured someone before getting shot? You call that execution?

In London, right?