The most obvious thing I can think of is that it allows people who are unable to connect with people in real life due to disabilities and such to connect with groups of people from all walks of life and have a meaningful social life.
Still, lots of negatives as you said.
Our tool use and application of our intelligence is still quite unique. Special is a loaded term, but humans are very different from all other life forms on this planet - and of course, in many ways, still very much the same.
Hier sieht man aber auch schön das Problem dieser Klagen: Niemand ist verantwortlich, weil man Politiker nicht individuell verantwortlich machen kann und weil die Regierung eben schon gewechselt hat. Also klar, die Regierung muss jetzt was schaffen. Aber wenn nicht, passiert halt trotzdem nichts.
Die Konsequenzen solcher Urteile müssten sich bei Wahlen zeigen, aber das tun sie ja selten.
Ich wusste nicht viel über Connemann, also las ich mal ihren Wikipedia-Artikel.
Im Jahr 2009 gab Connemann ein Gutachten beim Wissenschaftlichen Dienst des Deutschen Bundestages in Auftrag, das klären sollte, ob außerirdisches Leben existiert.
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Mitte 2014 war sie eine von insgesamt fünf Bundestagsabgeordneten, die gegen die Einführung des gesetzlichen Mindestlohns stimmten.
Oh Gott ...
Sie machte sich für eine Ausweitung der Werbebeschränkungen für Zigaretten stark.
Hey, immerhin etwas.
I know a lot of people love language learning apps, but I'd argue for a different approach: Don't use them at all. I like learning languages a lot, and focus on fluency in one language at a time over learning just the basics in many (nothing wrong with that, just not my approach). And what really works for me has always been a mixture of textbooks, dedicated vocab studying and tons of immersion. Language learning apps are fun, but they don't make you do the boring, hard work that actually sees results.
From my own experience: I know many people who have years-long streaks on DuoLingo and others, but actually speak very little of their target language. Meanwhile I've never used a language for learning Korean (Self-taught. I've been at it for nearly 5 years now) and I can speak to my Korean friends for hours while only having to look up words very occasionally or having them explained to me in Korean.
By all means, use Babbel or another European alternative if you are going to use them. But maybe also consider changing your approach, you might see much better results.
Really interesting approach, but I must agree with the critics that this needs much better testing. The bureaucracy may be annoying, but we do rigorous testing for a reason. The harm that could be done by unsafe, untested vaccines is not just problematic because of the people that it could harm directly, but because of the already growing number of people who are unwilling to vaccinate themselves and their children out of (unfounded) concerns over safety.
While I would agree, many people really do hate the idea of electric cars for no other reason than nostalgia for combustion engines. But it's changing.
As a German, you're not wrong :D
War genau mein Gedankenverlauf. Deprimierend.
I have recently finished my 4th playthrough of FFX and am now playing Final Fantasy IX for the first time. Blind, so far about 25 hours in and I'm liking it a lot. The more light-hearted, cartoony story style isn't usually my cup of tea, but the game is charming and despite a lot of junky writing, as is typical for Final Fantasy, I am emotioanlly invested in the future of these characters. The combat is also really nice and I like how well balanced and paced it is. I'd say it's on the harder side as Final Fantasies go. Still not hard, but just spicy enough for casual play. I'm looking forward to finishing it probably sometime this week.
Oh, and fuck tetra master.
Kino ist halt einfach ein veraltetes Konzept in Zeiten, wo Menschen zuhause bequem quasi jeden Film ihrer Wahl on-demand schauen können. Früher ist man ins Kino gegangen, weil es keine andere Option gab oder weil die Qualität besser war als auf dem Heimfernseher. Das ist halt schon lange nicht mehr wirklich der Fall. Ich finde Kino als Erfahrung zwar auch immer noch besser als Filme zuhause schauen. Aber halt nicht so viel besser, dass ich 20€ ausgebe.
Es wird dann oft gesagt, es müsste günstiger sein, bequemer sein, andere Filme geben. Und das sind ja genau die Dinge, die das Heimkino bietet. Also bleibt man halt zuhause. Die Kinos würde meines Erachtens nach nur permanente staatliche Subvention retten, weil sie als Produkt den Großteil der Bevölkerung einfach nicht mehr ansprechen.
In before people let AI write their papers, then copy them by hand.