China was a really backward country 50 years ago. I expect that China has paved a lot of roads which are still in good shape. Europe by contrast has had paved roads for a long time and those older roads via normal wear and tear are wearing out. The question then becomes when do you patch, recover, or replace - this is in order of both cost and how nice the road is after. Give China a few more decades and their roads will become less smooth because it isn't worth the cost to make them perfect.

Depends on the tent. Some stakes first some last. Dome tents stakes last, most everything else first

Exactly what the article was getting at. It is more important for the left to point fingers at the right than work with them to make it possible and so nothing can get done.

I'm sure there will be several "whatabout" pointing fingers at the right thus proving my point. And plenty of downvotes from those unwilling to accept there are problems in the mirror. But maybe someone will look in their own mirror and change their ways for the better...

At the time germany was hesitating to send their tanks which would be more useful. This gave cover that it would be escalation

Amtrak needs to start with the NEC. Boston-NYC-DC should be easy mode for running a train system. Until they get that working as it should, NYC-Chicago is next. Places like the PNW or the rest of the midwest need service, but the low handing fruit needs to be first.

Please lets work together and force them to run good service where it is easy and develop experts in running good trains. So long as you are pushing for the PNW and I'm pushing for my home we are divided and nothing will get done.

I have a tuner app, drum machine, and recording apps on my phone. I like to pretend I can play trumpet, mandolin, piano, hammered dulcimer... which means I practice something nearly every day.

there are different systems with different efficiency ratings. However even the worst don't use much water - you don't drink much water in a day.

it goes to the sewer system which needs to be able to take care of things anyway. The amount of waste water through a RO system insignificant - your toilet flushing needs will use more water than your RO drinking water needs. (a typical low flush toilet, though some camping toilets use less)

A reverse osmosis filter will run you $150 for parts - plus install and yearly filter changes. Start with that for costs. I would assume eu costs are similar but that is sometimes very wrong.

If you don't have a sensor then that is cheaper in the short term, but it quickly wastes a lot of energy running when the humidity is under control. For a dehumidifier you need more energy to get lower so the room well generally will be fairly consistent not too low humidity even as outside humidity changes, but you will use a lot more energy than a system that turns off when humidity is good.

there are purely mechanical systems that used to be used. However they have some weird machining requirements so it isn't clear they are cheaper than a digital system (this partially depends on volume - make more and the machining gets cheaper per unit). The digital system is as we already have established is very cheap and lets you put buttons and LEDs on the unit for a few cents more - this is far more valuable to marketing than the possible savings (if any!) from a mechanical control.

Tap complete got worse when llm replaced the AST for tabs.

Hr. Somehow this is considered acceptable speach in those formal circles.