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I looked up the rules. According to my understanding, here is roughly what happens in a pistol duel:

There are three checks, quite similar to D&D. Who goes first (initiative), hit determination, and wounds. I can see the shared heritage.

For each of these, you have a base number from your stats. Then various modifiers are applied depending on range, movement of shooter, movement of target, wounds, weapon type, and more (e.g. hipshooting is +5 for first shot but -10 for hitting). Collecting and adding all the modifiers is what makes it complicated.

Initiative does not require a roll. Hit determination takes one percentage die roll (d100). The wound takes two d100. Example from the rules: "A first roll of 49 would indicate a wound in the left shoulder, and a second roll of 72 would mean that the wound there was a serious one." A serious wound means -7 to your strength attribute and shows up in later bonus calculations.

Such a serious wound will take seven weeks to heal assuming proper medical treatment.

Fun fact: The rules contain more than five pages of stats for historical figures like Billy the Kid. :)

Here in Germany it seems the debate was completely ignored by mainstream media. I haven't seen any news mentioning it.

The election is usually combined with municipial and council elections. That is where I notice at least some debate.

Wow, awesome story!

It seems the GM brought a lot to the setting ("I already knew quite a bit about [Tombstone, Arizona]"), so most people would not be able to create such an experience with just the game document.

Die Grüne Fraktion im EU Parlament heißt "G/EFA". Aus Deutschland sind aktuell Mitglied: Grüne, Piraten, ÖDP, und Volt. Außer den Grünen haben die halt nur 1 Abgeordneten.

Robeyns: Mir hat mal jemand gesagt: Es könnte doch gut sein, dass du ausgerechnet mit diesem Buch Millionärin wirst! Und ich meinte: Gut, dann verschenke ich das Geld!

Hm, die gute Frau könnte bereits Millionärin sein. Hängt vor allem davon ab, wieviel von ihrem Haus noch der Bank gehört.

Was würde passieren, wenn man die harte 10Mio Grenze einführt? Vermutlich würden sehr viel Stiftungen gegründet werden. Das gilt dann nicht mehr als Vermögen, aber man kann immer noch seinen Lebenstil damit finanzieren und Macht ausüben. Diese Stiftungen würden dann den Großteil aller großen Unternehmen besitzen. Praktisch dürfte sich nicht viel ändern.

My guess, because it is too expensive for too little benefit. Nobody would buy it. Discussed here previously.

According to forecasts from Counterpoint Research, China will have 1mn cars with so-called Level 3 technology — which means drivers can remove their hands from the steering wheel — by 2026, and these vehicles will account for about 10 per cent of new cars by 2028.

Oh, here the author is not quite right. I assume he refers to SAE level 3. This is not about "remove their hands from the steering wheel". If you still have to "constantly supervise" the car, you are still level 2. Some call "hands-off" as level 2.5, but it certainly isn't enough for level 3.

So far, actual level 3 cars are only made by Honda, Mercedes, and BMW. The upgrade costs thousands of dollars and is only available in few luxury cars.

I can imagine 1mn "hands-off" cars in 2026 but not "level 3".

Ich vermute von „Traditionell“.

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Offenbar wollen sie jetzt halt auf eine andere Instanz umziehen.

Oh, didn’t think of that. Thanks.

There were lots of german articles three days ago already but this seems to be the first english one. Somehow this wasn't really picked up internationally.