I’d like them to be utilitarian, optimized for the tasks they are made to perform. And simple, as in easily fixable by the owner (right to repair).

A little dog. Then a beautiful Fräulein would buy me and love me and cuddle me for the rest of my life. No need for wedding rings or divorce lawyers; just good food everyday and treats in between. What more could you want.

Hibernate?

Ah, couches are also unnecessary. Other animals don’t have them either.

Wearing clothes. Except for in winter or bad weather it’s just an unnecessary hassle. And you have to buy them, store them, wash them, and dispose of them for no good reason. All the other animals don’t bother.

You can put lipstick on a pig. However, in the end it’s still lipstick.

OTOH, if you have a passport, you can now leave the US easily…

…until the leopard eats his face…

Japan is good if you want to enjoy city life and get drunk every day (I currently live in Japan), but the drinking age is 20, so if that’s your issue, you need to go elsewhere. However, if you’re interested in the wonders of nature and the occasional city life, China is the place to be. The last few episodes of YouTuber “Itchy Boots”, where she travels through China on an adventure bike, are stunning.

A big thinker, he is.

Me too. I could read all the old texts in its original form.

The company warned that Brussels’ policies aimed at reducing dependence on American tech companies could harm competitiveness.

Google’s competitiveness only.

If it lasts 30 years, it will not fly with the industry and the concept of planned obsolescence.

Waepons!

Not sure, what the American thing was doing, but the European system would dispose of the poop very slowly, likely a litre per 100 km or so, droplet by droplet, and well burnt as long as the engine/exhaust is hot enough. I don’t think that that would do much to the environment, compared to the trains where the crapper was basically a hole in the floor. In those days, we didn’t have dump stations everywhere. Now, it would surely be unnecessary.

I remember reading about these types of systems back in the day. They also existed in Europe. They would send the hard waste through something like a chipper first and then very slowly inject the result into the hot exhaust, where it would be burned up and go out one drop at a time. But these never got a lot of popularity IMO. I guess, the system was just too complicated, too many moving parts, too bothersome to upkeep.

But then, if you travel far off the beaten track, through the Sahara or similar, it may be viable.

As they say: it takes decades to grow a forest, but only one match to burn it down.

Ooooooh, ground force? Good luck!

They may have nothing to hide but probably something to protect like their credit card numbers, social security numbers and much more. Or they are on the playground with their grandchildren and there’s that weird guy with a camera taking pictures of the little ones. Maybe nothing to hide but really something to protect.

At this stage, the UK might as well just use Putin’s MAX app. The goals are the same; why not use some synergies instead of reinventing the wheel.