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  • ich☠️⚠️☣️iel

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  • Beim Amboss würde ich widersprechen:

    Unzählige Lehr-Trickfilme haben damals schiesslich anschaulich dargestellt, dass man nach einem Ambosstreffer auf den Kopf lediglich leicht angepisst aus einem Loch im Boden steigt!

  • Audiophiles Can't Differentiate Audio Signals Sent Through Copper, Banana, and Mud in Blind Test

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  • We could build a solar laser with a ton of mirrors

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  • We could build a solar laser with a ton of mirrors

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  • Not a point, but an area resembling a scaled image of the sun (if optimally focused).

  • YSK: starting Feb. 1, passengers arriving at US airports nationwide without a REAL ID or another acceptable form of identification, such as a passport, will face a $45 fee

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  • Found out myself.It is about boarding, not arriving.So the headline of the post is misleading in that regard.

  • YSK: starting Feb. 1, passengers arriving at US airports nationwide without a REAL ID or another acceptable form of identification, such as a passport, will face a $45 fee

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  • Guessed so before, but the fact might not be so clear especially to non-Europeans.

    And as it is a somewhat important distinction, the correcting comment was needed here.

  • YSK: starting Feb. 1, passengers arriving at US airports nationwide without a REAL ID or another acceptable form of identification, such as a passport, will face a $45 fee

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  • Guessed as much but wanted to make it clear (especially to the non-Europeans present here) that there is no such thing as a European ID (yet).

  • YSK: starting Feb. 1, passengers arriving at US airports nationwide without a REAL ID or another acceptable form of identification, such as a passport, will face a $45 fee

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  • For anyone as confused as me (OP's link let to a blank page for me, so no help there), I generated a brief summary of the Real ID Wikipedia article.

    Regulations now in place still are less stringent as I know them to be for domestic flights, and ID regulations in general, in European countries, but I now know that in the US there has always been a broad resistance against mandatory ID's, mainly because of the implications on personal freedom and privacy.This probably also explains the somewhat heated comments in this thread.

    Here is the summary:

    The Real ID Act of 2005 is a federal law that establishes minimum security standards for state-issued driver’s licenses and identification cards in the United States. Passed in response to the 9/11 attacks, its primary purpose is to enhance national security by ensuring that identity documents used to access federal facilities, nuclear power plants, and board commercial airline flights are more secure and standardized.

    The law:

    • Requires states to verify applicants' identity, Social Security number, legal status, and address using official documentation.
    • Mandates enhanced security features on IDs and digital storage of application documents.
    • Establishes electronic sharing of ID and driver history databases between states.
    • Requires IDs to display a standardized format, including a photograph, full name, date of birth, signature, and (as of recent updates) gender marker.

    States must issue two versions of IDs:

    1.) A Real ID-compliant version (marked with a star), valid for federal purposes.2.) A non-compliant version (with a disclaimer like "Not for Federal Use") — still usable for driving or local identification.

    Enforcement was repeatedly delayed. The final phase began on May 7, 2025, with full enforcement slated for May 5, 2027.

    All 50 states and U.S. territories are now certified as compliant. Starting in 2025, TSA began enforcing Real ID requirements at airport checkpoints.

  • YSK: starting Feb. 1, passengers arriving at US airports nationwide without a REAL ID or another acceptable form of identification, such as a passport, will face a $45 fee

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  • Are you from the future? ;-)The European ID is still stuck in some suggestion phase, so you have to keep using the national IDs or passports for now.

  • YSK: starting Feb. 1, passengers arriving at US airports nationwide without a REAL ID or another acceptable form of identification, such as a passport, will face a $45 fee

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  • When it says "arriving" it means "landing"?

    So does that mean you can enter a plane without identifying yourself?

  • What's one lifestyle or hobby you wish you got in to but never did?

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  • Guess who some time ago grapped the entry level guitar a friend wanted to give away and already mastered his first few accords! :-)

    But things are going slooow when you have reached a certain age.I just wish I already had started when I was still younger...

  • What's one lifestyle or hobby you wish you got in to but never did?

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  • Would be guitar for me.You can carry it around and has a nice social aspect...

  • YSK: starting Feb. 1, passengers arriving at US airports nationwide without a REAL ID or another acceptable form of identification, such as a passport, will face a $45 fee

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  • Really surprised this hasn't been the case since 2011 already...?

  • What's one lifestyle or hobby you wish you got in to but never did?

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  • Learning to play an instrument.

  • I still haven't figured out how to do this

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  • I am also an engineer, so my kids have had contact with advanced IT equipment since early childhood and are quite proficient by now. :-)

    We also have a Chromebook with touchscreen at home, mainly so they can comfortably use some Android apps in a controlled environment (the 9 yo doesn't yet have a smartphone of her own). Chromebooks in school are not really a thing here in Germany afaik.

    Both kids have an account on our Linux desktop in our work/office room.This is set up with a special German DNS that provides age-group appropriate filtered hostlists ("jusprog").To integrate that I used dnsmasq, which lets me easily modify the filters if needed.

    It's not perfect, as it could be easily circumvented, but we talk openly about it and I try to minimize severe restrictions, so they feel no need to tamper with it.The kids are sometimes a little annoyed when something new doesn't work directly, but know that this is the way that allows them to use the PC relative freely, so they are quite happy with the arrangement for now.

    We also have a Linux Laptop and a tiny Mini-PC with Linux Mint attached to the TV, both of which they are only allowed to use with some supervision.

    Edit:They have some games that can be used with their accounts (the usual, Luanti, Supertux, Tuxracer).The more complex Games are on a special account for which they don't have the password themselves, but have to ask for access.Older kid just got really involved in playing Oblivion, so proud! ;-)

  • I still haven't figured out how to do this

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  • Nope, neither a joke, nor Boomer.

    GenX with late GenZ and early GenAlpha kids.So no humor, just empiric observation.

    Just this week my GenZ son told me to my astonishment, that out of his class of 30, only 3 still have a printer at home.

    For my daughter in elementary school it is even worse.Mobile phones and tablets essentially have completely replaced PCs and Laptops at home.

    First time the kids come in contact with a text processing program is sometime during secondary school in class if they are lucky.

  • I still haven't figured out how to do this

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  • Meanwhile Gen Alpha:"What is Word??"

  • What are your favorite German girl names?

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  • THE GNOMES - FLIPPIN' STOMP - Official Music Video [2025, Australia, Garage Rock, Power Pop, Beat]

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  • That confused me a little bit at first, as I initially thought you were linking to a new Gnome song. :-)

    Both seem to make good music btw!