When was the last time you ate more or less of something because someone in the government told you to?

I think working time is the wrong place for politicians to regulate.

Sure, there’s a huge imbalance. Some people work a lot and some very little.

The key is that the the people who do work more than mandatory minimum hours, are also the people who enjoy working. Self employed or not, doesn’t matter. If people like working, they’ll work more. It’s really that simple.

Politicians ought to focus on regulation of how enjoyable work is. Then the working time would increase by itself, if that’s the ultimate goal for whatever reason.

I don’t think it is though. Productivity ought to be the end goal.

QR codes do have some degree of error correction.

Try it. Draw over some white spaces. It’ll still scan.

London is the most congested city in the entire world.

I play all the rock instruments and then some. I never got along with fretless strings or horns, because they require much more practice.

My main interests are in theory, composing and synthesizers, so I like instruments that are playable from a logic approach rather than muscle memory.

I’m still pretty technically decent with guitars and the djembe. Maybe blues harp too.

If I were to join a band, it’d probably be on bass though.

My daughter’s school did something similar. It was a project about future city development, where groups of kids could create their own visions of what the harbour in the city should be like.

Some went sciency and made robotic models and programmed led-strips and such, but most just painted the sides of cardboard boxes as a restaurant and printed a menu card, focusing on the business aspects.

The school then invited parents and the city council to come see the presentations and to vote on the best project.

They did all the work in school hours, so it’s not like the parents could assist if they wanted to. Of course some kids could potentially ask their parents for funding for expensive robots but I don’t think anyone did or what the point would be. It wasn’t a graded project and the winners got a bag of candy, so it’s hardly worth cheating for.

Also, the Smurfs

Go to the small concert venues and see them play.

Pro tip: Cut the baguette in a 45° angle.

It makes the first bite easier, and it looks better.

Trump.

He left the mess for someone else to clean up and now it’s finally time for the usual golfing grifting.

Remember his last term? He “worked” a few months making wild statements and setting up ICE. Then he went golfing for 3.5 years.

He’s getting old. It took him almost a year to get to that point this time.

“Sovereignty over military bases.”

They already had that on Greenland since 1951. As recent as last summer Denmark even approved the same setup in mainland Denmark, so that the potential future American military bases in Denmark could be allowed to operate their bases under American laws instead of local laws, just like an embassy.

Needless to say, this is wildly unpopular at the moment.

The spectrum:

No doubt. I’m glad I had my 20s to roam around before getting kids, but I’m even more happy to still be young enough that I can travel the world and participate in physical activities with my kids as well. Having kids doesn’t have to mean giving up on experiencing life. They’re part of it, and they’re the best people to share it with. In hindsight, I probably could have cut my party years short by five years without missing a thing. Having kids was the best thing in my life. It might not be for everybody.

I’m in the late 40s now, and I feel it’s too late to have more by now. I know people who do in that age. Divorced couples going for the late common child or DINKs who finally made enough money. It looks really tough for them. It’s temporarily hard work for a couple of years. It’s hard if you’re young and don’t have money, but it’s also hard when you’re old and less agile and physical on top.

what is stopping women to have kids later in life

Menopause.

But anyway, it’s generally a good idea to have children earlier, because you’ll get to spend more time with them and you won’t be the weird old parent in the school. Also health reasons and whatnot.

As for misogyny, I think it’s mostly from one generation to the next and also more often women to women. Most guys that I know would rather postpone having children as long as possible for the same reasons that you’ve stated.

Look at a population pyramid.

This site has done nice animated options: https://chartingtheglobe.com/demographics/population-pyramid

If you want to see more regional overviews, then the CIA also has some nice selections here:

https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/references/population-pyramids-by-region/

The main issue is that the population is getting older. Not enough new borns to pay taxes to care for the old people in twenty years. This can only be solved by immigration from countries with higher birthrates.

Yes it takes some time to decode, but it has lots of info.

It would be nice to somehow compare distances, time and population density as well.

Americans drive a lot, but they don’t actually drive very far for work, whereas in Europe it’s rather common to work in a different city than where you live. Asia has the highest population density and this benefits them both in finding local work and building public transport.

I found this picture showing the whole world.