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Overall. I wonder, if somebody gives me a Lambo, can I sell it, buy a bus, and drive friends in it?

I wonder which one is more expensive, a new Lamborghini or a new bus.

You mean just take the bus?

Yes, but... Let's say papers A, B, and C are introducing methods. Often, each paper will choose to show the benchmarks in which their tool was the best. In reality, each tool might be better for a different task. If you understand the tools, and have gotten used to this kind of papers, you will probably get what each tool is good for. But the papers themselves are misleading, and people often just blindly use the "cutting edge" for everything.

And I agree. If you have to, for some reason, book a taxi in a European city, you will often get it sooner with Bolt than Uber (my experience from Poland). It is partially because Bolt gives more to the drivers, and they have both apps. It has scooters and Bolt Food. It is available in many places outside of Europe, but unfortunately not Canada, Australia, or New Zealand.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolt_(company)#/media/File:Countries_in_which_Bolt_operates,_Nov_2024.png

*Bolt

"I shall exercise against you my right of rejection because you have treated me with contempt.”

Which song was it in 2009?

This sounds like basically every description of modern digital/statistical tool

Only recently, I watched The Wind Rises and I loved it. I do not know what it is. It still has the sensitivity and the aesthetics of Ghibli under Miyazaki, which I genuinely love, but at the same time shows a confusing and unobvious real-life story, and very real dilemmas.

Thanks, that is an amazing resource! You can see yearly emissions, which are statistics. And when you click on a country/region, you get the breakdown by energy source for the electricity grid.

Note: Living in Sweden, I am still Polish, and looking at this map is embarrassing to say the least...

I care about two things with the sanctions.

1. Do not buy Russian gas and oil.
2. Do not sell weapons and weaponizable items to Russia. Prevent loopholes where Russia can get the weapons through third countries. And ofc support Ukraine, militarily and generally.

And yes, do not expect change from within coming just from the suffering of the people in the East. Support the opposition and independent media channels. As a Polish, I understand how important that was during the Cold War. But do not have your hopes too high for a quick fix.