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Go download ComfyUI (civitai is a good source of models) and Blender. A snappy cycles viewport is something to behold. Do simulation nodes run on GPU? If they do you can do all kinds of stuff with that.

Oh, last but not least: You can swap to VRAM.

No, the CDU didn't shift, they put someone from a different wing in the top position. I guess the long and short of it that neither Günther or Wüst were interested in a show-off with Merz who had bees up his arse ever after Merkel quit, given that she previously ousted him from the candidacy position. They're both perfectly comfortable ruling their respective states, why bother, if Merz goes too far for their liking they're still in a position to but brakes on that.

Like, the CDU polls at around 40% in SH state elections, while the federal result is 27.6%. Everyone knows the CDU left wing has more pull than the right, they're letting Merz be Merz.

Söder understands the difference between electoral rhetoric and Realpolitik and so do CSU voters. And theatrics. He can go "I'll keep an eye on those breaknecks, make sure they don't convince the CDU of anything stupid", occasionally make noise, and keep it at that.

The "main enemy" thing is absolutely true, of course, just have a look over the border to BW. But that's about state, not federal, politics, and as long as the CSU keeps ruling Bavaria they're happy.

The CDU always has contained everything from centre-left to far-right, as long it's compatible with democracy. Their right wing is about en par with Reagan, their left wing with, dunno, Harris, status quo liberals in general. They're not about to abolish public healthcare, gutting unemployment benefits OTOH is up their alley. Social conservatism wise they tend to brake a lot, but aren't prone to be regressive, like wanting to roll back gay rights or something. Or, differently put, they won't be any more conservative the EKD which is absolutely fine with reverends having gay sex in the vicarage as long as it's monogamous.

Die AWO wurde als "Hauptausschuss für Arbeiterwohlfahrt in der SPD" gegründet, das war 1919. Fällt zeitlich mit der Abspaltung der KPD zusammen. Nach dem Krieg, 1946, dann außerhalb der Partei neu gegründet, im Osten verboten, da gab's eigene Strukturen, die sind dann während der Wiedervereinigung im AWO aufgegangen. Halt eher wie Diakonie und Caritas die ja auch nicht zur CDU/CSU gehören sondern zu den Kirchen.

Anders ausgedrückt: Die AWO kann man sowohl der Linken als auch der SPD zuordnen, was einem natürlich nicht wirklich in den Kopf passt warum sind die nicht gespalten? Die Grünen haben sowas nicht, sind ja auch liberale das wäre ja noch schöner. Die haben den B.U.N.D, und die FDP hat das Atlas-Netzwerk. Piraten haben den CCC. Da gab das immer böse Blicke wenn Piraten den CCC den "bewaffneten Arm der Partei" genannt haben.

Overpriced pornstar-branded fleshlights aren't the only masturbators in town and it's not like there's no life-like dildos either. The long and short of it is that the mechanics of a lubed hole are superior to that of a hand and you're not looking at the entry point all the time so noone actually cares what they look like.

Yes, the branded stuff does exist, humans, male female, doesn't matter, enter parasocial relationships news at 11. Can you imagine how well Justin Bieber dildos would sell.

Currently Germany uses Tornados as nuclear bombers (as part of US nuclear sharing), those are ancient and held in the air with panzer tape, so Germany urgently needed a replacement, and yes the F35 is certified for US nukes, of course it is. The Eurofighter isn't -- but could. Easily. If Eurofighter was ok with sending necessary data over to the Americans, which they aren't, because industrial espionage: When you give data to the Pentagon Lockheed-Martin etc. inexplicably somehow also have access to it.

Eurofighter would be a-ok with getting Typhoons certified for French nukes, not that the French won't spy but they have all that data already anyways via Airbus. Which is why the general idea of switching over to French nuclear sharing was floated but at least at that time that was considered to be, if happening at all, quite a ways off so the F35 was ordered as a stop-gap. Only for the bomber Tornados, mind you, the EW ones are getting replaced by brand-new EW Typhoons.

First ones are scheduled to arrive 2026, I'm very much in favour of cancelling that contract, if that's expensive well buy them but then sell them on.

Where family matters are decided? Also Europe here, you don't have such a tihng? Not even specialised judges/procedures at an ordinary court? When people get divorced or sue each other for alimony, child support etc. you're dealing that like a theft or company merger or something?

Slaves nowadays usually refers to either American-style chattel slavery or Roman-style slavery, both of which were systems much different than Serfdom.

But yes serfs will likely have built it, or were involved with the build under direction of hired stone masons, on order of a noble and with resources a noble paid for, under the general societal rule that serfs were to spend a certain amount of days a year working on infrastructure stuff as part of their taxes. For more details you'd have to dig into the law at that time at that particular place but those kinds of arrangements were incredibly common in Europe in the middle ages. You tended to be able to buy yourself out of having to work, and also pay your way in silver or gold out of paying in grain, livestock, etc.

While we're talking about Devil's Bridges, Hamburg has one, too: It was built to make crossing the devil's ford easier, so called because there were so many accidents there people couldn't explain it otherwise. A carpenter was contracted, who is said to have made a pact with the devil, that the bridge may stay, at the price of the soul of the first living thing to cross the bridge. On inauguration day, then, the local reverend blessed the bridge and set off to cross it, when out of the bushes a rabbit appeared and sprinted across the bridge. A statute memorialises the occasion:

...the less exciting explanation is that back when Holstein was still under Danish rule there were two bridges close together, and the double bridge then turned into the devil's one. dövelt -> Düvel in Low Saxon makes a lot of sense but is boring.

There's no such thing as pretzel bread. There is such a thing as lye rolls and the key thing is bloody use NaOH. Not Na₂CO₃. Even less, NaHCO₃. You'll need 3-4% NaOH in aqueous solution. Yes, actual lye. Caustic soda. Sodium hydroxide. No way around it.

Other way around, if an independent wins then second votes are annulled. If a party candidate wins they're put on the top of the list of people from that party who'll get into parliament when percentages are turned into seats.