Algorithm engineering is also quite useful

Staplerfahrer Klaus?

We are supposed to be testing them? /s

You really don’t need new fridges that often, the couple times you do just put them on boards on casters and shove. If you can’t: ask your neighbors, it’s a good bonding experience.

Vaccines exist. COVID is not a thing anyone I know worries about anymore. I keep getting surprised on the internet.

I walk past it on my afternoon walk, get my groceries for the day and that is it. Why would I bother storing that much crap? This way I get fresh food basically every day.

Germany here: the speed limiter in regards to tires is a little sticker.

Bikepacking exists

The fact car infrastructure was built in cities is usually already based on a loss for others. This is just taking it back.

I did not mean you, I was just expressing the logic of the people doing that.

100km/h isn’t that fast…

I don’t understand pick up trucks, unless you do landscaping or farming. In a van your shit won’t get stolen as easily.

Why shouldn’t you? The car is rated and tested for it.

So you buy a stupidly large car to tow a stupidly large camper. I see.

Of course, otherwise you get a fine for endangering traffic.

The solution in other countries:

Carry a lighter trailer, you don’t need to tow a whole house with you.

Here in Germany your usual driver’s licence (costing around 3k nowadays, btw) only allows you to drive vehicles rated to max 3500kg and towing up to 750kg. Anything else requires another (also expensive) licence.

Want to tow up to 3500kg? That will be mandatory drivers classes and a driving exam. Total cost about 1k. Want to drive a vehicle rated over 3500kg? That requires a truck licence, so more drivers classes, a medical, a theory and a practical exam. Total cost would be around 5k I guess, also you get to renew it every 5 years.

I don’t know about Japan but here in Europe I just see tradesmen, needing large quantities, getting their materials delivered on a pallet from a semi-trailer.

Most use vans though for carrying their equipment, since you usually don’t want your gear sitting outside, like it would on a pickup truck.

In Germany the traffic law only applies to public roadways, plaxes

Multimodal transport is amazing. Ride bike to station - ride a fast train - ride from station to destination.

This is me currently getting my drivers licence. I hate being in a car but I need to regularly transport a ton of refrigerated food. I hate nothing more than being in a car.