It's not just about the gallon, but its base 2 subunits.

What percentage of the night sky will be obscured if Starlink goes to 30,000 satellites?

Let me guess, if the visual radius of a one meter satellite 550,000 meters away is (1/X)^2. Thirty thousand would be 1/one trillion, or far less?

How many places _don't_ require voter ID? Is the U.S. the only one?

International Law? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protocol_on_Blinding_Laser_Wea...

When Australia dropped their $0.01 coin in 1992 they originally went with "nearest rounding" i.e. 0.01 and 0.02 go down, 0.03 and 0.04 go up.

That only lasted a few years until they changed it to always "round up" - i.e. it always goes up to 0.05.

For what it's worth, dropping the $0.01 coin is great, every time I'm in the US I try to avoid them like the plague.

Yes, because an electric parking meter uses only a few watts of electricity and may not even be connected to the grid (the most common ones I've seen just have a tiny solar panel). A electric vehicle charger may use 200 kW and require its own dedicated transformer. A fast charger is a fairly substantial cabinet. Now you're jackhammering the sidewalk to bring an underground electrical service to that spot.

That would require significant more infrastructure in public spaces. Requiring petrol stations is a good first step to break the barrier that combines private/public work.

(I'm assuming petrol stations are private enterprises in Germany on this point)

> Preventing others from interfering should count, no?

Sure, but that's not what you asked.

I believe the other three will be charged and convicted. At least that what I hope will happen.

We are not talking about ancient 'societies' but rather ancient hunter gather people. Civilisation is only around 12,000 years old, modern humans have been around for 200,000 years and hominids for millions of years. Different time scale.

Think obesity, heart disease and diabetes. These don't exist in hunter gatherer people alive today and there is no record that humans ever had these problems before agriculture and civilization. We are better at treating health problems when they do arrise but we also have health problems that are caused by our lifestyle.

Why do people get dental work? Because good teeth are a sign of good health. We have far more problems with our teeth than hunter gatherer people but you don't see it because it is masked by dentistry. We have problems with blood pressure but it's masked with statins. We have problems with blood sugar but it's masked by insulin injections. We have problems with fatigue but its masked by coffee and sugar. We have problems with our joints and well... we haven't figured out what to do about that one yet. The list goes on.