Highly unlikely to find a new one as EuroNCAP and company have started to dock stars for missing active safety features (AEB, lane assist,sleepiness detection, etc.) and low stars are a sales killer. Soon they may even be required by law.

Renault Zoe is relatively low-tech, and it has failed EuroNCAP.

The Skoda version (Citigo-e iV) is even more austere. Manual mirrors and rear windows with a lever like the little triangular windows of old. My guess is that the corners were cut to fit the lane assist system and keep the low price.

I hate lane assist, fails miserably where I live (country lanes). I believe its a requirement now, which is tedious. Its the first assistance feature I've actively disliked.

Same here in Bulgaria. The only extracurriculars that influence university admissions are subject olympiads. Students who reach the national finals are exempted from the corresponding tests (max grade assumed).

Correction, higher education is dirt cheap, not free. My English degree cost me about $600 in tuition, CS is about double that. Of course international students pay more, but it's still cheap by Western standards. Healthcare is free, at least in theory. In practice you may need to grease some palms to get decent treatment. There is a thriving private system, not too expensive either. American-style health insurance is a standard perk for tech companies. Hopefully it won't end up driving prices to the roof.

Second dose on Sunday. Glad I waited until the healthcare system got flooded with Pfizer, as I'm at risk of Astra-Zeneca side effects. Got it so I can travel later this summer.

There's always been moderation for illegal content and the janitors do a good job deleting porn from the worksafe boards.

I like Moka pot coffee, but cleaning it sucks, so I got myself an Ikea French press. Still keep a jar of instant just in case.

For thought-heavy work: Data center sounds from mynoise.net

For rote work: hard techno, schranz or happy hardcore

Now I want NIMBYs in city builder games randomly preventing the player from creating and/or upgrading zones. Chances are they will be treated like the nobles in Dwarf Fortress, that's forced to leave or killed off in spectacularly creative ways.

It's all fun and games until someone's home value is depressed by a zoning decision, and then your city goes bankrupt because they mob against you on SimCitter :)

"Due to your citizens refusing to approve tax levies for sewage system upgrades, your city has died of dysentery."

Given the recent research linking advanced paternal age to a number of conditions, freezing your sperm is quite prudent even if you don't get snipped.