That link rather misses the problem in only considering the total population. The graphs under https://www.population-trends-asiapacific.org/data/JPN give a more nuanced view of the problem; graph 5 shows that the proportion of the population that is past child-bearing age is steadily increasing. In 1990 the 0-14 and 65+ age groups were equally large, today 65+ is three times larger. In essence the increase in longevity is somewhat masking the decline of the young.
Generally having fewer than four wheels reduces stability while not offering compensating substantial advantages (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-wheeler#Configurations). And more than four disjoint wheels means adding further axles and coping with the problem that on a bumpy road a wheel pair may entirely lose contact with the road.
As for headlights, a single central one would still be notably face-like given widely spaced turning indicators. And having two headlights gives redundancy: "one-eyed monsters" at night are preferable to cars lacking any lights.
FWIW I just reserved a room at the first Vegas hotel that Google served up (MGM Grand Las Vegas) and clicking through to the "Reservation Terms & Conditions" includes:
Room Status. MGM Grand reserves the right to check the status of all rooms/suites at any time.
which sounds like it covers these sorts of inspections
Can you dig out a reference for that? WP describes it as evolving from a representation of handwriting, initially used for informal or intimate writing, later being employed for emphasis.
That officer will have been Major Neuheim, a blustering and venial SS bureaucrat played with panache by Ian Richardson (not unlike his role as Mr Warrenn in "Brazil"). I'm also puzzled how little-known the series has become, since I remember it fondly.
That sounds like something that works best in company? Or can you also enjoy them alone, and if so, would you enjoy them that way if you'd never earlier performed that observance in company?
For me, of a perforce-alone evening I can sometimes toast myself with: "nur ein Schwein trinkt allein" (only a pig drinks alone), but it's in memory of times the blessing was conjoint, so joyous not melancholic.
That's not quite correct. The first (public) brute-forcing of DES was done in 1997 by the DESCHALL project distributing the search across tens of thousands of volunteer's computers for weeks [1]. The EFF then spent $250,000 to build a dedicated DES cracker ("Deep Crack") which required an average of four days per key found [2]
Be careful about looking as if they're abusing that dominant position. Back at the highwater of the "Wintel" dominance, early 2000s, Intel staff reportedly found Microsoft hair-raising, boasting openly of crushing the competition, choking off their air supply, undercutting then till they bled to death, etc. Intel had already had the antitrust stick brandished at it and had made sure the troops all understood the importance of the marketplace at least looking like a fair fight.
I still harbor resentment about being brought up in a small village without decent public transport. I can't imagine the intergenerational conflict when people raised in a sulfuric hellscape learn that there is a green earth. What kind of departure from our own cultural norms will be required to keep a Venusian society from tearing itself apart? Something akin to the difference between our society and that of the victorians?
Is exciting to speculate though :)
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