This. I'd also add "How would you like to be called" as sometimes people go by their second given name, not the first given name. For example, you might have a common first name like Muhammad or Ketut.
The nuanced version I've heard in other tech industries (bio/agri-tech) is this:
a) Europe organisations and gov't does all the deep research;
b) US private companies turns it into products and reap the PR and money.
In fact, I know of a huge company that does all their research in the EU, where they can get gov't funding, but then the process to turn them into products is in the US (less regulation, larger market).
Every gov't and major international organisation I have worked with is on the Microsoft 365 platform. They all use teams, some even prohibit the use of Google Meets or Zoom
EU and other countries like Indonesia have laws that do exactly this. Light touch regulation really. Airlines can plan as they wish, but if you leave passengers stranded (or massively delay their journey) you have to pay the customer directly.
It‘s a bit of a question whether this would be fully covered by EU 261 (including compensation etc.), as it contains exemption clauses for events that are outside the airlines control. So you‘d need to argue here that the failure was not due to the storm, but rather due to bad planning. Might fall either way.
AFAIK they still need to make sure you get food and a place to sleep, though.
Stylings and interior obviously differ, but R8 has long shared engines, drive trains, and chasis with Lambos. Engine is from Lambo, but I believe the drive train might be Audi-first?
I have a new one (a few years old) and yes there's a compartment for salt. My previous one did as well. I'm in Europe (Spain) if that helps. I don't go to any special store to buy them, any old Lidl or other supermarket has it. Where you from where this isn't a thing?
From other comments it's looking like this one of those US/European divide things, with compartments for salt being uncommon on US dishwashers except for a few rare higher-end models/brands that are likely common to both continents (due to low volume in the US not justifying a localized version, I'd guess). I'm middle-aged and in the US and this thread is the first time I've heard of adding salt to a dishwasher.
Really odd that it differs so close to neighbouring countries. Here (UK) I've never seen a Dishwasher without a salt hole, and there's often several well know brands of salt in the supermarket (no idea why, its all the same stuff).
I wonder if its based on average water hardness in the area. I'm in the north of England and our supply comes out of Buxton Springs (yep the same as Buxton bottled water) and is extremly soft so despite filling the salt it never asks for it to be refilled again as its not needed.
When I used to live in north London I'd be filling it up once a month as the water there is extremely hard - so hard that it'll kill your kettle within a year if you don't keep on top of descaling.
In the US you would install a house water softener that would soften the water when it comes into the house. It would only be used in areas with hard water. Our dishwashers usually use hot water rinses instead of cold water like European style ones, the hot water heaters will soft the water before it gets to the appliance.
Anecdotes are not data and all that. The dishwasher in my house is a NEFF, and it has a salt compartment. Came with the house, built-in unit. So yes, some Irish houses have dishwashers with salt - sample size 1.
Not ancient, but I come from indigenous folks that live Southeast Asia. Because we're from up high in the mountains, the traditional way of living is supposed to go back quite far in time.
There are still a few that live traditionally in what basically is a large, two-floor long house for a multi-generational household. The families live on the second floor in one large room, but often with a small loft area for a quasi-third floodr The bottom floor is open with no walls (just support beams) to keep the animals. So it's constantly noisy.
1. Your life will be utterly transformed. My child has been a source of wonder and joy, but also immense challenge. Stop comparing to your previous life, you gotta dive into it.
2. Get fit. You'll likely end up needing to carry a lot of baby and toddler stuff for some time.
3. Grow your empathy muscle. It isn't easy being a newborn or a kid. There's so much they don't understand, get confused or frustrated about. So when they cry, tantrum or rebel, realize they're just trying to make sense of things but don't have the language or capacity to express them.
Be intentional on how you spend time with your kid, listen and observe them as away to connect.
4. Be intentional about connecting with your child. Some folks think there's this magical connection that exist the moment the baby is born. It wasn't the case for me. I wanted a kid but I had to intentionally understand and make that connection with my kid. For me, that meant talking to my newborn, pretending like she understood me, even if she's just a week old. See #3. re: building empathy.
5. Stay connected with you partner at all times. In the beginning, it'll be like hurricane ripped through your lives. In the beginning, staying connecting is making sure you know how to support her. End of the day, she has it tougher with you with all the body changes and breastfeeding demands (if she choose that) to do.
As you two figure things out, go from "all hands on deck mode" to being a pro at changing diapers, make time for connecting and learning to be a couple with a kid and without a kid (when you're kiddo is in daycare).
6. You're gonna buy a lot of baby stuff you'll end up not needing. It's fine, you're figuring this out by trying things.
7. Baby-led Weaning was amazing for us. No purees. No special "baby food". At six months, our kid ate with us on the table, same food as us. Really helps their independence, easier on groceries, and helps to bond eating the same thing together.
> Get fit. You'll likely end up needing to carry a lot of baby and toddler stuff for some time.
This is good advice, but there are far more reasons than that IMO. For one thing, somebody needs to keep up with their kid(s) not just in physical effort level but in the overall energy/initiation/will sense, and a regular exercise habit helps develop that as well. I've stayed in shape, my wife hasn't, and the difference that has made in how we each interact with our daughter has been profound.
It's also important to set a good example. Just being seen exercising regularly will help normalize it for your kid, helping them develop their own exercise habits early (when it's easier) instead of having to "catch up" later in life when their metabolism shifts and the pounds have already started piling on. It's also a good example in general, of exhibiting a self discipline that they might learn to emulate.
> Get fit. You'll likely end up needing to carry a lot of baby and toddler stuff for some time.
Spot on. Grew up as an athlete, thinking I'd be impervious to dad bod. Nope. It happens, very gradually, then all at once. Seriously — it'll be difficult but establish a self-care routine that incorporates both physical and mental exercise.
> 7. Baby-led Weaning was amazing for us. No purees. No special "baby food". At six months, our kid ate with us on the table, same food as us. Really helps their independence, easier on groceries, and helps to bond eating the same thing together.
Also, no honey before 12 months because of that weird bacteria in it they can't handle yet.
But yes! Baby food may save time, but you can easily make pureed vegetables yourself (plenty of advice in books with tips on how to round out their dietary needs). Ice cube trays are useful if you prepare it in batches. Just defrost as many as you need before hand. We never gave our kid store bought baby food, and by age one he was eating along with us. At age three now he's a great eater.
No. From the first paragraph of the article:
“USING carrots to create concrete, turning wood into plastic, or even compressing it into a “super wood” that is as light and strong as titanium might sound like a series of almost Frankensteinish experiments. Yet all three are among the latest examples of employing natural fibres from plants as eco-friendly additives or alternatives to man-made materials”
See: https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/08/new-doj-proposal-still-cal...