It’s in the reflection of the monitor.

• I don’t want to have to create an account for everything. Even when account creation was required in the past, it would be enough to have a username and password (sometimes email address). Now often times there are so many unnecessary mandatory fields.

• I like my devices and appliances to have one dedicated function and to do it well, without extra features, preferably available offline. Music is listened to on the mp3. The TV is only the display and never the content source.

• I still prefer in-person interactions, jobs, lessons, and shopping to online ones (but support having online options for those who prefer them).

If everyone was discouraged from writing because of the amount of existing reading material, we would never have anything new. That’s only putting unnecessary pressure on yourself if you are writing recreationally. Write what you like and adjust it for an audience later if you have to.

Write down any ideas or thoughts that come to you - they don’t have to be organized. Once enough of them are on paper, you’ll instinctively look for ways to connect or refine them. Ask for feedback, look for works in your preferred genres for inspiration.

For this example, I would loosely define an event or item as historical if it was characteristic to a recognizable time period that people can instantly associate it with, or if it evokes feelings of nostalgia.

You’re right, sorry about that. Since top-level domains are allowed, I have been able to find most books in various languages using resources provided either on https://fmhy.net/reading or on VK.

The article specifically mentions young people who use AI social chatbots. The type of person who turns to AI for companionship probably struggled socially even before its invention. Spending most of their time talking to bots who are designed to always be friendly, agreeable, and never offend or reject them is setting them up for disappointment when they have to interact with real people who don’t behave that way.

If you share the title and author, I can try searching for it.

Adding a few other alternatives not listed on the website: Tuta, Mailbox.org, Mailfence. There’s also StartMail if you don’t mind a paid option.

Shrinkflation has been common for a while already, so it’s probably safe to assume the product is smaller. For food products, I try to shop at places that sell by weight instead of by package. It’s often cheaper that way too.