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To be a hero one needs to sacrifice himself for other people, probably strangers. I could never be a firefighter for example - even if the salary was really high, I would nod be able to go into a burning building to save others. Family, friends - sure, but random people? However, I also lack the ambition for world domination. It sounds like a lot of work to be the Fuhrer - not only people would try taking me out, I would have to watch my back all the time, because there would be "friends" and "followers" ready to stab me. But even discounting that, running a country (or worse, the whole world) sounds like a lot of work. If I had some super powers, I would most likely just use them for personal gain and try not to attract too much attention to myself.

About 2.3m away from a 1.5m TV. I also have a smaller TV about 35cm that I use for various STB testing and sometimes copy or watch video taps. I sit about 70cm away from it, but at an angle, this TV is near the monitor of my main PC.

Yes. I buy used audio tapes. Sometimes they have music from artists I know that was probably never "officially" released (music distribution in the USSR and in Lithuania in the 90s was way different than it is now or it was in the West) or at least songs I have not heard before. I really like it when in a box of used reel to reel tapes that I bought I find something from the 90s or, alternatively, a really old tape, that gets my hopes up for some good music.

It is mostly correct, I really like point-and-click adventure games with great stories, like Syberia, Dreamfall Chapters and similar games. I play some FPS games though too, but I really like if there is a story there, not just running and shooting. I also like playing co-op with my friends. I have played Borderlands (and 2 and TPS and 3) with a friend and recently I played Raft and now Valheim with a group of friends. I always play of what I think is the "default" difficulty - it usually is called "normal" or something like that. I also like simulators, recently I have been playing Derail Valley (and here use the "realistic" difficulty, because it's supposed to be a simulator). At some point I was really into Factorio, this type of game appeals to me as well.

I do not watch a lot of new TV shows, so a streaming subscription would be a waste of money. Also, I dislike subscriptions in general - anything that requires me to pay continuously instead of one-time. That being said, I still watch a couple of shows while sailing the seven seas. I also buy some physical media (especially older movies) and record some stuff from TV (either using a VCR or some other method). I have paid for some live streams though - some concerts. I recorded them to video tapes so I can re-watch them in the future.

15:00 EEST where I live.

I looked at the list of affected movies/shows and it seems that Babylon 5 reboot and Wednesday season 2 are delayed. Those are the two shows I was waiting for. I watched another show (Nancy Drew 2019) but it has finished. However, I can wait. I think that the writers (of the good shows, anyway) deserve to get paid more and have better conditions. If AI-written stuff is considered unfit for fimfiction, it should not be used for TV shows.

I used Linux for servers for over a decade, but only recently started using it on my ultra-portables and that is because I dislike Windows 10 and 11, but I could not make Windows 7 or 8 run on them properly.

Just for 1k? No. I don't really think all of my stuff would fit in his house. Not that I would want to move, since moving is really, really annoying.

I do not use Apple products. The company is evil with its anti-repair nonsense, but that's not the reason. The reason is that I don't need them. I can use a PC with Windows or Linux, it is easier to modify and repair it and I do not like the look of Apple devices. Linux is a good alternative to Windows, a lot of Windows programs can run on Wine and now even a lot of games can run on Linux thanks to Valve.

Tamagotchi then later cellphones. Also game consoles (and PCs) later, but since those were at home, they were not as visible.

I live in the second largest city of my country, but with 300k people it would probably be considered a small town in some other countries.

Pretty much all alcoholic drinks. There are few that taste OK, but I don't drink alcohol. However, something like beer or wine tastes bad no matter if it has alcohol in it or not.

I beat Portal when it came out in one day - it's a short game. There are other games in my Steam account that are completed and have low play hours, but I do not remember if I did it in on day or multiple.

Derail Valley, despite being early access, it is quite well made, with few bugs.

I think video games are, like many other things, good in moderation and bad if done too much. Yes, video games are a waste of time, but a lot of other things are as well. Very few people could be happy only sleeping, eating or doing something that makes them money. Yes, there are some people like that, but I am not one of them. I want to have fun once in a while. When I was a kid, there was a time when I did not have a PC or when my PC time was limited, so I listened to music and read books (mostly science fiction) instead. There was a time when I had a PC at home, but no laptop (because laptops were expensive), so I read a lot when on vacation, I used to bring a stack of books back home. Of course, like with a lot of other things, you can overdo it.

There are multiple ways TV shows can get lost. In the past, video tapes were expensive and studios did not think people would want to see old episodes again, so the tapes were reused (this happened to early Doctor Who episodes). Another reason is the copyright holder actively wanting to bury some episodes because they are no longer politically correct etc. If there were no home video releases, then do not expect to see it ever again. The reason we can see the Star Wars Holiday special is that somebody recorded it on his VCR when it was shown on TV. George Lucas has said that he would like to smash every copy of that special with a hammer. In modern times, if the show does not have a home video release (and is only on TV or sites like Netflix), it can be taken down and potentially be lost. Similar with Youtube videos. So, this means that if you want to watch something later, buy physical media or record it and archive it yourself. Do not count on it staying on Netflix, Youtube or a torrent site forever.

I would invest (or more likely hire someone who knows how to do it better) most of the money in companies that are expected to give me good returns. Also, real estate. Buying property and renting it out is a good way to make money. Right now, the military industry seems profitable. Still, the investments should be distributed across industries so that a failure of a few companies do not result in a huge loss for me. I don't think I would just buy a company and try to run it (like Musk did with Twitter). I have pretty much no ability to manage a company so that would be a waste of money. If the company was failing, then buying it would just mean I was throwing money away. If the company was profitable, then it would be expensive to buy and if they are doing well right now, then I could just invest some money and get good returns without trying to "fix was was not broken". OTOH, I would probably spend/waste some of that money supporting heritage railways, rebuilds of steam locomotives (or new builds) etc. If I really had a few billion dollars I would probably just give 100k or whatever to some new build project.

I'll wait for the Bluray or whatever of Oppenheimer. I do not like going to the cinema, to me, it is a lesser experience than watching at home (yes, audio and video quality is better, but that's it).

Proof of vaccination is no longer required in Lithuania, at least for most people. From what I can find, at least 70% of people had at least one shot (and the rate is higher for older people). Last time I went to a doctor (March) I had to put on a mask. Other places do not require them, the signs remain, but nobody is doing anything about it, so, I guess, people just don't bother removing the signs. This winter the infection rate was quite low.