I’m not sure whether that difference is statistically significant though since there are only a couple of left sources included.

Ah, we’re both right.

I assumed that the tax would result in whole numbers but upon further inspection (i.e. trying it out it in a calculator) it turns out that few prices would result in values that don’t have overhanging millidollars.

The solution is obviously to force prices to be whole dollar and to further allow sale taxes only in increments of 5%.

No?

Say there is a tax of x and someone purchases both a and b.

The total would be:

total = x * (a + b)
      = x * a + x * b

As long as all items result in an amount that doesn’t have to be rounded if purchased individually then the combined amount will not have to be rounded either.

Ah, turns out I’m somewhat wrong. From what I can tell, the city centers in the US are denser but if you include the entire city Europe has generally denser cities.

Most US cities are significantly taller in the center due to skyscrapers and highrises. Most European cities are more “horizontal” in that regard by having many multi-story apartment blocks instead of a handful of highrises.

Sure, but I’d argue the largest aspect is cultural.

There’s a reason France’s protests are significantly more disruptive than those of other European nations, despite similar social resources and significantly worse police brutality.

I mean, the US has denser cities than most of Europe. It’s not impossible to have large-scale demonstrations with hundreds of thousands of protestors in them.

I suspect it’s just that most Americans aren’t all that interested in changing the status quo for the better. The amount of apathy is perhaps only topped by Russia.

You can’t take days off for protests in Germany either.

Which is why protests are almost always held on the weekend to allow as many people as possible to join them, since significantly fewer people are working.

Are you sure? From everything I’ve heard MP3 bitrates at 192 or above are generally considered to be transparent.

In case you want to do it more scientifically, try ABX testing. It’s a bit time consuming but it should provide clearer results.

A ban on something doesn’t blame the consumer? It simply stops one aspect of unnecessary plastic pollution which has a tiny positive effect.

Plastic bottles in Germany have a 25 cent deposit that you can earn back by returning them when they are empty. This has significantly reduced plastic pollution for plastic bottles which is a tiny but positive effect.

Certain colored plastics for plastic bottles are prohibited too because they are not recyclable. A tiny but positive step.

Once you have hundreds of such steps you have a significant positive leap. The government should ban disposable plastics altogether ideally now but every single ban is putting us a step closer to a world free from plastic.

Hyprland has a right-wing reactionary community surrounding it. For instance, on their Discord a trans person had their username’s pronouns changed to (who/cares) by a moderator after being upset that they were misgendered.