It’s regional. You’d likely get some funny looks if you said “Wohlsein” anywhere in the north or north-west of Germany.

(Pretty sure “Gesundheit” is also the standard in Köln, but it’s been a few years since I last visited my family in the region.)

Von dem was ich an der Seite mitgekriegt habe (Mutter war/ist freischaffende Architektin) dürfte es die Umsatzsteuer sein. Sie packt 50% aller Einnahmen auf ein separates Konto, dass da bloß nichts wegkommt. Je nach Sachbearbeiter kann das extrem schnell stressig werden wenn du in Verzug kommst.

Ich würde auch mal schauen wegen Steuervorrauszahlungen… Bei meiner Mutter wurden teilweise 3-4 Jahre im voraus gefordert (ohne uns bekanntem Grund, glaube das war 2021/2022). Kann man sich gegen wehren, aber selbst während das Prüfverfahren dafür läuft (ob das wirklich nötig ist) erwartet das Finanzamt erstmal die Zahlung (und erstattet den Betrag im Nachhinein).

Keine Ahnung wie sehr das vom Sachbearbeiter und Feld abhängig ist, aber wollte es lieber erwähnt haben.

Like seriously… We don’t have as many issues with racism against black peeps in Germany (as the US has), but that’s because very few live here at all.

“Our” racism targets eastern Europeans and (in my region) Turkish ppl, but I guess that’s not racist because they’re close enough in skin tone? (/s obviously)

Prices are high in germany… It’s next to impossible to even find someone willing to work on non-industrial jobs in my region (unless you’re willing to fork over like 300€/hr for someone working the weekend) and material costs are sky-high as well.

Replacing our old gas heaters with new ones (pre covid, around 2020 i think) was over 8k€ per apartment if I remember correctly. (4-family home) That’s without having to factor in new pipes or what inflation has done to prices here during/after covid.

I was looking into a Framework Desktop, but even adding a 150€ PSU on top of the 7900XTX right now (before I have resold my old GPU) would be stretching things. It’s definitely on my wishlist, but not realistic with my current income.

And I’m definitely too impatient to wait until 2028, especially since it isn’t a guarantee…

Thanks for your input though :) appreciate it.

I’m not really interested in shortening the lifespan of my hardware with overclocking, especially considering current prices for replacements, so I’m safe on that front :)

I’ll look into undervolting once the card actually gets here and I can test stuff. Sadly the two variants that are actually available for a sane price here (reference design cards are over 40% more expensive) seem to be manufacturer OCd, but afaik I should easily be able to underclock as well using the tools available, in case it becomes necessary.

Thanks for your input :) I’ll definitely also look into a kill-a-watt (or whatever similar tool is available here), I was interested in the actual power consumption of my system anyways.

That’s spot on. Freddy, the one on the right, is constantly chasing anything that moves, be it a piece of string, a toy, or even fast moving shadows, while his brother Teddy watches from a safe distance.
It’s honestly quite hard to animate Teddy to play, because more often than not he’d rather just watch his brother being silly.