> The pervasive high rise buildings did not happen before the invention of modern cranes.

yyy! if we're going to wander off-topic :-) then I should mention elevators, water pumps, fire suppression including fire truck ladders and more! :-)

see Altered Carbon (netflix), amazing story.

Worked!! Samsung Galaxy fold 7, Chrome 146.0.7680.153, GFX 100S II firmware 1.20

MacOS 15.6.1 - could see the camera via PTP but couldn't connect (clicking "connect" didn't do anything, no error)

+1 - https://www.google.com/search?q=every+brilliant+thing

happiness <> euphoria

Dunno about classical, but Pandora (still) works pretty well for mainstream music.

meh, same as "record sales are back" - it's missing a zero in scale and two zeroes in money.

um, candle with a nail stuck in the side ?

https://www.google.com/search?q=candle+alarm+clock

You mean the "candles that drop metal pins every hour" mentioned in the subtitle?

what about distillation methods ?

I've heard this from so many greybeards... including me!