My wife had a SE (don't know the model) from 2004, which she used for about 3 years. It is being used since then by my mother in law. That's 7 years of daily use!
I believe SE had better quality than Nokia in the early 2000's.
As an example, this sentence in Portuguese: "Vamos evitar o uso de papel, gastar papel implica em gastar Ãrvores"
This sentence isn't correct Portuguese. It simply doesn't make sense in Portuguese. Maybe it makes sense in Brazilian Portuguese, but not in Portuguese.
So, i wouldn't expect Google Translate to get it right. But actually, translating it into:
"We avoid the use of paper, wasting paper implies spending trees"
is a better translation (of incorrect) Portuguese than:
"We avoid the use of paper, spending paper implies spending trees"
"Gastar" in the given context is better translated to "wasting" than "spending". At least in Portuguese.
I don't see how adding another dimension can magically allow two objects to become linked when they were unable to be linked in a lower dimension. Two circles on a piece of paper cannot physically merge with each other if you assume their boundaries are solid and cannot pass through each other.
You're right, they can't. But the video shows 2 rings in 3d. And those rings don't close on one of the dimensions.
In 2d, a circle is closed, spanning the 2 dimensions. In 3d, a ring is closed in 2 dimensions, but isn't "closed" in the other, so you can use the 4th dimension to link 2 rings.
So, to get an example similar to the video in 2d you might think of 2 (infinite) lines that you have to move past each other. Adding a 3rd dimension makes this trivial.
On the other hand, a circle in 2d is a sphere in 3d, so trying to link 2 circles in 2d is equivalent to trying to link 2 spheres in 3d, which isn't what the video shows.
PS. My manifold knowledge is very rusty, so what i'm saying might be totally wrong. It makes sense to me though.
If the Fed engages in "open market operations" and buys newly issued T-Bills directly from the US Treasury then it absolutely does create new money. The Fed buys the IOUs from the US Treasury, writes the balance into the accounts of the Federal Government (the Federal Reserve keeps the accounts of the United States Government) and poof new money is created (an increased account balance in an electronic database).
The Fed doesn't buy T-Bills directly from the US Treasury. That's a deadly sin in monetary economics. That would be monetising debt, which any Central Bank is (explicitly or implicitly) forbidden.
What the Fed actually does is buy (junk?) assets from banks, who in turn, buy T-Bills from the US Treasury.
If you can't spot the difference you don't know how finance and politics work
The international community is in love with BO because of his constant apologies for how evil the USA was in the last decade and his meekness now. Personally, as an American citizen, I could give a rats fuck what the international community thinks about us. The sad thing is before his 1st term is over, we will be hardly distinguishable from most of the European countries in terms of economics and social and political policy.
Actually, i think you're hoping a bit too much
The rule on staying alive as a program manager is to give 'em a number or give 'em a date, but never give 'em both at once.
