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  _Disclaimer: I'm nowhere close to being a professional in the field. If you are or simply know more than I do, please correct me._ But interstellar travel doesn't have to be based on higher speed, just like we didn't expand our energy production by mining and burning coal faster. We found ways that produce much, much more energy in the same time without needing to keep improving our fuel production. Why wouldn't we be able to find ways to travel much, much further in the same ti...

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  Yes, but as long as we don't self-destroy, I'm pretty certain we'll master it. The achievements of humanity are already remarkable. I mean, being able to split atoms and safely harness the produced energy is pretty incredible. Fusion, which seems impossible in many aspects, is closer and closer to our grasp every day. I am convinced that interstellar travel in a reasonable time for humans will be achieved eventually. But of course not in our lifetime, far from it.

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  They are exploited constantly. And fixed constantly.

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  I am so glad they specified "not US", I almost thought that by "Europe" they actually meant "US"

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  I prefer a trackpad while I work, and the reason is simple: Much less movement to switch from trackpad to keyboard than from mouse to keyboard. And much easier to land on the key you want without looking. And I very much doubt you'd be faster than me with a mouse!

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  I can't work on a big screen. I'm thriving on my laptop with my 3x3 virtual desktop grid, though.

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  My reason for using arch linux is to have as little bloat as possible. So, pacman. Yay sometimes for AUR stuff, but my need for it is rare.