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by vrganj 4mo ago
Yeah, as bad as unsavory characters in the US are, the AfD is full of straight-up, unrepetent Neonazis. Like this is not just me mischaracterizing my political opponents, it is the most accurate label based on their behavior. They're t
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by vrganj 4mo ago
"Hiding your power levels" is a key strategy of the neofascist right. Make yourself look reasonable until you have enough power to do the despicable. This explains why they are publicly denying what they are plotting in private. H
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by vrganj 4mo ago
I'm from the country Sellner is from - the same country Hitler was from! - and he is indeed comic book villain levels of evil. For example, he was in contact with the Christchurch shooter before he committed his terrorist acts. Just
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Apple Loses Spat with EU over App Store and iPhone Rules(bloomberg.com)
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by vrganj 4mo ago
https://archive.ph/fQwoO
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> asylum seekers and German citizens of foreign origin deemed to have failed to integrate. Read just a little bit more of the article ;)
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by vrganj 4mo ago
This party is far-right neofascists that are openly hostile to the democratic order and wants to deport German citizens to Africa if they're not Aryan enough. https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article&#x
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by vrganj 4mo ago
Maybe don't trust AI so much. Obviously the fascists don't put their most odious ideas in writing, they plan them in secret instead. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/19/turmoil-in-ger.
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by vrganj 4mo ago
Ah, Miss Seibt, haven't heard from her in a while. She's a notorious QAnon follower, antisemite and just generally odious far-right extremist. I'm not surprised she's looking to be with like-minded people. A bit like Lor
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by vrganj 4mo ago
And do the same for knockoffs as well. If you see something that looks like obvious dropshipping, chances are you can find it for a fraction of the price without the middleman on Temu, AliExpress or DHGate.
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by vrganj 4mo ago
Everybody is welcome to contribute to the free world, be they American or not.
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That's part of the decoupling. Onshoring as much knowledge as possible.
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by vrganj 4mo ago
Can you give specific examples on what differences make it hard to switch? Because this claim is counter to my experience as well.
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by vrganj 4mo ago
Still better than when he was making death threats against public officials. Letting this guy run the show is a public declaration of the moral bankruptcy of the tech sphere.
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by vrganj 4mo ago
Wikipedia's own founder is a fascist that wanted to launch a far-right takeover.
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by vrganj 4mo ago
Sure. But I bet you also have plenty of gadgets with replaceable batteries. Just because something is standard fare doesn't mean it's the only option. Point is, it was quite common in the past.
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by vrganj 4mo ago
I'm not too worried. Removable batteries were standard fare for decades before Apple came around and set negative precedent. I don't recall it ever causing issues.
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by vrganj 4mo ago
They could've just designed it that way to begin with. Thanks to this regulation, they will the next time around.
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by vrganj 4mo ago
Agreed, that one's not great. But it seems to be the only product that has serious trade-offs.
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by vrganj 4mo ago
The 16% is for the Pro Controller though, to be fair. The Switch 2 itself loses 1% of battery capacity, most other products none at all. Your framing seems a bit selective to the point of being misleading.
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by vrganj 4mo ago
Has there been any discussion about moving the Android codebase to Kotlin? This seems like an interesting project to contribute a little bit to, but I can't deal with Java anymore...
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by vrganj 4mo ago
The thing AI has been the most useful at is showing without a doubt that the emperor does in fact not have any clothes. It's exposed the incompetence, hubris and sheer out-of-touchness of the tech leadership caste, open for everyone to
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by vrganj 4mo ago
I find AI useful for boilerplate stuff, very generic code like mappers etc. For more complex stuff, I find that the best workflow is usually treating AI like a kind of stupid, but very motivated intern you're pair programming with. Not
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by vrganj 4mo ago
If the majority of national governments didn't want this, the Council wouldn't push for it. That's literally who the Council is composed of. I think a good step for transparency would be forcing Council votes to be open so th
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by vrganj 4mo ago
There was a rogue LLM project by the Meta Paris AI lab, there was a competing (and much worse performing one) coming out of the US that had official blessing. When it came out that the French had a much better model, the Americans swooped i
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by vrganj 4mo ago
I see. Thank you for sharing your views with us. I think they speak for themselves.
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by vrganj 4mo ago
Its not "the EU" that tries to force the law, it's the Council. You know what the Council consists of? The heads of national governments. You know who they're having to force it through against ? The EU parliament, an a
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by vrganj 4mo ago
... appoint themselves? You are aware how governments are chosen in all member states? Are you calling into question the democratic processes of national governments? Either way, your issue is with national governments and not the EU, whi
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by vrganj 4mo ago
Of course Nations want this. Who is in the Council? You are saying "nuh-uh", but not addressing any of the substance of my comment.
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Also, another key fact to bring up here once again: The institution that forced this through is the EU Council, the body that represents national governments and is composed of heads of government . The reason they have to force it through

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