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3·28 days agoGood point. But I also think we should look sector-to-sector at growth. Or, better, develop better metrics. There is a lot of BS in GDP (like, introducing a vaccine might easily have a “negative” impact on GDP, since it is more cost effective than curing the disease once it happens, and thus causes less expenditure). But there are activities we would like to grow (like, renewable energy manufacturing or a big chunk of the medical field).
And FYI, here are the updated statistics on trade with China, seems to be stagnating (maybe outsourcing to new “rising markets”)?
I see many people here interested in what it is actually used for
Motorn driver en luftseparationsenhet (ASU) som kondenserar atmosfärisk luft så att syre och kväve separeras till rena gaser som kan användas i ståltillverkningsprocessen.
Which DeepL loosely translates to
The engine drives an air separation unit (ASU) that condenses atmospheric air to separate oxygen and nitrogen into clean gases that can be used in the steelmaking process.
The motor is going to a steelwork in India.
Searching the web, I found this thing for football updates:
Is it? What do you mean by that?
Kommun workers use Windows or iOS. University workers use mainly Windows or iOS, though computer labs usually have Linux PCs. Still, the unis usually have their email service managed via Outlook or Gmail services. We have our own data storage, though, e.g., KTH still buys OneDrive. Similarly, we have our own computing clusters, and here, luckily, I have never heard of any Swedish researcher using AWS or anything like that.
I’ve heard good stuff about getting cash out, BUT: a) I have heard good stuff about getting out relatively small amounts of money. Getting large amounts of cash out might be more problematic, idk. Though now it works just as a bank, so it should be as problematic as any bank transfer is… b) For crypto, they explicitly say that there is a limit on how much you can transfer in a day/month. If you operate large amounts of money, this might be a pain (not my case).
You can use Revolut for crypto, if you do not care about anonymity. It is not a crypto wallet sensu stricto, but you can move coins between wallets and Revolut.
Revolut is British.
unfair and unjustified lawsuits against Americans Companies
We need to be careful about this point. We cannot let Trump push the EU to be even milder on Big Tech perpetually breaking all kinds of EU laws (e.g., GDPR, Digital Markets Act). This is about our basic rights, and about an internet that works more for its users and builders, and less for its “owners.”
And I agree. If you have to, for some reason, book a taxi in a European city, you will often get it sooner with Bolt than Uber (my experience from Poland). It is partially because Bolt gives more to the drivers, and they have both apps. It has scooters and Bolt Food. It is available in many places outside of Europe, but unfortunately not Canada, Australia, or New Zealand.
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*Bolt
To be honest, Merz would probably do that with or without Trump in power. It is an issue, but it is another issue…
Yeah, totally. And there are many, many top scientists already in Europe.
The thing is that to do research, you need money. Not just your (and your staff’s) salary. Experimental research requires actual, material resources. Cutting-edge equipment and reagents. If more top scientists come to Europe, but the resources for research do not increase, it is hard to imagine more top research being done.
The UE spends around 2.2/2.3% of GDP on research and development:
https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?oldid=551418 (2021 for fair comparison) https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/products-eurostat-news/w/ddn-20221129-1
Meanwhile, in the US, it was almost 3.5% (of the larger total GDP), and in China, more than 2.4%.
I believe we have a lot of amazing research in Europe. Possibly the best fundamental research in the world, amazing sustainability and climate-related project, growing focus on open access and reproducibility from funding agencies. We all know science pays off in the long term. Let it grow!
Very small, but good start. (Just the National Science Foundation in the US had the budget of $9BN last year, compared to €2.3BN of European Research Council, so it is not even close to filling the gap).
Not exactly what I was looking for, but very interesting. Thanks!
Yeah. I generally hope that the situation will move the consumer choices beyond: “I chose product A over product B because it was 0.1€ cheaper, and I do not care about all the rest.” or “I chose product A because everybody talks about it, I haven’t heard about product B, who cares about them?”. Like everybody talks about McDonalds, everybody knows it tastes awful, has awful nutritional value, and awful practices along the supply chain. And yes, it is c h e a p.
An alternative to Kindle would be PocketBook, originally Ukrainian, with its current headquarters in Switzerland, and manufactured in Taiwan. I’ve used their ebook readers for years now, great stuff.
Apart from Storytel, I also know Bookbeat, but haven’t tried the latter. Storytel was good though, reliable, decent selection, nothing special beyond that.
Thanks!
Paywall… Is there an archived version?
We should make an email/mail template if we want many people to contact their MEPs.
The heads are outside the EU’s jurisdiction. But I would like to see the EU showing it has the power to limit a company’s activities on the common market if they do not follow the rules (idk how exactly, I guess hard bans would be very, very difficult to implement in this case).
If WebDav is your everyday bread, and you Linux your house, then you won’t find anything special. But for most users, it is great. The app works seamlessly for me, but surely, there are others that would work similarly. But the real strength is…
…in their well curated blog. I found step-by-step instructions on almost everything I wanted to do with Koofr. That helped a million.
https://koofr.eu/blog/