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The article has a link in it to: https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/engineering/flow-batter...

If you scroll down there's a table 32.7 about Projects in China. A number of which, according to that table, are completed.

What power does the EU/its governments gain here? Aren't they already the only identity provider (passports, ID cards, drivers license)?

Notifications are just one aspect. As mentioned by others discoverability is another. An independent forum has to compete with commercial sites and well the entire www regarding search engine placement to be found.

In addition: From a users perspective having one account for reddit which replaces x accounts for specialized forums makes things easier such as managing notifications, etc.

> If you were an infection that wanted to survive and spread as far as possible, you wouldn't want to kill your host at all.

You may be oversimplifying here... consider that the host has an immune system and the infection has a limited time to either live in the host or to kill the host and remain in an infectious corpse for a while longer afterward.

I've heard of this indicator from back in 2008. I guess it applies to cities with major stock exchanges where lots of traders/bankers go. It's probably too early to take this indicator too seriously considering the slump in stocks and the events in crypto. But that doesn't mean it should be disregarded either.

> This doesn’t sit well with me at all. Apple should have every right to create a closed system if they want.

I disagree. In general a company should have the right to create a closed system sure. But if said company is this huge and essentially shapes a large part of digital society then the representatives of the people (it's governments) should take action to shape it in the interest of their populations. Now if that's what's happening I cannot say. Perhaps it is more like you describe it:

> All I see is lazy, half baked ideas and petty bureaucracy.

Same on my desktop with Chrome, Firefox and Edge as well as on my Android device (Firefox, DuckDuckGo-Browser). I can see the text shortly while the page is still loading.

With third party recruiters there can be many reasons (in another comment i mentioned some). But if it's a third party recruiter then this seems to be a pattern... find someone new.

[edit]: If you don't trust them. It might also be advisable to ask your data be deleted and recend permission of them sending your cv, name or other data to companies.

Are you saying you've experienced this or know people who have?

Personally I have not experienced this or know anyone who has (I'm in EU if it matters).

In response to the original post: In each case you refer to a recruiter. Is this an external recruiter (and always the same one) or an HR person at the company you wish to work for? If it is (an external recruiter) then I can imagine it being something that has little to do with you (Maybe the recruiter is requesting advance payment or unreasonable amounts, demanding all further communication go through them to ensure they get paid/have evidence of having "recruited" you, have terms that say they get paid if an interview takes place or whatever).

If that is not the case it seems odd to me that you wouldn't simply get some kind of message along the lines of:

"We are sorry for your inconvenience but we have already filled the position in question. The interview will no longer be necessary."

[edit]: clarification

I think trying out the lifestyle/budget that you would expect is good advice. At the same time you would be building up a financial buffer.

If you're already spending below your means then you may want to contemplate what value money has to you and/or what you want out of it in the long run. Maybe it's a social status thing, maybe you have practical goals like buying/paying off a house. A financial plan can help to see what you need/want and how much money/stocks etc. your saving without the intent to spend it. To me personally if I have money that I don't see myself spending it's value (my personal evaluation) goes down significantly.

For example: I earn significantly less than $100k a year. Doesnt stop me from spending $200 on a dinner for two at a french restaurant. I can't do this every week - but I wouldnt want to. That wouldnt feel special. These $200 are above my usual expenditures and would potentially be over $1000 when I retire if invested properly... and yet I believe it's worth it.

Knowing little about the community and how they use the terms, I would interpret these subreddits to be about raising awareness that this is just as natural a way of life as any other. There definitely is the reference to it's historical erasure and modern occurances, but the focus imo is on raising awareness. In which case, using it where others that see it , who are unaware of it's existance, is probably "free promotion".

[Edit] my english is bad... added some changes to grammar.

As a German I'm uncertain of what I'd want. I can totally imagine next winter being harsh, lacking power and heating. I'm less afraid of that than I am of it being a cause for people to use it to build national pride along the lines of "do without for the sake of Germany and your fellow man"... I don't think I'll have a problem living without heating in the winter... electricity is probably harder. I think the media message that will go along with it might change something in Germany I don't want to see.

> “Communism” equals the original sin and “communists” is basically a slur for about a century now.

This is a very US perspective I think. Here in Germany there are many that think communism is fairer than capitalism (although perhaps unrealistic to attain). Insulting something/someone by saying something is communist or someone is a commy is not really something that happens here (except perhaps in politics).

[Edit] Just to add some perspective:

Communist parties in european parliament

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_communist_parties_repr...

Even large european countries have communist parties, some even voted into office (such as france, spain) and in the case of Spain even in the ruling coalition.

Implying this is a western view neglects to realize how much US vs. Soviet propaganda has shaped the US population.

Just looking at the land mass is probably misleading too. Most of the population is in the western part of Russia. As soon as you get to the mountains and Siberia there is simply not much there.

Being a civilian, what does this distinction mean/imply?

[Edit] wording For -> Being.

Perhaps, my current opinion is: Many people don't care enough about politics at all to consider it a factor and maybe that changes with the situation in Ukraine but I'm not convinced. Will politicians put pressure on the companies, maybe more likely. In which case you are still right.

I'm not sure I understand the meaning of your response particularly but I'll try to give my perspective.

Unless the nuclear war is propagated a lot more in the media, I don't believe most Germans will take it seriously... for now. We currently have no nuclear weapons so from my perspective it's out of our hands anyway. Just because Putin mentioned it doesn't mean Germans see it as realistic. I can obviously only speak for myself but noone in my surrounding has mentioned it as anything more than political leverage.

Regarding sewing discord between western allies: The nordstream pipeline has been a point of contention between western allies and quite controversal in inner german politics. I don't see that changing, if/when the pipeline is used there will be outcries from allies and within Germany. Economically the choice might be made anyway because the energy prices in Germany are just extremely high and not all gas usage can be replaced by other sources.

Regarding refugees, it's hard for me to estimate the impact. This is honestly something i feel i should research a bit. My opinion is that short term such changes in population can have unforseen effects. Long term I believe it helps Germany with it's declining population. All the arguments regarding culture etc. don't mean much to me personally as all that changes over time anyway and clinging to some notion of culture tied to a geographic location is presumptuous. If you want a certain culture in your life.. then live that way.

> It seems like the pipeline will be put into use once this business with Russia is over.

Imo, which is without any particular info of the industry: It will probably be put to use, however perhaps not to it's full capacity. Germany has high energy prices, which there is no indication of going down in the forseable future. So it seems particularly unlikely it would not be used at all. Germany is trying to reduce it's dependency on russian gas (for example via LNG). But Germany opting out of coal and nuclear fission power - energy prices won't, imo, go down.

You say "once this business with Russia is over". Current events from my German perspective imply they won't be over no matter what outcome... things just change going forward.

If Germany remains on the no nuclear front then France will build more nuclear power on the boarder that Germany will buy at a premium. Dependency on russian gas will go down no matter what, the next winter might be financially tough though. In that regard "selling" the nord stream pipeline via insolvency now or later at declining usage - it's valuation I can only guess at.

From a non-financial position the pipeline gives certain power as long as Germany has a dependency on russian gas -> it's worth might be different to Russia than just viewed economically.

In another post I mentioned that this article says "considers" insolvency. Therefore it might just be political message for now or a leak of something companies with financial difficulties are legally required to do... so all this is honestly just a thought experiment.

I think this is an interesting situation.

The article states the pipeline is indirectly owned by gazprom. Which for the sake of argument I'll assume Russia/Putin has a certain amount of control over. Filing for insolvency is a legal requirement under certain financial situations. Reading the article it's unclear to me whether this is a political message or an attempt of the company to comply with the law. As it's just "considerung" insolvency it might be a political message regarding Russian willingness to provide gas going forward.

Imho a very interesting development.

While the other responses to your comment have given some aspects that seem applicable to me. I'd like to add the aspect of marketing. There is most likely some subsidiary of gazprom that sells Gas as more clean than coal approach and hides it's ownership to those that don't do their homework. Besides there being no real alternative to russian gas in central Europe most people will not research who is behind the name on the bill.

> By the way, I see unconfirmed reports that Ukraine has just been made a EU member. Like, today

This does not happen overnight. Also it would be all over official news outlets and the website of the european union.

[Edit] The absurdity of that statement has triggered me a bit to be honest. It seems so unrealistic for me as a German that the EU as an organization is capable of such a reaction due to to it's structuring and the process involved, that even suggesting it on something like hn without some sort of source with current event being what they are seems like either trolling or an attempt at propaganda. I do understand however if your comment was made out of lack of knowledge of what the EU is. The world is a complicated place and we all live in our bubbles.

All I saw was studying in eastern europe and "lives in Russia". Russia is in eastern Europe although usually not referred to as an eastern european nation.

I am aware of the EU and it's member states, I'm a little confused as to what might have implied I did not. I am from an EU member state.

I was just curious about if and how they planned to aquire citizenship because it's a lengthly process and they mentioned they were in the process while living in Russia. Usually residence permit is the way to go (and years later citizenship). It was rightly pointed out that if you can prove descent from a citizen it might be easier.

I think some of the other posts have covered advice regarding the transition to SWE very well.

You write you are: > in the process of receving EU passport

This threw me off somewhat. Does this mean you're an EU member state citizen currently living in Russia and applied for a passport in your home country? I'm not sure I understand what you mean otherwise. Aquiring citizenship (for a passport) is either very expensive or requires permanent residency for a number of years.

[edit] For clarification I changed EU citizen to EU member state citizen.

> It's hard because "everybody is lying" might be one of the lies.

This seems very obvious. A gereralization about everyone is almost never true. In my interpretation you're implying that people will interpret that as more than "i don't know whom to trust" with an emotional undertone, which seems odd to me. Do people accustomed to critical thought take such statements literally?

My rule of thumb is if media engages me emotionally... then I doubt it's meant to be informative. I have a distinction where I try to identify if my emotional response seems wanted by the content creator or is "my enthusiasm for the topic" or a touchy subject for me...

I don't think you can expect to take anything that comes your way by a medium directed at masses as "truth". This is something that people seem to forget in times where life generally goes well.

This is good advice in my opionion. If you're trying to stay informed and perhaps to shape your opinion then I feel it's important to aknowledge aspects and arguments you haven't considered before. Weighing their importance is often out of scope with the information available but knowing there's another reason, perspective or argument can help.

Your name must be more common than my name... i have first.last@gmail.com since the invite-only gmail beta. Not a single misdirected email to me.

Could you elaborate a bit please. I don't quite understand how tariffs on russian gas will help supply Europe. I assume you mean that it might reduce demand by raising the price for consumers. Which may be partially true, but most of the consumption of gas is hard to reduce... heating, cooking, electricital production.

Imo it wouldn't change the power dynamic or secure ressources for Europe. The suggestions in the article seem more appropriate.

I might be cynical but this seems like marketing for their company more than humanitarian effort.

If they have a way to recover the data... they may not want to do admit they do... or put in the effort for individual users. Surely database backups exist and data is not completely lost for 6 months or whatever their backup strategy is to keep backups... GDPR or not.