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Well this is why the judiciary should be independent, not political as in the US

I think it's the opposite, there are so many trackers because each time they sell it their user's data parmys so little .

I disagree. Don't need to force yourself to stick to one specific material if you don't like it. All my life I've benefitted from being a horizontal person - having always dabbled in everything I found interesting at the time.

Yes to get into a job you'll need specific skills and certificates and there you quickly deepen your knowledge as needed on the topic(s) you neer. But once you're in it you'll shine by having many varied skills. Being the one office worker with excel skills, or the one programmer able to tell a nice narrative, or the one c programmer that understands web apps, or... - you'll stand out.

So my suggestion would be to let your passion drive you. Pick up any topic that seems interesting right now and throw yourself into it. And then the next the next day.

I don't see this ad. But honestly you come across as rather entitled if you think the web should conform exactly to your preferehnces. The web and millions of people working on it are paid through ads. Many of the sites you use would not exist without ads.

Ads that are on the site and relevant to the content should not really offend anyone. Intense tracking is something else and should be downright illegal. But ads are part of what pays many things today - and in reality can also be a useful venue for promoting relevant and good products that otherwise no one would know.

I prefer ads any day over "content marketing", paid articles, paywalls or simply no content being available.

Maybe it's just that if you're from one of those places you likely have no formal credentials and no relevant local employment options, not at you recruitable abroad. So they do what they can, and a small fraction are successful in good or bad ways.

The comparison of bitcoin Vs AV energy usage is a bit ridiculous. No one of buying hundreds of GPUs to mine AV.

That said, both are wasteful and ultimately neither should exist.

First of all why does every nation state have to see other nations as adversarial? They could just share those insights and everyone gains. We're all in the same game of life.

I had Google authenticator as 2FA.

Phone broke and I must have typo while doing a regular password change - now I have no way to again log into my account as i can't provide the 2FA and none of the other options work (providing old contact emails, phone code, backup email, ... All doesn't matter just because I don't have the authenticator).

I saw migadu in a recent thread on HN and am now a paying customer. But even the free tier is impressive (unlimited domains!) and support is human & very quick so it won't delete your account for non-payment (looking at you mailbox.org)

But if your domain is through GoDaddy you can just change the DNS info there and it won't point to Google anymore.

Actually I'm wondering if you can use the GDPR for this. It gives you the right to ask for a copy of your data. This counts for places where you don't have an explicit account so presumably o could get a copy of all data from my account even if I lose access?

Hi! This is really great. Quick feedback for.minor improvements:

General:

* Maybe 1-2 sentences more at the beginning for what appears at the end ("web app that runs in your browser") and what is the use case (for where your servers can enter the info and it appears at the bar?) * Some kind of customer/table identifier would be useful? * Quick instructions at the end how to use it. E.g. "both bar and server open the app on their phone"

If your target audience is really non-tech people I imagine they might struggle with the instructions for

* step 5 (just spell it out a bit more) * Step 8 and 9 (mention where to find those settings) * Step 10 onwards: suddenly you mention software that was not yet introduced and there are a few terms that dont make sense unless you understand them already * Step 11 - something is missing: what do I do with the code I've changed? * step 12 is a bit quick and I'm not sure what comes out at the end. E.g. where to click "run the app" and where it will appear

Hope this helps, really well done and this is just nitpicking ;)

And try any small German town and it will be cheaper.

Zurich being in Switzerland which has one of the highest costs of living in the world is not really a good comparison. It's like saying "beer in X is cheaper than in Norway" - it will nearly always be true ;)

Very nice little article. While my kind might not be the target audience would you mind adding a short ELI'mNotAnEconomist explanation?

Of course not.

So in a way this also only works when there are few people following the strategy, right? Not everyone can have puts on the same thing as someone had to be on the other end of the deal.

Why even have this as a private thing. In other countries this works fine as a public loan offer by the state (which also helps to keep fees reasonable).

Or just fix the incredibly high fees. In many European countries (not the UK) public education is incredibly affordable, in some like Germany and Denmark even free. It's a choice to make fees so high, it's not really necessary for the product. What do US universities spend their money on? Admin, sport stadiums and famous professors that then barely teach because what makes them famous is their research.

You'd go cheaper traveling to Europe, studying for three years at a German or Danish university, learning the language as a bonus, and come back afterwards with no debt. Some even have English courses.

In what ways is it ahead? I'm quite satisfied with the touchpad on Linux, so really wondering what I'm missing.

On the other hand touchscreen is really disappointing on Linux (Ubuntu), just not a smooth experience at all for me.

Have weekly Jitsi calls with ~15-20 people. 1-2 have occasional problems, otherwise it's been great

Why would you not have a problem with the anti-vax movement spreading disinfo and getting kids killed of diseases that had been eradicated in the country?

There is a difference between silencing dissenters in a scientific discussion and silencing dissenters trying to push a viewpoint to the masses that may or may not result in tens of thousands of deaths if it gets sufficient traction. This is exactly the kind of thing Russian propaganda always tries to achieve: provide confusion and semi-legitimate experts spreading false narratives so that the population does not believe the government anymore - or simply doesn't believe anyone anymore.

See eg the EU's take on it:

https://euvsdisinfo.eu/eeas-special-report-disinformation-on...

https://euvsdisinfo.eu/

But they are not the carriers spreading it - it's the asymptomatic people - and once they have it it's probably too late.

I think the key difference is that Jitsi doesn't have breakout rooms nor a desktop app. Otherwise user experience is rather similar and from my pov the Jitsi meet style with room name is much more friendly than random numbers on zoom.

Let's look at climate science: there was a study that 99% of researchers on the topic are convinced it's real, 1% have some doubts.

Should we give the 1% a voice? Yes

Should we consider the view of the 1% as equal to the 99%? No.

Here's what happens when someone vocally has a dissenting view: they get press coverage, both neutral and from agenda-driven perspectives. There is exactly one country (the US, maybe two if you count Australia) where a majority of those in decision making positions believe or act as if they believe that climate change is not real. They justify this by quoting the 1% and ignoring the 99%.

As such then the 1% are causing significant harm to the planet (assuming that the majority view is correct).

The same in a more vivid way is true for covid: those dissenting voices (eg the French doctor Trump ended up quoting) get a lot of coverage no matter how sound the science proposed by those dissenters is (or in this case unsound - a study on the medicine he recommended had to be ended due to heavy health impacts of the medicine).

These dissenters and rapidly published papers have led to deaths. No doubt, no questions, people have died due to those perspectives being pushed into the mainstream discussions.

So should they be heard by peers and their views be discussed? Yes. Should they get press coverage, blog their viewpoints out there, etc, even if it leads to thousands of deaths (or destruction of the planet)? I don't think so.

This is a role for media to filter (rather than blare everything into the ether), but also a self-constraint that any serious scientist should impose upon themselves. The public is not able to decide which old guy with a professor/Dr in front of his name is the one to trust.

Marvellous! Another product with non-replaceable batteries. Hostile to both consumers and the environment. Really sad to see that all these big companies don't care even to the smallest degree about all their own environmental pledges.

Maybe you're a bit negative because you've seen it more than once or since you were going. For me the stones were a lot bigger than I had pictured them. Can only recommend it.

Even with all that, on the most crowded day, it still is a marvel and worth going. You'll miss out if you have the chance and don't go.

With that said, I did find Avebury much nicer as you can touch the stones there!

That's something you might be able to get away with as a blogger out journalist, but I'd not put that on my institutional website as marketing material - and then charge for it.

Yes.