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thisisnotatest1on Austrian DPA Ruling Against Google Paves the Way to EU-Based Cloud Services

Politicians:

The kings of deception, the GOATs at breaking the terms and conditions

thisisnotatest1on Austrian DPA Ruling Against Google Paves the Way to EU-Based Cloud Services

Pretty sure Google and Facebook have more trust than politicians.

Maybe politicians should ban themselves?

thisisnotatest1on Austrian DPA Ruling Against Google Paves the Way to EU-Based Cloud Services

To me, it's economic and political nationalism, and a lot of resentment.

Citizens use google and facebook and whatsapp because they trust these companies.

Politicians are trying to intervene because politicians like posturing, being the center of attention, pretending problems exist and they have the solution.

In Europe, politicians dominate too much the debate. We are gullible not for trusting google, but for trusting politcians

thisisnotatest1on Austrian DPA Ruling Against Google Paves the Way to EU-Based Cloud Services

I mean do whatever you want yourself. I will keep using google, and no puerile wanker will stop me. Thanks!

thisisnotatest1on Polar bears move into abandoned Arctic weather station

Gotta order from Deliveroo and watch some Netflix.

thisisnotatest1on The Pandemic Boom Goes Bust

Monetary and fiscal are largely equivalent

specially when the central bank has the tendency to print money to buy government debt, so public solvency is never an issue

thisisnotatest1on The Pandemic Boom Goes Bust

Yes, it's exactly the same but different speeds.

People with savings and salaries got a nice 7% wealth tax this year

The government, with it's massive 20 trillion dollar debt, got a nice 7% write down on the debt, so they can quickly spend this voucher again in a matter of weeks.

thisisnotatest1on The Pandemic Boom Goes Bust

Demand reflects consumption opportunities

People kept receiving salaries, and unemployment benefits. So financial position and income of families was always strong

There's no precautionary savings cycle.. People engaged in financial risk taking by buying houses like never before

thisisnotatest1on The Pandemic Boom Goes Bust

Unemployment would have fallen regardless, because the April 2020 spike was 100% triggered by politicians ruling activity restrictions

As soon as the restrictions were lifted, companies started hiring again

It was never ever ever a demand problem, only of supply.

Unfortunately, people are too ideological and blind to diagnose issues correctly.

thisisnotatest1on The Pandemic Boom Goes Bust

That's a very simplistic (and ideological) view.

World's leading country in inflation, Venezuela, has terrible wages.

Inflation makes people overworked, by forcing them so sell under fair price. Wages are sticky, prices are not.

That salaries are picking up doesn't mean real salaries have improved. They have not.

thisisnotatest1on Ireland drops most Covid restrictions in wake of 'Omicron storm'

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1645842452

This might be helpful for your situation

thisisnotatest1on Cheezam – Shazam for Cheese

France does machine learning

thisisnotatest1on A data ‘black hole’: Europol ordered to delete vast store of personal data

A self-appointed police organization pretends they need to harvest 4 petabytes of citizen data to "fight terrorism".

Not legitimized by any constitution, no defined responsibilities, these Brussels organizations (sorry, the Hague!) appoint each other and assign themselves budget, and the bureaucracy grows every day.