Tariffs, labour- and energy costs. Is it just me or do EU seem to lack a competitive edge?
Readit NewsTheChaplain commented on Volkswagen to close German plant, a first in their company history nytimes.com/2025/12/16/bu... · Posted by u/OgsyedIE
I don't know, the solution to that seems fairly simple, no?
Russia withdraws to pre-2014 borders.
I don't know to what degree this is known to people outside Europe, but has been on the news over here for the last few months:
> drones aren’t just buzzing airports. They’re systematically surveilling military installations—often during sensitive operations
Now, if you live in the US or anywhere else outside Europe - please pause for a moment and see how it makes you feel to imagine having Russian drones hover over your military installations regularly, or other important places of your public infrastructure.
There are plenty of people even inside Europe who downplay these events.
TheChaplain commented on Valve: HDMI Forum Continues to Block HDMI 2.1 for Linux heise.de/en/news/Valve-HD... · Posted by u/OsrsNeedsf2P
Why on earth is a connector standard secret?
How else will you charge people from implementing support for it?
TheChaplain commented on I Tried the New Android XR Smart Glasses from Google and XReal pcmag.com/news/i-tried-th... · Posted by u/fcpguru
While technologically amazing, I am not a big fan of random people having a much easier time to record me in public or in private gatherings.
I work for a school. My traffic is not MITM'd, but the kids' traffic is, because we don't want them using their school-issued laptops to play games or go shopping, and you can't adequately block stuff if it's all encrypted.
I can't imagine the headache as a school when parents come yelling "why did you allow my child on site XXX?!"
TheChaplain commented on How private equity is changing housing theatlantic.com/ideas/202... · Posted by u/harambae
Wild idea... Maybe tax wealth instead of income?
Tax break on single home ownership, but significantly increased tax on multi-home-ownership?
It would be interesting to see comparisons between PE ownership in markets with property tax vs markets without.
I've had the same idea, but with no property tax on ownership of a single dwelling place.
If the burden is lessened to have your own place, hopefully we could see less homeless on the street or living in cars when times are tough.
However if you have more than one, then you pay significant property tax on all of them. I would hope that could free up more places for more people getting a home.
But of course if you earn more than $180k a year, I guess you could afford some property tax.
I am also thinking foreign ownership of property should be taxed heavily. I know that is not popular, but honestly if you not living full time in the country then you are effectively taking up a spot for someone who needs a place to live.
Says it's on F-Droid and it isn't. Search turns up no results
Try scanning the QR-code. It works.
Interesting, do you have any examples of the latter two categories? Looking for a replacement for my Cherry-Keyboard.
Well, there's Gateron and Keychron.. But from what I gather Cherry still are considered the choice if you want longevity.
I view dark mode as basically an accessibility tool. Provide the option of light/dark mode to your users so they can choose what works best for them. I prefer dark mode for most things, but what I’ve actually found is that I just don’t like pure white backgrounds with pure black text. It’s just that a lot of light modes are exactly that.
Your comment is the first one after many to talk any sense.
I recently had an encounter with a sight impaired person that had less than 10% left of his eyesight, and his exact words were "dark mode makes my experience easier".
Since meeting him, everything I do when it comes to UI, I try to be more mindful.