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hanshenning commented on The state of Schleswig-Holstein is consistently relying on open source heise.de/en/news/Goodbye-... · Posted by u/doener

input_sh · 21 days ago

I hate when switches like these get advertised first and foremost as some huge cost-cutting measure, further solidifying open source ecosystem as some cheap knock-offs of their commercial alternatives.

How about instead you donate the same amount of money you would've paid to Microsoft anyways to fund open source projects you rely on? At least for one year, then drop it down to some arbitrary chosen percentage of that cost. That way you can still advertise it as a cost-cutting measure, and everyone would benefit.

hanshenning · 21 days ago

You're not wrong, but this is actually what they're pursuing; the article just leaves it out.

> The goal is not only to save costs, but above all to gain digital sovereignty.

> [It's true] that open source is not necessarily cheaper, [..] it requires investment. But the money flows into internal infrastructure, into the further development of Nextcloud, LibreOffice, and other similar systems, instead of proprietary ones.

> Schleswig-Holstein pursues an "upstream-only strategy," meaning that developments flow directly back into international projects. The state does not want to maintain its own forks, but rather contribute all improvements directly to the main projects, thereby contributing to development for the benefit of the general public.[1]

On a side note, the real key to the project's success is that it's supported by a coalition of the conservative and green parties. They actually value digital sovereignty and longterm cost savings. Contrast that with Bavaria, where the MS lobbyist managed to get them to sign a longterm Office 365 contract…

[1]https://www-heise-de.translate.goog/hintergrund/Interview-Wi...

hanshenning commented on The Awful German Language (1880) faculty.georgetown.edu/jo... · Posted by u/nalinidash

toolslive · 7 months ago

The compositional powers of German, Dutch and plenty of other languages are really amazing. People invent words on the fly and promptly forget immediately after and the listener just understands what has been said. In my Dutch native language, we had the word "pausbaar" (which means something like "in possession of the necessary properties to become pope) coming up recently.

hanshenning · 7 months ago

In some languages there is an actual word for this in the dictionary: papabile

https://de.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/papabile

hanshenning commented on Ask HN: Recommend me some silent movies · Posted by u/Shreesha_Bhan

hanshenning · a year ago

D.W. Griffith - The Birth of a Nation (1915) The film led to the revival of the KKK

Abel Gance - Napoleon (1927) 562 Minute epos

Buster Keaton - The General (1926) as many have already pointed out

Robert Siodmak - People on Sunday (1930) Captivating images of Berlin pre war

The Brilliant Biograph: Earliest Moving Images of Europe (1897-1902) - Collection of Mutograph (68mm non perforated) films https://player.eyefilm.nl/nl/films/the-brilliant-biograph

hanshenning commented on Hezbollah pager explosions kill several people in Lebanon reuters.com/world/middle-... · Posted by u/logicchains

harimau777 · a year ago

This seems like it would have the potential for a lot of collateral damage due to the possibility that modified pagers might enter general distribution. That is to say, how do they insure that a given shipment of pagers are only going to Hezbollah as opposed to some of them going to people like aid workers?

hanshenning · a year ago

These pagers were used by Hizbullah because, unlike mobile phones, they cannot be tracked. The people who had them were certainly not random aid workers, but people in the Hizbullah chain of command. This is also indicated by the statements of Hizbullah itself (which are themself to be questioned and not taken at face value), according to which so far one non-combatant was reported killed and no other non-combatant were reported injured out of a total of 4,000 exploded explosive devices. The CCTV footage also shows that even in a crowded supermarket, no one was injured apart from the Hizbullah member with the pager.

hanshenning commented on EVGA power supply kills 22TB of customer storage then denies responsibility tomshardware.com/pc-compo... · Posted by u/justinclift

jtriangle · 2 years ago

Seems pretty open and shut to me. That power supply either has a connected equipment warranty or it does not.

Dollars to doughnuts that it doesn't (https://www.evga.com/warranty/power-supplies/), and likely has language confirming the opposite for liability reasons (it does). Commonplace for consumer gear.

Sure the good, and human thing to do would be to cut the guy a check, that's inarguably true. It's probably even a good business decision to, given that bad press is likely more expensive than a couple grand worth of drives. Legally though, they're probably in the clear.

hanshenning · 2 years ago

Under German Law you would likely have a claim for damages under § 823 BGB as it is a "Weiterfresserschaden" literally "damage that eats further". In the float switch case a faulty float switch caused a building to burn down and the BGH awarded damages to the building owner. https://www-lecturio-de.translate.goog/mkt/jura-magazin/der-...

hanshenning commented on Apple announces changes to iOS, Safari, and the App Store in the European Union apple.com/newsroom/2024/0... · Posted by u/colinhb

ladon86 · 2 years ago

> Today, iOS users already have the ability to set a third-party web browser — other than Safari — as their default. Reflecting the DMA’s requirements, Apple is also introducing a new choice screen that will surface when users first open Safari in iOS 17.4 or later. That screen will prompt EU users to choose a default browser from a list of options.

Any idea if this means you can actually choose a different browser, or are you choosing a different WebKit wrapper (e.g. the current version of Chrome on iOS)?

hanshenning · 2 years ago

> To reflect the DMA’s changes, developers will be able to use alternative browser engines — other than WebKit — for dedicated browser apps and apps providing in-app browsing experiences in the EU.

https://developer.apple.com/support/dma-and-apps-in-the-eu/#...