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lexs commented on FTC sues Intuit for its deceptive TurboTax “free” filing campaign ftc.gov/news-events/news/... · Posted by u/Kesseki

rkachowski · 3 years ago

> Pretty much every other major developed country operates like this

cries in German

lexs · 3 years ago

As an employee doing your taxes is optional in Germany as taxes are already deducted by the employer.

lexs commented on COP26: Germany fails to sign up to 2040 combustion engine phaseout dw.com/en/cop26-germany-f... · Posted by u/dsnr

jillesvangurp · 4 years ago

The German car lobby is very powerful. But not powerful enough to prevent the implosion of their business.

There are two types of car companies in Germany: those on track to switch to fully electric production in the next 5-10 years; and those nowhere near on track that are very afraid of the implosion of their market share as those others are saturating the market with EVs. That's not a future thing; it's already happening.

So, the Germans committing to any ICE phaseout would speed this process up and mess with the (long) time they've given themselves to get out of this mess. The problem with that timeline is that they no longer control it. The transition is happening, whether they like it or not.

Tesla was within a few hundred cars of dethroning the VW Golf as the most popular car in Germany. VWs iconic Wolfsburg plant, which was restored by the allied forces after WW II, is hitting a record low production volume this year at the same time Tesla is opening up a factory in Germany. That's not a coincidence. And VW is one of the better prepared manufacturers. They actually have a decent shot at surviving the transition to EVs. But that's not necessarily true of the other manufacturers.

lexs · 4 years ago

According to official statistics [0] the Golf is still selling more than twice as many units per month and the ID3 is selling 50% more than the Model 3. The Model 3 is more comparable to the BMW i3 numbers wise.

[0] https://www.kba.de/DE/Statistik/Fahrzeuge/Neuzulassungen/Mon...

lexs commented on GitHub Issues-only project management blog.placemark.io/2021/07... · Posted by u/JonathanBuchh

wingmanjd · 4 years ago

We're planning a migration from Atlassian suite to the Gitlab ecosystem, but one item that I can't seem to replicate is the issue/ ticket workflow of a JIRA ticket. We have a semi-involved workflow that covers most of the software development lifecycle: initial requirements gathering, approvals, coding development, code reviews, UAT approvals, prod deployment approvals etc.

How do you handle this sort of thing with just Git(hub|lab) issues?

lexs · 4 years ago

Scoped Labels (extended Kanban basically) and different boards for planning and development is our approach in gitlab

lexs commented on Tesla’s $16k Quote for a $700 Fix Is Why Right to Repair Matters thedrive.com/news/41493/t... · Posted by u/samizdis

Chris2048 · 4 years ago

If the pipes in an apartment fail, the building won't murder someone on the highway.

lexs · 4 years ago

Electrical fires, mold, etc etc there is enough things can be dangerous and harmful in an apartment.

lexs commented on Lachlan Morton completes 5,510km Alt Tour, beating peloton to Paris by five days bikeradar.com/news/lachla... · Posted by u/giuliomagnifico

deregulateMed · 4 years ago

Not to sound cynical, but after seeing the enthusiasm about soccer and this reaching the front page...

Is there an argument in favor of Sports? It seems like a waste of resources.

I used to think it was a way to put the human body through emotions that we don't get through living in a civilization. But I'm not exactly sure that's true. And economic benefits could be traded to other entertainment or research.

lexs · 4 years ago

The argument is probably that people enjoy it, does everything have to be in the name of result maximization?

lexs commented on Cuba′s Covid vaccine rivals Pfizer, Moderna dw.com/en/cubas-covid-vac... · Posted by u/colinprince

macinjosh · 4 years ago

Socialism will always be playing catch-up to free markets. See the space race.

lexs · 4 years ago

Wasn't the USSR first in space? First ICBM , first artificial satellite, first man in space etc?

lexs commented on Apple-Epic judge asks why offering iOS users a choice is bad pcmag.com/news/apple-epic... · Posted by u/CrankyBear

vineyardmike · 4 years ago

And the products on the shelves of stores are not the store's products.

Apple sells apps. Apps that were made by others. Walmart sells X. X that was made by others.

lexs · 4 years ago

Apple didn't buy the apps from the developers, they provide a marketplace. Don't most supermarkets own their inventory?

lexs commented on Amazon workers vote against unionizing in Alabama wsj.com/articles/amazon-i... · Posted by u/cwwc

hnunionthrow · 4 years ago

Thank god and whoever else for this. This is amazing. I realize and understand a segment of HN readers are sympathetic to unions(the American version too), and some are vocal advocates as well, but I am absolutely elated at this outcome.

Edit: Question: Can this vote also be taken as a proxy indicator of the working conditions not being anywhere close to what the sensational and click-bait media pieces point out to be?

lexs · 4 years ago

Especially in that region, I would take this vote rather as an indicator of the lack of alternatives. Amazon is so large that they could simply scrap that location without being that bothered, yet the workers do not have that freedom. The choice is between taking what you can get even if it is tied to bad working conditions or having nothing at all.

lexs commented on Reddit valued at $6B on a $250M round reuters.com/article/us-re... · Posted by u/mathattack

wtf_is_up · 5 years ago

AAPL pays a dividend and has a substantial buyback program. Their cash problem, if you want to call it that, is that they bring in so much revenue with nice margins that it is impossible to allocate it all. So they return some value back to shareholders through divvies and buybacks, spend what is reasonable on R&D, and keep cash on hand for flexibility. They don't seem that big on M&A, but that is probably a good thing (looking at Cisco for example)

lexs · 5 years ago

It's a shame that the third way to spend the money is totally forgotten now apparently. Yes you can re-invest, give back to shareholders, but why not increase wages?

lexs commented on Terraria on Stadia cancelled after developer's Google account gets locked twitter.com/Demilogic/sta... · Posted by u/benhurmarcel

42droids · 5 years ago

As a small business we use Google Suite. We would need a single solution which provides all these: - Email (unlimited domains, unlimited addresses) - Drive (Docs, sheets, forms) - Photos (this is where we also store out private photos 2Tb+; also, auto-sync is a lifesaver) - Calendar

Any alternative which is as affordable as Google? How about Zoho?

lexs · 5 years ago

A hosted Nextcloud with OnlyOffice/Collabora and a Mail Server? There's quite a few providers for that.