Do I think that the USA does the same and is allready in our system? Yes, though a bit less likely and more 'with an option to'. But the big difference is, that we are formally on the same side and I do not have to fear my systems to be made into a Spam-Bot network that undermines individualism and western ideas of freedom.
I never understood nor understand people who nest their inner loops in an entangled mess of hardly distinguishable digits, which is error prone.
Same for method names.
I try to use speaking out loud to some of my methods: What do you do? And if the answer is getValue I believe it needs renaming.
E.g. getString(path) for loadConnectionStringFromDisk(configFilePath), tryConnect(30) for testSqlConnection(timeoutInSec), even the reader now knows what happens here and what input is expected.
You're eligible only for making a shopping at Lidl and Netto after work, and for paying Rundfunkbeitrag. As I had heard multiple times while on full time employment in Berlin and seeing over 40% cut off on my monthly payslip: "beggars can't be choosers".
In germany, when having a (quite high) 100k pay, you effectively pay aprx. 32% taxes on it. I think thats fair considering wellfare, healthcare, studying, school etc. is free.
42% is just the percentage you pay on the income beyond ~65000. The first 65k are taxed lower (in increasing steps)
Sure, some financial things are very hard in germany. But especially as a "regular" citizen, or when you have hard times, you are cared for quite well.
And, if you please, why do you feel confident enough to imply these chemicals are safe? Are you an expert in biological processes?
Still, as other pointed out, he missed the point by a mile.
At night your reasoning abilty is massively impaired by melatonin. Thats why your thoughts keep going in circles and one does not find the most obvious solutions for a problem. There is only one thing to do. Let it go. You are at your worst, you're not supposed to reason right now.
This simple fact fixed crushing night thoughts for me and a friend of mine.
The whole ecosystem of modern programming and software is just insanely opaque. As an enduser you have very little clue who is to blame for an error or a slow machine.
Imagine your car would not been build by a single company, liable for the whole product, but you would buy the individual components from twenty+ different companies, rangin from ibm to small startups. No central planing. They all have their own take on it. They just set a few standarts for how the things bolt up. It would be the same mess.
Like in the earlier days of analog tech, ransomware attacks today are blamed on bad luck. Just put up some Antivirus gemstones in your Outlook and don't forget to get your security christened with some certifications.
But to be fair, people seldomly die from slow software.