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  • European markets plunge 2.5% as global volatility deepens; banks shed 3.5%

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  • Been waiting for a second 2008 for years. Can't help but feel this ain't quite it yet. But we will see when US opens later today. Maybe they will finally allow it all to implode before elections in the US, so people will have forgotten about it by then.

  • The punctuality of trains in Europe

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  • Anyone who might be surprised that Germany is so low here, Germans are always surprised people think it would be very high.

    There is a simple reason, too: Auto-Lobby. Our car manufacturers are very powerful in politics and public infrastructure is heavily underfunded.

    Funnily enough, highways and other roads are also crumbling, so good luck to the car makers when there is less and less road to drive those precious machines on.

  • Samsung’s 20-year-life EV battery runs 600 miles on 9-minute charge

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  • Totally with you, but tire dust is one of the major pollution particles from cars, maybe even the worst AFAIK. That, sadly will not go away but it is still leagues more desireable to have everything on electric than fossil fuel. Can't have perfect stop good enough.

  • Germans Combat Climate Change From Their Balconies: Plug-and-play solar panels are popping up in yards and on balcony railings across Germany, driven by bargain prices and looser regulations.

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  • I put a small flexible light weight one up last year. Secured with steel washcloth line (it doesn't have glass or anything, just a plastic sheet with cells on it), the city replaced the meter to account for feeding in (not needed, I work home office and use up all of it in my apartment) cost me 600 or so last year, plugs into regular wall socket and has already lowered consumption by about 1/10th which is a solid chunk of money with current prices. I am very happy I get to do something as a renter, even if it will take years to pay for itself.

  • After 3,878 days in early access, zombie survival game 7 Days to Die finally releases

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  • I only picked it up recently and I have put in 230+ hours (granted, some on stream) but I think it is one of the most fun survival games out there for me and a great zombie themed game overall.

    I really appreciate the inventory handling, that there are no bosses and just zombies to deal with. My only gripe is - as with many of these games - that there isn't a real end to a playthrough. But such is the nature of a sandbox.

    Absolutely not worth the full price tag, but on sale it's an easy recommendation from me.

  • Tech Giants Withholding Products Because EU Regulation like GDPR

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  • You do not have to put up a cookie banner when you are only using technically required ones ornnone at all. Make a dedicated cookies page in your footer and have a table with every cookie, their name, their description and use as well as how long they last.

    If you have none, put that info on that page. All you need to do.

  • Top EU Court Says There’s No Right To Online Anonymity, Because Copyright Is More Important

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  • GDPR has plenty provisions where other laws or considerations may be more relevant than it, negating it in such cases.

    I still do think the GDPR is extremely important, but it is no silver bullet,sadly.

  • Patrick Breyer and Pirate Party lose EU Parliament seats

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  • Tagesschau has a graph showing AFD being the highest % voted party all over eastern Germany and second highest voted nearly everywhere else, following CDU/CSU. You really only see green or red in the larger cities.