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golli

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  • Germany Will Keep Its Order for F-35A Aircraft Despite Criticism

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  • Debatable in general, but at least in this instance I don't think that is the issue.

    The issue is that for Germany the F35 is not just a plane, but essentially the manifestation of our nuclear deterrence. This isn't like e.g. Poland purchasing both american Abrams and Korean K2 tanks, where the american tanks could be substituted comparatively trivially for more orders of K2 or any european tank like leopard (minus the question of immediate availability), which would functionally fill the same role.

    A cancellation of the F35 order would essentially also be a termination of the nuclear sharing policy. Which can't be done lightly and without thought on what should replace it.

    Are we fine without? Do we ask France to share theirs and if so, can we trust this to hold, if the next election cycle sees Le Pen gain the power? Or maybe do we develop our own, which would maybe be the biggest shift in policy and also very much have consequences to global politics.

    Quite honestly I am not sure how fast these things could be decided, especially considering we are currently in a phase of transition between governments. And neither the still current chancellor Scholz or his likely successor Merz are true leaders.

    So this isn't "Germany being Murica's cuck", but either major decisions taking some more time or us going the path of least resistance by trying to change nothing. Only time will tell, because who knows if in a few months they do end up getting cancelled.

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  • You are right that low orbit satellites aren't in a stable orbit and eventually fail in a matter of years. I think it very much depends on what the intended useage would be for a european constellation:

    • How much coverage do we want? Global or just the continent+ a bit more?
    • Would it just be for critical systems or are we also looking for economic independence?
    • What about bandwith and latency, how much do those matter?

    All that would influence how many satellites are neccesarry and which orbits would be suitable. And also to what degree cost efficiency would play a role.

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  • I'm not quite that optimistic.

    Yes, things are happening, but imo these are still mostly reactions to external pressures. There is no structural change or politicians that have the quality to properly lead.

    As an example here in Germany we recently approved a huge amount of new debt for investments in infrastructure and weapons. But the leaked contract negotiations for the coalition of our next government includes tax gifts in the form of lower tax rates for eating out, ev subsidies for the car industry, and higher pension benefits for mothers payed out of the regular budget (while we already have a unsustainable pension system).

    Also in the above mentioned decision to take on new debt we decided that defense spending above 1% of GDP doesn't count towards the regular budget, but can be financed through debt separately. Which on the one hand might be nice, since right now we might invest more. But imo setting the limit at 1% kind of shows how much we actually value it. We could have set it higher and committed to sustained change, but this way leaves more room open in the regular budget for the gifts mentioned above.

  • It Might Be Time to Admit the Great VR Experiment Has Failed

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  • I find it's at least theoretically in the right spot for mass adoption. Something like a valve index or bigscreen vr paired with a strong gaming PC would of course offer a much better experience. But thats just not realistic for the masses.

    Also Apple failed with their expensive premium device (although I guess it was always kind of a dev device sold to the masses).

  • It Might Be Time to Admit the Great VR Experiment Has Failed

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  • It's certainly debatable, but at least for the price it offers a lot imo.

    The quest exclusives are of course frustrating, but it makes a lot of sense from a business perspective, considering Meta is trying to position themselves as the VR platform (similar to say android with smartphones).

  • It Might Be Time to Admit the Great VR Experiment Has Failed

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  • If you don't mind Meta/Facebook, then the oculus quest headsets are also very affordable hardware and deliver a good experience. I think the issue lies with content.

    Smartphones or handhelds like the steam deck with flat screens could use plenty of already existing content made for screens. With VR you want different content that is made specifically for it. There is a decent amount of games (but still much fewer than for other devices), but honestly not that much more.

    Additionally it also can only really be used at home, where most already have other devices.

    It's a chicken and egg problem. But imo if there were more genuine unique productivity tasks and experiences available through VR, we would see more adoption.

  • Brussels seeks to purchase weapons for entire EU

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  • The one issue that i see is that in a way (at least some) countries are on both the buyer and seller side. As long as there is still drive to favor domestic companies and keep know-how/capabilities rather than sharing them.

    That's what usually hinders joint development projects e.g. between France and Germany. Both want as large of a share as possible to go to their own industry. Or i think it is partially why Poland went with korean tanks, rather than leopards (but i might remember this one wrong).

    To me it seems like this will particularly be interesting to smaller countries without large weapon manufacturers, but maybe it could also help us here in Germany to finally fix our terrible procurement system.

  • Dutch parliament calls for end to dependence on US software companies

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  • Yes, FOSS and then build a local service industry around it. This really would be the way for Europe to become independent and build up a proper tech sector.

  • Can you give me some tips about your niche hobby?

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  • If you regularly exercise your max is probably higher than estimated.

    I was under the impression that the maximum heart rate is something that can not be trained. This source suggests that if anything training regularly would lower a persons max heart rate.

    I just think that either one is serious enough about trying to optimize ones training efficiency, at which point the formula wouldn't be accurate enough for me. Or one takes a more causal approach at which point doing most runs at "conversational pace" is a good enough rule of thumb.

  • Umschulung zum Lokführer: Nur jeder Zweite besteht

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  • Sehe ich ähnlich. Eine höhere Quote wäre sicher nett, aber wenn man am Schluss die Hälfte als Lokführer gewinnen kann, dann lohnt es sich doch bestimmt trotzdem.

    Da die Ausbildung nur 1 Jahr dauert und die 50% wahrscheinlich nicht nur am Ende, sondern oft schon früher rausfallen, ist es ja vermutlich auch nicht so, als ob hier extrem viele Ressourcen verloren gehen. Wenn es ein langer und teurer Ausbildungsprozess wäre, bei dem es gegen Ende eine hohe Durchfallquote gäbe, dann wäre es vielleicht ein größeres Problem.

  • Can you give me some tips about your niche hobby?

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  • I feel like if one wants to truly train based on heart rate, then I wouldn't recommend going by an estimate like that, but just go out and do a workout designed to push the heart rate to its limit.

  • How do you like to transfer large files between friends across the internet?

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  • Conclusions after months trying to buy from EU

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  • True, I just find it particularly interesting for furniture. Tech in my experience is more mixed.

    Refurbished with warranty is a good choice, particularly for something like a used business laptop. But in the person to person second-hand market I find that people usually have unrealistic price expectations for older tech and you also run a higher risk of hidden flaws that you can't see before purchase.

    As for second hand clothing I admittedly have little experience, but that is partially down to the fact that I tend to wear my pieces for a very long time. And then often want to purchase a few identical things at the same time. Which i assume is harder to find second-hand.

  • Conclusions after months trying to buy from EU

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  • Regarding furniture second hand seems like the way to go in my opinion. Assuming of course one has the ability to transport things.

    Often one can find much better quality for lower prices, simply because people want to get rid of it for one reason or the other. And furniture is also one of the products where it seem easier to asses the condition of compared to other things, compared to others that might have hidden issues.

  • Trotz Gewinneinbrüchen: Es kommt Bewegung in die deutsche Autobranche

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  • "Eine Verschlankung der Modellpalette auf fünf bis sechs Modelle, die sowohl in Hybrid- als auch in Elektroversionen angeboten werden, könnte beispielsweise helfen, die Kosten zu senken und die Effizienz zu steigern", sagt Dejean. "Weniger ist mehr."

    Also nicht auf dedizierte Elektroplatformen setzten? Für mich als Laie klingt das irgendwie falsch. Wenn man für beide Optionen baut, dann lässt man doch relativ viele elektro-spezifische Optimierungsmöglichkeiten ungenutzt.

  • Wales will gegen Lügen in der Politik vorgehen

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  • Das ist auf jeden Fall die Krux an der ganzen Sache. Ein Teil der Lösung des Problems ist eigentlich der unabhängige öffentliche Rundfunk und Journalismus. Aber der der liefert mMn in letzter Zeit auch eher mäßigs Arbeit ab.

  • „Neutrale Berichterstattung gibt es nicht”

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  • Was mir persönlich regelmäßig negativ bei der Tagesschau negativ auffällt sind die Kommentare.

    Bei denen liegt es natürlich in der Natur eben nicht neutral zu sein und die Meinung des Autors wiederzuspielen, aber die Nachrichtenseite entscheidet halt trotzdem was und wie sie solchen Kommentaren eine Plattform bietet.

    Dieser Kommentar war glaube ich z.b. vor ca. zwei Wochen für eine Weile auf dem zweiten Platz.

    Einen Kommentar so prominent zu platzieren ist eine Entscheidung. Genauso wie die Entscheidung keinen Gegenkommentar als Gegenstück zu bieten (was aber natürlich nicht immer richtig oder notwendig ist, z.b. wenn es darum ginge ob der Klimawandel existiert). Man erhält den Namen des Autors, aber es gibt keine Einordnung wer das ist oder was ihn dazu befähigt hier einen Kommentar zu verfassen. In diesem Fall ist der Autor wohl einfach ein Journalist der ARD. Da bleibt mir bei mir der Eindruck hängen, dass man einfach gerne eine Meinung populär machen wollte und das Medium des Kommentars erlaubt es einem das ganze mit weniger Aufwand und ohne Nuancen, Recherche oder Kontext veröffentlichen zu können.

  • Tesla sales crash continues in Europe, with Germany down 70%

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  • Japan ‘on verge of no longer functioning’ after birth rate plummets to record new low

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  • Lets see how China handles it down the road before we mark this one a problem of one specific system, rather than just humans seemingly sucking in sustainable long term planning on large scales in general.

  • Christian Lindner geht juristisch gegen »Titanic«-Titelseite vor

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  • Passend dazu hier ein Spiegel Artikel, der weitere Titanic-Witze auflistet für die sie verklagt wurden (inklusive dem von dir bereits erwähnten).

    »Etwas Schöneres, als dass man verklagt wird, kann es unter Werbegesichtspunkten gar nicht geben«, hat Gabriele Rittig, die Rechtsanwältin des Magazins, deshalb auch mal gesagt. Ihr Job ist im Laden so wichtig, dass sie seit 1986 im Impressum steht.

    Sagt wohl mehr als genug.