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Why not let a graphics designer do it?
(Just curious)
9·1 个月前Sorry about your 6 Pro. It’s a great watch.
Polar is the only European one focused on sports. Suunto is Chinese-owned. Maybe you were thinking of Garmin which has some legal structures in Switzerland.
Withings is probably not what you’re looking for but it’s French.
Decathlon (French) also has a sportswatch line but it’s developed by/with Coros (Chinese/USA). Not optimal but I thought I’d mention it because there aren’t that many alternatives.
Have you looked at reviews by “the quantified scientist” on Youtube?
5·2 个月前Maybe we should try some positive “letter writing campaigns” whenever we see positive change like this.
Imagine the bureaucrats and politicians of Schleswig-Holstein being flooded with positive responses from across Europe.
I feel it would make politicians more inclined to reject any Microsoft meddling to overturn these decisions.
3·2 个月前should
I don’t get this part but it’s a matter of taste I guess.
Ah crap, it just reminds me of Windows Vista.
Also, having buttons and controls on transparent backgrounds makes things harder to read / discern.
The the lock screen however is a nice Apple-esque touch.
How can they use a word like “galumphing” without providing any video?!
Anyway, here, if you were curious:
2·3 个月前Makes sense. Would be the simplest approach I guess.
2·3 个月前“Heise.de” ironically uses one of the worst cookie banner designs of them all.
41·3 个月前It amazes me how companies miss these things…
This confused me. I didn’t spot a single palestinian or pride flag in the audience in the final. Not one. So I went to reddit’s megathread and searched for palestine looking for what others had to say about it and I got zero hits. Not one mention of the word Palestine in the whole thread.
Went to check again and the subreddit is locked and the megathread was deleted(?).
4·3 个月前It’s going to take a while for me to get over the fact they decided to squeeze all the rest of the planned story arc into just one final season and leave it at that.
It’s just so rare to get a show this well done.
Would be interesting to hear what kind of workflows / techniques people use to study with chatGPT.
25·3 个月前I agree, it’s not a fix. However it’s also not just “calling them extremist”. It’s an official classification not just something haphazardly mentioned in a speech.
The move, announced Friday by the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV), means that the AfD is no longer merely under suspicion. The agency says it now has definitive evidence that the party works against Germany’s democratic system.
A 1,000-page internal report, according to German public broadcaster ARD, underpins the decision, citing violations of core constitutional principles such as human dignity and the rule of law.
The new classification doesn’t ban the party, but it allows German authorities to intensify surveillance, including the use of undercover informants and monitoring communications, under judicial oversight.
I recognise you’re just expressing frustration towards current affairs – a frustration I often share, but:
Decisions require a mandate and the reason the EU has problems making decisions about some things is that it wasn’t designed to address them in the first place.
It’s simply a slightly over-grown trading union with occasional federalist aspirations.
Responding to tariffs - fast and coordinated.
Responding to external military threats - scattered and complicated.
Tap for spoiler
As a sidenote: According to John Bolton Trump, at least during his first term, was completely oblivious to how the European Union worked and was somehow also under the impression that Juncker, then president of the European Commission, got to decide the NATO budget. Crazy, right?
That’s why the EU’s response to defense was based on financial instruments.
To become a “superpower” and/or make quick decisions regarding e.g. military threats, it would need to actually become a state-like entity and begin building several bureaucratic arms it currently lacks which doesn’t usually happen overnight. Not to mention establishing actual policies.
Before we get to that stage though, a consensus between member states needs to be formed and all manner of legal documents drafted. Centralising power means less independence for member states which is usually a hard sell. It would likely also require member states to alter their constitutions which could be an incredibly slow process even without resistance from all the respective governments. Not to mention the fact that a popular vote in all member states might be a good idea democracy-wise.
I’m not saying necessarily it’s something we shouldn’t pursue and hey, under extraordinary circumstances even bureaucracy can move quickly but it is a huge deal and moving quickly could also mean skirting around established democratic principles. (Actually iirc European bureaucracy is generally quite efficient as is –contrary to popular belief)
I guess I wrote this in the hopes of fighting disillusionment even though it’s not the core message here. We’ll do what we have to and I’m positive we’ll get to wherever we need to be in order to survive and thrive in this century. It will require patience, nerve and active participation from all of us though.
Last thing I want us to become is like the folks over in the States claiming it’s all already over. (A minority, I hope)
Sorry for the wall of text, I guess I had some stuff pent up.
Very interesting read!
Norway is not an EU member state, so most likely that’s a no.
Granted, there are some financial programmes between the two so it’s not completely out of the question.
And what do you mean by funded?
Direct funding of the project?
Subsidizing European companies that build data centres?
Subsidizing investment in key areas of technology?
Subsidizing buildings that meet certain energy efficiency standards?
Trying to court AI companies with legislation?
Subsidizing regional development?
In the end you can interpret the question and answer however you want so that it fits your political views.
However:
The EU usually declares direct investments quite clearly and takes pride in them
The data centre company Aker is British and UK isn’t an EU member state either
The funding sums from all the other parties have been mentioned and there is no mention of EU involvement
Norway is a rich country and its sovereign wealth fund is the largest in the world
We probably agree on the politics around AI and data centres, impact on the environment and so on but what irks me are all the knee-jerk, no second thought comments that contribute to unnecessary polarization and to a group think that’s allergic to facts and curiosity.
And lastly, sorry to pick on your comment like this.