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ingohelpinger··on Bulgaria to join euro area on 1 January 2026
what? the ECB is buying state bonds. maybe thats the reason the ECB is its own state, no authorities allowed to enter the building. wondering how they will audit the ECB. ahh right, they wont. :)
ingohelpinger··on Bulgaria to join euro area on 1 January 2026
Well, the Lev was pegged to the DM first, which was a way stronger currency.

The euro has depreciated more (in both real purchasing power and against other currencies) than the Deutsche Mark.

The DM was seen as one of the strongest and most stable post-WWII currencies, while the euro has struggled with crises and inflation.

Bulgaria pegging to the DM in 1997 meant anchoring to a much harder currency than what the euro has become.

ingohelpinger··on Bulgaria to join euro area on 1 January 2026
we want to say NO THANK YOU by holding a referendum, but they wont let us. xaxa
ingohelpinger··on Bulgaria to join euro area on 1 January 2026
debt unions never work.
ingohelpinger··on Bulgaria to join euro area on 1 January 2026
it seems you are not understanding how dent unions work. lol
ingohelpinger··on Bulgaria to join euro area on 1 January 2026
Bulgaria is still around so are other countries without the deluded euro. lol
ingohelpinger··on Bulgaria to join euro area on 1 January 2026
if you think inflation rate is at 2% you must be living under a rock
ingohelpinger··on Bulgaria to join euro area on 1 January 2026
the same treaty says state financing through the ECB is illegal, but they do it anyway.
ingohelpinger··on Bulgaria to join euro area on 1 January 2026
have you seen the roads? lol
ingohelpinger··on Bulgaria to join euro area on 1 January 2026
exactly, Bulgarian here, born in Germany in 1988, so I lived with the DM and then experienced the Euro throughout my entire life, until 2023 when I decided to go back to BG. The Euro will make BG a debt slave on Germanys and France terms. Watch critical infrastructure being sold to China or who knows, just like Greece had to do it.
ingohelpinger··on Bulgaria to join euro area on 1 January 2026
100% true.
ingohelpinger··on Bulgaria to join euro area on 1 January 2026
the Euro has lost almost half of its purchasing power since its creation. bulgarians want the Euro so much, that they have to run tv ads, "we will become more wealthy by introducing the Euro", what? how will that happen, if you need more money to buy same or less products/services? lmao
ingohelpinger··on Samsung Embeds IronSource Spyware App on Phones Across WANA
we need a satslink now!
ingohelpinger··on New US visa rules will force foreign students to unlock social media profiles
how is that not Stasi like?
ingohelpinger··on Plants hear their pollinators, and produce sweet nectar in response
so talking good to them and playing music helps, lol.
ingohelpinger··on Earth's clouds are shrinking, boosting global warming
cloud seeding?
ingohelpinger··on An interactive-speed Linux computer made of only 3 8-pin chips
> It does not help that modern operating systems require gigabytes of RAM, terabytes of storage, and always-on internet connectivity to properly spy on you

Love it.

ingohelpinger··on The slow collapse of critical thinking in OSINT due to AI
i think being wrong is fine, but being wrong intentionally is not very human, this is due to emotions, consciousnesses, pride etc. which ai does not have as of now, and this leads me to believe, it's just another religion which will be used to "make the world a better place" :D
ingohelpinger··on The slow collapse of critical thinking in OSINT due to AI
It's true, so often chatgpt has to apologize because it was wrong. lol
ingohelpinger··on SignalGate Is Driving the Most US Downloads of Signal Ever
I think this is also due to Skype announcing it's shutting down.
ingohelpinger··on Rost – Rust Programming in German
Deutsche Sprache, schwere Sprache.
ingohelpinger··on France rejects backdoor mandate
this was a battle not the war, they will come back sooner or later.
ingohelpinger··on PayPal honey extension has again "featured" flag in Chrome web store
imagine what affiliate networks in general do, they shave and scrub your leads. classic explaination, "ohh it seems the pixel fell off, it didn't fire" bla bla bla, this is stealing, nothing else.
ingohelpinger··on Take It Down Act: A Flawed Attempt to Protect Victims That'll Lead to Censorship
they will keep pushing until encryption has been made illegal.
ingohelpinger··on A DOGE staffer appears to be posting DOGE work on his public GitHub
it's a none issue and the ones depending on the scam, are screaming the loudest now. lol
ingohelpinger··on WebShield – A new wide-spectrum content blocker for Safari
wondering how many users firefox has lost, myself for sure..
ingohelpinger··on Spotify's Beta Used 'Pirate' MP3 Files, Some from Pirate Bay
lol
ingohelpinger··on Microsoft begins turning off uBlock Origin and other extensions in Edge
they want to track your ass, whatever it costs.
ingohelpinger··on Spotify's Beta Used 'Pirate' MP3 Files, Some from Pirate Bay
all the big ones did it, Airbnb used to be spammers. lol.
ingohelpinger··on DOGE's only public ledger is riddled with mistakes
most GDPs around the world are printed.
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