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snowpidon Palantir vs. the "Republik": US analytics firm takes magazine to court

" The US is going after the ICC because it perceives the ICC to be working against its interests and for the interests of the non-free/non-democratic world. If the spinless Europeans weren't, eh, spineless, then they would be working with the US here. " Why? What are the interest of the free world?

"Every decent person and country should be standing with other countries that support democracy and freedom." Netanyahu has some problems with the constitutional court in Israel + corruption allegations. If he succeeds, Israel might become authoritarian and though there is a growing antisemitism some Israel consider leaving Israel because of him.

snowpidon Switzerland to vote on capping population at 10M

im not sure about Switzerland, but there are areas in Germany, where you can.

snowpidon The EU moves to kill infinite scrolling

no it does not.

We can argue about public media but Germany is a really bad example.

snowpidon Why is Singapore no longer "cool"?

https://freedomhouse.org/country/singapore

Now your turn

snowpidon Why is Singapore no longer "cool"?

" so no trash talk from the western media and its portrayed as a 'democracy' "

Please provide sources

snowpidon Why is Singapore no longer "cool"?

I'll checked it and you are right. It is just law and practical not done.

But what is worse: Law which does not matter, because the elite will ignore it anyway or threatening gay men to kill them but currently not doing tit.

anyway, not a place a emigrate.

snowpidon Why is Singapore no longer "cool"?

The UAE still murders gay men just for beeing gay. Besides the lack of morality this affects 7 % of all men worldwide.

Im not sure if UAE really be an exciting place and thus would someone migrate to it if you care about culture and stuff.

snowpidon How Jeff Bezos Brought Down the Washington Post

in the English speaking world...

FAZ, Der Spiegel, NZZ earn money, too and their market is way more restricted.

snowpidon France dumps Zoom and Teams as Europe seeks digital autonomy from the US

Usually growing means a better living standard the general population and I think this easily applies for Poland.

Could you provide a source for " You can easily have a growing GDP like Poland while more and more people can't afford to pay bills anymore. ", Mister "Nobody can read anymore"

snowpidon France dumps Zoom and Teams as Europe seeks digital autonomy from the US

OS will be cheaper. No monopoly rendite + development across more shoulders.

snowpidon France dumps Zoom and Teams as Europe seeks digital autonomy from the US

ehm,

Poland has a steady grow and might leap the UK in the nearby future. UK does not have grow per Capita since Brexit. Hungary is poor because Orban is corrupt and corruption is bad for economy.

snowpidon France dumps Zoom and Teams as Europe seeks digital autonomy from the US

Germany has https://www.opendesk.eu/de and https://www.sovereign.tech/programs/fund. both mentioned on HN

snowpidon Greenland tensions harden Europe's push for energy independence

" And decarbonisation means nuclearisation. Which Europe has been moving in the opposite direction on " source? And I mean, more than "Germany phase out nuclear stations."

snowpidon Greenland tensions harden Europe's push for energy independence

1.) r/europe discussed this news as well 2.) There is lack of European social media to discuss it there :P 3.) Actually this meeting mentioned in the article was big on German news. Every news outlet mentioned it, long articles etc. so it was discussed at least in Germany

snowpidon EU must become a 'genuine federation' to avoid deindustrialisation and decline

1.) Someone complains about racism in Europe. In this regard Singapore is not an alternative. 2.) Sure European countries can learn something from Singapore or China. But definitely not on topics like racism and freedom of press. 3.) Was Singapore a shithole place giving its location? I doubt it because it started as a harbour where location matters. On the other hand Singapore government was quiet capable. So very interwined topic and longer discussion is needed.

snowpidon EU must become a 'genuine federation' to avoid deindustrialisation and decline

Singapore is a very racist place and has an authoritarian regime.

snowpidon EU must become a 'genuine federation' to avoid deindustrialisation and decline

1.) In Germany without subsidies coal would phase out because it is too expensive. e.g. In western Germany since the 70s. 2.) People are Much more reluctant for coal mining anyway as it destroys lots of landscape.

So, no coal has no future in Germany

snowpidon Euro firms must ditch Uncle Sam's clouds and go EU-native

In addition: the same chomsky who wanted to send Ukraine into oblivion?

snowpidon Euro firms must ditch Uncle Sam's clouds and go EU-native

Thiel recently called Greta Thunberg the anti - christ. Thiel is maybe crazy as Musk. at least he is not an authorative source.

Besides the soure what does he mean with all of Europe: Berlin? London? Paris? Estonia? Sweden? The start up eco system is fragmented / decentralised. I doubt Thiel is a good overview and he argues probably not in good faith anyway.

snowpidon Native Instruments enters into insolvency proceedings

is there a common legislation in Mexico, USA and Canada that "North America" is mentioned ?

snowpidon Lennart Poettering, Christian Brauner founded a new company

I chuckle because their official adress is just 20 minutes from my home / current location.

I wish you great success

snowpidon India and EU announce landmark trade deal

my first points are about slowiness which is different to "nothing done". The EU has a wide array of free trade agreements.

"Latin American living in Canada." Probably thats why you dont read about EU laws. Today Commission investigate into Google for breaking the DMA. The DMA itself is a very important piece of law.

snowpidon India and EU announce landmark trade deal

1.) These trade deals were discussed for 20 years. 2.) Politics always needs discussion of loosy "all people that matter" 3.) EU by definition has a broad definition of "everyone matters". That's why it is lame but that is why it is interesting for countries outside of the EU becoming a member.

4.) EU does get things done. Maybe you don't read the news (where do you live?)

snowpidon The Analog Manifesto – For digital people who crave the analog era

"Meet someone offline every week, and have a conversation with them, go for a walk, do something together. (for me it's usually twitter mutuals)"

I am surprised that for some folks without therapie related problems this is a problem? I do it every week? Is this special now?

snowpidon France targets Australia-style social media ban for children next year

Dear American,

having a wrong headline is not Fake news (as I gave an adhoc definition). Give an better example.

snowpidon France targets Australia-style social media ban for children next year

both are a threat to democracy like we see on Trump.

snowpidon France targets Australia-style social media ban for children next year

Give me an example of websites on HN, which spread fake news by purpose and it was allowed by the mods even they knew the news / artice / website was spreading fake news.

snowpidon France targets Australia-style social media ban for children next year

My news is almost outside of the US as I am not American. (wow this should be sent to r/USDefaultism). So let's say like this: I do read a lot outside of "American mainstream media".

Most good working journalist try to verify claim and statements. This is the opposite to Fake News, Clickbait and Russian state propaganda spread in Social Media because its their business model.

snowpidon France targets Australia-style social media ban for children next year

I am convinced that the current world wide rise of (right wing ) populist movements is mainly caused by social media. By regulating like this my hope is we can reduce their spread.

snowpidon France targets Australia-style social media ban for children next year

Does HN spread Fake News? Facebook and Youtube do. Do you feel bad after using HN? Insta and Facebook it happens. Does HN collect data to specify marketing? Every other Social Media do.

This is hard to define in laws so e.g. the EU chooses to force concrete measures from the social media pages.