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  • If we're charitable and assume he means from Berlin to Paris, then he's got a point. That's a pretty long journey better done by plane, sadly. People do take the train, but usually not for practical reasons.

  • Immer wenn man die Wörter "gesellschaftliche debatte" liest, weiß man dass nichts daraus kommt, es sei denn man drückt auf die Bremse. Es ist nur eine Ausrede, um alles langsamer zu machen. Die Debatte hat keine Ende.

    Jedenfalls: Deutschland hat im bereich KI nichts zu sagen. Es ist völlig irrelevant was Deutsche über KI denken. Die zukunft kommt zu Deutschland aus dem Ausland, früher oder später.

  • They're only the floor because they're seen as risk free. "Why lend someone money for less than what the US government is offering you? The government is always gonna pay you back, after all". If that mentality changes then treasury bonds will no longer be the floor, because you'd rather lend the money to someone else than the US government.

    Not that this isn't disastrous for the US. Increased taxes, cuts to medicare/medicaid/military, a government default, or a mix of all three are an inevitability. The US government can probably keep paying interest payment costs with more debt for a while, but not forever. These movements in the bond market takes us closer to the end of the USA's debt spree.

  • Try using Mastodon and Bluesky at the same time. Bluesky is a twitter clone and perfect replacement. Mastodon is an excellent micro-blogging platform, but has none of the features people actually liked about twitter. People love recommendation algorithms and quote tweet dunking. That's the core of what it's all about. Mastodon is glorified RSS, which is great if you miss those days.

  • Oh absolutely, PayPal, Visa, and MasterCard are absolutely crucial. This position allows them to leech off the entire dogital payments system in a way that does not have anything to do with their cost of operating. So an alternative doesn't hurt.

    Regarding online ID: The Norwegian government websites only accept ID from Norwegian providers, and if you want to sign anything with a commercial party you'll need Norwegian BankID. Germany operates entirely on wet ink sent by snail mail. Some government websites accept ID cards, but the commercial world has not taken notice at all. I don't know where this unified European ID world is, but my guess is Theoryland and maybe Estonia and Finland.