geissi

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[–] geissi@feddit.org 5 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

I don't quite understand the reason and the article doesn't give much context.

It seems it has something to do with leadership?

Kerner urged Berlin not to compromise with Dassault, accusing the company of insisting on sole leadership of the programme.
[...]
Dassault declined to comment. In July, CEO Eric Trappier said the FCAS project - or SCAF in French - needed clearer leadership as partners prepare for a second phase involving a flying demonstrator.

[–] geissi@feddit.org 6 points 3 weeks ago

Germany's spy chief

Who?

Sinan Selen, Vice President of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV)

Ah, the only place that mentions his actual position is the description of the title image.

[–] geissi@feddit.org 9 points 1 month ago

Surely the capital Tbilisi in the second paragraph or the "Georgian government’s suspension of its European Union accession bid" in the third paragraph could have tipped you off?

[–] geissi@feddit.org 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You know that you can own apartments or rent houses?

[–] geissi@feddit.org 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Weird, car makers currently have problems getting all their cars sold despite combustion engines being available.
Seems like the demand just isn't there.

“a catastrophic mistake” if the automotive market shrank further as a result of forcing the industry to sell only EVs

Sounds odd. Will there suddenly be less demand for cars if they don't burn fossil fuels? Will this cause people who commute several hours to work to suddenly switch to bikes, or to move closer to work?
Surely the demand for cars is more influenced by the housing market and public transportation infrastructure than by what motor the car uses.

[–] geissi@feddit.org 2 points 2 months ago (6 children)

if it has seeds (in nature) then it was a fruit, otherwise it was a vegetable

Many vegetables have seeds.
Pumpkins are already in the example, but think peppers, legumes

[–] geissi@feddit.org 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

early retirement

Not with this government. When the current pensioners are gone they'll pull up the ladder behind them.
Retirement age has already been raised to 67 and now they're discussing 70 or 73.

[–] geissi@feddit.org 5 points 2 months ago

The official translation is

Human dignity shall be inviolable. To respect and protect it shall be the duty of all state authority.

This article is basically the foundation of the entire German constitution but that has never stopped the CxU.

[–] geissi@feddit.org 11 points 3 months ago

what is the last one?

Wiener Klassik

[–] geissi@feddit.org 1 points 3 months ago

The point is that a digital Euro is less anonymous than the physical Euro.

Again, anonymous payments are technically possible and the ECB at least claims that it wants to implement them:

An offline digital euro: cash-like privacy levels

The details of your offline digital euro payments would only be known to you and the recipient. This offline functionality would combine the convenience of digital payments with cash-like privacy levels without the need for an internet connection.

There no final technical specifications yet, so claiming that it will not be implemented is pure speculation at this point.

Also, implementing the digital Euro does not mean abolishing the physical Euro.
You can still pay with cash.
Claims that the Eu wants to take away out cash are also not backed up by any evidence.

[–] geissi@feddit.org 1 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Afaik there is an idea that would allow anonymous person-to-person offline payments.
Whether that will actually get implemented is anyone's guess. The plans aren't specific enough yet to really know any of it will get implemented.

But bank transfers, credit cards or paypal are not anonymous either so it's not like the digital euro would be worse than the status quo.

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