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poVoq Mod , vor 2 Tagen (Bearbeitet vor 2 Tagen)

Happy to hear if you can substantiate that claim in regards to rule 3 of this community. No sarcasm, I am currently unaware about the background of this "Merics" think tank.

Edit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercator_Institute_for_China_Studies

poVoq Mod , vor 2 Tagen

While I agree that the OP is very selective in what they post, I don't quite agree that this institute is a misinformation source.

After researching them a bit now, they seem to be a relatively independent source funded by a German billionaire family that got rich with a grocery chain.

They seems to be relatively progressive and have an explicit pro Muslim integration stance which seems to have resulted in this institute publishing about the discrimination of Uyghurs in China, which drew the negative attention of the Chinese government.

poVoq , vor 4 Tagen

Geht noch besser mit Nudeln die nicht überkochen sollen 😑

poVoq OP Mod , vor 6 Tagen

Did you read the opinion article linked? Please do before commenting /s

poVoq Mod , vor 6 Tagen

Ugh... they need to be careful who to make friends with. Neither Rio Tinto nor the current Serbian president are ones you would normally want to be associated with and apparently the mining project is highly opposed by civil society in Serbia. This "pact" seems to do nothing to resolve the issues identified by environmentalists and previously highlighted by protestors either.

poVoq Mod , vor 8 Tagen

Expensive and unnecessary service contracts benefiting large consultancy firms (that happen to employ her children) and shady backdoor deals with pharmaceutical companies during the pandemic. Run of the mill large scale legal corruption basically, but her entire party is known for that.

poVoq Mod , vor 9 Tagen

When you block the bot, it will not respond to your posts.

poVoq Mod , vor 9 Tagen

Up to you. I personally don't find it that bad and people too lazy to read the article seem to be too lazy to read the bot summaries as well...

poVoq Mod , vor 9 Tagen

If you want to mine it, you definitely don't want to bring it down into a gravity well first.

poVoq Mod , vor 9 Tagen

The EU needs to discuss about the veto process in view on Hungary, but this is stupid and undemocratic.

poVoq , vor 12 Tagen

Paprikachilli, das überdeckt auch den leicht gammligen Geschmack 🫠

poVoq OP Mod , vor 15 Tagen

Ah, that's what I feared. And I can't really blame them for it, too high litigation risk and they might end up having to pay those shitty companies compensation for lost profits or some non-sense like that.

poVoq Mod , vor 18 Tagen

Article indeed lacks details, but my guess would be that they bought the company in 2019 and loaded it with the bank debt from that purchase expecting that in a growing market and low interest rates the company would be able to pay back their own purchase.

But now a few years later, with more competition diminishing profits and higher than before interest rates on the loans, and suddenly it looks much less possible. Obviously Sonne will not admit to this, but such shady practises are sadly very common for company takeovers.

poVoq Mod , vor 19 Tagen

Given how their election system works, it might very well be that the left alliance wins most seats. I guess we will know soon.

poVoq Mod , vor 19 Tagen

That's litterally the same as I wrote.

poVoq Mod , vor 21 Tagen

Anyone know what the freed up radio spectrum will be used for?

poVoq Mod , vor 20 Tagen

Last time I drove a rental Ford it was an endless amount of random ding-dings and dangerous interference with steering. Maybe you get used to it after a while, but I found it extremely annoying.

poVoq Mod , vor 21 Tagen

Some of the others high up on that list are equally absurd. OK, Zürich and Geneva are maybe nice if you are a millionaire, but for everyone else they are absolutely unaffordable.

poVoq Mod , vor 21 Tagen

I suspect being very expensive was a positive criteria in that study as it keeps the riffraff out /s

poVoq Mod , vor 22 Tagen (Bearbeitet vor 22 Tagen)

Northern Ireland might get back in sooner though. Maybe Scottland as well, but less likely.

poVoq Mod , vor 23 Tagen

I would say no, but maybe the other mods here feel different?

poVoq Mod , vor 23 Tagen

Kinda funny how for both Spain and Portugal the images are not from the continental area they are superimposed on.

poVoq OP Mod , vor 24 Tagen

It's just not cost competitive at all anymore.

One can argue about having a disposable second stage (like Falcon-9) vs. full re-usability (like the upcoming Starship), as the latter is not very efficient fuel wise. But not having a reusable first stage just makes it way too expensive to be able to compete in the currently market dominated by the Falcon-9.

poVoq OP , vor 26 Tagen

Yeah, it's fun and quite convenient.

poVoq OP , vor 25 Tagen

It probably isn't the best use of the city's funds, but given the specific geography of the city, using the space above the river that runs along the entire narrow valley that makes up most of Wuppertal, it does make some sense.

poVoq Mod , vor 27 Tagen

Will probably be again this malicious compliance of "only if you mail-order this 799€ tool for it" 😒 Oh and the battery itself costs more then the phone itself is still worth and of course no 3rd party batteries work.

poVoq Mod , vor 29 Tagen

Would you rather some unelected general has the final say?

poVoq Mod , vor 29 Tagen

Well, what you will get is a "reactionary, hateful, nationalist" that is in addition unelected and largely unaccountable. Have fun with the inevitable military coup.

poVoq OP Mod , vor einem Monat

I locked the community, so no new posts can be made, only comments.

poVoq OP Mod , vor 29 Tagen

You complain about the smokers and then want even more French people there? 🙄

poVoq Mod , vor einem Monat

Incidence does not mean "beating up" someone. Spray painting "stop the genocide in Gaza" is sometimes counted as an "antisemitic incidence" in Germany.

poVoq Mod , vor einem Monat

I specifically responded to your last sentence. If you are OK with for example Israel in the UN recognised borders of 1947, then you don't deny the right of the state of Israel to exist, which is all that is being asked for.

poVoq Mod , vor einem Monat

It is quite reductive to say anti-zionism is just denying the right of Israel to exist. Yes, the state of Israel is a deeply zionist project but you can accept the reality of this state existing and still be opposed to the idea of zionism in general.

I am opposed to the idea of colonialism in general but still accept the existence of states with a colonial history.

poVoq Mod , vor einem Monat

Fine, you are of course technically correct 🙄