I am talking about the global phenomenon. Something like rox news does not exist here in Germany for example.

We always had right wing propaganda. But now we have social media too. And that produced a confirmation cycle. The propaganda channels spew lies, people spread does lies on social media, and the media cam say “look, there, normal people on X say the same thing, it must be true”.

And of course, also the other way around

There are some studies. Mostly behind pay Walls. A good source I found a while back was this meta study.

Social media is to blame, at least in huge parts.

It offers a platform for unproven claims, and especially the short content formats are an issue:

You can not cover important topics fairly in those formats. Only populism can profit from it. And the far right does this.

We reached a point where people don’t believe the published agendas of candidates and parties anymore. They only trust what the hear and see on social media.

Of course there are other factors, but this is an important one.

We are leasing our cars.

Regarding the feel: The car does feel surprisingly light. Besides his 2.2 metric tons.

At least here in Europe, the Tesla superchargers work with the car.

Not sure if this generation is already available in the US. I am german, so BMW is a natural choice ;).

Currently, BMW is using the same base for combustion and electric cars to safe costs ans be more flexible how to fit the chassis. That may be a reason for the success.

Nor sure how the price in the US is, the list price for my nearly fully equipped i5 is around 90k€. The only thing I am missing is the pneumatic dampeners. They come only with red or blue breaks, and company policy does not allow for “racing looks”.

I just got my BMW i5. The car is provided by my employer. But I would buy it myself. It is well thought out, has a usable dashboard l, head up und so much convenient stuff.

Also, the build quality is great. Compared to the garbage provided by tesla it is a different world

Sry France, but we here in Germany need out policy to hunt cannabis consumers know that it is legal to consume!

The coalition wants to implement model regions, where commercial delivery chains, from farming to the counter, should be tested for 5 years.

This will require another law of course.

The goal is to show the EU that legalizing helps better to archive the goals of the prohibition then the prohibition.

This was a joke for 420. I know that this is also his birthday. Just don’t care in this context

The initial drafts proposed canabis shops and licenses. But the EU declined it. So we get the max that is currently possible. Yes that law has some strange parts, but nothing too concerning.

And if everything goes as planned, we will get shop’s in the future

But, it starts first if April not 20th of April! Amateurs

By what means? Install Spyware on the kids device? Spyware that may have vulnerabilities and can lead to even greater risks of the kids? Smart idea …

The verification process using the German eID is. It is cryptologic secured, no middle man and the site owner only gets the information, if the age limit is fulfilled. Just because you can not imagine it means not that it does not exist.

And no, you don’t can trust the government on such things. That is why the software stack is open source and the functionality can be verified by the citizens. The CCC was involved to verify this …

There are ways to do anonymous authentication methods. Just because companies want to it an claim otherwise it is not true. I was involved in building such tools.

Also, just because those sites host porn, should they be treated differently then other companies?

There is a good reason for THIS EU law. Others are utterly bullshit, but have a look on social media. Look at those boys, yes boys, 12 years and younger, that fall for this alpha male bullshit, or the racist, right-wing propaganda. It is reasonable to protect kids from such influences. And laws, forbidding kids younger then x to use suge sites, must be enforceable.

EDIT: For anonymous age verification: The German ID van be used for such things: it is nfc, your mobile phone can be the reader, or you buy an nfc reader for your pc. The client software is open source, and it sends only the requested data. For example “older then X”.

An such a system is to be rolled out (or maybe even done?) In the whole EU

To all those “bad EU” commentators: the European regulations in this area make sense. Parents or individuals have no chance against those huge companies.

And most eu regulations helped the US citizens too. I just throw in apple and usb c

And this is on purpose. The manufacturers pushing those huge trucks and SUV, because the required security and safety standards are lower.

Glad I am not living in the USA

I am a systems architect. I love my job, and work is the only place I can do this stuff. I don’t have a million $ for hardware here.

Also, I’m paid well and the environment is great. For me, it is true, I don’t “work”, I do what I like. And as a german, I benefit from all the holidays, and general employee rights and protection.

Oh no! Don’t do stonks! Look how bad they are for you!

Tuya requires cloud access and the API’s are on their way to be paid only.

Only use tuya zigbee. Keep away from wifi devices at all costs!

Both, both is good. (Signed, a bisexual)