Vittelius

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[–] Vittelius@feddit.org 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I think they mean "live" in contrast to theoretical, eg wargames

[–] Vittelius@feddit.org 3 points 1 week ago

I've added some qoutes from the article

 

Women “would have their uteruses removed when they turn over 30,” Naoki Hyakuta, leader of the Conservative Party of Japan, said in a stream on his YouTube channel on Friday.

On the channel, he also said that he would make it law for “women who are single after 25 years old not to be allowed to marry.”

(...)

Later, Hyakuta posted an apology on his X account. “I cannot deny that the expressions were too harsh,” he said. “I apologize for those who were offended.”

[–] Vittelius@feddit.org 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

published: 10.16.24

The article is almost a month old.

[–] Vittelius@feddit.org 3 points 1 week ago

Eventually, yes. But we are not quite there yet. In January Scholz will face a vote of no confidence, which he is unlikely to win. At this point all parties may try to find new governing majorities within the current makeup of the Bundestag, our parliament. This is also extremely unlikely to succeed (not with only a few months left in the term anyway). And then a snap election is called

[–] Vittelius@feddit.org 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Öl is German for oil and it is winning most elections as far as I know

[–] Vittelius@feddit.org 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Sure, but he didn't advocate for a boycott, he talked about "going sailing" a.k.a. piracy

 
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[–] Vittelius@feddit.org 4 points 1 week ago (5 children)

And that will improve the quality of the games how?

 

Raab was also responsible for the national final in 2010 which resulted in Germany winning the contest with Lena and the song Satellite

[–] Vittelius@feddit.org 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

It's a term that goes back to the cold war. There was a strike and the Soviet Union ended it violently by rolling tanks into the city. This put communists all over the world into a bit of a dilemma: on one side of the conflict was the working class making their opinion known (a communist value) and on the other the Soviet Union (the good guys). So whose side should they take?

It was British communists who coined the term "tankie" for those who defended the SUs actions to brand them as "fake communists" who are more interested in identity politics (the good guys did it, therefore it's OK) than the plight of the working class.

[–] Vittelius@feddit.org 12 points 1 month ago

The best part of the blogpost: They are going to invest even more next year.

Last week, the budget committee of the Bundestag decided to increase the Sovereign Tech Fund's allocation by €4 million for next year. We're honored and thankful for the German Parliament's recognition of the importance of open source technologies, and for their continued trust in our work.

[–] Vittelius@feddit.org 45 points 1 month ago

This is your friendly reminder, that the Stop Kiling Games campaign is still running. I haven't been posting updates for a while, because progress has slowed considerably over the last month and there hasn't been anything to write about. But it feels relevant here.

https://stopkillinggames.com

(Campaign only running in select jurisdictions, the US is not one if them)

 

America is too big for planes, too. If your transportation solution is flying, now everyone has to get around via endless highways or big, complicated regional airports, and you can only have so many of those. There's a reason why rural areas in North America have completely different politics from urban areas, and why so much of it is driven by a sense of isolation and abandonment. Trains promise to help here because they are able to stop in small places that will never, ever have practical airports.

A good rail network provides a reliable, consistent, repeatable, and straightforward three hour connection from Nowheresberg to the nearest city. Slow, but good enough to feel like they exist in the same planet. Unfortunately, that promise is subtle, and it plays out over decades, so the reward system we've created for ourselves is incapable of supporting it. And thus, we have Amtrak and confederate flags

https://cosocial.ca/@dylanmccall/113233671160717813

[–] Vittelius@feddit.org 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

I have my non english language content seperated in a different library. This allows you to set the language of the meta data to German so you get German episode titles and descriptions. Downside is that the two versions won't be showing up in the same list (at least not on the web. Some clients might combine libraries)

[–] Vittelius@feddit.org 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Years ago I tried Ubuntu which used GNOME and assumed that its desktop layout was “the default” GNOME.

Ubuntu never provided a "default" GNOME experience, or at least not since the early 2000s. At one point Ubuntu had it's own desktop environment, unity, and when they abandoned the project and switched to gnome shell, they modified it to look similar to that. So we went from this:

to this:

I later tried PopOS which also uses it and it was the same

I doubt that. Pop_OS was never the same as Ubuntu. In the beginning it provided an experience that was arguably much closer to vanilla gnome than Ubuntu:

later they started to add their own flare customising the desktop a lot and rebranding all of this as Cosmic Shell:

I installed Mint I saw that it’s still fundamentally the same

Mint never used Gnome. They have their own desktop environment called Cinnamon, which uses some of the same underlying technology, manly the GTK toolkit but is it's own independent project.

Well, few days ago I installed Bazzite (Fedora) which is also GNOME. It doesn’t look anything like anything I’ve seen before

It still should be familiar in some aspects. The grid-view of all apps for example should be something that you know from Ubuntu (Pop replaces that part in more modern iterations - kinda). Bazzite still does modifications, they're just a lot more subtle than the ones from Pop and Ubuntu. But I agree with you: Gnomes workflow doesn't agree with many users. There are those who like it and they tend to really like it. Gnome wants you to heavily use keyboard shortcuts and virtual desktops and I found that casual users aren't really a friend of either.

So what is the default Gnome experience? try it out. There is an extension manger installed that ships with bazzite (and if not use the software store to install it). In it you can disable all the modifications. You can also install extensions to fix some of the usability problems. "Dash to Dock" tends to solve like 90% of them (It's also what Ubuntu uses for their modifications)

 

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In a resolution, MEPs want EU countries to lift current restrictions hindering Ukraine from using Western weapons systems against legitimate military targets in Russia.

The text, adopted on Thursday 19 September with 425 votes in favour, 131 against and 63 abstentions, states that without lifting current restrictions, Ukraine cannot fully exercise its right to self-defence and remains exposed to attacks on its population and infrastructure.

 

 

I couldn't find an English language source, so here are some excerpts from the German one, translated with deepl [Stuff in brackets are additions by me]:

Wiesbanden bus driver Antonio Lopes recently got a yellow button next to his steering wheel: if he sees a parking offender blocking the bus lane or a bus stop, he can trigger the front camera. [...] The images are sent to the traffic authorities. Drivers face a fine of around 70 euros. If they park in an environmental lane that is only intended for buses and bicycles, they will also receive a point in Flensburg. [Collect too many points and you loose your drivers licence]

 

geteilt von: https://kbin.earth/m/europe@feddit.org/t/323576

BEUC [the European Consumer Organisation] and 22 of its member organisations from 17 countries have filed a complaint on 12 September 2024 to the European Commission and the network of consumer protection Authorities (CPC-Network) to denounce several deceptive practices by leading video game companies (Activision Blizzard, Electronic Arts, Epic Games, Mojang Studios, Roblox Corporation, Supercell and Ubisoft) marketing popular games (such as Fortnite, EA Sports FC 24, Minecraft, Clash of Clans and others) and affecting millions of European consumers.

The Norwegian Consumer Council's @finnmyrstad posted a thread about it on Mastodon:

2/ 🕹 According to our analysis, these companies are using misleading tactics that do not comply with the EU rules on unfair commercial practices. In particular we identified that:

🎰 Gamers cannot see the real cost of digital items, leading to overspending.

💵 Companies’ claims that gamers prefer in-game premium currencies are wrong.

⚖ Consumers are often denied their rights when using premium in-game currencies.

🚸 Children are vulnerable to these manipulative tactics.

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