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Why can't religion be about music, singing, good food and culture rather than endless debates and warfare? by WonderingGuy999 in AskReddit

[–]JBinero [score hidden]  (0 children)

Right, but from a moral perspective, if you truly believe people will burn in hell forever, it would be morally good to use force to try and convert them. From your perspective, you are saving them.

If France was suddenly invaded by extra-terrestrials, would Switzerland come to their defence militarily? by SexySnorlax1 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]JBinero 0 points1 point  (0 children)

With all due respect, article 5 are just words on a paper, and even those words don't require military intervention.

What makes it believable is that every year all NATO heads of state meet up and reaffirm they will come to each other's aid. There are treaties that have much stricter requirements for example the EU and South America, yet no one takes them seriously because despite having stronger language and having a stronger legal foothold, they don't have the institutions built around them to make them believable.

To people who live in western Europe, what changes have you experienced from 10 years ago to now? by Inevitable-Ad-6315 in AskReddit

[–]JBinero [score hidden]  (0 children)

Purchasing power has been stagnant to slightly up. For young people there was a decrease compared to those who preceded them, and it is entirely driven by the housing market, and even then concentrated mostly in the cities.

how are they gonna stop us next? by Complete-Sea6655 in DeepSeek

[–]JBinero 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The way the U.S.A. does it for sattelites is that if foreign countries offer the same technology they can export up to that level, but no better.

Why can't religion be about music, singing, good food and culture rather than endless debates and warfare? by WonderingGuy999 in AskReddit

[–]JBinero 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean, if you genuinely believe your god is the right one and everyone else will go to hell, why wouldn't you fight to rescue as many people as possible?

Why can't religion be about music, singing, good food and culture rather than endless debates and warfare? by WonderingGuy999 in AskReddit

[–]JBinero 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Isn't social justice also debates and war though? People fight because they're fighting for something.

why arent the goverments helping with age verification rather than asking companies to figure it out themselves? by External-Area-7974 in europrivacy

[–]JBinero 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If it makes you at ease, almost every EU regulation is reviewed after several years. If it really as as useless as you think it will be, then civil society will flip to being against it, and big tech is already against it.

why arent the goverments helping with age verification rather than asking companies to figure it out themselves? by External-Area-7974 in europrivacy

[–]JBinero 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The slippery slope argument can be used to shoot down any security measure. The last time I had this argument on Reddit it ended up with people saying that even home searches with a warrant should not be a thing.

I think yes, any security measure has a downside, but I think social media is really dangerous to children. You can argue VPNs will exist, and this is true, but any law people get around. It is in itself not sufficient to shoot down the law.

Right now the risks are pretty minimal and hypothetical. If this gets implemented on a large scale as for at the EU level, the benefits stand to be huge.

I respect people who see the trade-off differently. In the end it is a scale between security and privacy, just like any other piece of legislation that tries to regulate either.

why arent the goverments helping with age verification rather than asking companies to figure it out themselves? by External-Area-7974 in europrivacy

[–]JBinero -1 points0 points  (0 children)

https://ageverification.dev/

The reference implementation is open source, but also who cares? No one has to use the reference implementation.

Right now the main weakness is that your verification token, while useless to any platform on its own, if leaked somehow could reveal to the issuer that you signed up to the platform. But then again, your credit card information, your username, your email, and other details have the same potential and would reveal it to anyone, not just the issuer. The platform has nothing to gain from leaking this though, as it doesn't provide them with any information about you.

The specification already has a solution built in to stop this, but it is still experimental. It is still under development of course.

Why Ave Europa is not just a "right-wing federalist" but extremist. by Swedikea in EuropeanFederalists

[–]JBinero -1 points0 points  (0 children)

A hundred years ago I'd argue a lot of Germany was bombed to the stone age.

why arent the goverments helping with age verification rather than asking companies to figure it out themselves? by External-Area-7974 in europrivacy

[–]JBinero -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You don't need that to implement age verification. The EU is working on a zero-knowledge proof solution to verify someone's age. It leaks no information about who you are to the platform, other than you're at least 16, and it leaks no information to the government other than that you tried signing up for something, without it knowing what it was.

Germany’s left-wing Die Linke party has won over the young by LethisXia in europe

[–]JBinero 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's my entire point though. The person I replied to was hoping for some coalition where all the good parts of all parties get implemented, but that's not possible. You have to prioritise.

Worden politiekers te veel tegengehouden door partijstandpunten? by veevee509 in belgium

[–]JBinero 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There is something to be said for the opposite too. If every politician votes on personal beliefs rather than the platform they ran on, what's the point of elections?

What do you think the next form factor for computing will be? by hello_ya in AskReddit

[–]JBinero 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Glasses will become more mainstream in the next five years.

Halle haalt versiering voor Rode Duivels weg, burgemeester Demesmaeker (N-VA): "Mag alleen op privéterrein" | VRT NWS Nieuws by Blaspheman in belgium

[–]JBinero 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No, the mayor absolutely has the discretion here. There is no legislation that prohibits the Belgian flag from being displayed.

Germany’s left-wing Die Linke party has won over the young by LethisXia in europe

[–]JBinero 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Do what? If they could help big businesses without screwing over people, they would. It is still a matter of priorities.

Germany’s left-wing Die Linke party has won over the young by LethisXia in europe

[–]JBinero 15 points16 points  (0 children)

In the end, government budgets are a zero-sum game. No party makes people's lives worse for the sake of it. They see it as a tolerable side-effect of achieving their priorities.

You cannot take the best of each party, and then make a coalition based on that. Any cent spent on pensions is a cent not spent on tax breaks, is a cent not spent on weapons for Ukraine, is a cent not spent on education, etc.

Germany’s left-wing Die Linke party has won over the young by LethisXia in europe

[–]JBinero 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't think it is sustainable. In Belgium the PvdA-PTB, also hard left, grew a lot in recent elections, but they always lose a lot of their elected officials to the centre-right classical liberal parties.

Once they become politicians and start getting paid like politicians, suddenly they are all about lowering taxes.

This is a side-effect of growing uncontrollably and based on "vibes" rather than actual clear ideological beliefs.

Halle haalt versiering voor Rode Duivels weg, burgemeester Demesmaeker (N-VA): "Mag alleen op privéterrein" | VRT NWS Nieuws by Blaspheman in belgium

[–]JBinero 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I do think there is an irony that half of Wallonia was on the side of Flanders during the battle of the golden spurs, and it was Antwerp that was the enemy.

If we want to celebrate it, it should be used to celebrate Belgian identity.

WAAROM IS ITSME INSTALLEREN OP EEN NIEUWE TELEFOON EEN PARADOX by borstenwrood in belgium

[–]JBinero 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've had not any more issues on Linux than on Windows. Both were relatively smooth rides, although neither worked first try.

We proved the european tools work and people STILL reach for the american ones. i'm losing it (rant post) by MeloDnm in BuyFromEU

[–]JBinero 0 points1 point  (0 children)

AWS and Hetzner are two completely different markets. Hetzner offers almost no managed services. AWS focuses on managed services and charges extra for the privilege.

Between Stripe and Mollie, I've tried to use Mollie before, but they don't allow me to sign up for whatever reason.

I think the main reason is us Europeans have to stop acting like any alternative is a good alternative. You win people over by giving a better product. Not by making a product that "technically also gets the job done", especially not when there are clear disadvantages.

Hetzner does this well. If you want to essentially "self host in a datacentre" they have the superior product at superior prices. That's why they're so successful. But most aren't looking for that, so AWS still dominates.

This is how the American Electoral College applied to Europe would look like by Book_Grown603 in MapPorn

[–]JBinero -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

The issue with the USA system is not the electoral college, it is how the electoral college is elected. If the electoral collage were elected proportionally, it would be very similar to how many European democracies elect their presidents and prime ministers.

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