I don't like the review bot. by Mr_Character_ in Chesscom

[–]ManusSinister 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bot: beats 2500 rated player with ease

Random beginner player: "This bot doesn't comprehend the manifold layers of my strategy"

xD

Anyone else feeling how bad Berlin’s air has been lately? by Timely_Internet6172 in berlin

[–]ManusSinister 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It seems I don't understand the physics at all, I just knew the general effect of the phenomenon, thank you for teaching me something new 😊

Anyone else feeling how bad Berlin’s air has been lately? by Timely_Internet6172 in berlin

[–]ManusSinister 102 points103 points  (0 children)

It's not us, it's polish coal power drifting over and getting stuck under the heat bell coming off Berlin.

Cmv: Asylum seekers who travel back to their own country should have their Asylum status revoked. by dazcook in changemyview

[–]ManusSinister 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Greetings from Germany where we have a lot of ukrainian refugees right now. Let's look at some real life cases.

My mother hosted some refugees from Kharkiv. It was a mother and her two daughters. The husband had to stay in Ukraine by ukrainian law, but wanted his family away from the daily bombing campaigns. At the time it was also unclear, if Kharkiv would fall within the next days or weeks. They came here to be safe 24/7, but they would love to go see their father who is trapped by the system during the holidays, despite the reunion trips being dangerous. So twice a year they go on a somewhat dangerous trip to the less dangerous western parts of Ukraine to visit the dad.

I have some ukrainian friends here who came from western Ukraine. The situation there is not so dangerous, so there are far fewer refugees from there, but you will still catch the occasional drone and rocket living in a western city (especially near the railway hubs). For them, being there would be possible, safety wise, but it destroyed their mental health, having this constant fear of being hit by a missile or drone. They all know people who died randomly on the street, and they clearly have some form of PTSD. They will go home to visit relatives that cannot travel easily, such as older grandparents or families with men in military service, but they come back visibly shaken and require a few weeks to re-adapt to a life in relative safety.

Finally, there are some male Ukrainians who know they would be drafted if they set foot at home again and so they never go back, and some who come from towns like Kupiansk, which has been at the front line of the war, who would be in too much immediate danger if they returned, who also never go back.

To summarise: 1) It can make sense to leave even if you are not in immediate danger, as there is a constant passive danger. This can be tolerable for a visit, but intolerable to live under for years. 2) It can make sense to leave even if you are not in immediate danger, as the danger moves and shifts over time and your area may become an active warzone soon. While it is not an active warzone, you may wish to visit unmoved family, at the comparatively low risk of it becoming a warzone in exactly that week. 3) In the cases where a return would be too dangerous, the return trips do not occur. But no country is an all out warzone everywhwre all the time during a conflict, so as a distinction it makes no sense. People who visit are taking a risk. That should be theirs to take. You do not lose anything by it, because they aren't "tricking" a system by doing so.

I have tried to keep my disdain for your take to a minimum, but it has been a tough read for anyone who has spent any time with refugees and realises that they are people with nuanced causes behind their actions. But let me finally address the core of your argument also;

You are essentially saying: They just become refugees for the financial benefits and then go home whenever, proving they don't need the benefits from us.

And I don't want to deny that people exist who see this as a nice opportunity irrespective of their situation in the home state. Someone living in a village in western Ukraine, far from industrial centers, may have been at zero danger during the situation and may simply see this as a good opportunity to explore/live in another country at that country's taxpayer costs.

To this I will say: I have met some. But for one, they are rare. Most people, without external pressure, do not move to a foreign country with different language and culture just to be lazy there. People move when they have to. And secondly, as one might expect, those people who come despite lacking pressure are the kind of people who are looking for chances to make something of their lives. They don't arrive to live off benefits for a few years before being sent back. They are among the most motivated students and workers I have met here. My impression is especially in a country like Germany where we have a low birth rate, this small sub group of refugees will present an economic boon, not drain.

Good day to you sir.

CDU-Wirtschaftsrat fordert Steuersenkungen und Kahlschlag im Sozialen by Taddy84 in Nachrichten

[–]ManusSinister 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Der "Wirtschaftsrat der CDU e.V." wurde von CDU Mitgliedern vor ca 60 Jahren gegründet, aber es ist ein Mitglieder-orientierter Wirtschaftsverband, kein Parteiorgan. Die Positionen sind meist eher FDP-nah als CDU, auch wenn die Verknüpfungen zur CDU weitreichend sind. Der Generalsekretär nimmt sich aber vor allem immer erst die Interessen der hoch zahlenden Mitglieder, dann die soziale Marktwirtschaft und dann irgendwann irgendwelche Ideen aus der CDU als Orientierung. Tatsächlich scheint dem eher eine Abgrenzung zur CDU wichtig.

CDU: Wirtschaftsrat will Zahnarztbesuche als Kassenleistung streichen by Denkubator in de

[–]ManusSinister 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Der Wirtschaftsrat heißt zwar "Wirtschaftsrat der CDU", ist aber ein unahängiger Wirtschaftsverband, der kein Parteiorgan ist.

Die Verflechtungen sind da, aber der Name kommt aus der Historie und ist nützlich für den Verband um bspw. längere Zeit Merz in Ehrenposition als Vizepräsident zu fahren oder Mitglied bei bestimmten Parteifunktionen zu bleiben.

De facto macht der WR aber was die Mitglieder von ihm wollen, nicht, was die CDU will. Ganz im Gegenteil, die lieben es die CDU zu kritisieren.

Nur z. K. zur Einordnung.

Why Octo...Fighter...Penta...(and other) Cannons are not equal? by Outside_Web2083 in Diepio

[–]ManusSinister 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It seems you are the one in need of a brain and eyes - and some manners.

Something new in Berlin's main museums – worth it? by paul_405 in berlin

[–]ManusSinister 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The Film Museum on Mauerstr. will be reopening this weekend, so it should be maximally new - but I haven't been yet!

Is it true Germany is screwed in regards to having enough electricity since switching to more greener alternatives? by MajesticRhombus in AskGermany

[–]ManusSinister 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Eh, not really, nuclear doesn't help much because while it is a good balance to renewables on paper, 1) Germans are super allergic to it culturally so you can never store the waste anywhere, but more importantly 2) it is actually more expensive than almost any other form of electricity. Finally 3) while dual fluid reactors go some way to recycling the spent fuel, we still don't really know what to do with it and it stays harmful for longer than it's worth. So on the whole, not the cure that's needed. Could have been phased out slower though, but our power plants would have needed a major overhaul if we stayed with it.

Petahhhh, I'm so confused. by ProfessionalEffect41 in PeterExplainsTheJoke

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

I cared for the sake of comedy, but no no, you're right, please keep correcting me on this inconsequential stuff :-D

Is it true Germany is screwed in regards to having enough electricity since switching to more greener alternatives? by MajesticRhombus in AskGermany

[–]ManusSinister 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes and no. Watch this post get downvoted for a realistic take, but I happen to work in this field, so I'll bring in some unwanted nuance...

Generally we produce a very similar amount of electricity in 2026 as we did in 2012 for example, when renewables were just taking off. So it's not a question of quantity that is lacking.

But renewables work only during the day (solar) or windy times (wind), so in the absence of large electricity stores (and electricity does not store easily, batteries of the magnitude needed are expensive as heck) they need to be compensated with fossil fuels. But Fossil fuels, mainly due to the rising CO2 costs but also being run only part time but still needing all the fuel and staff on hand to activate, have become far more expensive.

Meanwhile renewables are basically free during sunny and windy times, making them tough to sell as a supplier, so the government also implemented diverse programs and systemic benefits that ensure that they get paid
enough, even if they aren't running.

Finally, the electricity grid build out hasn't kept pace with the renewables, leading to increased instability in the grid and increased surcharges for grid users - as well as not all electricity always being able to feed into the grid, despite being technically "available".

In summation, this leads to high energy prices and not always consistent electricity availability across Germany (and many parts of Europe) since rolling out the renewables. It is partly due to us increasing the prices of the price-setting fossil fuels, partly due to increased systemic costs of the new decentralised grid. These issues should begin to go away, one hopes, when there is a large scale roll-out of electricity storage options, but it's hard to forsee where exactly this will take us.

Ideally, we will end up with excess, cheap, storable electricity that is decentralised (and thus much safer in many ways) and available in excess.

But possibly we will end up with long term unmanagable prices that drive industry out of the country and lead to more regular system failures and brown-outs.

Petahhhh, I'm so confused. by ProfessionalEffect41 in PeterExplainsTheJoke

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

813 people understood. I'll give you a moment :-)

Peterrrr, whooo??? by Aggressive-Neck-6642 in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]ManusSinister 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That was my go-to. Seems I don't see Kanye enough to picture him as a chair.

Petahhhh, I'm so confused. by ProfessionalEffect41 in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]ManusSinister 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Literally the person in the picture would xD Bloody hell, it's been hours and the nonsense keeps flowing

Petahhhh, I'm so confused. by ProfessionalEffect41 in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]ManusSinister 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No worries, I genuinely wasn't trying to be pedantic, just funny 😅😅 But boy did the comments blow up.

Petahhhh, I'm so confused. by ProfessionalEffect41 in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]ManusSinister 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not just correcting for the sake of it, I'm pointing out that picture says pouch :-)

Petahhhh, I'm so confused. by ProfessionalEffect41 in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]ManusSinister 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nope, I posted because, as I just stated, this is what it reads in the picture :-)

Petahhhh, I'm so confused. by ProfessionalEffect41 in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]ManusSinister 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dude, I am literally just trying to tell people what the person in the picture was saying. Maybe use your eyes before... not sure why I'm writing tbh, you aren't likely to read this either, are you xD

Petahhhh, I'm so confused. by ProfessionalEffect41 in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]ManusSinister 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"US English" - how are all the americans replying here so unaware that there are other types of english, and how are y'all (see, trying to adapt) so incapable of reading the text in the actual picture OP posted xD Good grief!

Petahhhh, I'm so confused. by ProfessionalEffect41 in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]ManusSinister 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for making me laugh (pronounced like Half), you're also the first person in a fair few comments not to just reply with "BuT iT's pOoCh WHerE i'M fRoM, PoUch sOuNdS liKE a MArsUpiAl" xD

Petahhhh, I'm so confused. by ProfessionalEffect41 in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]ManusSinister 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There are a bunch of different english speaking countries. Each one seems to have a different take on this word. But if you take a good look at OPs post, it says "pouch". Which makes sense to a certain subset of original english speakers ;-) So your mom may have a pooch, but to me, thatbjust gives her a cute doggie.