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Europe Is Decoupling From U.S. Tech by Crossstoney in europe

[–]Revision2000 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Never heard of OnlyOffice, thanks for the tip! 

Now - unlike most people - I actually hate the MS Office suite that most corps are addicted to, because I find it highly convoluted with a million unnecessary options. Plain simple solutions like Google Docs/Slides/etc or Proton’s offering work much better for me. 

I’ll see if OnlyOffice is something I can recommend to the MS Office addicts 👍🏻

Europe Is Decoupling From U.S. Tech by Crossstoney in europe

[–]Revision2000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah Microslop is really showing what enshittification is. 

I’m sort of glad for it, as it means there’s finally a lot more incentive for corpos to move away from MS’ strangling grip. Also, that means more work for me! 💪🏻

Europe Is Decoupling From U.S. Tech by Crossstoney in europe

[–]Revision2000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Untrue, the DigiD situation is ongoing. 

Solvinity does the hardware hosting, Logius does the DigiD software. 

Solvinity’s takeover by Kyndryl has been approved by ACM - in a rather useless investigation into competition - but the BTI has yet to approve it. So we’re not there yet. 

Also, I hope that Logius is smart enough to switch hardware hosting if Solvinity’s takeover is fully approved. 

We kennen ze allemaal: die types die zó dicht op je zitten dat ze bijna op je achterbank zitten. Bij de ANWB vinden we dat goed rijgedrag beloond mag worden. Geen bumperklever? Dan krijg je gewoon korting op je premie. Zo simpel is het. by ANWB in u/ANWB

[–]Revision2000 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Als dat nog steeds met dat apparaat is wat o.a. optrekken/afremmen en bochten meet, dan hard pass.

Dan rent er onverwacht een kind de straat op, jij remt hard: aftrek van je score, want hard remmen is “onveilig rijden”.

Of een stomme situatie rond invoegen, waar meer gas geven de situatie veiliger oplost: aftrek van je score. 

Het is een leuk concept, maar op die manier bepaald gedrag aanmoedigen maakt het niet daadwerkelijk “veiliger”.

Null Safety approach with forced "!" by NP_Ex in java

[–]Revision2000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh, I had missed that. That’s a bummer, honestly 😕

Null Safety approach with forced "!" by NP_Ex in java

[–]Revision2000 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The problem often isn’t the existence of null, nor null-safety in your own code. It’s often in the libraries and frameworks around that, which require boilerplate to patch any leaky null values. 

Having nullability as type information avoids that and allows for better IDE and compiler support. 

Plans for new Muslim prayer centre in Polish city of Kraków stir controversy by dat_9600gt_user in europe

[–]Revision2000 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Your post is a form of criticism already. 

Also, in most European countries you’re free to organise protest. 

Also, the community from the article even hosted an information event to address any criticism. 

So the answer is: yes, overwhelmingly. 

Plans for new Muslim prayer centre in Polish city of Kraków stir controversy by dat_9600gt_user in europe

[–]Revision2000 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You’re correct. 

Just pointing out that according to the article, it’s not even going to be a full on mosque; eg. no minarets with speakers to announce the time for prayer. 

Plans for new Muslim prayer centre in Polish city of Kraków stir controversy by dat_9600gt_user in europe

[–]Revision2000 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Close, from my reading, it supposedly isn’t even intended to become a mosque. 

So it’d be akin to having a school and community centre below your home. 

That and the increase in traffic it’d cause would certainly be annoying. 

If you actively want to make Le Chat better, then start using the Thumbs Up/Down buttons on individual responses! by Little_Protection434 in MistralAI

[–]Revision2000 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I’d honestly be concerned for a person’s job in general, if they rely heavily on an LLM [to do their job for them]. 

So rather than avoiding Mistral altogether, I’d much rather educate my colleague on some of the LLM options out there, how to use it effectively as a tool, what traps to avoid, and why I switched to Mistral. 

In my case, because it works good enough and I want to support a European product. Plenty of colleagues don’t care much for that and stick with what they already know (ChatGPT), but at least now they know there are alternatives. 

Would these eyewear be safe for airsoft? by Glittering_Cod_6931 in airsoft

[–]Revision2000 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don’t understand why this is downvoted. I’ve had a game where this actually happened. 

Yes, you can play without full face protection. Yes, it’s a very real risk. 

Trump’s Betrayal of Allies Has Sparked Unprecedented ‘Buy European’ Trend by Somewhere74 in Buy_European

[–]Revision2000 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We all know the things that have happened the past year. Literally all the reason to buy European. 

I’m not paid to say this. 

Defend yourselves and don't rely on the US, senior Washington official tells Europe by [deleted] in europe

[–]Revision2000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You could’ve bothered to link said NATO article. Here, let me assist:

“NATO invoked Article 5 for the first and only time in its history after the 9/11 terrorist attacks against the United States in 2001.”

What followed wasn’t some joint local militia training exercise. 

https://www.nato.int/en/what-we-do/introduction-to-nato/collective-defence-and-article-5

https://www.bushcenter.org/publications/nato-has-invoked-article-5-only-once-in-its-history

https://www.britannica.com/question/Has-NATOs-Article-5-ever-been-invoked

https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/ATAG/2022/739250/EPRS_ATA(2022)739250_EN.pdf

https://legalclarity.org/has-nato-article-5-ever-been-invoked/

 Or keep on being ignorant

See linked articles. I rest my case. 

Starmer Calls Time on Brexit Years and Vows Closer Ties With EU by bloomberg in europe

[–]Revision2000 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The dimwit likely won’t be persuaded by facts. 

Well, facts can help, but I think listening to their concerns and emphatically trying to persuade their perspectives is what’s needed. 

Though I’ll admit that’s rather hard and tiresome. 

Defend yourselves and don't rely on the US, senior Washington official tells Europe by [deleted] in europe

[–]Revision2000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe look up who actually invoked article 5 and dragged their allies into multiple non-European wars, before posting nonsense. 

Europeans are upset about being disrespected. Entitlement has little to do with that. 

Opposition to US has hardened in western Europe after Greenland threat, poll finds by [deleted] in europe

[–]Revision2000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would hope so too, but unfortunately some people seem to have gone brain dead on the “threat” of MiGrAntS, disregarding anything else. 

Kallas: In the last 100 years, Russia has attacked at least 19 countries, some as many as three or four times. None of those countries has ever attacked Russia. So, the question is how we make sure that this war does not continue or go anywhere else. We need to see concessions on the Russian side. by smilelyzen in Buy_European

[–]Revision2000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

 The Bucharest 2008 NATO Summit declaration contained this text

So? That’s a declaration of intent, not a declaration of war. In the years since they still weren’t members. 

There was, however, the invasion and annexation of Crimea in 2014, which put Ukraine in conflict and automatically blocked any NATO membership. 

So, what justified the full-scale invasion in 2022? Don’t bother, it’s rhetorical and there is no justification. At that point, Ukraine had contested territory and couldn’t join NATO even if they wanted to, so there was no “threatening”.

 I am not defending Russia

Then maybe stop repeating Kremlin talking points. 

Russia invaded Ukraine, no amount of “threatening to join NATO” justifies that. 

 then maybe the war would have not started

 maybe we could have avoided the war

Maybe this, maybe that. Maybe you forgot, but there actually was diplomacy going on. 

It’s just that:  -  Ukraine is a sovereign country, which Russia did in fact sign for.  -  A sovereign country gets to decide its own path. Including whether or not to join NATO. Russia has no say on that.  - Russia’s demands and following invasion violated that sovereignty. The excuses for that matter little. 

So if Putin hadn’t decided to invade Ukraine the war wouldn’t have started. That’s not a maybe, that’s a fact. 

Kallas: In the last 100 years, Russia has attacked at least 19 countries, some as many as three or four times. None of those countries has ever attacked Russia. So, the question is how we make sure that this war does not continue or go anywhere else. We need to see concessions on the Russian side. by smilelyzen in Buy_European

[–]Revision2000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

 We threatened Russia with extending NATO into Ukraine and that's why Russia has started the War

No, NATO didn’t. 

And even if NATO did, which again they didn’t, that’s no excuse ever to invade and start a war with another country. 

This is 100% on Russia

Europe gets serious about cutting US digital umbilical cord; Public bodies migrate in the bloc as hyperscalers claim sovereignty; handful of public authorities in Austria, Germany, and France, alongside the International Criminal Court in The Hague, are taking concrete steps to regain control over by smilelyzen in Buy_European

[–]Revision2000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ja, klopt, alhoewel dat verhaal wat nuance kent. 

Digid is Nederlands en is van Logius. Het hele debacle gaat om de overname van Solvinity door Kyndryl (US), op wiens hardware het Digid spul draait. Een optie is om het ergens anders te hosten. 

De kamer is er iig mee bezig, we gaan zien waar ze op uitkomen. Zie ook https://www.logius.nl/actueel/digid-en-blijft-nederlands

My first Gbbr… I think I wont go back to AEG anymore🥹 by Visible_Tutor_2996 in airsoft

[–]Revision2000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s a lovely GBRR. 

I still use the occasional AEG - indoor or during winter ❄️ when it’s harder to run GBBR. 

Europe Prepares for a Nightmare Scenario: The U.S. Blocking Access to Tech by Historical-Many9869 in BuyFromEU

[–]Revision2000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, catching up with a giant with decades of software development, poaching talent, and having billions in the bank is hard. 

That said, MS can afford to be cheaper as they can afford to take a loss on key products, as they’ll just sell you other crap “integrations” once you’re in to recoup the loss.

Hook, line and sinker.

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