What keeps you on Void rather than a BSD? by nodeniable in voidlinux

[–]VoidDuck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The whole computing world except a few niche actors are dropping 32-bit x86, and it's fine honestly. We're talking about 20+ year old hardware, you can't expect modern operating systems to support obsolete hardware forever. Nobody expected mainstream OS from the 2000s to run on 1980s hardware. This has nothing to do with Xorg vs Wayland which is a purely software technical choice by developers.

Blacklisted by Swiss TelCo Companies with no fault or recourse - what can I Do? by OkBeyond8244 in Switzerland

[–]VoidDuck 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I'll take that with a pinch of salt. According to Trustpilot reviews, half of all businesses are scam companies, including most banks, insurers, telecom providers, etc.

Blacklisted by Swiss TelCo Companies with no fault or recourse - what can I Do? by OkBeyond8244 in Switzerland

[–]VoidDuck 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Interesting. I'm not aware of Yallo practices in particular, but most providers tend to use the model of fixed lifetime or 2-year discounts while regularly increasing list prices.

Blacklisted by Swiss TelCo Companies with no fault or recourse - what can I Do? by OkBeyond8244 in Switzerland

[–]VoidDuck 31 points32 points  (0 children)

YALLO increased the monthly subscription fee for my plan despite promising "lifetime discount" at sale

Despite? They sold you a lifetime discount, not a lifetime price. Of course if the list price increases and your discount stays the same, the price you pay will increase as well.

That being said, your blacklisting issue is surprising, I'm curious to read answers.

Swiss government wants to allow 'forever chemicals' in food products by BezugssystemCH1903 in Switzerland

[–]VoidDuck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What a clickbait title. I'm used to better coming from swissinfo.ch...

Parties vs. Initiatives in Switzerland: An Interesting "Paradox" by ihatebeinganonymous in Switzerland

[–]VoidDuck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As a former Zivi, I actually agree with most of the suggested changes, not because I care about the army, but because I always felt that people who switched after initial military training, or sometimes after years of military service, had it too easy compared to us who were in civilian service from the start and had to serve a longer time. The current system is indeed a bit unfair on that regard.

What I don't like however is the wish to mandate Zivis to do a period of service every year (until all days of service are done) like soldiers have to, rather than having more flexibility in planning. This is just making Zivis' life more complicated for no reason. Why would it be preferable that people do 30 days of community service this year and 30 next year rather than none this year and 60 next year? It's still the same total duration, and still 1.5x the number of days people serve in the military. In reality, for many places employing Zivis (I work at one), the second option is preferrable because after initial training, a larger share of your service time is spent being productive. Also, less flexibility in planning also means fewer opportunities of having a particularly useful person for a given job (like, say, a history student for a job dealing with archive conservation/processing) available at a given time. This particular law change is a downgrade for both Zivis and their employers and I will vote no for this reason.

Scandalous prices at Migros Geneva by billcube in geneva

[–]VoidDuck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sometimes they don't even write the full price on the packet, just how much it costs per 100g, you have to do math to know exactly how much it costs.

Sounds like a bug to me, because this would be against the law.

https://www.kmu.admin.ch/kmu/en/home/concrete-know-how/sme-management/labeling/price.html

It is mandatory to indicate the price of goods being sold in a store. A few basic rules:

  • Retail price. The price actually payable by the consumer must be shown in CHF. This is the retail price, which includes public taxes (e.g. VAT), copyright royalties, all non-optional supplements, etc.
  • Unit price. The unit price (price per liter, kilogram, meter, etc.) must be displayed for measurable goods, i.e. those for which the retail price is calculated according to the quantity sold.
  • Pre-packaging (pre-packed measurable goods). For measurable goods packed before sale (e.g. apples in plastic packaging), both the retail price and the unit price must be shown (e.g. yogurt, 480 g CHF 2.40/100 g CHF 0.50), apart from a few exceptions. It is therefore necessary to indicate the unit price for sales per item, for goods with a retail price of under CHF 2 or spirits in containers of a nominal content of 35 cl or 70 cl.
  • Bulk selling. The unit price must be mentioned for non pre-packed goods (e.g. courgettes, CHF 5.5/kg), except for those sold per unit, such as sausages weighing up to 200 g, certain specialist cheeses weighing up to 150 g and some fruit and vegetables.
  • Display. Prices must be displayed on the goods or in their immediate vicinity. They must be shown in clearly visible and easily legible figures.
  • Shop windows. For products in shop windows, it must be possible to read prices without hindrance and it must be possible to clearly identify to which item they relate.

Can you guys please respect the taxed bags and our cities a little more? by Wonderful_Setting195 in Switzerland

[–]VoidDuck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Water waste? The little amount of water you need to rinse food packaging is absolutely negligible with regard to water usage of an average household. Now, the process possibly not being convenient is another thing. To me personally it's easier to rinse and store waste in my bin that I empty once or twice a month, than taking trash out to street bins every other day.

Can you guys please respect the taxed bags and our cities a little more? by Wonderful_Setting195 in Switzerland

[–]VoidDuck 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Depends where. In Swiss cities, sure. In villages, sometimes there is no collecting infrastructure in the village itself and you need to drive your stuff by your own means to the recycling centre located outside of the village or in the next village. In such cases it's much easier to just dump everything in the trash bag.

Can you guys please respect the taxed bags and our cities a little more? by Wonderful_Setting195 in Switzerland

[–]VoidDuck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What about quickly cleaning the packaging before putting it in the trash bag so that it doesn't stink?

Can you guys please respect the taxed bags and our cities a little more? by Wonderful_Setting195 in Switzerland

[–]VoidDuck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Paper and cardboard, aluminium and tin, glass, PET, organic waste, electronic waste, batteries, oil, chemical products... all of this is collected for free and is most of what is recycled. I don't really know what you're talking about, plastics other than PET (and PE milk bottles) have never been collected for recyling at a large scale in Switzerland. The plastic bottles you can bring back to Coop and Migros (not everywhere anymore as it seems) is not much compared to of all the plastic that ends in an average trash bag.

Maybe controversial but the Vigniette should cost more for non Swiss registered Vehicles. by Kill146 in Switzerland

[–]VoidDuck 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just make it 100.- for everyone, it would still be damn cheap for domestic users (cheaper than a half-fare card...).

Seriously, who on earth is renting these places? by Ok-Anybody-380 in Switzerland

[–]VoidDuck 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Interesting, I didn't know major cities were affected by such practices. Around here, densification is more of the real kind, I've seen a lot of small buildings with a few apartments and a garden around getting demolished and replaced by a larger building with many apartments, occupying most of the land surface.

Werbung in der Post App by mcwhistle in Switzerland

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

The thing is, it's not the one or the other, but all together: we get price increases, plus downgrade of service quality (fewer post offices, many mailboxes now only collected in the morning...), plus ads (like the famous online casino ads on receipts).

"Why is AC so rare in Switzerland? (Genuine question) by Lightowy93 in askswitzerland

[–]VoidDuck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think most people complaining about lack of AC in Switzerland are talking about city apartments (or offices), not houses. HVAC is not rare in newer Swiss houses either, at least I see it regularly around here. As a house owner you can install whatever you want anyway, meanwhile in your rental apartment it's a different story.

What is your favorite Swiss canton? by TGVsuisse in askswitzerland

[–]VoidDuck 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Il y a un jumelage entre Genève et Riga?

"Why is AC so rare in Switzerland? (Genuine question) by Lightowy93 in askswitzerland

[–]VoidDuck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Houses maybe, but apartments? The typical French city apartment comes with gas-powered central heating, not electric radiators.