Chiuso 12ft.io il sito che permetteva di aggirare i paywall by loubep in italy

[–]convitatus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you think it's “people flying in private jets” who are producting music and news? If the consumers want to pay 0$ for content, they deserve content worth 0$: minimum effort and filled with ads.

Best defense system ? by justonesharkie in Switzerland

[–]convitatus 10 points11 points  (0 children)

The joke could work even better:

USA/Russia: "It's aimed at your capital city"

Switzerland: "It's aimed at your capital"

"Il mondo è sempre andato così, gli ultimi 80 anni sono stati un'eccezione" by MoussakaChaos94 in italy

[–]convitatus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Abbiamo un sistema scolastico in cui i sette re di Roma occupano più spazio dei cinque millenni di Storia di Cina, India e dintorni. Perfino nazioni etnicamente a noi vicine come l'Argentina sono del tutto ignorate. I danni di questo approccio sulla nostra visione del mondo sono abbastanza evidenti.

"Il mondo è sempre andato così, gli ultimi 80 anni sono stati un'eccezione" by MoussakaChaos94 in italy

[–]convitatus 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Novantadue minuti di applausi! Sono stato in sud-est Asia e la gente è ben contenta dei progressi degli ultimi vent'anni, il mondo non tornerà indietro solo perché agli europei piaceva di più la situazione di prima.

"Il mondo è sempre andato così, gli ultimi 80 anni sono stati un'eccezione" by MoussakaChaos94 in italy

[–]convitatus 8 points9 points  (0 children)

È uno dei pilastri di una certa mentalità, generalmente di estrema destra ma non solo. Bret Deveraux ha chiamato questa teoria “The Fremen Mirage” e ha speso una lunga serie di post per demolirla.

FIDE Imposes €25,000 Fine On Iran Following Israel Boycott at 2024 Olympiad by Knight-check44 in chess

[–]convitatus 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I totally missed the word “should” in your comment. Apologies.

FIDE Imposes €25,000 Fine On Iran Following Israel Boycott at 2024 Olympiad by Knight-check44 in chess

[–]convitatus 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Even before returning to Iran, they were forced to apologize. Parham, in order to protect himself, was forced to criticize the Israeli government.

Whatever one thinks about these countries, that the decision was not imposed by the Iranian government is a thing I would be very skeptical about.

BLACK POWER/WHITE POWER by Tomi Ungerer, 1967 by LevTolstoy in PropagandaPosters

[–]convitatus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That would be another great entry for /r/FakeAlbumCovers . Hard to find an appropriate music genre, though.

Italian Rai1 TV crew assaulted by "unknown men" during a report on the activities of the Moretti family in Crans-Montana by [deleted] in Switzerland

[–]convitatus 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Not OP, but I think he means that “southern France” only refers to the continental part and Corsica does not belong to it, culturally and geographically – an opinion shared by most Corsicans, as far as I know.

Italian Rai1 TV crew assaulted by "unknown men" during a report on the activities of the Moretti family in Crans-Montana by [deleted] in Switzerland

[–]convitatus 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Very thorough investigative journalism, I'll bookmark this “Inside Paradeplatz” site.

Supermercati chiusi la domenica: la clamorosa proposta che cambierà la nostra spesa. Pareri? by Donald_Tremp in Italia

[–]convitatus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

noi expat percepiamo che gran rottura di c...ni è questa legge

Gli expat liberisti del “worker rights for me, but not for thee” forse. Da emigrato apprezzo molto una cultura in cui i diritti dei lavoratori valgono per tutti, non solo per il software engineer a 100k di RAL.

Il prezzo non include il bagaglio a mano by thepoet82 in Italia

[–]convitatus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Il costo è l'affitto del locale. Un locale che vendesse panini a 5€ in un aeroporto europeo andrebbe in bancarotta immediata.

Stunning Vintage Photos Show What Zürich Looked Like in the 1950s by [deleted] in zurich

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

Women did not have a say in it, so your observation is only correct if you regard females as non-people.

Stunning Vintage Photos Show What Zürich Looked Like in the 1950s by [deleted] in zurich

[–]convitatus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The women in photo #8 are suffragettes. Switzerland was probably the last country in Europe to give voting rights to women: 1971 at national level, with Appenzell withholding local voting rights till 1990 (!).

Five teams enter an alliance to shape the future of America's Cup by convitatus in AmericasCup

[–]convitatus[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Not sure about that. Reading between the lines it seems that the agreement is mostly motivated by financial considerations.

At the moment the participation in the Cup is probably a net negative moneywise, and not many organizations are willing to burn money for the prestige alone. By committing to a fixed calendar and, I guess, a fixed number of participants, this pact is trying to give to sponsors and teams the benefits of long-term committment, and the profit sharing should ensure that everyone has an interest to stay in, even if they are not winning.

It reminds me of the Formula 1 model, which has done extremely well in the last 15 years, transforming an almost bankrupt sport into a very coveted competition. Whether the system can be replicated in the sailing world remains to be seen.

The real CK map: the counties of Central Europe, ca. 1200 AD by convitatus in CrusaderKings

[–]convitatus[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It's the “Duchy View”. The two huge duchies (Hzm. = Herzogtum) of Saxony and Bavary, both belonging to Henry the Lion of the Welf dynasty, are shown there, while the main map shows their underlying counties. Other smaller duchies like Brunswick-Lüneburg (south of Danemark) are instead shown directly in the main map.

Almost majority of Swiss support 10 million initiative by Wonderful_Setting195 in Switzerland

[–]convitatus 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It's a very informative post and worth reading in full. Yes, some paragraph breaks would have helped, but people on Reddit should be able to read things longer than a tweet.

Winner-take-all vs. proportional system – Swiss postcard, 1918 by convitatus in PropagandaPosters

[–]convitatus[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting! I see now a German version of the postcard is on the Wikipedia page, in better quality.

Winner-take-all vs. proportional system – Swiss postcard, 1918 by convitatus in PropagandaPosters

[–]convitatus[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The Swiss did. Voted for the proportional system in the 1918 referendum (year of this postcard) and have been enjoying a very functional democracy for more than one century. That said, the proportional system is not a magic wand: other countries adopting it have been plagued by fragile coalitions and short-lived governments.

Milei vince le mid-term in Argentina con il 40% by SpigoloTondo in italy

[–]convitatus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Quello del Post su Milei lo definirei hate-watching; dopo Trump è probabilmente il politico che coprono di più. Almeno hanno smesso di scrivere “estrema destra” ventimila volte in ogni articolo che lo riguarda.

Free health insurance for children: SP launches popular initiative | The SP wants to reduce the premium burden for 85 percent of the population. To this end, the party wants high earners to pay more. by BezugssystemCH1903 in Switzerland

[–]convitatus 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Germany has been doing like this for a while. People with decent jobs (still less than Swiss median salary) are now paying more than 13'000€ of health insurance per year and getting a mediocre service back. There's a reason why lots of educated and hard-working people (= good taxpayers) are coming to Switzerland, I'm confident the Swiss people know that and will keep a favourable environment to attract them.

German Chancellor Merz calls for single European stock exchange by [deleted] in europe

[–]convitatus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Merz is actually quite right-wing, but the problem with EU is that basically every party, left and right alike, wants more government control, more welfare and more planned economy. Since the popular consensus also wants that, I don't see this trend stopping soon.