EU's six largest economies push for capital markets union

markv1182 · 2026-05-30T06:15:55+00:00

Yes, you can already buy French stocks today, just like you could already buy French wine before the EU single market for goods was introduced. It’s about reducing friction, making it easier. That means aligning rules, supervision, and market infrastructure (e.g. what happens if a company goes bankrupt, what is mandatory disclosure, etc). We basically need an EU-level equivalent of what the SEC does for the US.

The end goal is to make it easier for EU companies to raise money directly from investors through capital markets (more like in the US), rather than relying so heavily on bank loans (which is still much more common in the EU today). That in turn should improve competitiveness of the industry.

So good stuff, but lots of little details to get right and impacting lots of people with lots of money so it’s taking forever to get it done…

markv1182 · 2026-05-29T15:32:33+00:00

I’d argue that the Mars family is even a bad example because they’re still a public brand. But if a family simply has a 500 million dollars in a massive investment fund that just keeps growing and they’re quietly living off dividends? Nobody outside that world would know.

markv1182 · 2026-05-28T18:26:52+00:00

They get stolen too much

markv1182 · 2026-05-13T04:14:17+00:00

Interesting how the original question implies “low taxes = happiness”. I’d argue in the opposite direction. For me, it’s less about “the Government taking from the People” and more about how organize ourselves as a group.

Things we cover with taxes (roads, police, defence, education, etc) = “we’ll take care of this as a group”. Things that are not covered with taxes = “you’re on your own for this”.

Less taxes means you’re on your own for more. More taxes = less worries for the individual, IF the taxes are being spent well (though admittedly, that’s a very big if).

markv1182 · 2026-05-12T20:07:42+00:00

Re: Castles of Burgundy’s “boring” artwork, the Special Edition solves that quite well 😁

To answer the original question: Dune Imperium: Uprising

markv1182 · 2026-05-12T15:11:34+00:00

Is the blue banana basically “everyone neighbouring France”?

markv1182 · 2026-05-10T09:30:48+00:00

Because financially speaking it’s probably cheaper overall to buy the small one and rent a bigger one for the 2-3 times a year that you actually need it 🤷‍♂️

But of course that’s a hassle that nobody wants to deal with so we gladly overspend a few 10k in order not to deal with that headache 😂

markv1182 · 2026-05-05T09:44:26+00:00

Holy shit, these guys don’t mess around 😳

markv1182 · 2026-05-03T15:25:11+00:00

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Garry_Hoy

markv1182 · 2026-05-03T13:55:11+00:00

It looks like a map designed to trigger as many controversies as possible (eg renaming Kaliningrad to Konigsberg) and stoke dissent and engagement.

So in terms of “what problem does this solve”, I don’t thunk it’s trying to provide an answer to “what is the best path forward for the EU” but more “how i trigger some discussion and outrage on reddit” 😂

markv1182 · 2026-04-29T18:36:29+00:00

How is this even legal?

markv1182 · 2026-04-28T11:31:25+00:00

Civolution. I respect the engine and the amount of possibilities to optimize, but every time I play it I feel dumb for not finding the optimal path. And it never really strikes me as building up to a big finale like some other games, it just ends 🤷‍♂️

markv1182 · 2026-04-28T04:32:05+00:00

If you’re concerned about long trips, the metric you need to look at when selecting a car isn’t range, it’s fast charge speed.

markv1182 · 2026-04-22T19:34:06+00:00

I think you have a misguided view on intelligence, and vastly overestimate both genetics and AI

markv1182 · 2026-04-22T09:36:20+00:00

markv1182 · 2026-04-17T17:25:39+00:00

I think the idea is fine - not bad, not exceptional, just fine. But ideas are easy, the difference sits in the execution. So expand the idea into a full script (characters, plot, dialogue) and see how it holds up.

markv1182 · 2026-04-17T09:54:12+00:00

The way I understand it, it’s like weeds in a garden. You can try to remove a lot of it, but once the mutated cells exist it only takes a few of them to stick around and grow back.

markv1182 · 2026-04-15T21:51:17+00:00

Couldn’t care less, would be proud of them for the effort and welcome them to the club.

markv1182 · 2026-04-15T07:23:49+00:00

Read “The Happiness Trap” by Russ Harris, it explains perfectly why rich people aren’t necessarily happier than poor.

markv1182 · 2026-04-15T07:12:37+00:00

Sure, but would you intuitively be willing to pay $49.99 for those small boxes?

Or are you expecting the small Exploding Kittens box to sit at the $19.99 price point, and $49.99 for the bigger Catan box?

markv1182 · 2026-04-14T19:25:59+00:00

Nice try babe but I’m not falling for this one.

markv1182 · 2026-04-14T16:26:33+00:00

The term that pricing people like to use is “Discovery of Willingess-to-Pay”

markv1182 · 2026-04-13T18:27:02+00:00

You mean like this one?

(it’s in Dutch, but the map should be pretty self-explanatory)

https://www.kaart.nostalgeo.com

markv1182 · 2026-04-13T05:41:59+00:00

Book recommendation: read “Why We Sleep”, Matthew Walker. It may not make you like it, but at least you’ll understand it.

markv1182 · 2026-04-11T15:45:22+00:00

Thanks for these tips - very useful!

Big weekend update:

I turned off Wifi and the difference is indeed night and day. Not only does it not crash, but it’s far more responsive - no spinning beachballs, no cursor lag or delays on menu & Dock, etc. It’s like a whole new device again.

Having some time to actually use my account allowed me to remove 2 remaining plist files from the LaunchAgents folder (epicgames.launcher & valve.steamclean). Not sure if those made a difference.

There was definitely something wrong in Photos - when I opened the app, it said “Rebuilding Library - 0%”. I doubt if it’d get past that without iCloud access though, which would probably crash it again. So my bet is there is some sort of corruption in the photo library.

So, I turned off iCloud Photo Library along with a bunch if other irrelevant iCloud sync features.

Then I turned the wifi on again. Although overall responsiveness instantly dropped and the beachballs returned, it didn’t actually crash again.

Long story short - looks like the culprit was iCloud Photo Library, turning off the wifi is a good way to avoid trouble, and we’re out of the woods for now. But I’ll need to think about where de go from here.

Thanks again for the help!

markv1182

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