Wasn’t that the whole point of the export policy? So it hasn’t backfired, it’s working exactly as intended.

Guus Meeuwis & Vagant - Per Spoor

The Doobie Brothers - Long Train Runnin

Holy shit that’s dirt cheap.

Cheapest gas station in the city I live in is €2,249/liter ($10.015 / gallon).

I heard the Dementia Don passport gives you priority at customs when you travel to Epstein Island.

Not just investing. Every time banks loan money to someone they steal from everyone.

Fractional reserve banking means that banks only need to have a fraction of the money their customers have in accounts actually in reserve, based on the idea that not everyone will withdraw all their money from the bank at the same time. For example, if people have deposited €1000 at a bank, the bank may be allowed to have €1500 is customers’ accounts, because only a fraction needs to be covered by actual money. The rest is just entries in a database.

Because of the difference between what was deposited and what they are allowed to have as ‘virtual’ money in accounts, they can loan out the difference. So when someone asks for a €500 loan, they approve it and put €500 in the customers account without actually having more money in reserve. They basically create that €500 out of thin air. (Which the customer eventually has to pay back with real money).

Because the total amount of money actually represents the total amount of value created (e.g. by labour and manufacturing), and they just created more money without actually creating more value, the bank just caused a little bit of inflation by issuing that loan. Meaning every time they issue a loan everyone else’s money becomes worth a little less, and this difference eventually ends up in the bank’s pockets.

No, this has always been the case. The only real difference between physical and digital games is that it’s much harder to revoke the license as it’s tied to a physical object.

You don’t own digital titles. You have a license to use the software which comes with stipulations that you agree to when you make the purchase.

The same goes for physical games. Almost all software is licensed, not sold. With physical games the plastic disc acts as the license key.

Someone comes up with an idea that the state should cut spending on the sick and elderly and start campaigning about how we should be focusing healthcare on only the fit and the strong

That’s already the case with private health insurance.

I think the terminally ill should have a way to leave with dignity instead of jumping off bridges or driving into oncoming traffic.

Where I live euthanasia is available in case of “suffering without chance of improvement”, which includes mental health issues in very rare cases (and only after every treatment option has been exhausted).

The last few years there has been some discussion to allow for euthanasia for people who feel they have “completed their life”. As in: elderly who don’t want to spend their last few years in an old peoples home wearing adult diapers slowly withering away. They had a good life, they feel like there is nothing left for them to do on this earth and just want a dignified death on their own terms. There is something to be said for that.

How do you imagine that would work?

I live in a country that allows for euthanasia and it’s not like you just walk into a doctor’s office and ask for a suicide pill. It’s a long process involving multiple doctors and psychological assessments.

Why would those disadvantaged groups agree to being euthanized?

There is a difference though. During Russia 2018 and Quatar 2022 the local authorities were smart enough not to bother the tourists visiting for the world cup. Do you think the ICE goons will be the same when the VP has already threatened the visitors to the WC ?

You kids don’t know how good you have it. Modern mobile development is a dream compared to the early days.

Try developing for BlackBerry.

As a Dutch person I would assume everyone already owns at least one bicycle.

Engineer: the bottle is twice as big as it needs to be.

Bloody vikings!

Even if a small ship rotates fast that would ‘t work. If you have a small diameter then there would a huge difference between the perceived ‘gravity’ at your head vs at your feet.

Not based on Konqueror (the browser) but on khtml (the render engine Konqueror was built around).

Ugh that grid pattern. Imagine living somewhere so uninspired.