This is a fantastic example of using selective information to mislead people. It‘s completely omitting important details like

1. France‘s much older population (malnutrition deaths are much more common in the elderly)
2. Data reliability (France‘s data is very comprehensive, while data from countries with authoritarian governments is less reliable; the IHME tries to (opaquely) compensate for that, but that‘s only possible by imputation and modeling, which is less reliable by definition)
3. Differences in recording deaths (France has a multiple-cause-of-death recording system, while many other countries only record a single cause; this means malnutrition as a result of another disease is much more likely to be recorded in France)
4. Counterexamples (include Germany, the UK, Austria, New Zealand or many other countries with a capitalist system and suddenly it doesn‘t really seem like there‘s any correlation between a country’s system and malnutrition deaths)

Sorry, but this graphic can only be seen as plain propaganda, if you actually look into the data it‘s based on.

Perhaps I can save someone else the time of doing a reverse image search:

This portrait is showing English poet Christopher Anstey with his daughter Mary Ann and was painted by William Hoare, circa 1776. It‘s on display in room 18 on floor 3 at London‘s National Portrait Gallery.

Ich glaube, dass gerade das Deutschlandticket gut dazu geeignet wäre, das bestehende Henne-Ei-Problem Alle fahren Auto, weil kein Bus kommt; es kommt kein Bus, weil alle Auto fahren zu lösen. Die Einnahmen werden ja im Gegensatz zu Verbundtickets deutschlandweit verteilt. Es wäre also gut denkbar, dass die Tickets der Städter am Ende ländliche Regionen subventionieren und dadurch im ganzen Land eine bessere Versorgung gewährleistet wird.

Das bedingt natürlich einen entsprechenden Verteilungsschlüssel und politischen Willen. An letzterem mangelt es momentan leider besonders, aber vielleicht bekommen wir ja irgendwann mal wieder eine Regierung, die lieber öffentliche Verkehrsmittel als Autos fördert. Und dann ist mit dem Deutschlandticket schon mal eine gute Grundlage vorhanden.

There is a lot of trash being produced, but I think Der Tatortreiniger and Stromberg are German shows which can definitely be recommended.

Du hast vollkommen Recht, ich fand es hier auch eher bezeichnend, dass man ohne Logos Schwierigkeiten hätte, die Plakate einer Partei zuzuordnen. Beide setzen gleichermaßen auf stumpfe, irreführende Emotionalität.

Abgrenzung muss ja nicht nur über die Positionen stattfinden, man könnte sich ja auch durch Argumentationsstrategien distanzieren. Die CDU-Plakate wirken einfach, mal wieder, wie ein Versuch, am rechten Rand zu fischen, indem man die AfD imitiert. Und damit wird der rechte Rand durch die CDU weiter normalisiert und in die gesellschaftliche Mitte gerückt.

Nope, die ganze Heerstraße (B5) kurz nach der Grenze Berlin/Brandenburg hängt leider voll mit diesen beiden Plakaten.

Hier ein Bild mit weniger Zoom:

Nope, unless they had AI back in May 2000.

These blogs do still exist, they just lack discoverability because they‘re not focusing on SEO. You might want to give Kagi Small Web a go. It‘s their explicit goal to promote these kinds of websites.

It‘s not quite the same as the good old days, but it‘s probably as close as we can get right now.

I love my Steam Deck, but I hate that it‘s still the best gaming handheld on the market. Valve has been pretty transparent about their process of getting the Deck right. Things like working with AMD to create a mobile APU optimized for gaming, using an optimized OS and an optimized UI, balancing performance and battery life, using and iterating over the controller design, leveraging FOSS and so on.

But somehow no one else seems use all of this knowledge, trying to innovate on top of it. Sure, there are handhelds which take some of these learnings into account, but never enough of them to actually improve on the Deck as a whole. I would have expected other manufacturers to catch up with Valve four years after the Deck‘s release. I don‘t like only getting excited about gaming hardware made by a single company.

If someone‘s looking for an alternative, I‘d recommend Qobuz after trying Spotify, Deezer and Tidal. They‘re European, pay artists very well, don‘t support AI slop, have excellent audio quality and I haven‘t yet stumbled upon any artists or albums missing from their library (though your experience may vary).

Thanks for the additional information!

Here’s the quote from the paywalled article I was referring to:

Bethke hat im Herbst 2024 Anzeige gegen Pascal K. erstattet. In Summe gehe es, andere Forderungen wegen ausstehender Rechnungen in der Bar eingerechnet, um knapp 10 000 Euro. Die Staatsanwaltschaft hat Ermittlungen eingeleitet. Aber auch die Behörden konnten Pascal K. nicht finden. Zwischenzeitlich hat die Staatsanwaltschaft Köln sogar nach ihm gesucht und das Ermittlungsverfahren dafür vorübergehend ausgesetzt, weil er an seiner Meldeadresse nicht gelebt habe, so ein Sprecher. Inzwischen laufen die Ermittlungen wieder.

Translation:

Bethke filed a criminal complaint against Pascal K. in the fall of 2024. Including other claims for outstanding bills at the bar, the total amount is just under 10,000 euros. The public prosecutor’s office has launched an investigation. However, the authorities were also unable to locate Pascal K. According to a spokesperson, the Cologne public prosecutor’s office even searched for him and temporarily suspended the investigation because he was not living at his registered address. The investigation has since resumed.

There has also been another case where there was a civil arrest warrant against K., though that isn’t a police matter in Germany:

Oliver Strank sagt, seit Oktober 2023 bestehe in der Sache ein Vollstreckungstitel, aber K. sei nicht greifbar gewesen. Im Sommer 2024 hat Strank sogar einen zivilrechtlichen Haftbefehl gegen K. erwirkt. Doch die zuständige Gerichtsvollzieherin, die diesen Haftbefehl vollstrecken müsste, habe den Gesuchten nie antreffen können, sagt Strank.

Translation:

Oliver Strank says that there has been an enforcement order in the matter since October 2023, but K. could not be located. In the summer of 2024, Strank even obtained a civil arrest warrant for K. However, Strank says the responsible bailiff, who would have to execute this arrest warrant, was never able to find the wanted person.

Although homophobia is definitely a plausible motive here, it’s important to know that there are multiple accusations of theft and grifting against this guy.

For example, he managed someone else’s bar, threw his birthday party there, and then vanished, leaving the owner with a bill of almost €6,000. He couldn’t even be found by the police. He also never repaid a loan of €3,500 to someone else. By now, about 20 people claim to have been scammed by him. After prosecutors were unable to locate him for quite a while, the investigation is currently ongoing.

He also seems to be quite manipulative, complaining to his followers about not being chosen as a referee for games because of his activism, while actually just not showing up to mandatory training and therefore being unqualified.

(Source; unfortunately German and paywalled)

So, while homophobia might be the reason for this attack, he might also have been beaten up by a victim of his alleged crimes.

Franz Reichelt, the Flying Tailor, seemed to be pretty sure he could fly when, in 1912, he tried testing a wingsuit he designed himself. By jumping from the Eiffel Tower. He could not fly.

Dazu sei auch noch spaceweather.com erwähnt. Verwendet die gleiche Datenbasis, aber ordnet zusätzlich noch alle größeren Ereignisse verständlich ein.

Es sollte aber auch gesagt sein, dass beide Seiten nicht alle Polarlichter vorhersagen können. Die Aurora Forecast hatte beispielsweise für den 19.01. keine Polarlichter für Deutschland angekündigt, obwohl sie ja praktisch im ganzen Land sichtbar waren (ich nehme an, dass das an der ungewöhnlich hohen Geschwindigkeit des CMEs lag). Also wenn man hört, dass die Sonne etwas in unsere Richtung gespuckt hat, kann es sich trotz schlechter Vorhersage lohnen, mal nach draußen zu gehen und in den Himmel zu schauen.

I can‘t find the specific video where it came up, but I remember Chet Faliszek, who worked at Valve from 2005 to 2017, mentioning, that Gaben‘s death is something that has been planned for and won‘t be as much of an issue for Valve as people might think.

It‘s of course in no way guaranteed to work out in the end, I don‘t know the specifics of the plans or if everyone‘s going to go along with them. But seeing how well Valve is doing and also how little Gaben actually seems to steer the company, I‘m somewhat optimistic that it‘ll be fine after his passing. Not optimistic enough not to have my most beloved Steam games backed up somewhere, of course, but still somewhat optimistic.

I think this really depends on the company’s culture and size. From my experience, having only worked in smaller teams, I’d say trying to partake in management duties proactively has probably been most successful for colleagues who wanted to lead.

So when your boss or supervisor has a meeting about your product, ask if you can join. If you have a well thought-out idea on how to improve things, like introducing better processes, fixing recurring issues, introducing better tools or something like that, talk about it. Being visible as someone who genuinely cares about the success of your team, product and company is, in my experience, probably the most important thing.

Just make sure this is actually what you want. Depending on the company, you might end up doing very little programming and lots of spreadsheets and misery instead. Find out what’s keeping your current team lead busy and ask yourself if that’s really what you want to do.

Mich haben bei diesem Thema zwei Dinge positiv überrascht.

Erstens zeigt das Gift-und-Galle-Spucken der US-Lobbyisten, dass das in Europa wachsende Verlangen nach digitaler Unabhängigkeit inzwischen wirklich ein ernstzunehmendes Problem für die Big-Tech-Konzerne ist. Zweitens lässt sich die Schweiz von diesen aggressiven Lobbyisten offenbar größtenteils nicht beirren und arbeitet weiter auf allen Ebenen an tatsächlicher digitaler Souveränität.

Es ist wahrscheinlich einer der wenigen Verdienste der aktuellen US-Politik, dass im Rest der Welt endlich eine Sensibilisierung für problematische technologische Abhängigkeiten geschaffen wird, wenn auch komplett unbeabsichtigt.

Just don’t try to make this in a country with low food-safety standards, like the U.S. You’ll have a good chance of getting sick!

Mett is so popular here in Germany that some of our strictest food-safety regulations were put in place specifically because of it. So even if Mett is not for everyone, I think it’s still awesome for expediting the establishment of food-quality levels other developed countries can only dream of.

I believe it‘s even more strict than that (insert obligatory I am not a lawyer here).

For military commands, German soldiers must not obey orders that would constitute a criminal offense (§11(2) SG). Outside of that, the respective laws for civil servants are applicable (§11(3) SG). These laws, specifically §63 BBG, contain an obligation to object to illegal orders (Remonstrationspflicht). If a civil servant doesn‘t object, they are personally responsible for their actions.

So it‘s not just an option to object to unlawful orders, it‘s an obligation.

This is a great example of open source adding value for everyone. Users of those GPUs get improved performance, Valve gets to sell them more recent games, and AMD gets a nice, free reputation boost because their older hardware still receives meaningful updates.

So if anyone ever needs to convince management that open-sourcing something could be good for business, point to this!