ECB

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[–] ECB@feddit.org 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Germany is actually trending the other way. Modern Parlaments have more parties than they did in the past.

[–] ECB@feddit.org 6 points 4 days ago

In general, US-based sites/companies are usually terrible with supporting multi-lingualism. It's not really surprising I guess considering how monolingual most of the country/region is.

For years google maps has annoyed me, since I just wanted a good way to have German and English reviews not be translated, since both are common in my city and I speak both languages.

Somehow it randomly works sometimes and then suddenly will start translating them again. It's very inconsistent.

[–] ECB@feddit.org 10 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I visited family/friends in the US recently (i've lived in europe for many years).

Everyone is super upset about the current state of things, angry at Trump etc.

However, they are also generally just convinced they need to wait out these four years and then everything can return to normal.

[–] ECB@feddit.org 4 points 4 days ago

I think he's just obsessed with controlling the arctic, since it's going to be ice-free soon (and thus incredibly important for global shipping)

It's why his 3 main "targets" are Canada, Greenland, and Panama (for the canal)

[–] ECB@feddit.org 6 points 6 days ago

It's literally not any different. Starlink is just a less-reliable broadband internet connection, it has nothing to do with WiFi

[–] ECB@feddit.org 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

As a non-native working in German, the numbers are one of the trickiest parts.

My jobs generally involve a lot of math and discussions of numbers, and I often struggle with swapping numbers around in my head. Especially because when you get to bigger numbers people often switch between (or use a combination of) listing individual digits left-to-right and saying multi-digit numbers.

The though is when you occasionally notice natives mess it up!

[–] ECB@feddit.org 19 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

He always gets so hung up on MIT because of his uncle

[–] ECB@feddit.org 3 points 3 weeks ago

These are crazy popular in and around London, even among fairly 'normal' people.

The housing crisis is just so bad that they are comparatively quite affordable (even once you include the long-term/ongoing costs).

[–] ECB@feddit.org 2 points 3 weeks ago

I only have to use this occasionally, but on my android I use the app "Talkatone" to make free calls to phones. They have paid plans to keep your number, but I tend to just use new ones whenever one expires.

It might not suit your needs, but it's worked pretty reliably for me for the past 10 years or so.

[–] ECB@feddit.org 3 points 4 weeks ago

That's been my thoughts as well.

Eliminate income tax on anyone making less than, say 500,000 per year. Then aggressively tax wealth and those making more.

Is this a MASSIVE shake up? Absolutely! Would it likely be a bit messy? Definitely!

But we are at a point where such fundamental change is necessary

[–] ECB@feddit.org 3 points 1 month ago

I do a lot of programming, which is generally easiest with the US layout (since most languages were designed using this) but I also type frequently in a couple other languages which have extra characters. For me it's easier to use than switching layouts.

[–] ECB@feddit.org 11 points 1 month ago

Everyone knows that Albania actually rules the world

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