Fix wealth inequality. Rich people accumulate so much money that there's hardly any left for average people. Rich people hoard assets like houses and increase their prices and the cost of living. As long as we don't fix this, things will get worse. As long as politicians don't fix this other parties will get more popular no matter what they offer.

Migrants are just scapegoats. They have no lobby, they are easy to blame. They are one piece in a bigger equation. They are used as a ruse to distract from bigger problems. If the housing market was functional it could handle the influx of Ukranian refugees and the way smaller number of refugees from countries like Afghanistan or regions like Africa.

If countries had funds from wealth and inheritance taxes they could fund a working administration, faster justice systems, working infrastructure and so on. It would be absolutely beautiful and I cannot say why there isn't a bigger movement for that solution.

It's not about taxing 100.000€ in stock, or you inheriting your mum's cottage, but about taxing people who have been living off intergenerational wealth for decades without ever working at all.

As long as people can't afford their first home, your cabin is not a priority. Plus, what's the cost of that cabin? If it's cheap, the tax increase won't mean a huge increase in total numbers.

Politiker, die Bürokratieabbau fordern erinnern mich an Fußballtrainer, die fordern, dass die Spieler weniger individuelle Fehler machen sollen. Das ist einfach leeres Gerede. Man muss die Gründe beseitigen, nicht sie Symptome.

Jede bürokratische Vorschrift wurde erlassen, weil ein reales Problem sie notwendig gemacht hat. AM Anfang der Pandemie wurde sehr viel unbürokratisch geregelt. Und es gab eine große Betrugswelle.

Lead indeed caused violent crime as it influences our nervous system and thus our behavior. It is a widely accepted hypothesis by now.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead%E2%80%93crime_hypothesis?wprov=sfla1

I remember when smoking was banned in bars and restaurants. Smokers were furious. Now everybody enjoys it. I guess this could go the same way.

Unpopular opinion: The missing business model for websites is killing the web. If there was a platform that would distribute a monthly fee to the websites we visit, the web would be much better.

50% could be allocated through traffic, 50% by choice. I could pay 20€ a month for example. Some would go to lemmy, some to my local newspaper, some to my favorite YouTube channels, authors or bloggers.

If enough people did this, investigative journalism would be funded, product testers wouldn't be reliant on sponsoring and hobbyists could gain serious funding without selling out.

We're having more and more electric buses in our town. It's beautiful. They are so quiet. So much better for noise and air pollution.

Auf der anderen Seite sind für die Energiewende riesige Investitionen notwendig. Wenn jetzt alle billige Verbrenner kaufen und das Solardach verschieben, ist niemandem geholfen.

Kaum ist er weg, machen sich Rechte im Frankfurter Stadion breit. Es ist zum Kotzen.

I only use IKEA, and they last forever for me.

Johannes Paul war auch ewig Papst. Ratzinger war Deutscher und ist abgetreten. Zwei Gründe, warum diese Meldung nicht ganz so große Wellen schlägt.

Das Ministerium verbietet seine. Mitarbeitenden so zu schreiben, wie sie möchten.

Back in the days, mattresses were made of straw or other natural materials. Blankets and pillows were stuffed with feathers until recently. And people were not able to heat their bedrooms sufficiently during winter. Back in those days, you had to make your bed in order to air it and dry it from sweat. Otherwise it would start to get moldy really quickly.

Today, synthetic materials and central heating / air conditioning have eliminated the need for a strict humidity management in the bedroom. But it's still stuck in people's heads that making your bed is absolutely vital. I guess it'll take another one or two generations for it to become irrelevant.

Die Frage ist, was löst das alte Auto für eine Kette aus? Führt es am Ende dazu, dass irgendwo in Rumänien ein alter Diesel aus den 90 ern stillgelegt wird?

But we could also try fascism again. Maybe it works this time.

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You're drawing wrong conclusions. Intelligent beings have concepts to validate knowledge. When converting days to seconds, we have a formula that we apply. An LLM just guesses and has no way to verify it. And it's like that for everything.

An example: Perplexity tells me that 9876543210 Seconds are 114,305.12 days. A calculator tells me it's 114,311.84. Perplexity even tells me how to calculate it, but it does neither have the ability to calculate or to verify it.

Same goes for everything. It guesses without being able to grasp the underlying concepts.

One aspect I hate about this is that it's so hard to find long term reviews. Brands change a tiny thing on their product and it's a new model number.

A different inverter, motor, display, HDMI input configuration and it goes from FM344-02 DX to FM345-SL-Plus.

When shopping for a new washing machine, TV oder whatever consumer product you can imagine you only find reviews from either influencers that get paid by the manufacturer or it's an Amazon review from someone who just unpacked it, tells me about the delivery process and how the first three days have been.

I want a single mother of triplets tell me if the washing machine made it through the diaper years. I want the retired soap opera addict to tell me how the TV performs after 20 seasons of Dallas or whatever grannies binge these days.

Don't American cars have a start stop automation that stops the engine as soon as the car isn't driving? Or are they also disabling it?

Und in diesen 5 Jahren gab es keine Lösung. Es liegt auf der Hand: Wir brauchen eine Plattform. Die Verlage sollten zusammen eine Plattform gründen, bei der man ein einziges Abo abschließt, und die den Zugang zu allen Inhalten ermöglicht. Niemand schaltet sich einzelne Artikel frei, und die wenigsten schließen überhaupt ein Abo ab.

Ich weiß nicht, ob es das Kartellrecht ist oder die Eitelkeit der Verlage, die so etwas verhindert.

My first Led for a regular lamp at home was an Osram for nearly 20€. It died after ca. 3 years. After that Ikea had launched their cheap LEDs and I started buying them. I can't really say how long each of them lasted, but I moved and started reusing them in different lamps. I guess most of them are over 5 years old by now. Every now and then one of them dies but my subjective feelings is that they offer great value.