If you really have pink stuff there, that can be a kind of yeast/fungus/mold. But in a bathroom it is most likely a bacteria that actually thrives on soap. Some simple "sprays" don't help there, you have to brush it away.
Today, each bitcoin transaction requires the same amount of energy used to power nine homes in the U.S. for one day Sorry, we all know that mining is energy intensive, and transactions are not that cheap...
The crime rate isn't that great in the larger cites but the UK, Italy, Germany, France, and Spain aren't in the top 100 lowest crime rates either. Obviously I talk about violent crime. Not about shoplifting. When was the last robbery in Germany that involved a weapon (knife or a stick... most certainly not a gun)? It is December 6th now... definitely not this year. And I can not remember a case last year.
I'm not really sure what education situation you are talking Weapon controls at the school entrance. Low level education. Long ways to school. No way for kids to walk to school (because of laws that directly forbid it - or to long distances) No free universities. On top of that absurd "tenures" for universities. Or call it colleges. And then "rules" like this: https://www.washingtonpost.com... Not sure if that is true, it sounds absurd or at least bizarre from an european point of view.
In basically all European countries education to the level where a pupil graduates and can go to an university: is free Going to an university is free beyond a kind of $100 fee for re-registering every semester. On top of that you can get a state given credit to pay your expenses (rent, energy etc.) in case your parents can not pay for you (in some countries, like scandinavia you get the credit regardless of your parents situation) You are automatically in healthcare till age of 25 or 27 (or so), payed by your parents employer and your parents (and if they had no kids, they would pay the same price anyway).
Sure, if you prefer you can pay for private education in private schools and private universities. If you extend the typical study time of about 4 - 5 years it might be a fee of about $500 per semester is due (in public universities).
The laws are basically about: "who is allowed to listen to what".
The obvious laws, and that is basically a "we tell you, don't do it and you are fine" is to listen into private conversations _AND_ forward/report them to someone else. (And that basically covers all communication, regardless via wire, internet or radio).
But: on a ship you can listen to everything the radio allows, so: you could listen (at least to one party) who has a radio call to a coastal station that is routed to phone network. You are supposed to leave the channel and come back in a few minutes, and leave again if there is obviously a private conversation going on.
In Germany we have laws that force you to acquire a license to operate such radios. Which basically only assures that during acquiring that license you learned about those laws (and obviously radio protocols, like MAYDAY).
France has no law to acquire such a license (for ship based SRC radios. Right now, but it is in the process of changing), but has the same laws about protecting the privacy of the people exchanging messages.
But then again come american idiots (I hope you are neither american nor an idiot) who says: hey, if you exchange messages over an "public channel" everyone has the "right" to listen and to do what ever he wants with what he hears. The laws and the licenses make pretty clear: no! No one has the right to listen, not even law enforcement, without a warrant!
Radio waves, despite the fact that you easily can eves drop in, are treated the same as wires, as good as you can. It is a law that demands the curtesy of radio operators _not to listen to private chat_
Regarding the frequencies: below 87MHz in Germany there is Police radio, emergency radio of fire forces, emergency medic care and "technisches hilfswerk" (a private rescue non profit non government organization with heavy gear).
Those frequencies are by the definitions above of no business for a citizen. And as you can not assume that the laws sketched out above are adhered, there are laws that forbid sales of radios that can tune in into such frequencies.
I would feel slightly disguised if a funeral parlour would call me at home because they heard an hour ago that my father has died in a car crash on police radio. Probably before I knew.
Anyway, people can have different stances on that, but the laws are to protect privacy, not to have a totalitarian grip over citizens.
If you know how a radio works, which is necessary e.g. for an amateur radio license, you can circumvent the frequency limitations, or simply build your own radio from scratch.
When I was between 16 to roughly 21 I had a half battery (battery was build in and rechargeable) half grid powered radio from Siemens. The frequency blocks where just screws and nuts on the cord that was connected to the tuning knob. If you turned the nob to far you could not turn further as the screw prevented it. Remove the screw and you can turn down to something like 70MHz and up to something like 120MHz (don't know the actual numbers).
Of course: when I tried to listen on police radio, I lived in a small country village. I doubt there ever was a police car in that village. So: I never heard anything...
It's fascinating to watch. Kinda like a train wreck. More like watching a passenger train and a cargo train colliding colliding. In slow motion. Guessing if the liquid tanks on the cargo train contain milk, explosive liquids or acid.
Well, that a gun mad country believes civilians can defend/overthrow their own army if the government runs afoul is absurd; or funny, depending on which side of the stage you sit.
The only way to win a revolution in our times is to have the army on your side, and then you don't need civilians with guns... but who am I to judge:D
Well, in Germany, despite the relatively sound running politics, we still believe people with character don't go into politics.
On the other hand I'm tired about the Merkel trashing. She is from the wrong party, never voted for her. But as you mention Helmut Schmidt, besides him she is the best Chancellor we ever had.
Point in case: that chap de Maiziere. Or, even worse, Mr. Maas. These people are utter scum: totally unsuited for public office, both intellectually, and with regard to their character. I completely agree.
And they both show strong totalitarian tendencies - sorry about that. And if you don't see that, you deserve everything you get. Unfortunately. That is not what the parent claimed. Gweir is of the opinion the population supports totalitarian movements or changes, which it does not.
Perhaps no one saw the G20 riots in Hamburg... If totalitarian changes get boxed through in Germany, Germany will burn. There is no question about that, and people who like to support the burning will come from all over Europe.
The idea that Germany is - like Trumps America - changing into an totalitarian system again: is completely absurd
The system is already cutting waste and abuse. And all the workers doing the paper work to cut waste and abuse, cost more than UBI for the whole population. After you get rid of the workers who do that unproductive work, you can reduce taxes... well, you could...
You think to simple. First of all not all resources are as scarce as apartments. Secondly the apartment owner gets the same UBI. Why should his first thinking be to raise the prizes? Thirdly if after getting $100 UBI, my apartment rent is only increasing by $10, why would I care?
Fourthly: the market does not work on a single apartment. All apartments are still competing about the same amount of renters. Sure: all renters together could spent more on housing. Because they have more money. But they all can as well decide: housing is not that important, or I downgrade to a cheaper (previously even more cheaper) apartment... etc.)
Sure, markets react on the amount of money available. But UBI does not change that amount for the lower end of the markets. It only changes how people get that money.
The basic idea behind UBI is: a country spends $X on welfare. That is the money actually distributed to a fraction of the people (in Germany probably 40% of all people... yeah official statistics are lying, but I'm pretty sure it is in the 40% ++ range). To distribute the money, paperwork, rejections, lawsuits by the rejected etc. on top of $X you have to pay the wages, bureaus, energy, pension, healthcare, law suits, damages etc. is probably 5 * $X or even 10 * $X.
In other words: it is much cheaper to simply give everyone UBI than to pay all that stuff that the state is paying to just provide welfare to the 40% I mentioned above.
That 40% get a kind of welfare does not affect the market at the slightest... I doubt the other 60% getting UBI makes a dent.
You have an idea who Germanys biggest Employer is? Hint: it is not Siemens (not anymore since a long time), it is not Mercedes Benz, not Deutsche Bank or Thyssen Krupp Stahl.
It is "Die Bundesarbeitsargentur", the state agency that is mostly running the welfare system. The biggest (or well, perhaps only one of the biggest, I don't check every few month if some company outgrew it) Employer, is the one who is managing the welfare for 50% of the citizens!!
The only reason against UBI is: those guys working in the welfare system partly have high paying jobs. They all would be jobless and only had UBI... lets see how that will work out.
Anyway, your idea how UBI influences the market is utter nonsense when you figure how many people already have their PBI.
As soon as Europe has annexed the great canyon, Yosemite, and perhaps Alaska and Hawaii:D we have all the nice places... connecting to them with our super rail ways will be a bitch though.
Communism doesn't work. Communism without workers would be even worse, stripping people of their meaning on top of their earnings. Against popular believe: UBI is not communism. You still have your retarded two party system and your robber capitalism.
The solution to automation is not to do it. "Because we can doesn't mean we should". Yeah, says the guy who is talking about "communism". What does communism mean? In the strictest sense it means: corporations should not have "control over the means of production". And that is all
Now you want laws that prevent anyone/corporations to invest money into AI or robots or automation? Hu... that sounds like communism to me.
Anyway, such a legal system would become rather complex. How do you prevent companies from setting up automated factories in foreign countries? By new laws, yeah.
So how do you prevent them to completely move to other countries? By new tolls, yeah. Or other laws about shareholders holding shares of foreign countries.
So how do you prevent the owners/shareholders just to sell everything take the money and found new companies in the paradises of this world? Bribing/forcing other governments to install similar laws as above? Yeah!
The solution is not laws laws laws and tolls. It is free education, UBI and an environment where everyone can do what he wants. A fucking robot is not that expensive. Robots that do meaningful things... japanese owners have them in small garages since 30 or 40 years. And the Japanese society did not break down due to automation.
In fact they invented Scrum, Kanban and lean management and lean manufacturing. With robots all over the place.
The solution is: try new things! See the synergy!
Germany is full with robots. But except for the poorest of the poor, no one will ever go into an automated restaurant because it is $1 or $2 cheaper than getting the food from a real person.
I'm against it because some idiot put the label "communism" on it (not even knowing what communism is) is one of the dumbest stand points one can have.
If you get $800 UBI, you can buy wood for $400 and sell furniture for $1600 and have still $400 left for other things from your UBI. So with your eyes of the market example you created $1200 more value...
That is a little bit an exaggeration. Especially considering countries that still has a relatively high rate of corruption or where you have "politics as job" and on top of that lobbying.
However true is that our governments, especially the EU, constructs laws that protect the consumers and citizens and workers/employees from corporations. In so far we can trust the governments.
In other words: we don't have to sue after we feel abused to get a ruling defining "law" telling the company: you did wrong.
The big difference between the EU/europe and US is: We (the citizens) have a clear idea what the states responsibility is, and we have governments that more or less are run by citizens that have the same idea
The US have a clear idea what the states responsibility NOT is, and have governments that more or less are run by citizens that have the completely different ideas
From our point of view the US is a state in constant anarchy, consisting of entities trying to sue each other into oblivion and presidents who have nothing better to do than to revert the work of the previous one.
And if nothing interesting is going on inside of the country they quickly launch a war somewhere for no particular reason.
The crime rate, the gun possession/obsession, the health care issue, the industrial/medical complex, the military, the amount of people in jail, the education situation, the homeless etc. p.p. Completely unthinkable in a civilized country. But americans consider themselves to live in a civilized country: amazing.
You mix that up a little bit. The first people will either be organized crime or foreign intelligence agencies. The second people are those who failed to be the first. Then law enforcement would come...
However as such laws/backdoors never will exist... it is just playing mind games.
Like in Germany you can only buy short wave radios with approved frequencies, on the other side of the border these same radios can receive anything. That is nonsense, radio licenses are regulated very similar all over Europe. In some countries you dont need a license, but the radios are just the same.
The recent banning of child toys with WIFI capabilities was based on this Nazi law, not because of the frequencies used but based on what the radio waves were used for. That is nonse. Double nonsense, as there is no ban. The concerns and investigations are about illegal survilence, and that has noothing to do with the frequeencies. Survilence is always illegal, unless authorized by a court. And that included putting survilence devices into your kids rooms. Same law for everyone, you stupid idiot. Parents are not extemot from the law. Wow, that is Nazi country, yeah yeah...
You are just an idiot. What evil has Merkel done? She stole your cookies? And what has Merkel to do with it? The article itslef clearly points out it is 'Thomas de Maiziere' idea. He made a Trumpish blurb in front of a camera... and nothing will happen as such 'backdoors' or laws regarding them would be unconstitunional.
And uour gun control reference is the smost stupid thing I hear, but I hear it all the time. Lickily I live in a country with strong gun control laws.
I don't have to fear that an idiot after a car accident jumps out of his car and shoots me, or random people around me.
Do youu have any idea how low gun crime is in Europe? Or gun accidents? Your idea that every criminal has a gun is just absurd: from where would he get it?
Electrolysis is 70% efficient. And can go up to much higher efficiency if you want to pay the cost for it. Go and read a book.
When we talk about costs of various electric power plants, we talk about production cost per kW/h. There nuclear is the most expensive one. Go read something about it... instead spreading your nonsense.
Rocket fuel, haha. All modern rockets basically use Kerosine or Methane. Greenees telling you are running out of frech water... haha! Some places are WASTING water, for no good reason. If you would desalinate sea water they would just waste that one... how much does your water cost right now? How much does it cost to desalinate a gallon of sea water? Do you really think it makes sense? Why don't you check those things?
You could of course desalinate by electrolysis, have plant that burns the hydrogene and then have the fresh water as result... perhaps that would make some sense, but I doubt it.
Anyway, the reason behind that is not child mortality per se but pensions. In older times the kids where responsible to take care for their parents and other older elderly. So couples wanted to have many kids to be safe in old age.
Then again is contraception... and the raise of the TV. Some people claim the main reason of dropping birth rates in the 1960s and 1970s was introduction of the TV in the fast growing countries.
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If you really have pink stuff there, that can be a kind of yeast/fungus/mold.
But in a bathroom it is most likely a bacteria that actually thrives on soap. Some simple "sprays" don't help there, you have to brush it away.
From your bank account to his bank account? Via the internet. Beyond country borders?
I doubt so.
I like to nitpick, too.
But at some point it is simply much to far out of context.
Today, each bitcoin transaction requires the same amount of energy used to power nine homes in the U.S. for one day ...
Sorry, we all know that mining is energy intensive, and transactions are not that cheap
But the number above makes no sense at all.
The crime rate isn't that great in the larger cites but the UK, Italy, Germany, France, and Spain aren't in the top 100 lowest crime rates either. ... most certainly not a gun)? It is December 6th now ... definitely not this year. And I can not remember a case last year.
Obviously I talk about violent crime. Not about shoplifting.
When was the last robbery in Germany that involved a weapon (knife or a stick
I'm not really sure what education situation you are talking
Weapon controls at the school entrance.
Low level education.
Long ways to school.
No way for kids to walk to school (because of laws that directly forbid it - or to long distances)
No free universities.
On top of that absurd "tenures" for universities. Or call it colleges.
And then "rules" like this: https://www.washingtonpost.com... Not sure if that is true, it sounds absurd or at least bizarre from an european point of view.
In basically all European countries education to the level where a pupil graduates and can go to an university: is free
Going to an university is free beyond a kind of $100 fee for re-registering every semester.
On top of that you can get a state given credit to pay your expenses (rent, energy etc.) in case your parents can not pay for you (in some countries, like scandinavia you get the credit regardless of your parents situation)
You are automatically in healthcare till age of 25 or 27 (or so), payed by your parents employer and your parents (and if they had no kids, they would pay the same price anyway).
Sure, if you prefer you can pay for private education in private schools and private universities. If you extend the typical study time of about 4 - 5 years it might be a fee of about $500 per semester is due (in public universities).
The laws are basically about: "who is allowed to listen to what".
The obvious laws, and that is basically a "we tell you, don't do it and you are fine" is to listen into private conversations _AND_ forward/report them to someone else. (And that basically covers all communication, regardless via wire, internet or radio).
But: on a ship you can listen to everything the radio allows, so: you could listen (at least to one party) who has a radio call to a coastal station that is routed to phone network. You are supposed to leave the channel and come back in a few minutes, and leave again if there is obviously a private conversation going on.
In Germany we have laws that force you to acquire a license to operate such radios. Which basically only assures that during acquiring that license you learned about those laws (and obviously radio protocols, like MAYDAY).
France has no law to acquire such a license (for ship based SRC radios. Right now, but it is in the process of changing), but has the same laws about protecting the privacy of the people exchanging messages.
But then again come american idiots (I hope you are neither american nor an idiot) who says: hey, if you exchange messages over an "public channel" everyone has the "right" to listen and to do what ever he wants with what he hears. The laws and the licenses make pretty clear: no! No one has the right to listen, not even law enforcement, without a warrant!
Radio waves, despite the fact that you easily can eves drop in, are treated the same as wires, as good as you can. It is a law that demands the curtesy of radio operators _not to listen to private chat_
Regarding the frequencies: below 87MHz in Germany there is Police radio, emergency radio of fire forces, emergency medic care and "technisches hilfswerk" (a private rescue non profit non government organization with heavy gear).
Those frequencies are by the definitions above of no business for a citizen. And as you can not assume that the laws sketched out above are adhered, there are laws that forbid sales of radios that can tune in into such frequencies.
I would feel slightly disguised if a funeral parlour would call me at home because they heard an hour ago that my father has died in a car crash on police radio. Probably before I knew.
Anyway, people can have different stances on that, but the laws are to protect privacy, not to have a totalitarian grip over citizens.
If you know how a radio works, which is necessary e.g. for an amateur radio license, you can circumvent the frequency limitations, or simply build your own radio from scratch.
When I was between 16 to roughly 21 I had a half battery (battery was build in and rechargeable) half grid powered radio from Siemens. The frequency blocks where just screws and nuts on the cord that was connected to the tuning knob. If you turned the nob to far you could not turn further as the screw prevented it. Remove the screw and you can turn down to something like 70MHz and up to something like 120MHz (don't know the actual numbers).
Of course: when I tried to listen on police radio, I lived in a small country village. I doubt there ever was a police car in that village. So: I never heard anything ...
It's fascinating to watch. Kinda like a train wreck.
More like watching a passenger train and a cargo train colliding colliding. In slow motion. Guessing if the liquid tanks on the cargo train contain milk, explosive liquids or acid.
Well, that a gun mad country believes civilians can defend/overthrow their own army if the government runs afoul is absurd; or funny, depending on which side of the stage you sit.
The only way to win a revolution in our times is to have the army on your side, and then you don't need civilians with guns ... but who am I to judge :D
Well, in Germany, despite the relatively sound running politics, we still believe people with character don't go into politics.
On the other hand I'm tired about the Merkel trashing. She is from the wrong party, never voted for her. But as you mention Helmut Schmidt, besides him she is the best Chancellor we ever had.
Point in case: that chap de Maiziere. Or, even worse, Mr. Maas. These people are utter scum: totally unsuited for public office, both intellectually, and with regard to their character.
I completely agree.
And they both show strong totalitarian tendencies - sorry about that.
And if you don't see that, you deserve everything you get. Unfortunately.
That is not what the parent claimed.
Gweir is of the opinion the population supports totalitarian movements or changes, which it does not.
Perhaps no one saw the G20 riots in Hamburg ...
If totalitarian changes get boxed through in Germany, Germany will burn. There is no question about that, and people who like to support the burning will come from all over Europe.
The idea that Germany is - like Trumps America - changing into an totalitarian system again: is completely absurd
I never have seen anyone who wants a "totalitarian" government in Germany.
With what kind of people do you hang out that you have a different impression?
We all want basically a Switzerland system were we can vote over important things instead of letting parliaments run stuff.
If you have other experiences you must live on an island or something.
The system is already cutting waste and abuse. ... well, you could ...
And all the workers doing the paper work to cut waste and abuse, cost more than UBI for the whole population.
After you get rid of the workers who do that unproductive work, you can reduce taxes
You think to simple.
First of all not all resources are as scarce as apartments.
Secondly the apartment owner gets the same UBI. Why should his first thinking be to raise the prizes?
Thirdly if after getting $100 UBI, my apartment rent is only increasing by $10, why would I care?
Fourthly: the market does not work on a single apartment. All apartments are still competing about the same amount of renters. Sure: all renters together could spent more on housing. Because they have more money. But they all can as well decide: housing is not that important, or I downgrade to a cheaper (previously even more cheaper) apartment ... etc.)
Sure, markets react on the amount of money available. But UBI does not change that amount for the lower end of the markets. It only changes how people get that money.
The basic idea behind UBI is: a country spends $X on welfare. That is the money actually distributed to a fraction of the people (in Germany probably 40% of all people ... yeah official statistics are lying, but I'm pretty sure it is in the 40% ++ range). To distribute the money, paperwork, rejections, lawsuits by the rejected etc. on top of $X you have to pay the wages, bureaus, energy, pension, healthcare, law suits, damages etc. is probably 5 * $X or even 10 * $X.
In other words: it is much cheaper to simply give everyone UBI than to pay all that stuff that the state is paying to just provide welfare to the 40% I mentioned above.
That 40% get a kind of welfare does not affect the market at the slightest ... I doubt the other 60% getting UBI makes a dent.
You have an idea who Germanys biggest Employer is? Hint: it is not Siemens (not anymore since a long time), it is not Mercedes Benz, not Deutsche Bank or Thyssen Krupp Stahl.
It is "Die Bundesarbeitsargentur", the state agency that is mostly running the welfare system. The biggest (or well, perhaps only one of the biggest, I don't check every few month if some company outgrew it) Employer, is the one who is managing the welfare for 50% of the citizens!!
The only reason against UBI is: those guys working in the welfare system partly have high paying jobs. They all would be jobless and only had UBI ... lets see how that will work out.
Anyway, your idea how UBI influences the market is utter nonsense when you figure how many people already have their PBI.
As soon as Europe has annexed the great canyon, Yosemite, and perhaps Alaska and Hawaii :D we have all the nice places ... connecting to them with our super rail ways will be a bitch though.
Communism doesn't work. Communism without workers would be even worse, stripping people of their meaning on top of their earnings.
Against popular believe: UBI is not communism. You still have your retarded two party system and your robber capitalism.
The solution to automation is not to do it. "Because we can doesn't mean we should".
Yeah, says the guy who is talking about "communism". What does communism mean? In the strictest sense it means: corporations should not have "control over the means of production". And that is all
Now you want laws that prevent anyone/corporations to invest money into AI or robots or automation? Hu ... that sounds like communism to me.
Anyway, such a legal system would become rather complex. How do you prevent companies from setting up automated factories in foreign countries? By new laws, yeah.
So how do you prevent them to completely move to other countries? By new tolls, yeah. Or other laws about shareholders holding shares of foreign countries.
So how do you prevent the owners/shareholders just to sell everything take the money and found new companies in the paradises of this world? Bribing/forcing other governments to install similar laws as above? Yeah!
The solution is not laws laws laws and tolls. It is free education, UBI and an environment where everyone can do what he wants. A fucking robot is not that expensive. Robots that do meaningful things ... japanese owners have them in small garages since 30 or 40 years. And the Japanese society did not break down due to automation.
In fact they invented Scrum, Kanban and lean management and lean manufacturing. With robots all over the place.
The solution is: try new things! See the synergy!
Germany is full with robots. But except for the poorest of the poor, no one will ever go into an automated restaurant because it is $1 or $2 cheaper than getting the food from a real person.
I'm against it because some idiot put the label "communism" on it (not even knowing what communism is) is one of the dumbest stand points one can have.
Pffft ....
If you get $800 UBI, you can buy wood for $400 and sell furniture for $1600 and have still $400 left for other things from your UBI. So with your eyes of the market example you created $1200 more value ...
I don't really get why people are stupid ...
That is a little bit an exaggeration.
Especially considering countries that still has a relatively high rate of corruption or where you have "politics as job" and on top of that lobbying.
However true is that our governments, especially the EU, constructs laws that protect the consumers and citizens and workers/employees from corporations. In so far we can trust the governments.
In other words: we don't have to sue after we feel abused to get a ruling defining "law" telling the company: you did wrong.
The big difference between the EU/europe and US is:
We (the citizens) have a clear idea what the states responsibility is, and we have governments that more or less are run by citizens that have the same idea
The US have a clear idea what the states responsibility NOT is, and have governments that more or less are run by citizens that have the completely different ideas
From our point of view the US is a state in constant anarchy, consisting of entities trying to sue each other into oblivion and presidents who have nothing better to do than to revert the work of the previous one.
And if nothing interesting is going on inside of the country they quickly launch a war somewhere for no particular reason.
The crime rate, the gun possession/obsession, the health care issue, the industrial/medical complex, the military, the amount of people in jail, the education situation, the homeless etc. p.p. Completely unthinkable in a civilized country. But americans consider themselves to live in a civilized country: amazing.
You mix that up a little bit. ...
The first people will either be organized crime or foreign intelligence agencies.
The second people are those who failed to be the first.
Then law enforcement would come
However as such laws/backdoors never will exist ... it is just playing mind games.
I guess those things are the reason one bright mind invented 'Butlers Jihad'.
First if all that are not Nazi laws.
Like in Germany you can only buy short wave radios with approved frequencies, on the other side of the border these same radios can receive anything.
That is nonsense, radio licenses are regulated very similar all over Europe. In some countries you dont need a license, but the radios are just the same.
The recent banning of child toys with WIFI capabilities was based on this Nazi law, not because of the frequencies used but based on what the radio waves were used for. ...
That is nonse. Double nonsense, as there is no ban.
The concerns and investigations are about illegal survilence, and that has noothing to do with the frequeencies. Survilence is always illegal, unless authorized by a court. And that included putting survilence devices into your kids rooms.
Same law for everyone, you stupid idiot. Parents are not extemot from the law. Wow, that is Nazi country, yeah yeah
How many brain cells do you have?
What are you going to bet? Is it against the EU constitution and basically every national constition? Yes or No?
How dumb the /. crowd has become is unbelievable.
Totalitarian tendencies are strong in Germany,
That is nonsense. Hint: I'm German, and mainly live in Germany.
Many people want the state to control everything
That is even more nonsense,
Actually we are not doing this.
It is just another minister who forgot to read the constitution befrore he took his office.
You are just an idiot. ... and nothing will happen as such 'backdoors' or laws regarding them would be unconstitunional.
What evil has Merkel done? She stole your cookies?
And what has Merkel to do with it? The article itslef clearly points out it is 'Thomas de Maiziere' idea.
He made a Trumpish blurb in front of a camera
And uour gun control reference is the smost stupid thing I hear, but I hear it all the time. Lickily I live in a country with strong gun control laws.
I don't have to fear that an idiot after a car accident jumps out of his car and shoots me, or random people around me.
Do youu have any idea how low gun crime is in Europe? Or gun accidents? Your idea that every criminal has a gun is just absurd: from where would he get it?
I avoid using web apps.
And I don't really develop web apps.
All desktop apps I develop are in Java/Groovy/Scala ... so I don't care.
'Web technology' as in HTML5/CSS etc. makes sense for cross platform mobile development.
I don't want a web site as an app ... the only thing that comes close to it that I'm using is FB.
Electrolysis is 70% efficient. And can go up to much higher efficiency if you want to pay the cost for it.
Go and read a book.
When we talk about costs of various electric power plants, we talk about production cost per kW/h. ... instead spreading your nonsense.
There nuclear is the most expensive one.
Go read something about it
Rocket fuel, haha. All modern rockets basically use Kerosine or Methane. ... haha! Some places are WASTING water, for no good reason. If you would desalinate sea water they would just waste that one ... how much does your water cost right now? How much does it cost to desalinate a gallon of sea water? Do you really think it makes sense?
Greenees telling you are running out of frech water
Why don't you check those things?
You could of course desalinate by electrolysis, have plant that burns the hydrogene and then have the fresh water as result ... perhaps that would make some sense, but I doubt it.
Don't announce your spying plans in public! ... hm, he wants us to believe he is founding a new spy company ... hm ...
But, well, I guess it is a trick
Ha, another correlation that is not causation :D
Anyway, the reason behind that is not child mortality per se but pensions.
In older times the kids where responsible to take care for their parents and other older elderly.
So couples wanted to have many kids to be safe in old age.
Then again is contraception ... and the raise of the TV. Some people claim the main reason of dropping birth rates in the 1960s and 1970s was introduction of the TV in the fast growing countries.