I think you’re missing a lot of the context here.

The collective agreement means that 3.5% of GDP will be spent on defense and 1.5% on defense related measures (cybersecurity, infrastructure security etc.). It applies to all countries in the alliance, including the US.

The US already spends around 3.5% on defense according to Reuters and there is no requirement to use US manufacturers over others.

I am not saying increasing defence spending is a good thing, just that you or the headlines have misinterpreted the agreement.

link to Reuters article.

Big O O F

I mean this was always the case, right? Just the headline is making people think the alliance is falling apart.

Article 5 only says all parties will take “…such actions as deemed necessary…to restore and maintain the security of the North Atlantic area.”

Looks good, but charges a standard 10% booking fee which seems very steep imo. But I’m a cheap ass…

It’s additionally funny because the title on the webpage doesn’t pick up the 2nd “the”.

While the fuck cars sentiment is as important as always, planning rules like this have a few goals which aren’t all so malicious, including stopping projects decoupling their parking space and selling it for extra, or avoiding 30+ cars all over the sidewalks once everyone is moved in.

Planning codes tend to try and anticipate a community’s immediate vicinity needs. The best approach though would be “$x000 per unit to provide and maintain local public transport facilities and routes”

Thanks for this.

Is this really an ADHD thing?

Can you explain?

I have little to contribute, but could you please share your date sources for the numbers started?

I would be interested to see how salary data could be aggregated reliably in countries with significant differences in population.

The same reason you like eating caramelised onions, but not onion skins.

System based exclusives meaning you might not be able to play a game you want to in the future, expensive subscriptiona needed to play online, push to digital DRM controlled games… it’s almost like consoles killed themselves?

Unfortunately, been there and got the t-shirt. “Hey, it seems like you’ve got a lot to work on and I do too, I don’t think this is a good time to pursue this”

I don’t think I can agree on this take that without this bad actor, Europe would be without concerns. It seems too simple.

Resources are not equally distributed and conflict will always arise from conflicting private/corporate and/or national interests. If Russia was not there, another would likely take its place.

I do however agree that if everyone could think in a bigger picture beyond their own personal interests, we would be in a significantly better place.

I think it’s more nuanced than that as the technologies needs time to mature and the supply chains need time to establish. The price of renewables, especially solar and wind, has plummeted faster than anyone ever expected, so arguably it’s cheaper (economically) now.

There’s also the saying “the best time to buy a house is always 50 years ago, the second best time is now”. I don’t see much benefit in regretting yesterday’s decisions.

Little to none so far. This might change in the future, but not that quickly.

The additional renewable capacity added year on year is not enough to cover the additional electrical load, which originates mainly from 2 things: transport/infrastructure (including EVs, data centres, AI) & environmental loads (more heatwaves in populated cities, where people then need to cool).

As far as I understood, 2024 was a substantial year for the environmental side of the equation, otherwise additional renewables installations would have been able to cover just about all the additional power load.

Source: https://www.energyinst.org/statistical-review

I think you meant to type “in this case, it is!” but your typey sticks got a bit wayward and hit the wrong buttons. Happy to help :)

$0.50 says that the “reveal” was part of the study protocol. I.e. “how people react to being knowingly vs. unknowingly manipulated”.

There are a number of them, but they are typically more expensive. Avocadostore is German based and shows quite a few.

I use this primarily, it’s more than enough for basic tracking and UI is good. A little unpolished at times, but I am yet to find anything on F-Droid which is better.