5 years ago I believe Taiwan had a near monopoly on bike frames. Country of origin laws are quite strict in the EU, so that may have changed.

You mean no software involved, right?

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

I mean the logical explanation is that companies are filling up their warehouses as much as possible before the tarrifs hit. It’s not like the US has suddenly tripled the amount of foreign goods it buys.

*Edit: weird typo.

…did you just compare almdudler to mountain dew?.. [email protected], schaut doch alle her!

Thanks for the response! Is it limited to encoding services then, so if I’m only dealing with streaming common media file types (e.g. MKV, MP4) is it still a problem? I’m not dealing with a ridiculous amount of media, so I could outsource the encoding process alone if needed…

I’m specifically looking into this at the moment as I have been gifted a pi 5.

Most websites say avoid trying to host jellyfin on a pi 5 (codec and hardware issues are frequently noted). Do you have experience that shows these are non-issues?

If you have €2k/month spare to throw into an ETF recommended by strangers, maybe you should have a financial advisor? it all depends on your acceptable risk and long term expectations.

Renumeration rarely makes sense in these systems. But with the price of storage as low as it is at the moment, battery coupling wherever possible is the way to go!

The buds used to ship free with the Fairphone 5 if I remember correctly…

Oh… :(

This is not correct. Bluetooth is a radio frequency communication tool. RF is part of the electromagnetic spectrum and does, in fact, "move’ at the speed of light.

I have a Clara 2E. It was some time ago, so I cannot remember all the fine details, but I couldn’t get mine to start without some internet connection. I gave a throwaway email and allowed it to update before I switched off WiFi and could freely move books with Calibre.

To it’s credit, in 3 years since purchase it has not asked for internet since switching it on the first time.

No, it’s worse than that. Putin attended a wedding (in 2018, 5 months post Crimea annexation) of the then foreign minister [link].

They dissolved their government in 2019 after the then leader of the FPÖ told a journalist pretending to be a relative of an oligarch, that she could ensure positive coverage in exchange for government contracts. This might not be a direct link to a foreign enemy, but the corruption runs deep. [Link]

A senior quasi-secret service officer was discovered by the British to have been a spy for at least 7 years before he was apprehended. He was (cheaply) selling state secrets and providing information to the Russians… [link.]

You’ve got to love them 🇦🇹

Austria too!

Bluetooth and the 2.4 GHz ISM band is not electricity and is highly resilient to moderate noise over short distances. Problems are usually caused by hardware related issues.

Obviously, more plants are needed to combat the destructive USB industry.

I have a life to attend to.

In theory, similar bans should apply to all harmful substances e.g. fizzy drinks, alcohol, fast food etc. This is obviously an extreme take and difficult, if not impossible, to do in practice.

I also drink, have consumed illegal substances and consume fast-food on a rare basis.

My reasoning is that I do not want extensive costs being lumped into the general public to pay for the needed health care, due to the availability of harmful, non-beneficial products in our society. I do not believe extra tax on these products is appropriate or sufficient as these products tend to be used by those with lower education or lower income groups - and it is not fair to further burden these groups in life.

It’s clear you don’t understand grouping from this conversation.

IQOS may not be big in all markets, but their share is not negligible.

The juul lawsuit triggered a lot of regulation changes and created legal precedent.

That is all I have time for.

Would anyone really start vaping just to blow clouds of flavoured smoke?

I’m not being facetious here, genuinely curious.