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Danish postal service to stop delivering letters after 400 years in c/europe@feddit.org
[–] atro_city@fedia.io 1 points 11 minutes ago

My goodness. At this point I can't believe you're trying to be dense. You just are.

Danish postal service to stop delivering letters after 400 years in c/europe@feddit.org
[–] atro_city@fedia.io 1 points 1 hour ago (2 children)

In Denmark we're doing it because we've invested so much in a comprehensive national digital post system, which is so good that the volume of letters is so vanishingly small that even a private actor will barely be able to turn a profit from delivering them.

From the article

Danes will still be able to send letters, using the delivery company Dao, which already delivers letters in Denmark but will expand its services from 1 January from about 30m letters in 2025 to 80m next year. But customers will instead have to go to a Dao shop to post their letters – or pay extra to have it collected from home – and pay for postage either online or via an app.

BMW Patents Proprietary Screws That Only Dealerships Can Remove in c/nottheonion@lemmy.world
[–] atro_city@fedia.io 4 points 1 hour ago

Everyone's copying from the fruit store. They see "unrepairable phones made them a trillion dollar company, let's do the same!". All they have to do is market it like it was made by the second coming of Christ and people will love it. Sprinkle on some bullshit like "it's for your safety, stealing it is worth less now" and it'll be a hit.

Poland: Government report shows Ukrainian refugees in the country are working, contributing more to public finances than they receive in support in c/europe@feddit.org
[–] atro_city@fedia.io 7 points 22 hours ago

Russian agitprop wants to make the POlish think otherwise.

Danish postal service to stop delivering letters after 400 years in c/europe@feddit.org
[–] atro_city@fedia.io 3 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Does the Danish postal service not deliver packets? Is it really that different from delivering letters?

Danish postal service to stop delivering letters after 400 years in c/europe@feddit.org
[–] atro_city@fedia.io 2 points 22 hours ago (4 children)

Closing the postal system is just the next step in adopting US culture and thinking.

Danish postal service to stop delivering letters after 400 years in c/europe@feddit.org
[–] atro_city@fedia.io 3 points 23 hours ago (6 children)

Really? Cinemas aren't filled with USAian films? No SUVs in the city centers for no good reason? USAian food isn't found everywhere? There's no growing political divide between "left" and "right"? US trends don't permeate every space? Children mostly consume Danish media and learn Danish nursery rhymes? They mostly enjoy Danish puppets, Danish games, and Danish traditions? Nobody is into halloween and does trick or treating? Random USAian numbers like 420, 911, and 6/7 have no meaning in Denmark? The majority of music consumed by Danes is in Danish, Swedish or Norwegian?

Danish postal service to stop delivering letters after 400 years in c/europe@feddit.org
[–] atro_city@fedia.io 8 points 1 day ago (8 children)

The Danes are seeing the US more and more as an enemy, however they have adapted the USAian culture. For some reason though, those aren't the "immigrants" they want to keep out of their country.

German business bankruptcies hit decade high amid downturn in c/europe@feddit.org
[–] atro_city@fedia.io 1 points 2 days ago

Which claim are you referring to?

German business bankruptcies hit decade high amid downturn in c/europe@feddit.org
[–] atro_city@fedia.io 7 points 3 days ago (4 children)

An entire country that has stagnated in innovation because they just want to be stable and let the rich trickle down their wealth has stagnated. I am shocked.

I applied for an English speaking job there - supposedly remote - and they asked me if I could move to Germany. "Remote" to them was a synonym for hybrid. After checking out more job ads and asking up front what was meant by "remote", it became clear that most companies in Germany weren't being honest or willingly clueless about remote work.

For some reason used to have this image of technological prowess, precision, and progressiveness. Those days are probably long gone.

VW gears up for first production closure in Germany in its 88-year history in c/europe@feddit.org
[–] atro_city@fedia.io 4 points 1 week ago

Stay the course for black sludge! It'll make us rich beyond our wildest dreams!

I'm betting 3 hairs on my ass that the German government is going to bail out VW, stay the course for polluting engines, and tank the economy for the next 20 years. (And of course blame "immigrants")

Hungarian protesters demand Orban quits over abuse cases in c/europe@feddit.org
[–] atro_city@fedia.io 3 points 1 week ago

I'd be surprised if the fat fuck wasn' an abuser. That dude definitely let power get to his head and must've abused at least one person.

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Lebron James is popping up in Chinese videos shouting "What can I say?" - Is this a Chinese meme? (www.bilibili.com)
 

I don't speak Chinese so it's a little bit confusing to see this pop up on my feed in GrayJay. Was LeBron James some kind of idol in China?

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How would a wealth tax affect real estate rentals? (fedia.io)
 

Alright, Tax Wealth, Not Work (TWNW). Let's say the wealth tax got implemented at 2% on wealth over 10 million. I'm unclear on whether it would increase single home ownership and reduce the number of available rentals and thus make it even more difficult to find living space. Or would the tax revenues from it allow for the construction of more community housing?

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Do we dream smaller now than we did decades ago? (fedia.io)
 

Maybe this isn't right, but I remember reading that most young boys 50 years ago dreamed about becoming astronomers, scientists, firefighters and policemen. Now young boys dream about becoming influencers, streamers, and rich personalities. Was Idiocracy written by a time-traveller? Are we working hard to make it a reality?

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What would happen to the US if it denaturalised and deported all non-whites? (fedia.io)
 

Would the economy collapse or thrive? Would there be countries happy to accept the deportees? How would they even deport so many people?

Curious about your thoughts on the hypothetical.

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Call for EU ban on anti-LGBTQ 'conversion' gets 1 million signatures (www.france24.com)
 

More than one million Europeans have called on the EU to ban "conversion"' practices targeting LGBTQ people, the results of a petition showed Friday. Story by August Hakansson.

Keep up the momentum and sign for Stop Killing Games. Did you know that you can watch the European commission stream? Put some eyeballs on these initiatives when they're in session. Make the politicians aware that the people are watching!

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European Citizens' Initiative to "Stop Destroying Videogames" is missing ridiculously low thresholds. (citizens-initiative.europa.eu)
 
Country Statements of support Threshold Percentage Signatures required
Austria 10162 13395 75.86% 3233
Belgium 13911 14805 93.96% 894
Bulgaria 4597 11985 38.36% 7388
Croatia 4163 8460 49.21% 4297
Cyprus 565 4230 13.36% 3665
Czechia 7421 14805 50.12% 7384
Denmark 12032 9870 121.90% 0
Estonia 3035 4935 61.50% 1900
Finland 15319 9870 155.21% 0
France 49153 55695 88.25% 6542
Germany 98063 67680 144.89% 0
Greece 5018 14805 33.89% 9787
Hungary 9902 14805 66.88% 4903
Ireland 10353 9165 112.96% 0
Italy 24712 53580 46.12% 28868
Latvia 2679 5640 47.50% 2961
Lithuania 5123 7755 66.06% 2632
Luxembourg 946 4230 22.36% 3284
Malta 533 4230 12.60% 3697
Netherlands 26374 20445 129.00% 0
Poland 53599 36660 146.21% 0
Portugal 8402 14805 56.75% 6403
Romania 12377 23265 53.20% 10888
Slovakia 4987 9870 50.53% 4883
Slovenia 2473 5640 43.85% 3167
Spain 36391 41595 87.49% 5204
Sweden 19849 14805 134.07% 0

Just under 3000-4000 people are required per country in Lithuania, Latvia, Malta and Luxembourg. Come on now... that's a small town and in some places even just a village. Are there really that few gamers in those countries?

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Why does Australia still have 2 major political parties despite preferential voting? (fedia.io)
 

Thanks to everybody who responded to my last thread asking how the system works. I went in thinking Australia had Winner Takes All (WTA) or First Past The Post (FPTP) for parliamentary elections of the House of Representatives, but found out it does in fact have preferential voting.

As a European living in a democracy with lower houses / parliaments / houses of representatives that have proportional representation (multiple parties in parliament forcing requiring coalitions) allowing only a single tick per list on the ballot, it's a little strange to see the choice in Australia seemingly come down to two political parties. There are multiple groups here fighting for preferential voting and you guys have it yet look like the UK or the US when considering voting outcomes.

Why doesn't preferential voting not lead to plurality in Australia and more choice? Have there been efforts to change the system in such a way that plurality can be achieved?

Thank you for your insights! This is quite interesting to me.

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Can someone explain Australian parties to me? (fedia.io)
 

Y'all have first past the post / winner takes all, don't you? There was a vote recently and "labor" won from what I'm reading?

Labor, coalition, independents, etc. what kinds of parties are these? I thought Albanese was a "cunt" yet his party seems to have won again? What's going on?

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Could wastewater plants simply heat up water past 500C to decompose all chemicals and output clean water? (fedia.io)
 

Our waterways are becoming more and more polluted due to PFAS, plastics, medicines, drugs, and new chemicals made by companies that just hand over the responsibility of cleaning to plants paid for by public moneys. Detecting the different chemicals and filtering them out if getting harder and harder. Could the simple solution of heating up past a point where even PFAS/forever chemicals decomposes (400C for PFAS, 500C to be more sure about other stuff) be alright?

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The European Central Bank uses Microsoft Forms for their surveys of European citizens (forms.office.com)
 

Found in the article How will European consumers react to US tariffs? where they detail sentiment of Europeans towards US products:

Share your thoughts:

SURVEY

Take our survey by 31 May and shape the future of The ECB Blog!

The article reports on sentiment of European toward US products

Overall, around 44% of respondents expressed a willingness to shift their spending away from US products, irrespective of the tariff rate and primarily due to a preference to switch away

A little ironic that the ECB uses a link to a US tech giant in such an article.

Upside is that the form has a final section "Is there any other feedback you would like to give us?" Maybe we should suggest they use Nextcloud or an opensource solution for their surveys.

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There's a European lemmy instance! Europe Pub (europe.pub)
 

Welcome to Europe Pub! 🇪🇺

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Whether you’re interested in EU politics, travel tips, local cuisine, or simply want to learn more about different European countries and regions, you’ll find your place here.

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Join our community and help build bridges across Europe! 🌉

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Time to ditch US tech services, says Dutch parliament (www.theregister.com)
 

Trump administration 'has made the call for tech sovereignty an urgent geopolitical issue'

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