This law is more than a decade in the making, the only reason it was on Apples roadmap is because of this law.

The EU doesn't have to mandate a new connector when something new comes up, it just has to be an open standard, ANY open standard. This is miles better for everyone. And the EU doesn't force the whole world to adapt their standard, it's just not economical to produce different versions for different markets, but they are very much allowed to sell whatever to their non EU customers.

If you really want the lightning adapter back, you can ask one of the many people who soldered a usb-c connector in an iphone 12/13/14. If one person can do it, I'm pretty sure Apple can, too.

Usually these are empty when rolling into battle, they are used to get there in the first place. Tanks aren't known for great fuel economy and the inside is already cramped, so for cross country travel it's practical.

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This is clearly a case of "just because we can doesn't mean we should". Sounds like a really bad idea to create life from sperm that doesn't even move. Some people are just not meant to have kids and should come to terms with it instead of passing their own problems on to the next generation. I think it's selfish. Also it's not like there aren't enough people already, adopt and give a good life to a healthy child that otherwise wouldn't have a future.

Now I like dead vatniks in Ukraine just like the next guy, and I'm not sure this qualifies me to be the party pooper but the quirky tone when recounting war crimes does not sit well with me. Like when bush Jr misspoke and said "Iraq" instead of "Ukraine" and everyone laughed. Tens of thousands iraqis were killed on your orders (on false pretenses if that somehow makes it worse), yes you should be in prison, and no, you giving candy to Michelle Obama doesn't kinda even it out.

Was ein geiles Bild. Allein dafür hat sich der Klimawandel + Turbokapitalismus doch gelohnt.

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Let me preface this that I didn't read the article due to the paywall. Now my answer: Not really. Soviet doctrine is really just a Zerg rush supported by artillery, it's rather stupid in terms of tactics. Coordination between different arms is only minimal: "we bomb then you go, if you die we try to bomb from where they shot you."

NATO doctrine is to out maneuver the enemy, which is really hard to learn as many branches of your army have to closely interact with each other to raise the pressure to a maximum. Timing is key, as is fast movement. Units have to trust each other to perfectly time each action. It has to be perfectly planned. Ukraine has to learn these on the go and also didn't have the forces to keep up the pressure while preparing their counter offensive. This gave the Russians months to prepare their defenses. Ukraine doesn't have air superiority to fuck up the observers and manning of these trenches & minefields, so they try to achieve the same with cluster munitions. In principle that could work, but it works best if well coordinated: a German general visiting Ukrainian front lines a few days ago complained about bad coordination, that Ukraine shoots a salvo of artillery, effectively warning where an attack is about to happen and then takes too long to execute the follow up attack. You want the enemy to be scared and keeping their heads down while you rush their trench. That doesn't work if there are ten minutes between artillery strike and infantry attack. And the coordination to reduce this time is the hard part.

Meine brasilianischen Bekannten haben mir Mal gesagt dass FDP die Abkürzung für "filho da puta", also "hurensohn" ist. Kann seitdem nix anderes mehr verstehen wenn ich fdp lese/höre.

Jaja, alles_bleibt_so_wie_es_ist.gif, die anderen sind schuld, Blablabla. Warum hat denn China so hohe Emissionen? Und warum Deutschland so niedrige? Na? Naaaaaa? Na gut ich sag's dir: weil viele deutsche Firmen die Produktion nach China verlegt haben. Und wo gehen die "Made in China" Produkte dann wieder hin? Surprise: Wieder hier her zurück.

Was wäre dir denn lieber, weitermachen wie bisher? Ich denke wir müssen radikal das Ruder herumreißen, das Verhältnis der Investitionen umkehren, nämlich viel mehr in erneuerbare zu investieren als in fossile. Das kostet erstmal viel Geld aber halt "jetzt" immer noch billiger als "irgendwann später". Außerdem glaube ich dass es tatsächlich auch in reinen Energie kosten auf Dauer billiger ist. Na gut, dann geh ich eben noch auf deine eigentliche Aussage ein: ja, jemand der rausfindet dass er Menschen tötet und es geheim hält gehört vor Gericht. Vor Gericht heißt nicht "an die Wand gestellt". Aber "involuntary manslaughter" ist halt weniger hart (oder gar nicht) bestraft als wissentlich weiter Menschen töten.

"Never hesitate to state the obvious", for socially awkward teenager-me this was a game changer how to participate in conversation. I still live by it and it's really useful in meetings, as it also brings real value to the conversation, as whatever is obvious to you isn't necessarily obvious to others. And even if everyone knew, it may still spark a discussion.