Amberskin

@Amberskin@europe.pub

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[meme] choochoo⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes.

  Barcelona resident here. I pay 22€ for an unlimited month transit pass (that’s a discounted price that will probably go up). I can ride any underground, bus or commuter train inside the metropolitan area. I own a car to go outside the urban zone but I barely use it.

  When I have to use my car in town (because I’m going to buy something that cannot be carried easily otherwise) I recall how much driving in the city sucks.

  I’m actually thinking about sellling my car and using a rental service if I want to take a road trip.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  There is actual video of the full cast reading the script, specifically the ‘final interaction’ between John Snow and Daenerys. It looks real to me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can other countries impose sanctions on the US?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Counter tariffs are a shot to the feet.

  I like the proposal of Mr. Doctorow more. Legalize reverse engineering and anti-DRM circumventing. Reduce copyright to 25 years tops and don’t recognise software patents at all.

  Good for the local industry, bad for American tech.

  Win-win

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's it going to take to truly stop the US?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It goes far beyond e-commerce.

  Most European banks have moved part of their core to the cloud. DORA requires banks to have at least two cloud providers for their core services. Most of those providers are controlled by the Americans.

  Yeah, of course it would be a declaration of war. The question is what we would do in that situation.

  DORA should be amended so at least one of the cloud service providers should be European, or, alternatively, on prem. Tje European countries should provide themselves of legal and technical tools to seize the US-controlled vital infrastructure if necessary.

  But what I read coming from Brussels is jus the usual shit.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's it going to take to truly stop the US?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Found the Nazi. Plonk!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's it going to take to truly stop the US?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’d go any day with something controlled by the ECB instead of the CCP.

  And don’t have any special antipathy vs the Chinese.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's it going to take to truly stop the US?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Don’t even need ‘savings’. Depending on US controlled companies is an existential risk.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's it going to take to truly stop the US?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Or the European TARGET system. Already in place, and works like a charm.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's it going to take to truly stop the US?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  We also need to get rid of dependency on USA tech companies. Right now the POTUS can shut down the European economy with an EO ordering cloud providers to stop servicing European banks.

  Not easy, it will require extreme protectionist measures to allow European alternatives to thrive. It will be expensive and will probably induce a recession. But the alternative is way worse.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Elon Musk tells Tommy Robinson protest ‘violence is coming’ in call for change in UK government⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Put out an international arrest warrant against him NOW. That is calling to violence. He should be put behind bars as soon as he leaves the Nazi country he lives in.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Don't gas people⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Could anyone explain to me what’s happening there like I was 5 years old?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's been downhill since 2020⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I vote for 2016. The unthinkable happened.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Coinbase CEO explains why he fired engineers who didn’t try AI immediately⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Fuck all cryptobros. With a saguaro.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You really have to reach back to remember how THIS worked in your car⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Worked? Mine works perfectly!