Amberskin
@Amberskin@europe.pub
- Comment on Alcoholic billionaire says he wants to shove a camera up every workers ass. 1 week ago:
And we’ll put a falling blade in your neck.
- Comment on Waiting and getting treated is better than waiting and going bankrupt 1 week ago:
Hate to have to repeat this.
My late dad had a fell at home and broke his femur in two places.
Half an hour after his home fall alert was triggered, a team of paramedics was at his home. They got there before I arrived and had already stabilised and immobilised him.
An hour later he was admitted in ER, got checked and X-rayed.
Four hours later he was in the OR room, where they replaced half his femur with a piece of titanium. Then he was at the hospital for one week and then sent to a recovery clinic.
He paid zero € for all the process, including ambulance, intervention, ‘hardware’ and recovery.
Oh, this is Spain, not precisely the richest country in the EU.
Of course, if you go to ER because you’re sneezing, you will have to wait. But if you go to a private clinic using your private insurance you have to wait too…
- Comment on "No precedent in American history!" NYT would have defended child labor. 2 weeks ago:
That’s peak ignorance. Plenty of countries with universal heathcare have a thriving private medical insurance industry. The thing is they cannot force the scam level prices they do in the US, because private insurance is a ‘nice to have’ instead of a ‘must have’ thing.
- Comment on BREAKING: Bernie Sanders just introduced the Guaranteed Paid Vacation Act — a bill to guarantee at least two weeks of paid vacation to every full-time worker in America. Over 90 other members of Cong… 4 weeks ago:
In Spain there is an established procedure. The doctor signing you for sick leave must work for the public healthcare system, and the cost of the procedure is zero. The communication to the employer is via electronic means, and the information provided to the company DOES NOT contain the diagnose nor the treatment, just the estimated recovery time.
- Comment on BREAKING: Bernie Sanders just introduced the Guaranteed Paid Vacation Act — a bill to guarantee at least two weeks of paid vacation to every full-time worker in America. Over 90 other members of Cong… 4 weeks ago:
Or simply consider the fact people gets sick part of the cost of doing business, and plan accordingly.
- Comment on BREAKING: Bernie Sanders just introduced the Guaranteed Paid Vacation Act — a bill to guarantee at least two weeks of paid vacation to every full-time worker in America. Over 90 other members of Cong… 4 weeks ago:
- Comment on BREAKING: Bernie Sanders just introduced the Guaranteed Paid Vacation Act — a bill to guarantee at least two weeks of paid vacation to every full-time worker in America. Over 90 other members of Cong… 4 weeks ago:
What about not having ‘sick days’ but unconditional paid medical leave if deemed necessary by your MD?
That’s what we have, and although it can be abused (as everything) it seems the most humane and natural thing to have. You cannot know how many days you will be sick. Generally people doesn’t get sick at all!
- Comment on I still can't get over Skyrim. Are there any games that can replace it? 2 months ago:
This is the right answer
- Comment on Fictional "Journal of Astrological Big Data Ecology" has infected Google's search AI 3 months ago:
I use ecosia. No AI crap unless I specifically ask for it.
- Comment on Fictional "Journal of Astrological Big Data Ecology" has infected Google's search AI 3 months ago:
You can always decide to NOT use AI search, which is good and is the goal of this action.
- Comment on Should hate speech be protected under freedom of speech laws? 3 months ago:
No
- Comment on What is likely to happen when/if trump dies? 5 months ago:
Fascism usually doesn’t recover from a leader loss for years.
Historical examples: Mussolini, Franco, Pinochet.
- Comment on CW: Picture of a severe vaccine injury, NSFL 5 months ago:
Yup, I’ve got one! Now guess my age!
- Comment on horseshoe theory confirmed 6 months ago:
The need for guillotines goes far beyond the billionaire group.
- Comment on [meme] choochoo 7 months 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 7 months 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? 8 months 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? 8 months 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? 8 months ago:
Found the Nazi. Plonk!
- Comment on What's it going to take to truly stop the US? 8 months 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? 8 months 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? 8 months 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? 8 months 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 11 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 11 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 11 months ago:
I vote for 2016. The unthinkable happened.
- Comment on Coinbase CEO explains why he fired engineers who didn’t try AI immediately 1 year ago:
Fuck all cryptobros. With a saguaro.
- Comment on You really have to reach back to remember how THIS worked in your car 1 year ago:
Worked? Mine works perfectly!