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VW is bringing back physical buttons in their newer models, e.g. ID.3 Neo and Polo. Skoda never did away with them. It's also part of the safety rating of Euro NCAP, and AFAIK Chin…

They did away with a lot of physical buttons in the past. Now they are in the process of bringing them back. There are some models still sold with the old design while all new mode…

Some ISPs have bad peering with Cloudflare (e.g. Deutsche Telekom). Not Cloudflares fault but it makes it a bad choice if your customers are in Germany. And Cloudflare is an americ…

They unilaterally cut supply through NS1 though and before the invasion deliberately kept gas storage in Germany empty. It's not all of europe but maybe this is what the the other …

> No one has even proposed that they have maybe even possibly have perhaps thought of an idea to address transport and agriculture related emissions. That's weird. In europe trains…

Is this really a lot of people that use resistive heating? Also at least it saves electricity during summer when you don't want to dump even more heat into the room. As a side, fro…

Do you have any sources for this? I'm also living in Germany and heating is in no way considered a "luxury" nor have many people started burning wood. I don't even think many peopl…

Batteries are relatively cheap and ideal for shifting solar power generation from noon into the evening.

Don't forget wind. For example in germany, wind is 31.4% of production, solar is 16.8%. For the EU it's 18.1% for wind and 11% for solar. Wind is often producing more during the mo…

There's a recent case of Wacker. They tried to build their own windpark in Germany but this got shot down by residents. Now they are moving to a chinese industrial area that is con…

You can check the label here https://energy-efficient-products.ec.europa.eu/product-list/... . It's the electricity usage when running the TV. There is e.g. quite a difference betw…

When I last bought a car 5 years ago, the used car marked for EVs was very small and EVs were very expensive. Since then, they became much cheaper, there are a lot of new models an…

The video for the first use-case is kinda funny. Instead of telling them to come back in a few minutes, just raise your hand and point at the timer.

Getting rid of these biasis is mostly what DEI is.

The government just announced an increase in pension of 3.74%. I think they'll do ok.

I think they went for the F-35 to carry US nuclear weapons. At the time, I read that planes need extensive certifications for this including giving US access to critical components…

If rates go negative this isn't relevant. You can get dynamic contracts based on the day ahead price in Germany. You pay a negative price for the electricity there. You still have …

That really sounds awful, especially if you don't speak the language. If they only go by phone number I'd guess this could have happened with any phone. Companies regularily reuse …

He knowingly rallied his supporters to harass the victims and their families. That's a bit more than "someone ranting on the internet".

Looking at a few spots around me, it seems it includes some hotspots in public buildings and museums and so on. So on the map it shows e.g. 30 hotspots in a museum, which seems OK …

It also should be connected to the national rail network so long distance trains go there directly. It greatly reduces time to switch trains when you're not directly from the neare…

It's surprisingly readable if I zoom into the images. On 100% it's too small for me, but a modern computer or smartphone screen is probably not the use case.

That's a bit simplistic. Rent is 100% gone, but the interest payments of the mortage is also gone. Plus additional cost to buy is about 10% in Germany and you have oppertunity cost…

Prices depend a bit on the region but here it's around 0,26 €/0,28 $.

I like the gestures on the magic mouse, especially the left/right scrolling. I use a Logitech MX Master at home and scrolling side to side never works well for me. For ergonomics, …