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Like start Firefox? I have no idea why it takes multiple seconds to bring up a blank window when starting a comparably useful program like Claws Mail is absolutely instantaneous.

Well, the English "V" is nearly identical to German "W"; the German "V" is nearly identical to English and German "F" and the English "W" doesn't quite exist in German. Someone had…

It would "automatically empty" the recycle bin at each shutdown though.

Abendbrot is probably not regional, though Abendessen (evening meal) may be more standard use, especially when going out or having a small family meal is not implied. Brotzeit is r…

I thought you could buy tickets from Germany to e.g. Barcelona with Deutsche Bahn? The "only" problems are that one needs to visit a physical office of theirs as online booking is …

Sure. Do it. Given that this is apparently possible, there should be no problems with a 1000% carbon tax on non-electric planes starting tomorrow, right?

> Just compare Greta Thunberg (which is a person with zero suggestions) This is a lie. Plenty of suggestions have been made from this part of the political spectrum which are prima…

I have moved to Firefly III last year from the "My Expenses" app. Very happy so far, even though I don't use (and hide via uBlock) all the Budget-related items. Updating is a bit a…

A fair number of universities and research institutes already use Nextcloud, e.g. the Max Planck Computing and Data Facility offers a Nextcloud installation for all users and TU Be…

Digital services also use infrastructure, e.g. broadband, landlines, electricity etc., much of which is at least partially subsidised by taxes.

> Moreover, the compiler can “derive” implementations for regular data objects. When defaulting the spaceship operator, the same happens for C++ (by comparing members). In this spe…

No, mostly because the Matrix homeserver still needs ridiculous amounts of memory. Apparently 1GB if you want to join one of the more crowded channels – what for could a chat serve…

> It relies on existing mail standards This is a feature, not a bug. Nobody actually wants to rely on a single entity (for or non-profit) for their communication. Nobody wants to b…

* You mean like https://www.muenchen.de/rathaus/Stadtrecht/vorschrift/926.ht... , which requires one parking space per apartment (residential use) and also one parking space per 20…

2/3, no way policies in Germany don't favour cars.

>> automobile supremacy I had two drivers within the last 12 hours taking my right of way by illegally driving onto a cycle path when turning from a side street into a main street.…

> Who gets the money are the people who create laws. The more crimes commited, the safer there jobs are. Hu? Of course the jobs of people working at ICO etc are slightly safer if m…

GDPR unified and clarified all the different directions and laws active in EU member states before. So while most of those indeed were illegal before in one or more member states, …

There is no right to free speech in Germany. The constitution protects freedom of opinion and you are allowed to voice your opinion in most cases, but there are restrictions (e.g. …

At the moment it's "available within collaborations". My former supervisor has had some bad experiences with people using his open-sourced software without acknowledgement etc., wh…

Provide funding for permanent positions. I'm currently in the last few months of my first postdoc in condensed matter physics (think superconductors, quantum computers etc.) but wi…

Thanks. > You said "making this e-mail address public" in your question - it's worth noting that binding a 3PID does not publish it in a public list; instead, it means it can be us…

I am confused by the e-mail issue. The OP says that Riot says: > If you don't specify an email address, you won't be able to reset your password. Are you sure? In your response on …

Also on a desktop, I had to "restart" reading everytime I scrolled through a whole page. Lost interest, which is quite a shame because the content seems actually interesting and so…

There’s no hyperboles there. Cars, and ICE cars in particular, cause extreme health concerns from particles both exhausted and rubbed of from the tires. The vast majority of deaths…