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Germany will violate international agreements with Unitary Patent, says FFII

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Re: Germany will violate international agreements with Unitary Patent, says FFII

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Post by KingOfCoders »

KingOfCoders wrote: post #44
Semaphor wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

She did a lot of dumb shit while we still had her in Germany.

Not a fan of her, but can you name 10 things ("lot of") that are "dumb shit" that she did?

She did not "accidentally" erase her phone, it was someone else. The one she erased was not accidentally but on purpose (when there were no laws or guidance I erased also my phones before I got them back to my former employer, so we differe here on what "dumb shit" is).

So we have two, black lists for websites and spending millions on consultants while choosing Accenture and McKinsey instead of some other charlatans. The problem here is obviously not how the companies were chosen but that millions were given to consulting companies with no clue. I might add "throwing away a rather good gun" - others would debate this. So we might have three. Lots of? And I'd only really consider black lists as "dumb shit" but YMMV.

But we may vary on "lots of". If someone says "I have lots of beer at home" I would be rather dissapointed if in the end it were three beer (1.5 for each of us! ;-)

Re: Germany will violate international agreements with Unitary Patent, says FFII

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Post by krageon »

skocznymroczny wrote: post #25
raxxorrax wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

With von der Leyen being president, I am pretty sure we make the wrong decision. Yes, some Europeans might think she looks sympathetic, especially those that don't know her well because of language barriers. That she is on the position is testament to the democratic dysfunction of the Union. Officially she is in a conservative party, which eastern European countries liked very much. If we want to take democracy serio…

Conservative doesn't really mean much anymore on its own. CDU might be considered conservative by Western European standards, but it's liberal by Eastern European standards.

That's more a reflection on how incredibly broken Eastern Europe is. Definitely not a stick to measure anything by. Just like how we do not measure political leaning by US standards (spoiler alert: everything is left wing).

Re: Germany will violate international agreements with Unitary Patent, says FFII

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Post by KingOfCoders »

diffeomorphism wrote: post #69
KingOfCoders wrote: post #44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not a fan of her, but can you name 10 things ("lot of") that are "dumb shit" that she did?

"zensursula" is quite well-known. "Accidently" erasing her phone and destroying files during an investigation. Several scandals and affairs in relation to the Bundeswehr. Not ten, but these immediately come to mind.

The introduction of her PhD didn't contain enough footnotes.

Re: Germany will violate international agreements with Unitary Patent, says FFII

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Post by KingOfCoders »

nxpnsv wrote: post #37
tssva wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't like software patents but I have a hard time buying that it will limit investment further. It hasn't significantly done so in the US where software patents have long existed. I imagine it may spur investment because investors see software patents as protecting their investments in startups from both other startups and established companies. Edited to correct a typo kindly pointed out by a comment below.

As a coder with kids, am I a software parent?

The OP said "kindly" and you got downvoted for a joke #HN2020 Sorry could you only vote up once.

Re: Germany will violate international agreements with Unitary Patent, says FFII

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Post by C1sc0cat »

pbowyer wrote: post #10

But only in a "limited and specific" way, so that's okay [UK in-joke] At least we're not the only country wanting to violate international agreements at present

Well having some think tank say something and your senior legal establishment Is quite different.

Re: Germany will violate international agreements with Unitary Patent, says FFII

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Post by KingOfCoders »

pantalaimon wrote: post #71
KingOfCoders wrote: post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"In Germany she's well known for nepotism" As a German this is not "well known" to me, do you have a source? Until now I thought one Accenture manager was the godfather of a child of a deparment manager in the ministry of defence and Accenture got an consulting gig? I didn't know until now she was giving jobs to her relatives.

I still have a “Zensursula” T-Shirt from when she wanted to introduce Internet censorship because “think of the children”.

"Lots of"? Perhaps for coders ;-) 0,1,lotsof

Re: Germany will violate international agreements with Unitary Patent, says FFII

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Post by krageon »

kzrdude wrote: post #16
raxxorrax wrote: post #9

The law itself makes sense in my opinion, but the way it was introduced makes the self declaration as being democratic a cheap farce. I doubt the EU will survive in its current state. 10 years ago that would have made me sad. There are enthusiasts, but not enough to make it work.

The enthusiasts need to temper their dreams and expectations - EU is doing fine, and doesn't need to always become more powerful or more integrated. Especially not now, when citizens don't want it.

> citizens don't want it

You're talking about the populist dregs of society. Let's not make the very american mistake of validating that rhetoric by considering it true.

Re: Germany will violate international agreements with Unitary Patent, says FFII

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Post by antientropic »

lumost wrote: post #56
skocznymroczny wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Conservative doesn't really mean much anymore on its own. CDU might be considered conservative by Western European standards, but it's liberal by Eastern European standards.

Are there any major pan-european parties? (that are taken seriously)

Sort of: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_political_party

However they're primarily just groupings of like-minded national parties.

Re: Germany will violate international agreements with Unitary Patent, says FFII

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Post by raxxorrax »

normalnorm wrote: post #63
raxxorrax wrote: post #9

The law itself makes sense in my opinion, but the way it was introduced makes the self declaration as being democratic a cheap farce. I doubt the EU will survive in its current state. 10 years ago that would have made me sad. There are enthusiasts, but not enough to make it work.

> I doubt the EU will survive in its current state. A lot of people desire this to be true, but that does not mean that it is. It is a particularly weird opinion to hold in the wake of the most recent challenge to its continuity -- the Brexit fiasco, with the EU having maintained a united front for more than 4 years, while the UK emerges out of it in a terrible state -- and the worst is yet to come. The EU is not per…

I wanted to write "in its current form". I don't think it will dissolve, but people will realize that some countries have different ideas about government. Especially with the planned addition of new countries. Many countries favor democracy a lot less and we are blindly expanding.

Many people believe we need the union to defend our values, but it becomes more apparent that we might loose them on the way.

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