And the win goes to China, as always. Well played.
Germany creates 'super–high-tech ministry' for research, technology, aerospace
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Re: Germany creates 'super–high-tech ministry' for research, technology, aerospace
#72I actually think Germany would be really good at digital infrastructure if they stopped being afraid of friend computer. Germany is immensely proud of its history of creating standards - there's literally a place in berlin called DIN Platz. Germany is also very proud, and rightly so, in its history of mathematical innovation. Everything that isn't dross in the computer world is either a well designed standard, or a w…
> Everything that isn't dross in the computer world is either a well designed standard, or a well designed algorithm
You must be hanging out in a different part of the computer world.
What I see is that most standards reflect evolved systems, and those standards usually have many amendments. Most algorithms are generation descendants of broken predecessors. I love hearing about a singular talent coming up with something new and getting the world to listen, but the story is usually way messier than that.
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#73Germany has no national idea, they have no reason why an average burger should work his/her ass off competing with Chinese/American/Indian scientists and working 80 hr/week on cutting edge research. Germans are smart and capable, but the German lifestyle is not for "super high tech" industry
What’s your proposal? Give up?
We should stop treating any kind of patriotism and German culture like it is from the devil.
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#74Surprised to see the negativity in the comments - if executed well, this is exactly the sort of thing governments should be aiming to do: solving social coordination problems and funding with long-term horizons.
Re: Germany creates 'super–high-tech ministry' for research, technology, aerospace
#75yeah, who still remembers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quaero the German-French initiative against Google. A European search engine.
In the end Technicolor / Thomson, Exalead, SAP, France Telecom (Orange) got most of the funding if I remember right. Other than a few university, museum digitalisation projects nothing consumer facing ever so the light of day.
Re: Germany creates 'super–high-tech ministry' for research, technology, aerospace
#76The upside is that this will actually provide lots of research funding to small companies. Think of it like the seed round from a VC, but instead of investing into new companies, they try to strategically invest into existing companies to boost future tax revenue. It'll probably be very German, meaning overly bureaucratic. But the basic idea of financing R&D in small companies to grow them more competitive seems legi…
Applying for a grant is normally difficult. In Germany, it's outright hellish. I hope I will be pleasantly surprised.
It's boring but otherwise harmless. You skim through 20 pages of legalese and fill out the blanks. Your local goverment office has an advisor who will check the forms together with you before you submit them. (I applied for and received a De-Minimis grant.) Plus for the larger grant types, there are advisory companies that work on commission.
Re: Germany creates 'super–high-tech ministry' for research, technology, aerospace
#77Earlier quoted context omitted.
Evidence? Citations? Suggested reading?
The CSU has a history of putting people in charge that do not benefit germany but bavaria (the only part of germany where the party CSU is active), e.g. Andreas Scheuer [1][2]. Notable recent examples of corruption are the Maskenaffäre [4] or Julia Klöckner and Nestlé ("Julia Klöckner and Nestlé show how the greasy closeness between politics and business can go too far" [5]). [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andreas…
This ministry will not be lead by any of these people. Their replacement isn't that much better competency wise, but there is no corruption case yet.
Your source 3 is not saying what you think it does. State government can apply for federal funding. Söder and his ilk have mastered this. There is nothing corrupt here.
Re: Germany creates 'super–high-tech ministry' for research, technology, aerospace
#78Surprised to see the negativity in the comments - if executed well, this is exactly the sort of thing governments should be aiming to do: solving social coordination problems and funding with long-term horizons.
*executed well*
but first regulated to death
Re: Germany creates 'super–high-tech ministry' for research, technology, aerospace
#79Surprised to see the negativity in the comments - if executed well, this is exactly the sort of thing governments should be aiming to do: solving social coordination problems and funding with long-term horizons.
*executed well* but first regulated to death
I think the EU is increasingly aware of its faults, especially in Germany & France. Happy to watch them cook and I say that as an American who has watched on with pain at what the EU has done to itself over the last decade+.
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#80Earlier quoted context omitted.
> comprehensive public transportation infrastructure, universal healthcare without administrative bloat, and urban planning that prioritizes livability over speculation. This can't be further from the truth. This is probably written by an American, and US is a very car-centric, but German infrastructure is a shitshow. Also healthcare is absolutely stiffled by bureaucracy. I have a friend who is a cardiologist. He say…
> This can't be further from the truth. This is probably written by an American, and US is a very car-centric, but German infrastructure is a shitshow. I just know that this is a comment from a German person who has little experience with public transport in any non-top-class country. Yeah, it could be better, but it could also be so much worse . > Also healthcare is absolutely stiffled by bureaucracy This I agree wi…
I lived in Russia, Georgia, few European countries. Even in Georgia trains are way more punctual, than in Germany. Moscow metro works like a Swiss-clock compared to U-Bahn/S-Bahn.
Maybe what you are talking about is true for some very pour Asian/African countries, but many middle-income countries have more reliable public transportation, than Berlin. Not to mention developed ones and China.