I prefer a trackpad while I work, and the reason is simple: Much less movement to switch from trackpad to keyboard than from mouse to keyboard. And much easier to land on the key you want without looking.
And I very much doubt you'd be faster than me with a mouse!
Or just plainly and simply drop all those big chocolate brands. There is so many better, smaller chocolate brands in literally every european country.
They're missing the point, I think. We don't want an opt out, we want them to stop investing in AI altogether. I don't care that they have a "no ai" engine, I want to support companies who don't fall to the destructive AI hype.
Yep. And at this point, any EU company who hasn't made steps towards not relying on the US market deserves the shitstorm coming their way
Exactly this. Micron ended their consumer RAM. Sansung here is just stopping producing something that is arguably outdated, and has a perfectly fine, already more available, most often cheaper or equivalent modern replacement.
Again, I didn't support anything else than the decision to recognise the state of Palestine, I have no idea what you're trying to argue with me about
Area based voting is a necessity for electing a local representative. But it shouldn't apply for national elections, on that I agree. The US is the only country I know of that applies area based voting in national elections.
That's rough. I honestly couldn't do that.
It's actually not. Yes, the Chancellor is elected by the Parliament, but after nomination by the President, your head of state.
Per the German wikipedia article on the Chancellor of Germany:
Der Bundeskanzler wird auf Vorschlag des Bundespräsidenten vom Bundestag gewählt, anschließend vom Bundespräsidenten ernannt und durch den Bundestagspräsidenten vereidigt.
And per your Basic Law, Article 63:
- (1) Der Bundeskanzler wird auf Vorschlag des Bundespräsidenten vom Bundestage ohne Aussprache gewählt.
- (2) Gewählt ist, wer die Stimmen der Mehrheit der Mitglieder des Bundestages auf sich vereinigt. Der Gewählte ist vom Bundespräsidenten zu ernennen.
- (3) Wird der Vorgeschlagene nicht gewählt, so kann der Bundestag binnen vierzehn Tagen nach dem Wahlgange mit mehr als der Hälfte seiner Mitglieder einen Bundeskanzler wählen.
The election of the Chancellor in Germany is just like the election of the President of the European Commission: There is one candidate, either they are voted in, or they are not. If the parliament disagrees with the nominated candidate, then they must elect one themselves, yes. But it has never happened since 1949, and the only close call was Merz.
You can actually have a look yourself at the list of chancellor elections, and you'll see that it's always been a Yes/No vote on the nominated candidate, just like for the Presidence of the European Commission.
And this Basic Law was ratified after the miserable passage of history you mention.
Gen Z is already named "Zoomers", but it's not aticking as much as "Gen Z".
Someone needs to tell them about the Eurostar
I hope this is bait :) Because this is the dumbest comment I've read all week.