As a mod of a community dedicated to fighting misinformation it would be better if you spent some more effort not spreading any yourself.

This article is from "The Insider" and unaffiliated with Axel Springer.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Insider_(website)

The Insider is an online publication specializing in investigative journalism, fact-checking, and exposing fake news. It was founded by independent Russian journalist Roman Dobrokhotov.

From what I can tell, it is quite possibly among the most reliable sources regarding Russia out there.

When you eat herds of cows you get enough energy to fuse gold.

Fusing your waste to gold has the evolutionary advantage of not causing any pollution around your home.

Ukraine is full of Nazis if we use the Russian/tankie definition of Nazi:

You are a Nazi if you oppose Russia.

I'm not even joking, that's the general sentiment over there. The idea that Russia could possibly be fascist is an oxymoron.

2. Obtaining a monopoly by [various reasons] is legal

Steam is not a monopoly

Am I missing something here? Just because Steam doesn't violate the (comparatively weak) US antitrust law does not make it not a monopoly. Especially when there are clearly legal ways to have a monopoly according to point 2 and point 3.

Nicht wirklich.

Wobei er mir in den letzten Wochen als deutlicher Kritiker der Reiche positiv auffiel.

Vielleicht hat E.ON ihn deswegen jetzt ausgeschalten?

Huh? Steam is absolutely a monopoly in PC game sales.

Monopoly doesn't mean there are no alternatives. It means controlling an overwhelming share of the market.

Even Google has a monopoly w.r.t. search engines despite controlling less of its market than Steam does. If your site is deindexed by Google alone you might as well not exist for most of the population.

Plus the average US car consumes much more fuel than the average UK car. So your 2x expense would quickly become a 3-4x expense. A Ford F350 truck happens to be slightly less efficient than a Ford Focus.

But seriously, dirt cheap fuel has caused the demand for fuel efficient vehicles to be near zero in the US. No one would drive these stupid trucks otherwise.

Me when I post before looking up whether I'm right:

Anyway, naming trains after their operator rather than their manufacturer is stupid. Or rather, making me look so.

Why the hell would you use an Amtrak train?? That's a horrible name.

Now, trains made by Siemens/Bombardier are much more fitting. Like this one:

ICE = InterCity Express btw

The sample size is more than sufficient to make these statements. The only flaw is that all participants are from Norway so there may be selection bias.

2200 people would be enough for a phase 3 clinical trial with a lot of participants. You know, the type of study after which your medication/treatment will be approved if successful:

Phase III studies are randomized controlled multicenter trials on large patient groups (300–3,000 or more depending upon the disease/medical condition studied) and are aimed at being the definitive assessment of how effective the drug is, in comparison with current 'gold standard' treatment.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phases_of_clinical_research

I've heard some people have that issue, check out binhex's qbit container with built-in VPN handling.

Most people don't understand why this is a good thing.

On these platforms the consumer is the importer. Meaning there is absolutely zero consumer protection happening. If whatever you import is toxic/dangerous/not working as advertised you can do jack shit.

Forcing these companies to build warehouses in the EU makes them the importer and actually liable for all the toxic junk sold.