I'm way too federated for this.

Still not subscribing to all the shit services. I'd rather don't watch stuff and go outside. Yeah, you heard me right, I'll rather be going fucking outside!

It's baffling to me how this guy is now the "haha funny weed uncle" given his criminal record.

Is this the tiling manager people talk about all the time?

These numbers keep getting smaller with every headline. Tomorrow it says that Steam runs off of Gabens private NAS.

Please let this finally happen. It's absurd when normal people pay maybe 20-40% taxes depending on the country when the super rich almost don't pay at all.

When will scientists just self-publish? I mean seriously, nowadays there is nothing between a researcher and publishing their stuff on the web. Only thing would be peer-reviewing, if you want that, but then just organize it without Elsevier. Reviewers get paid jack shit so you can just do a peer-reviewing fediverse instance where only the mods know the people so it's still double-blind.

This system is just to dangle carrots in front of young researchers chasing their PhD

So any news on Warhammer 40k?

I get the points that you are trying to make but those micro cars are shit for the consumer for those prices. Yes, you have a small car that isn't powered by fossil fuels, but

• You can't transport jack shit. I've sat in the Opel thingy and while it's comfortable for the two passengers you have literally no boot.
• If you consider one of those most likely you live in a densely populated urban area an can use public transportation as well. And one of the last things public transportation sucks, is transporting unwieldy stuff with you. And your mini car doesn't provide a solution to this, so you have to pay a rental again.
• Those things are waaaaayyyy to expensive for what they offer. Atm you're paying the early adopter premium to drive in a speed restricted, range restricted, and payload restricted vehicle for 10k.

I've been riding public transportation almost exclusively for the last 10 years or so and only had to consider getting a car for long distance travel and transporting shit. And at that point you'll be better off spending 4-7k for an older station wagon than those things.

Also I'm not entirely sure how eco friendly it is to buy a brand new mini EV rather than driving around with a 15 year old car where nothing new has to be produced. Depends for sure on the yearly mileage. Which isn't high in my case, but you for sure won't be driving 15000 km a year in a mini car.

If we compare new regular and new EV? Sure, but then I'll wait until real competitive alternatives in the low-price sector pop up.

Wait until noncredibledefense sees this.

Das wissenschaftliche Publikationssystem ist so kaputt. Wissenschaftler forschen monatelang und schreiben dann noch wochenlang ihren Artikel, um sich auf eine Publikation zu bewerben. Die Redaktion schickt den Artikel dann an zwei bis drei andere Wissenschaftler, die den Artikel dann prüfen (peer-review). Wenn die Autoren die Kritik dann umgesetzt haben, wird publiziert. Und dafür wird dann beispielsweise beim renommierten Elsevier Verlag vierstellig die Hand aufgehalten, weil die Artikel andernfalls hinter der Paywall verschwinden? Für ein paar Mails und zehn Seiten Textsetzung?

Nebenbei: Die ganze Situation erinnert ein bisschen an den Quatsch zwischen YouTube und der deutschen Gema vor so ca 20 Jahren. Eigentlich gab es mit allen relevanten Verlagen bis so 2018 Rahmenverträge, dass deutsche Universitäten unbegrenzten Zugang erhalten. Danach ist das ganze anscheinend an der Gier der Verläge gescheitert.

Is it just me or are 60 million a ridiculously small price for that whole dataset?