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New comment by johanvts in "Why are European countries moving their gold out of North America?"

johanvts — Sat, 05 Sep 2026 06:52:49 +0000

I bought that initially, but Trump is causing real harm. The abandonment of WHO and USAid programs, stepping out of the paris accords etc. etc.

But the real issue is that he has been elected twice, it is not some one-off freak accident, a lot of americans just care more about transphobia or pizzagate than climate change or geopolitics and thats why its now clear to the rest of the world that we can’t trust the US any more.

New comment by johanvts in "Apple introduces M6 and M5 Ultra"

johanvts — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 05:16:21 +0000

> X person built Y service and is making Z$$

If person X didn’t contribute anything but a prompt, he probably wont be able to charge much.

New comment by johanvts in "New Mac Studio with M5 Max and M5 Ultra"

johanvts — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 15:39:33 +0000

A fathers gift

New comment by johanvts in "How Europe is killing makers and micro-entrepreneurs"

johanvts — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 05:15:05 +0000

Wrt recycled plastic content its more like 6 years (2024-2030), so much like outlined for China.

New comment by johanvts in "How does IKEA come up with names for its products?"

johanvts — Wed, 19 Aug 2026 09:08:30 +0000

Would also be more fitting as most of it is made in Poland.

New comment by johanvts in "Deutsche Bank becomes first foreign yuan clearing bank in Europe"

johanvts — Tue, 18 Aug 2026 13:48:12 +0000

Sure, but the fundamentals are moving in same direction, partly thanks to Trump. Electricity is getting cheaper and EVs have 90+ efficiency, gas is getting more expensive. You could also say that petrol is fundamentally way to cheap because so far it has been exempt from paying for all the damage it causes.

New comment by johanvts in "Shattered skeleton is first confirmed death from trebuchet"

johanvts — Tue, 18 Aug 2026 08:29:33 +0000

Please don't censor yourself. It should be possible for you to share a video of something without that meaning you support it. You probably live in a country that has free speech? Use it.

I would like to see a video of a trebuchet. Modern or not.

New comment by johanvts in "Shattered skeleton is first confirmed death from trebuchet"

johanvts — Tue, 18 Aug 2026 08:21:31 +0000

The Romans had onagers and ballista, both of which work via string tension. Then around 6AD it seems string traction (mangonels) where introduced from China and finally counterweight/gravity was introduced in the 12th century.

New comment by johanvts in "NP-overrated"

johanvts — Fri, 14 Aug 2026 07:20:08 +0000

I would to say I support that view. What is the purpose of modern science if not to discover truths you can apply universally? If you state: ‘this particular apple falls to the ground’ thats not a scientific discovery, there must be some general applicability.

New comment by johanvts in "Deutsche Bank becomes first foreign yuan clearing bank in Europe"

johanvts — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 14:47:08 +0000

Those numbers are from before Mr Trump decided to do his very best to convince the world to stop using oil. Which happened to coincide beautifully with VW group, Stellantis and Chinese firms having an all out price war on smaller EVs, which have until now been the underserved segment of the market. In Denmark it’s certainly not 36%, its probably closer to 90% of new cars being EVs, it’s simply financial suicide to buy a new ICE car here.

New comment by johanvts in "Pixel 11 Pro Fold"

johanvts — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 12:12:39 +0000

1 month doesn’t seem like enough time to copy something so fundamental as the screen geometry.

New comment by johanvts in "Half of Europe's towns and villages have fewer residents than 60 years ago"

johanvts — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 07:54:36 +0000

In my country part of the problem is taxation. Real estate gains are not taxed so we have instantiated a mini feudal system where the land owning class need not work, and many chase speculation over productive labor, and since this group is rather large this is exacerbating the demographic problems we already have with labor supply. Further it is driving a feeling of unfairness among the rural population that leads to political instability. Finally it is leaving some areas simple in lack of maintenance.

New comment by johanvts in "Half of Europe's towns and villages have fewer residents than 60 years ago"

johanvts — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 07:42:20 +0000

Classic null being replaced by 0.

New comment by johanvts in "The sale of Electronic Arts has been finalized"

johanvts — Wed, 05 Aug 2026 06:22:27 +0000

SimCopter really should have priority IMO.

New comment by johanvts in "JetZero"

johanvts — Sun, 26 Jul 2026 13:19:16 +0000

I dont disagree, but that's just how capitalism works. And it does solve a problem, there will be less airtravel.

New comment by johanvts in "JetZero"

johanvts — Sun, 26 Jul 2026 08:17:15 +0000

Just stop subsidizing flying, maybe even tax the fuel a fraction of the value it’s destroying and I bet most of flying will suddenly turn out to actually be completely avoidable.

New comment by johanvts in "Hacker wipes Romania's land registry database"

johanvts — Tue, 21 Jul 2026 06:53:09 +0000

In my country (and I think by now most non-US developed countries do something similar) everybody has a CPR(CentralPersonRegistry) number that identifies you, you need it to do almost everything so you aren't likely to forget (its your birthday + 4 digits). You get it at birth or if you come to the country for more than 3 months, it legally mandatory and it's also legally required to inform the government if you change your address. Also, if you (ever) had a modern passport there is already a database with your fingerprints, face and iris scan in it.

New comment by johanvts in "Reverse centaurs are the answer to the AI paradox (2025)"

johanvts — Sun, 12 Jul 2026 06:14:42 +0000

I have been fortunate enough to be in the centaur setting but I find my issue is simply that it’s often fools gold. The output is not correct, but in a way that looks correct, and I have to spend hours backtracking and hunting down the issue(es).

New comment by johanvts in "Every new car sold in the European Union must include a driver monitoring camera"

johanvts — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 09:07:14 +0000

Yes, in the EU. On the plus side speed limits generally are higher than in the US.

New comment by johanvts in "Every new car sold in the European Union must include a driver monitoring camera"

johanvts — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 06:28:01 +0000

The speeding chime is legally required to be reset to on after every trip. But I find the speed signs are very rarely missed (model 3 highland), also its a single press on the main screen to disable. My warnings are +99% genuine cases where i need to slow down and I bet that’s true for +99% of people who have these system.