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New comment by snowpid in "Pizza, pasta, potatoes, protein – how Italian children became so overweight"

snowpid — Sun, 26 Jul 2026 16:33:03 +0000

Nobody is forced to eat (Italian!) Nutella instead of local made alternatives. As such many Germans do that.

I do look for regional food, though they are more expensive but also Aldi + Lidl are a bless.

New comment by snowpid in "Third Drone Shot Down in Three Days in Romanian Territory"

snowpid — Sun, 26 Jul 2026 14:09:17 +0000

The government it can use its media to influence its citizen and try it to change election results or create propangada.

France is executive heavy democracy similar to US and Latin American States. This is a very big flaw and state owned media might be contribute to.

New comment by snowpid in "AliExpress hit with record $629M fine for counterfeit and illegal goods"

snowpid — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 18:53:27 +0000

Chinu != All Asia.

Esspecially on geopolitics Japan, South Korea and Taiwan are anti China.

New comment by snowpid in "Qwen 3.8"

snowpid — Sun, 19 Jul 2026 19:46:43 +0000

Chromium and Kubernetes do have their business function. Tensorflow had a business function but it failed.

So Google is not a great counter example.

New comment by snowpid in "How the Elite See Rome"

snowpid — Sun, 19 Jul 2026 18:26:10 +0000

working in a car factory is highly well paid, definitely way above average (so well paid, costs are too high for German factories). VW Poznan in Poland pays worser but still good amount.

New comment by snowpid in "How the Elite See Rome"

snowpid — Sun, 19 Jul 2026 10:22:06 +0000

to add to the neighbour comment: Night shifts are very popular in German car factories as they give good money.

New comment by snowpid in "How the Elite See Rome"

snowpid — Sun, 19 Jul 2026 10:20:43 +0000

who is they? I doubt the Italian state can tax American or Singaporean rich tourists.

New comment by snowpid in "I'm Making Strandfall, a Solarpunk Orienteering Larp"

snowpid — Sun, 19 Jul 2026 09:39:44 +0000

Great idea! Unfortunately sign ups are closed so any plans to repeat it?

New comment by snowpid in "EU ban on destruction of unsold clothes and shoes enters into application"

snowpid — Sat, 18 Jul 2026 20:50:07 +0000

thank you! These are the comments I drive on HN. Not the lazy take, EU economy is failling because of fashion regulation.

New comment by snowpid in "Germany set to restrict its Freedom of Information Act"

snowpid — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 20:15:35 +0000

How do you know about German news if you don't read in social media? Maybe judge your media consumption. Your thinking is very emotional and very close to Afd members.

Some kinky members are lost anyway politically.

New comment by snowpid in "Germany set to restrict its Freedom of Information Act"

snowpid — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 18:27:46 +0000

While I disagree with the doom of some posters (especially coming over from r/de) I do think this is a systematic issue we need to tackle.

These organisation fights for a direct democratic veto right so any change change can be fought against with enough signs. Please support (and people from other countries feel inspired)

https://www.vetorecht.de/

New comment by snowpid in "Germany set to restrict its Freedom of Information Act"

snowpid — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 18:14:39 +0000

Sorry this is more an effect of your social media consumption .

I don't deny the problem the country is facing but your doom is multiplied by social media.

Touch some grass, maybe pay for traditional media and you get a view of the trade offs the government is facing. It doesnt mean you have to agree with the choice but you know...

" Industry and trade associations aren't happy either, which raises the question who asks for this? " A comprise is good if everyone involved is unhappy.

" As a German citizen let me tell you, the rate of decline this country is in is truly shocking. " Just let you know. Most AfD members share your sentiment. Maybe you should qquestion this feeling.

New comment by snowpid in "Germany set to restrict its Freedom of Information Act"

snowpid — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 18:05:23 +0000

Im really happy for Poland for its growing economy. (though it has the same challenges as Germany roughly speaking)

But You can't just deny the political problems. Propably some Americans do it - to cope with Trump who is worser than any PiS president. Poland has the EU as democratic layer but US with Trump doesnt have it.

New comment by snowpid in "Germany set to restrict its Freedom of Information Act"

snowpid — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 18:00:22 +0000

The US is more in decay than Germany. Currently it becomes more and more a broken democracy. Cope is strong here.

New comment by snowpid in "The glass backbone: Why the Army's logistics will break in the next war"

snowpid — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 15:08:30 +0000

sorry, but the European defence is more decentralised.

New comment by snowpid in "The revenge of the philosophy majors"

snowpid — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 12:06:56 +0000

no its not and the great example is the Sowjetunion.

New comment by snowpid in "Canada to buy 12 hi-tech German submarines after bidding war"

snowpid — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 17:46:25 +0000

why do you think military sub marines are easy to build and there is no / not much progress there?

New comment by snowpid in "How the U.S. Engineered Its Sovereignty"

snowpid — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 12:24:16 +0000

Some nationalistic articles are just cringe.

New comment by snowpid in "Spain Orders Blacklist of Palantir from Public and Private Companies"

snowpid — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 18:40:05 +0000

Besides the mentioned comments Spanish speaking immigration is much more welcomed by radical right AND Germany had a lot of German speaking immigration from Eastern Europe. There are just no German speaking minorities left in other countries.

New comment by snowpid in "Germany’s Infineon opens major chip plant as EU seeks tech autonomy"

snowpid — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 17:19:01 +0000

Company might be registered in NL but phone number + hosting happens in Germany => maybe only tax reducing?