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Just a bit of a different Firefox.

In a Finnish myth, when an arctic fox runs so fast that its bushy tail brushes the mountains, flaming sparks are cast into the heavens creating the northern lights. In fact the Finnish word "revontulet", a name for the aurora borealis or northern lights, can be translated as fire fox. So that evocative myth took on a special significance for the photographer of this northern night skyscape from Finnish Lapland near Kilpisjarvi Lake. The snowy scene is illuminated by moonlight. Saana, an iconic fell or mountain of Lapland, rises at the right in the background. But as the beautiful nothern lights danced overhead, the wild fire fox in the foreground enthusiastically ran around the photographer and his equipment, making it difficult to capture in this lucky single shot.

[-] Unrelated@feddit.nl 42 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

It is because Calibri was made with reading inclusion in mind (no thin slanted lines) and the current office actively working to exclude as many people as possible for no obvious reason other than pettiness.

Although, maybe they want to start writing in latin one day again too, so to exclude even more people (like the old days when only the elite were able to read relevant sources).

[-] Unrelated@feddit.nl 15 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I wonder if it will result in the desired outcome for the German car industry. The benefits of BEV cars are broad and the economies of scale are picking up. I could see their resistance to electrifying only strengthening the Chinese car brands.

[-] Unrelated@feddit.nl 16 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Europe, ESA, and a good amount of space actors have signed the zero debris charter that aims to increase the accuracy at which satellites are to deorbit when their activities have seized and to prevent space debris in a preventative approach.

ESA also has active plans to recover or extend space operations of satellites that needs servicing via its RISE-mission.

Finally, there are also the CAT and Clearspace-1 missions (amongst others?) which intend to actively remove satellites from orbit, or place them in the graveyard orbit.

Oh, and space lasers (for monitoring space debris).

I guess there are more, but I think this already shows it is actively being developed.

[-] Unrelated@feddit.nl 14 points 4 months ago

Typical... no indicator lights

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https://archive.is/Wjz3Y

Interview with Josef Aschbacher. ESA already has moved a program to Cologne and it might lose more if contributions keep lacking.

[-] Unrelated@feddit.nl 15 points 9 months ago

They are literally not the same. Bribing is when you try to give something in exchange for voting/law making etc. Lobbying is convincing why prioritising is important. These can be selfish reasons, like in this case. However, lobbying may also be done for noble causes by a wide range of NGOs. Prohibiting lobbying is limiting the opportunity for all kinds of actors to argue their cause.

[-] Unrelated@feddit.nl 9 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

NSC 'niet nog eens met PVV in zee' (bron: NOS)

Daar hoeven ze geen statement over te maken denk ik hahah

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"Als dat niet binnen enkele weken lukt, is de PVV weg."

Ik ben bang dat dit hoopgevender klinkt dan hij zal bedoelen…

[-] Unrelated@feddit.nl 75 points 9 months ago

Isn’t Fox News sort of the Onion, though?

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cross-posted from: https://feddit.nl/post/34588599

Parliament has to vote on it first, but it is another step towards its implementation.

Some relevant sections:

The Norwegian government is now initiating work on a new law that will provide better competitive conditions on the internet in the face of the global tech giants. "The law will give Norwegian consumers greater freedom of choice in the use of digital services," says Karianne Tung, Minister of Digitisation and Public Administration.

"The new rules will strengthen the competitiveness of Norwegian companies and make their services and apps easier to find online," says the Minister of Digitalisation.

The regulations are an implementation of the EU's Digital Markets Act (DMA), which targets digital platform companies with a particularly dominant market position. The Minister of Digitisation says that the government aims to submit a draft law for consultation already this year. She explains that the new rules will make it easier for companies to compete on equal terms.

The regulations will apply to digital platform companies that qualify as so-called "gatekeepers". Today, Amazon, Apple and Meta, among others, are defined as such.

For Norwegian businesses and consumers, this will mean, among other things:

  • Companies will have better access to their own user data from the major platforms.
  • Third-party solutions must be able to work with the major platform owners' systems to a greater extent.
  • Major players can no longer favour their own services over others on their own platforms.
  • It should be easier for consumers to opt out of standard apps and services from the tech giants.
  • Better control of your own data: You will have the right to transfer your own data from one platform to another.

(These are pasts of the text and they are translated using Deepl)

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Parliament has to vote on it first, but it is another step towards its implementation.

Some relevant sections:

The Norwegian government is now initiating work on a new law that will provide better competitive conditions on the internet in the face of the global tech giants. "The law will give Norwegian consumers greater freedom of choice in the use of digital services," says Karianne Tung, Minister of Digitisation and Public Administration.

"The new rules will strengthen the competitiveness of Norwegian companies and make their services and apps easier to find online," says the Minister of Digitalisation.

The regulations are an implementation of the EU's Digital Markets Act (DMA), which targets digital platform companies with a particularly dominant market position. The Minister of Digitisation says that the government aims to submit a draft law for consultation already this year. She explains that the new rules will make it easier for companies to compete on equal terms.

The regulations will apply to digital platform companies that qualify as so-called "gatekeepers". Today, Amazon, Apple and Meta, among others, are defined as such.

For Norwegian businesses and consumers, this will mean, among other things:

  • Companies will have better access to their own user data from the major platforms.
  • Third-party solutions must be able to work with the major platform owners' systems to a greater extent.
  • Major players can no longer favour their own services over others on their own platforms.
  • It should be easier for consumers to opt out of standard apps and services from the tech giants.
  • Better control of your own data: You will have the right to transfer your own data from one platform to another.

(These are pasts of the text and they are translated using Deepl)

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Ble invitert på en hyggelig lunsj i vårværet i dag.

Der var tidligere president Barack Obama, på besøk hos Hans Majestet Kongen og kronprinsesse Mette-Marit. 

Vi snakket blant annet om den urolige situasjonen i verden, krigen i Ukraina, og mulighetene og utfordringene med bruk av kunstig intelligens.

En hyggelig og god samtale.

Jonas

Just another day in the life of Støre.

Linkedin lenke

[-] Unrelated@feddit.nl 8 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I think shutting down all electricity is a bit overkill tbh

Tap for spoilerI hope we can learn from it and build upon it in future elections around Europe/the world.

[-] Unrelated@feddit.nl 12 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

They are talking about sending soldiers (together with other willing states, like the UK) when a ceasefire has been established. A ceasefire has not been agreed on (yet).

A state can’t just become an EU member. Ukraine is a member candidate and now has to reach certain goals to make sure they have proper democratic institutions, reduced levels of fraud and similar objectives. Most complicated is to comply with not having a conflict on its territory.

Non-the-less, France has in no possible way the power to allow Ukraine to the EU, all member states have to agree to this.

On the actual article, one could see it as late, France might have good reasons for it, who knows. However, France recognising the Palestinian State would be considerable, because it is a state with quite an influence and statute. It might boost other states that say they support a two state solution to also recognise Palestine.

What I hope afterwards is that they also do more to make Israel abide by int’l law and negotiate on a ceasefire and for territorial integrity of the Palestinian Territories on the West Bank and Gaza. I do have my doubts though, because they seem to do little about Israeli incursions into Lebanon and Syria

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[-] Unrelated@feddit.nl 8 points 11 months ago

They have only stated the intention, not an actual application for withdrawal. Also it has to go through parliament first, which probably is just a formality.

Article 127 of the Statute also states that ‘[t]he withdrawal shall take effect one year after the date of receipt of the notification, unless the notification specifies a later date.’

[-] Unrelated@feddit.nl 40 points 2 years ago

Apart from all the other points made here, I always wonder why uniforms have to look like there has been no development in clothing/fashion for the last 100+ years? Why do they have to look like they are extras on a Harry Potter filmset?

[-] Unrelated@feddit.nl 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Whataboutism doesn't justify anything. There are quite a few nuances. For example that Android and iOS have way higher adoption numbers than game consoles, and that these OSes play a crucial role in people's everyday lives. In addition, do these platforms have a duopoly, so perfect competition doesn't exist on that level, and like elboomy states, does Apple have a monopoly on its own platform. Apple forcing a piece of the cake is thus merely a power play which is enabled by the imperfect market of smartphone OSes and their app stores.

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