Celsius temperature are often given in steps of 0.5. for temperature records in summer the news report it down to an accuracy of 0.1

Lemmy seems to be the old nerdy internet of the 90s, prior to the enshittification

The EU decided that it rather doesn’t have any platforms than some which allow hate/propaganda/childabuse. The intent is to fight the mentioned things and ideally remove them from society. By and large, this decision is a democratic one and fine.

Platforms may continue operation, if they promise to remove all stuff. Here there are two options, one stipulating that all content needs to be checked before its published. Thats the draconian approach. Currently its fine to only go after user reported stuff.

Now to your first question: They fon’t gaf about musk and don’t care if he removes the stuff. But if he choses not to, they will shutdown twitter for europeans. Thats why they adress him, because he as a major shareholder and CEO (is he?) calls the shots there.

It’s my go-to player for various podcasts. I don’t end up watching, just listening. But it’s YouTube nonetheless.

While I don’t normally use it for music, the magic of it’s recommendation engine has led me into several amazing music niches, wich I wouldn’t have found otherwise.

Afaik NZ has already implemented such a rule.

Huh. I gave it a try, and while drunk, i just went on and on, but overall it just smelled so bad that it never became a habit. I guess i’m lucky

At least in Germany there are Limits to t&c’s. To put it simply, there musn’t be any ugly surprises.

The merchant retroactively cancelling your purchases would be an ugly surprise of that nature.

Ianal, but I assume they might get into trouble for the use of words like buy and own, if this is how they treat the purchases.

whats wrong with personalized ads? is it much different from booking different TV channels for different audiences?

I live in Europe, and while I own a car, i’m within walking distance of several supermarkets, restaurants, doctors schools and whatnot.

I watched the first half, and it started getting repetitive. But I don’t recall suburbs being mentioned. The way I see it, single family homes are the main reason for your american urban planning. low density makes area consumption big, and thus travel distances. With them comes traffic, and with that big roads.

As a government subsidy it’s quite different from an employer benefit.

A public transport ticket as a perk is also very different. That’s the same for all employees.the way k read the headline, it’s about paying for the time spent commuting.

Guys, it’s a free market. The boss gives the worker money, and the worker makes sure that the commute is short. It’s his responsibility. He can change employer or relocate his home. It’s not as if all people have the same commute

You americans propably see this differently, but in europe it’s very simple:

The employer need you to come to work. He doesn’t care where you live and how long your commute is.

The worker can chose an employer close to his home, or relocate and live close to the employer. Generally, if it’s a priority, the worker can live within walking distance of the employer. If other priorities overrule proximity, there’s likely still public transport to get to work.

Lurking is fine. It just uses their server resources and doesn’t give them much value

I’m happy to see that the big German communities declined by more than half, and went from growth to decline

YouTube is strong because it has an evergreen library. Reddit relies on the present. That makes it much easier to change platform.

But… you have choice. Nobody needs to go to taylor Swifts concerts. Nobody needs to see the next Marvel movie. It’s a business.

As long as people only spend money on things that are worth more to them than said money, everyone is fine. If people can’t control their purchases, it isn’t the industry’s fault.

I’m fortunate to not enjoy popular culture in the first place.

And a lifestyle that doesn’t require cars seems incomprehensible to them.

That’s business. Bmw isn’t a cost effective brand in the first place, so anyone on a budget shouldn’t complain in the first place