I use an European made computer from Schenker (their XMG subbrand actually).

Of course the components are not European made. But Dell's components are not US made either.

I can also buy a Japanese or Korean (or Chinese) computer. There is no dependency on a single country.

The engineer who identified 500k in savings is a great candidate I'd say. But solving a problem requires a problem to be there in the first place.

Do you apply the same scrutiny to the food you eat?

Some trust has to be created through testing standards and the law, but generally we do believe what the label says in day to day life.

In so far as I cook myself? Yes

So you personally test your produce to ensure it's safe to eat, has no pesticides embedded in it that could harm you, etc.? You do that after every single trip to the grocery store or farmer's market? Every trip? You don't spot check, and assume/hope/trust that the ones you don't test are safe?

They are not even in the same ballpark size wise

https://www.carsized.com/en-us/cars/compare/porsche-cayenne-...

But or course you are correct this is not only about American cars. Europeans can build big cars as well.

Cars are taxed by engine displacement in Germany. It's rather low compared to insurance and gas cost though. Indirectly larger cars are taxed through high gas tax.

A lot of German SUVs are heavier than full sized American pickup trucks, even when they look much smaller.

At least you can see the ground ahead of you, weight is not the only thing affecting safety.

Yes, large heavy unibody SUVs like the Q7/Touareg/Cayenne with all of the safety tech of a high end German luxury car are likely the safest cars possible- for the passengers at least.

It's already happening. Coal use in the US was up 15% in H1/25 compared to the previous year. Partially due to a shift from higher prices gas.

Coal retirement in the US is almost entirely driven by economics. If someone needs the power, coal plants will stay open and capacity factor go up.

https://www.eia.gov/outlooks/steo/report/elec_coal_renew.php

The money was already granted without being tied to 10% equity. This looks like the government retroactively changing the deal.

There is a PR open since June. It's currently blocked by a MacOS CI issue.

https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/58491

Just last week a report about election interference by foreign entities on a Twitter was released.

Twitter does not seem very interested in transparency or stopping behavior favoring certain views

https://www.canva.com/design/DAGesRcirKQ/4-mOPKQEfWtozFtO_jU...

Just today, my think tank released a report also. Helps me to get tax payer funded grants

Germany also requires an imprint with name and address on any non-personal website. Non-Personal can basically mean anything beyond a purely personal blog without comments or anything.

Both Apple Music and Tidal (and Google Music, Amazon) can afford to lose money as long as leadership want the service to stay online.

I don't think it's sustainable for musicians to rely on cross financing via other services or VC money. Further consolidation under under big tech conpanies would be a negative IMO

Might want to take a look in the mirror with regard to tech...