Visa and Mastercard etc are essentially middlemen, huge corporations providing the intermediary step between your bank account, and someone elses bank account. If I have understood what the EU is trying to do, it’s not to have our own huge corporation middleman, but to make the direct connection between you and someone else possible, without the huge corporation, across the EU and instantaneous. Maybe there will be plastic cards, maybe not, that part is just authentication.
I always thought “The art of love” by Ovid was an example: https://www.poetryintranslation.com/PITBR/Latin/ArtofLoveBkI.php#anchor_Toc521049273
In Cory Doctorows latest book he describes that it was revealed that google not only neglected the search function, but deliberately made it worse. If you have to search several times to find a good result, they can show you several ads.
Mastodon is more centered around specific people you choose to follow, everything is in chronological order, regardless of topic or if it’s a reply to someone else. Lemmy has threaded replies and the topic is more in focus.
A Fairphone when I have a fully functioning but old crappy Samsung phone.
Head says Linux Mint
Heart says listen to the head
Tiling WM Arch
I wonder if they had at least one person asking “are we sure the cheetah won’t eat the dog?” and then they decided to just try it and see.
The trust is broken. We can’t be an ally on and off every 4 years. The US supported Orban and AfD etc, it’s clear that we are on different paths. Personally I will never want Europe to be an ally to the US again.
If someone asks which linux distro they should install, just insist on your favourite distro no matter the use case.
Sorry yes I meant sweden.
Under the very specific conditions where operating it out of the bush is worthwhile, maybe.
The idea was always that the russians will destroy our airbases first and to have the ability to use a road in the middle of nowhere with a minimal crew for maintenance. Optimized for having a large hostile country invading us. Canada currently has a large hostile country nearby, so… it makes sense.
I think that’s part of it too. First the cow licks a giant into life, and then it drinks maybe?
Vagina dentata
What a wonderful phrase!
Vagina dentata
Ain’t no passing craze.
It means no worries for the rest of your days
It’s our problem-free philosophy
Vagina dentata
The norse creation myth involves frost-giants sucking the teats of a cow.
That’s actually very similar to what we have, minus the option to change to a different bank, since all our banks are using the same 2FA app and there’s not really any other options or at least not better options. This is a very bad system, building our society on a proprietary app from a private company, but… that’s where we are unfortunately. Actually, recently our government has realized this and is developing a neutral state controlled 2FA app, but it will only run under android and iOS, so… yeah.
Then we have different systems. How do you prove that you are you online in Finland? Do you use usernames+passwords or some 2FA ID system?
True. I was more talking about “banking apps” being more than seeing the balance of my accounts in a web browser instead of using their app. BankID is used for much more than that.
It’s poorly worded, but a plausible interpretation is “The play integrity you’re talking about can go fuck itself.”
Different countries have different systems. In Sweden, our “banking app” is not really for doing bank tasks, it’s everywhere in society as a 2FA app. Buying a bus ticket, booking a medical appointment, paying bills, logging in to various government and non-government web sites, signing a contract, etc. They all use the banking 2FA app. It’s really really difficult to have a normal life without this app.
I realized I don’t need new tech, I find more joy in repairing and using what I can find second hand.