H3: Instead of C3
A version of this was posted on on 2023-01-06 but I thought it might
also fit here. Go to my gemlog for somewhat more personal takes and
see what I publish first. IPv6 only!
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As long-time readers know I have participated in the Chaos
Communication Congress (C3) in Germany every year since 2008.
Since C3 was cancelled this year I thought I’d arrange a very small
conference of my own. I would at least try to gather some friends and
acquaintances in chat and video conference and watch t … ⌘ Read more
“AirTags Expose Dodgy Postal Industry”
Last year, YouTuber MegaLag tried to send several AirTag-ged packages from Germany to North Korea with DHL. But instead of arriving there, they were either misrouted to South Korea or ended up in China. In a new video, he further researches the reasons and also takes a look at DHL’s sorting center in Frankfurt at their invitation. Very interesting! ⌘ Read more
Beijing’s human rights policies drive unfavourable views of China, Pew survey finds
Negative views of China rise in most of 19 countries surveyed by the Pew Research Centre, setting record highs in nations including the US, Canada, Germany and South Korea. ⌘ Read more
US-led rare earths pact satisfies South Korea’s ‘definite need’ to cut China dependency
South Korea joined the US-led Minerals Security Partnership earlier this month alongside the likes of Germany, France, Britain, Australia and Japan in a move designed to reduce its dependency on China for key resources, including rare earths. ⌘ Read more
G7 summit statement will take aim at ‘challenge China poses’, US national security adviser says
Beijing’s non-market economic practices, approach to debt and human rights actions set to be addressed in communique issued from meeting in Germany. ⌘ Read more
Why is a South Korean fringe group backing Japan’s position on WWII ‘comfort women’?
End Comfort Women Fraud group, who say there’s evidence of women signing contracts to work in brothels for Japanese military during colonial rule, are travelling to Germany, hoping a statue of a ‘comfort woman’ can be removed. ⌘ Read more
G7 pledges to counter ‘state-driven censorship’ and help protect journalists
‘Around the world, journalists face harassment and violence for their work, and press freedom is being restricted online and offline,’ say media ministers from the US, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and Britain. ⌘ Read more
Telegram Premium cheaper and in Germany!
I have found a way, it is possible to subscribe to Telegram Premium at a cheaper price and in Germany (where it is actually not yet officially available)! ⌘ Read more
Telegram Premium is there, at least the announcement that it should be there, but the update on Google Play somehow not yet. Unfortunately, the announcement says that Premium is not (yet) available for users in Germany. ☹️ I’m especially waiting for the feature to be able to convert voice messages to text. 😅 ⌘ Read more
Germany plans for more coal amid Russia gas supply drop: ‘bitter but necessary’
Nation will try to compensate for gas reduction by increasing the burning of coal, a more polluting fossil fuel. ⌘ Read more
I am a Bunny.net fan as they offer a CDN at a good price, are based in Europe and really care about privacy. The latest tool they offer: Bunny Fonts as a replacement for Google Fonts, because its use is illegal in Germany. 👍 ⌘ Read more
When you submit a GDPR request to American Express (Germany), you get an “Encrypted Mail” (for which you have to log in again somewhere and set a password), which then contains two PDFs, one of which is full of screenshots of mainframe terminals. ⌘ Read more
One down! More to go.
BREAKING: Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov’s super yacht, one of the biggest in the world, seized in Germany - Forbes
One down! More to go.
BREAKING: Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov’s super yacht, one of the biggest in the world, seized in Germany - Forbes
Hi-Fi!
Deezer announced today that it is raising prices in Germany and Austria for new customers. Premium now costs 1€ more. But (for new customers) Premium also includes Hi-Fi directly. ⌘ Read more
Germany planning to start using Linux, then stop using Linux again. Again.
Linux users applaud the move… until Germany switches back to Windows in a few months. ⌘ Read more
Bahn2GPX
For me, the best option to travel long distances within Germany is to take the train. I don’t have a car since July, but I have a BahnCard 50 for years, with which I get up to 50% discount on (unfortunately very expensive!) train tickets. ⌘ Read more
@movq@www.uninformativ.de
Wow! For any country such flooding would be devastating, but Germany isn’t used (doesn’t see) to that kind of flooding, correct?
There is still no estimate of when this infrastructure could work again.
Oh dear… 😞
Germany’s Far-Right Political Party, the AfD, Is Dominating Facebook This Election – The Markup ⌘ Read more
66 years of Germany in the NATO are probably 76 years too much.
German Corona App without proprietary Google libraries is on Codeberg :-) https://codeberg.org/corona-contact-tracing-germany/cwa-android
Travel to Berlin, Germany | https://wiki.xxiivv.com/germany
What a pity. After the best group stage in decades Germany lost in the round of eight vs Czech republic. #iihf worldcup 2019.
Video Games In East Germany: The Stasi Played Along | ZEIT ONLINE https://www.zeit.de/digital/games/2018-11/computer-games-gdr-stasi-surveillance-gamer-crowd
National anthems are weird. They’re usually an already-old poem glued to an unrelated foreign folk-tune, and then the poem is about, like, whatever. (Exceptions: Deuchland Uber Alles is actually about Germany)
I’m not used to a second match in a tournament already being a ‘do or die’ match. Go #Germany! #GERvsSWE #WorldCup2018
What a dissapointing start. Only the last 15 minutes I saw them fighting. #Germany vs #Mexico #Worldcup2018
Only a few hours left till #Germany vs #Mexico starts. Go Germany! #Worldcup2018
Unbelievable! Germany beats Canada and goes to the finals! #Miracle of #Pyeongchang! Go for gold!
Amazon (Germany) sells smart Christmas trees. Smart. Christmas. Trees. http://amzn.to/2BTzfVf
Travel to Berlin | https://wiki.xxiivv.com/germany