Regarding the collapse of wealthy countries I was more thinking of the social securities like free healthcare, education, retirement, welfare etc. I don’t think the justice system will collapse and agree that that is right-wing propaganda. But I can see the first things I mentioned happening when there is an influx in people that do not immediately pay I to the system to finance it for others. This might not apply to the US where education and healthcare isn’t free to begin with, but in countries like Germany where it’s the case it might be more severe. On the other hand, the retirement system is already very strained in Germany as there are less and less young people to pay for the old ones that retired…

Why would I watch Fox News, I’m not even in the US…

My proof for “basically” open borders is me. I lived in multiple countries and it was pretty easy to achieve. And I by no means have money, just education.

Not sure what you’re going on about truisms and what you did or did not notice.

I stand by the fact that if you have money, education and/or a job that is in demand for the country you chose, you can easily get permanent residency and then citizenship.

I don’t get why you get so worked up about this statement. If someone wants to immigrate to Germany, New Zealand, or Canada or whatever first world country, they apply for it, fill out the paperwork and if they fulfill the requirements, which you usually do if you have the education, you eventually get approved. That’s literally what hundreds of thousands of people are already doing.

Is this system perfect? Of course not, it takes a while to get the paperwork and it heavily favors highly educated people from first world countries. But that’s what I said in the first post.

I think it shouldn’t be illegal even if you didn’t exhausted all other options. It’s my life, and if I want to end it I should be allowed to do so.

If you have money, borders are basically open for you. I haven’t seen many upper middle-class and higher people migrate to second or third world countries. So it’s safe to assume that that also wouldn’t happen when borders are actually open. This leaves less fortunate people from all over the world. If you are telling me they will migrate to a different second or third world country, you are delusional. They will migrate to first world countries. And those cou tries will collapse.

Don’t get me wrong, I think open borders are a great concept and people should be free to live wherever they want. But with our current system it just doesn’t work. If we have something like a world government and just earth, without individual countries, it’s a different story.

Yeah, I’m missing this so hard from Reddit :( It should be possible to group subs I’m not subscribed to too!

I never said it’s a good idea. I was just saying that it’s true that that’s a thing in Germany.

I think it’s good that they lock it but I also think there shouldn’t be a way to unlock it apart from race track use.

That’s not true. Cars are normally capped at 250 km/h in Germany. But it’s completely legal to pay extra to get it removed.

To be fair, it’s kinda unusual to all of a sudden be convinced that it’s ok to be racist, like exploitation, and be against helping the unfortunate.

Oh good take. English is my second language so I might have missed that subtext!

He’s 17, so why not?

What irks me though is your first text. So aggressive and accusing…

Kagi is actively funding the Russian government as they use, and pay for, their search provider Yandex. It’s not the only one they are using, but it’s one of them.

Fastmail is Australia based. They have atrocious privacy laws.

Fastmail is Australia based. Don’t they have some of the worst laws regarding government backdoors?

I would set it up like this. Everything you have in Calibre Web, or only on a shared shelf, will show up in your Kobo reader book section and is ready to download.

No plugins or extra software, it just works.

https://brandonjkessler.com/technology/2021/04/26/setup-kobo-sync-in-calibre-web.html

The amount of my students that wrote the whole email in the subject line is crazy. At first I thought it was a mistake or something. But there are sooo many…

They also don’t know what a file browser/explorer is. As soon as the download notification is gone, the file doesn’t exist anymore.

Giving files proper names? Unheard of!

True, having Android on it definitely has advantages. You can read RSS feeds easier, use established note taking tools etc. But it comes with its own set of downsides. It’s definitely not pointless!

Regarding battery, sure a week is nice when compared to an iPad or Android tablet. But a dedicated reader running for a month is hard to beat :)

I just looked up the weight of the Boox Note Airs C and it’s actually lighter than I remembered. 410g compared to Elipsa 2E at 390g. That’s pretty nice.

I don’t agree with this. Boox devices are notorious for not getting updates. As they are running on Android, security updates are crucial. But they keep churning out so many devices per year that they usually don’t bother to keep existing ones up to date.

In general, I wouldn’t recommend an Android device for reading books. They are usually heavier than regular readers like Kobos for example. They also have atrocious battery life. Compared to a regular tablet it might be fine but compared to a dedicated ereader it’s usually crap.

Their UI is also not as intuitive and needs some getting used to. But I guess that’s subjective.

I think for only reading there is no need to get a full fledged Android device.

Lastly, there is also the fact that it’s a Chinese company. People can make of that what they want. Kobo is Canadian, although the parent company, Rakuten, is Japanese.

Yeah! To me LibreOffice just looks dated and, to be honest, shit. OnlyOffice has a much cleaner interface.

Sure, everyone got the money to do that… Everything you have written in this thread so far is quite … let’s go with reality shifted.

Hi, nice to meet you. Where are you from? America. Oh, like Mexico or Chile?

It’s always fun to see their faces :)

80% of the stuff mentioned can be disabled. Not sure what the problem is. CEO is a dick though.