I generally agree with the notion, but it’s a bit rich coming from the man who declared the greens their “main enemy” instead of the far-right AfD, whose populist rhetoric he instead tried to copy. I hope this is him finally realizing who the real enemies are and that we need to actually do something about them.

I support it and think it could work. It would make people more happy and free, while removing a lot of unnecessary and expensive bureaucracy from our current welfare system.

My company has 2 CEOs. One of them doesn’t ever really talk about AI. The other one is personally obsessed with the topic. His picture on Teams is AI generated and every other day, he posts some random AI tutorial or news into work channels. His client presentations are mostly written by ChatGPT. But luckily, nothing is being forced on us developers. The company is very hands-off in general (some may say disorganized) and we can pretty much use any tools and methods we choose, as long as we deliver good results. I personally use AI only occassionally, mostly for quick prototyping in languages and frameworks I’m unfamiliar with. None of the other devs are very enthusiastic about AI either.

Nobody wants to somehow homogenize Europe into a single culture. A European federation would not be an ethnostate, quite the opposite. A European federation should preserve the many things that make our different cultures unique, while celebrating the many things we have in common and give us the opportunity to assert our shared interests on the world stage. Several multi-language and multi-cultural countries already exist in Europe, like Switzerland, Belgium, Italy and the UK. And it’s not like the current border somehow neatly separate cultures. Living in South-Western Germany, I have culturally more in common with a person from Alsace than one from Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

Every American knows what CNN, WSJ and USA Today are. How many Poles know what the BBC is?

Probably most TBH.

What kind of allegiance do you expect a normal citizen from any EU country to have to this federation?

I’ve travelled all over Europe and I love this continent and its people. Why should I feel more allegiance to my country?

There are 27 armies and the same number of military procurement systems in the EU. If a European federation is possible as you claim, why aren’t you taking steps to have just one?

Me personally? How would I? Of course I’d like that to happen, and some steps are being taken in that direction. Federalism aside, I see that as an absolute necessity for our defence. You think small separate countries can defend themselves from Russia, China or the US?

Browsing various art platforms, when I see a user where I’m not entirely sure if their art is AI (usually I think I can tell immediately though), I check how old their profile is. If it’s older than 2024, I check how their art from before that year looks. If there hasn’t been a sudden and radical shift in style and skill, I consider the art human-made. Otherwise, likely AI.

That method might be a tad unfair to artists who are only starting out now, but I don’t know of any better way.

Common misconception. “Beamtenbeleidigung” is not a thing in law, just regular Beleidigung, which can be directed at anyone and is punishable with a fine or theoretically even up to a year in prison. Public interest needs to be determined though, which is more likely to be the case with officials, famous people etc.

Of course. As I said, I’m not trying to support or defend the methods they used here. I’m just saying that when you’re insulting a policeman, at a demonstration or anywhere, you’ve committed a crime and will be arrested. It’s not a smart move. The title here implies that he was arrested for “calling them out” or that it’s about the demonstration being Pro-Palestine, but this is the fastest way to get arrested at any demonstration.

I don’t know if it’s different now, but I didn’t have to provide anywhere near that amount of information when I went to China a few years ago. Nor did they search through any of my electronic devices.

Arrest is only allowed under certain circumstances

Indeed, but one of those circumstances is being caught in the act of comitting a crime, as was the case here.

The proportions have to be maintained, too.

True, the method used could well have been out of proportion. But he shouldn’t be surprised to have been arrested, that would have happened at any demonstration if you decide to insult a cop.

It’s not like I needed any additional reasons to never visit the US, but okay then.

Not to express support for the cops in any way, but for a bit of context: Publicly insulting a person is a crime in Germany. The old guy here did give the cops a great excuse to arrest him.

A phone that’s off is off. No power supplied to the components, so it can’t record anything. It would be trivially easy to find out if it were otherwise, not to mention your battery would get drained.

The phone somehow “seeing through objects” is just straight up fiction. How is that supposed to work?

Yes, exactly.

Pretty sure they’re “official”, as in a private company but directly contracted by and affiliated with the European parliament. Their physical location is even inside the parliament’s visitor centre.

I’m pretty sure most people with a bit of education could name philosophers like Aristotle, Plato, Socrates, Marx, Nietzsche and Kant. And especially in case of political philosophers like Marx, people sure seem to have paid attention to him.

I’m 32, still got a box of marzipan chocolate from my mom for St Nicholas day today.

Elementary school I think. Don’t remember the specific instance, but I used to get into fights with another kid in my class.

It would be more like 3 years though, as he’s 15 right now. Maybe reducing the money for now and paying the rest into a fund to give OP’s brother once he turns 18 might be a solution. The parents should still be able to provide for their son, but no reason to let them save up any money.

Haven’t had any issues criticizing Russia on here. It also looks like the account you were arguing against was banned for the same exchange (link). So even though the ban may or may not have been justified, concluding that this community is run by Russian sympathizers frankly doesn’t hold up.

Indeed. Busking on the street is fine, as you can just walk somewhere else if you don’t like it, but on a train you’re trapped with them. Pretty sure it’s illegal here as well.