You could have photoshopped some swifties or Beatles groupies being broken, like the heads of South Park Canadians.

I understand, though, that you’re not a peak performance when overheated. Thermal throttling affects us all.

And given how much they tend to fuck themselves over, maybe not even themselves.

“Freedom of exclusively my speech”

That the average reader actually pays attention is a bold claim.

Ask any of the “mass readers” in your vicinity about the last book they read. There’s a good chance, they barely know the outline. They didn’t pay attention, it’s just a narrative being pushed through their brain without actually being processed - which is fine, it’s just entertainment.

BTW: a few thousand years ago it was argued that reading would destroy our memory because you weren’t forced to memorize everything anymore.

I don’t use mint, but the serenity of a reliable platform to work on by far outweighs the boringness of the system.

My computer is a tool, not a hobby (anymore).

I read it. And I still don’t see how wanting accountability from a business is that bad. Businesses have no data protection for a reason. You can’t shame a business into suicide or blackmail it. So what exactly has a business to hide?

I’m not arguing against the need, I’m saying that the economic incentives for private investors are not really great.

In these locations cost of living is usually also pretty high. Making 100k in San Francisco is not a very good salary.

The thermos approach is unfortunately almost the best we currently have, because every storage solution would have to pay taxes twice, once for buying, once for selling. Not VAT, but Stromsteuer.

Also, these dips don’t occur that often, are usually not very long and it’s kind of a reverse game of chicken. The more storage we have, the less profitable each one gets. All that makes it rather unattractive to install grid scale plants.

The reality is, that most reading is just as mindless entertainment as soap operas or tiktok doomscrolling.

All those crime, romance and drama novels that fill book shelves all over the (western?) world are essentially garbage. It’s just that reading has a higher social prestige than TV or gaming.

Credit cards are - as the name implies - credit. That is, loans.

That’s the same as having outstanding debt, and thus negative.

The Schufa isn’t perfect, far from it, but don’t act like it’s the financial Stasi.

Again, it’s a business. Not a person.

Have you ever heard about the concept of a Handelsregister? Every business with address, owner, and financial statements is publicly available. For a person that would be atrocious, for a business, it’s standard practice.

Seriously, do you really think a business and a person are the same?

My brother in law has a business

…and you don’t see how that’s exactly what I wrote above? It’s a business, not a person. That’s a difference. Data protection does not refer to businesses.

Do go on and talk out of your ass and be the ignorant person you strive to be.

Again, I worked in the industry. I know how it works. But sure, 5 years in the engine room of risk management is obviously less informative than having a brother in law!

Again, Schufa only really cares about negative data, they’re not allowed to use much more than that.

That means, unless you have unpaid bills stacking up or relevant loans on your name, the Schufa knows hardly anything about you.

I’ve worked in that business. I personally looked at hundreds of datasets and for most people, the Schufa knows only that they exist and where they live.

There’s a lot to criticize about these organizations, but the Schufa is by far not as pervasive as some here like to imagine.

Yet, you spout innuendos as if you’re knowing what you’re talking about.

You have no business data unless you’re a business.

Are you a business? Thought so.

And literally everyone without billions in their bank account will suffer from that. But line go up, so it must be great!

No, they don’t. Businesses just send their negative data to the Schufa.

I worked in that area for years, and unless you’re actively trying to tank your score, the Schufa is almost useless for all sides, and maybe businesses only use them to filter the really bad cases.

That’s a completely different thing.

Your Schufa Score is only relevant in very few cases, as long as it’s not super super bad. Due to data protection laws, the data they’re allowed to keep of you is very limited and thus the usefulness is much lower for businesses.

I’m really asking myself here: what is Elsevier doing for a living?

Like, what value do they bring to the table at this point? Pushing submissions through a shitty chatgpt wrapper?