eleitl

eleitl , 1 month ago to Europe in The number of company insolvencies in Germany rose to a record level in March. Never since the survey began in January 2016 has there been more company bankruptcies.

Not enough sanctions. More are needed.

eleitl , 1 month ago to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ in Is it possible to safely torrent without a VPN?

Interesting, wasn't aware. It remains illegal in Germany then, as long as you seed. Notice in Germany you will receive a nastygram in any case as long as you've been identified as a member in a swarm, even if you do not seed. It would be interesting if someone would contest that, though you will likely lose since technical details don't matter in most courts.

eleitl , 1 month ago to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ in Is it possible to safely torrent without a VPN?

No port mapping, no upload, so technically legal where only sharing is penalized. IANAL.

eleitl , 1 month ago to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ in Is it possible to safely torrent without a VPN?

Since most VPNs no longer have port mapping it's a pure download which would make it technically legal e.g. in Germany.

eleitl , 1 month ago to Technology in A Chinese Maglev Revolution is Coming...

Potentially double use for space launches.

eleitl , 1 month ago to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ in Is it possible to safely torrent without a VPN?

Without VPN or Usenet subscription it's going to be difficult and/or illegal.

eleitl , 2 months ago to Europe in The European economy is entering stagnation. Over past five quarters, the average quarterly GDP growth for the EU-27 was 0.03%, with all progress occurring in Q1 2023, which saw a growth of 0.33%.

Anemic as it is it's even fake growth. See https://surplusenergyeconomics.wordpress.com/ for some more real world-relevant metrics.

eleitl , 2 months ago to Europe in Warning of toxic smoke after fire breaks out at Berlin factory

Too bad Iris production is unaffected.

eleitl , 2 months ago to Privacy in DNS traffic can leak outside the VPN tunnel on Android

LineageOS with Jerboa over Mullvad VPN here. Not many options on mobile devices.

eleitl , 2 months ago to Technology in China launches world’s largest electric container ship with 50 MWh battery

360 km or 194 nautic miles is the inter-port distance.

eleitl , 2 months ago to Technology in Google search boss warns employees of 'new operating reality,' urges them to move faster

Things definitely changed. 15-20 years ago you actually got good search results instead of unusable crap we get today.