There was once a VISA Europe branch that was separate from VISA .inc, it’s not the case anymore since 2015 when VISA bought back ViSA Europe.

There are countries where debit cards are also compatible with a local system and in those countries, banks make the POS devices use that local system by default (for cost cuttings) if the card is compatible and only use Visa/MasterCard if the card is not compatible.

This is getting ridiculous beyond anything. I don’t believe for a second this can really be applied, China being the real makers of every and any everyday object bought in the US. Even stuff proudly labelled “made in the USA” is often the assembly in the US of Chinese parts from the pencil or lighter to the refrigerator and the tin can containing corn. Those tariffs wouldn’t last a week. Also, what I just said here is enough to make a few countries start dumping their US bonds if those tariffs last more than a few days.

also, depending on where you live, it could get quite hard to keep up with crossing the t’s and doting the i’s legally. some countries want you to keep erchives for x years, some want you to answer to police requests within a short time, others do not consider hijacking as an excuse for a nefarious use of the server of which you are responsible etc. I chose to host a server once, was 8 hours late on an update. got fucked but finaly got my case heard. I’m now using a lan only facing nextcloud server coupled with a VPN connection when I’m out and only use my domain for mail (outsourced the server though).

Yet it 100% is made to the bourbon minimal conditions. So it’s Bourbon, deceptively (strong word here for the lulz) labeled as whiskey?

Who or what made you think WSL was meant for the masses? Enabling it is hidden deep in the settings. Just like things in windows not meant for the masses.

Had you searched, you would have seen what is recommended for the masses that want to give Linux a spin, Linux on a USB stick. You install it using apps that are on windows. Then reboot your computer and here goes your full Linux. Take out the USB, reboot, windows again.

Jack Daniels put whiskey on it’s bottles, don’t they?

So they can turn off those weapons whenever they want?

If you need their permission to use the weapons you bought, it sounds a lot like they still are the police and you are only a samaritan that calls them and follow whatever they tell you to do.

The US was far from reaching the end of ways to grow, they just have to keep financing universities and public research then load it up to applied science and VC money…

They got rid of research. They are getting rid of universities financing. They are emptying the pockets of VCs.

Oopsy.

https://m.slashdot.org/story/336593

https://www.hardenedbsd.org/~shawn/DEFCON-25-Ilja-van-Sprundel-BSD-Kern-Vulns.pdf

I doubt it changed much and it sounds logical too.

They’ll be out of work next year, one way or another.

The centre left keeps doing it:

Remember: Obama set up the National Security Agency to share globally intercepted personal communications with the government’s 16 other intelligence agencies. Obama also signed the USA freedom act (prolonging the patriot act though lightening it a tad bit).

They keep digging the hole Russians will bury them in.

Different countries give different rights for their EU residents. The required minimum is EU parliament vote, but countries may or may not extend it to other elections. The participation to local election votes is quite recent in France (about 10 years). I don’t see how we’ll make them vote in more elections though without a change in the constitution (the blocking words are usually “representative of the nation” or “national electorate”, they clearly ban foreign votes, even if they our our most trusted friends.

EU citizens cannot vote in French presidential or parliamentary elections (They can in mayoral and EU elections though). But I get what you meant.

Good reason, they were just born in the wrong country to have the James Bond experience, they should have watched Homeland.

I think he does and it works the same way: Tarifs set by the EU primarily affect people living in EU countries.

They are already building one in Dresden, others are planned to follow. The CHIPS act is at last having an effect.

Luxury goods are not really hit by tariffs nor taxes the same way more basic goods might be. A $ 4000 bag that goes to $ 4 500 is way more manageable for the kind of people who want to and can buy it (it may even make it more desirable for those who want and can’t buy it).

Because there are people getting into prison because they are political opponents. Navalny or The mayor of Istanbul are examples of such tactics.

Interesting to note that since 2022, he lost under 1% of his population to the war… Meat attacks could go on for years on end and it would barely move him.

You got to get him out of the picture to have this war end. Yes I know : there’s probably worse than him coming next but I doubt there is anybody more frightening to an opposition than him coming.