Those organizations were labeled as terrorists by the US. This means companies even remotely tied to US services can’t work with them unless they want to get hit by sanctions for supporting (supposedly) terrorist organizations. In case of banks this means no access to credit cards (Visa, Mastercard) or PayPal which is effectively a death sentence. So German banks are closing the accounts of these organizations. However, this is not on behalf of the German government but the US. So blaming Germany as a state is highly misleading.

In general, bullies don’t like the taste of their own medicine.

No way! That would ruin my whole system of beliefs!

Given the way how Tardigrades survive all this, I think they are the inspiration for the alien race in Three Body Problem.

Fingers were crossed.

I upvoted. May I have my paycheck now, please?

There is a slight difference between being stupid and having no respect for others. Orbán and friends very well know what they are doing. They just don’t care about the consequences for others.

Don’t call these sort of people stupid. They wouldn’t be were they are if they were.

Never let a good tragedy go to waste.

The premise is that crops have come under threat by climate change, on the one hand, and various blights such as mildew.

The person slaughtering our environment on the altar of corporate interests also sacrificing our morals on the same altar. Color me surprised.

updated their FinalDraft backdoor so that it blends in with common Microsoft cloud activity, hiding its command traffic inside mailbox drafts.

You see, that’s the reason why I am not a hacker. I can build the most magnificent castles from sand, but am completely helpless when it comes to finding imaginative ways to turn it into glass.

Well, if you work with both sides you are always on the winning team.

I got charged too much by insurance for a low 3 digit amount. When talking to their support the employee said I am very calm given the situation. I was a bit surprised and said “Well, it’s not pocket change, but fortunately I am in a position where the amount is not life threatening”. Apparently they are used to much worse.

Data hoarders everywhere rejoice!

But on a more serious note, a commercially viable product would be awesome.

Outdated article.

Yes, DB orders busses from BYD. However, MAN, a German company has received a much larger order from DB.

And raping EU funds by misusing them at every opportunity.

Rule of thumb: If Orbán doesn’t like it, it’s good.

Should be the other way around. Trump is the “serious” guy, while Putin is the one laughing in the back “holding the strings”.

Not like there have been no initiatives. But given that our biggest party also sued after someone pointed out their technical fuck-ups it is not likely to happen.