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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

Completely agree with this. It would be interesting (and more valuable) to see the difference between mean or average car size over the years. Especially since (in Europe at least), there has been a rapid increase in SUVs, and, I am guessing, a decline in compact cars.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Where in the Netherlands does one need a truck? Especially those American ones. Strandwacht and boswacht are the ones I could think of (and than the more practical European style pickups).

Same for SUVs.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

NSC 'niet nog eens met PVV in zee' (bron: NOS)

Daar hoeven ze geen statement over te maken denk ik hahah

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

Eens, helaas is dat al bijna twee decennia zo.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago

Als het lijkt te werken zal de VVD ook wel haar kans pakken om weer wat statistieken te verzinnen, en dan krijgen we weer zo’n olifanten verkiezing om wat eigenlijk muggen zijn.

 

"Als dat niet binnen enkele weken lukt, is de PVV weg."

Ik ben bang dat dit hoopgevender klinkt dan hij zal bedoelen…

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 weeks ago

I wish this article could actually explain some of the changes. This is quite a large time frame (‘06-‘23) and while the European migration might be explained by EU enlargement, I wonder if the demographic share from African countries has changed, or whether education systems have overall improved (more people having some form of education).

[–] [email protected] 78 points 4 weeks ago (7 children)

Isn’t Fox News sort of the Onion, though?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 weeks ago

Wine/champagne grapes are farmed in Europe, but I think it is sad for the workers, no matter they are situated in Europe or elsewhere. Maybe even worse if it is in sweatshops, because they may not rely on state support.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

While at the same time cutting foreign aid…

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

While I couldn’t care less about the products, I am afraid the workers will suffer too.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

I hate all the ai stuff that flies on the internet (because it’s low effort), but I have a soft spot for the ai-gif where Zelenskyy hits him during their Oval Office meeting.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

This commission is just making the far-right’s panties wet. This non-sense, delaying and watering down many environmental policies. The inhuman anti-immigration stuff. It is saddening really.

 

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Parliament has to vote on it first, but it is another step towards its implementation.

Some relevant sections:

The Norwegian government is now initiating work on a new law that will provide better competitive conditions on the internet in the face of the global tech giants. "The law will give Norwegian consumers greater freedom of choice in the use of digital services," says Karianne Tung, Minister of Digitisation and Public Administration.

"The new rules will strengthen the competitiveness of Norwegian companies and make their services and apps easier to find online," says the Minister of Digitalisation.

The regulations are an implementation of the EU's Digital Markets Act (DMA), which targets digital platform companies with a particularly dominant market position. The Minister of Digitisation says that the government aims to submit a draft law for consultation already this year. She explains that the new rules will make it easier for companies to compete on equal terms.

The regulations will apply to digital platform companies that qualify as so-called "gatekeepers". Today, Amazon, Apple and Meta, among others, are defined as such.

For Norwegian businesses and consumers, this will mean, among other things:

  • Companies will have better access to their own user data from the major platforms.
  • Third-party solutions must be able to work with the major platform owners' systems to a greater extent.
  • Major players can no longer favour their own services over others on their own platforms.
  • It should be easier for consumers to opt out of standard apps and services from the tech giants.
  • Better control of your own data: You will have the right to transfer your own data from one platform to another.

(These are pasts of the text and they are translated using Deepl)

 

Parliament has to vote on it first, but it is another step towards its implementation.

Some relevant sections:

The Norwegian government is now initiating work on a new law that will provide better competitive conditions on the internet in the face of the global tech giants. "The law will give Norwegian consumers greater freedom of choice in the use of digital services," says Karianne Tung, Minister of Digitisation and Public Administration.

"The new rules will strengthen the competitiveness of Norwegian companies and make their services and apps easier to find online," says the Minister of Digitalisation.

The regulations are an implementation of the EU's Digital Markets Act (DMA), which targets digital platform companies with a particularly dominant market position. The Minister of Digitisation says that the government aims to submit a draft law for consultation already this year. She explains that the new rules will make it easier for companies to compete on equal terms.

The regulations will apply to digital platform companies that qualify as so-called "gatekeepers". Today, Amazon, Apple and Meta, among others, are defined as such.

For Norwegian businesses and consumers, this will mean, among other things:

  • Companies will have better access to their own user data from the major platforms.
  • Third-party solutions must be able to work with the major platform owners' systems to a greater extent.
  • Major players can no longer favour their own services over others on their own platforms.
  • It should be easier for consumers to opt out of standard apps and services from the tech giants.
  • Better control of your own data: You will have the right to transfer your own data from one platform to another.

(These are pasts of the text and they are translated using Deepl)

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Ble invitert på en hyggelig lunsj i vårværet i dag.

Der var tidligere president Barack Obama, på besøk hos Hans Majestet Kongen og kronprinsesse Mette-Marit. 

Vi snakket blant annet om den urolige situasjonen i verden, krigen i Ukraina, og mulighetene og utfordringene med bruk av kunstig intelligens.

En hyggelig og god samtale.

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