It gives "D is not a function". This on Firefox 146. Various extensions including Ublock Origin but that doesn't seem to cause it. Also doesn't work in a private window.
> Productive and innovative businesses with really solid fundamentals (balance sheets) that were acquired and dismantled by PE.
You have way too much (unneeded) limiting qualifications. In Netherlands PE have bought loads of companies, then put the acquisition price as a loan on the balance sheet. Plus then sold the assets, made the company then lease those assets. Then those companies often went bankrupt as the leasing prices increased crazily.
> I would argue that moribund businesses who maintain a competitive moat but are otherwise extremely unproductive and inefficient are the real blight on society.
The companies I've cited weren't "extremely unproductive and inefficient". Businesses can be profitable and healthy without all the qualifications you think they need.
> Update 1: Apparently, GNOME bureaucracy is holding up the processing the application of a new maintainer for over a month now.
Could you explain this? You link to a closed bugreport where a new maintainer stepped up. A previously experienced developer said it'll take several months at least to get up to speed.
That a new person needs to be vouched for a critical library is pretty critical. There's been several examples where a malicious developer took over a critical project.
> So, I find that it's highly unlikely that the ISP is officially required to support a user supplied modem, although I haven't consulted the EU laws on this.
This. I can just provision in the backdoor interface on the modem with a config file anyways and gain access.
Plus depending on model (like Arris modems), I can do things like set the password of the day seed (away from the factory default) to further lock it down and gain management access remotely.
I don't know much about DOCSIS, but this is absolutely false for fiber here in The Netherlands. You can hook up your own OPNsense machine (or whatever you like) with an SFP+ module of your own choosing (as long as the transmitter is compatible, etc.). There is no way for the ISP to do any remote management.
DOCSIS is slowly dying here anyway and bleeding customers because the cable providers are not competitive when it comes to internet. If they didn't have better linear TV packages the bleed would even be larger.
DOCSIS modems require a configuration file from the cable modem termination system. This dictates the whole configuration from RF map and channel plan to things like QoS and management. Even with a customer-supplied modem, the CMTS will still supply a configuration file the modem must obey (and the CMTS will enforce).
For many modems on the customer market this also can mean that the ISP can push their own version of the firmware for a modem if you buy identical - such as pushing SURFboard updates.
> Not only that, but being owned by the EU gives the ability for MITRE employees to have the option to immigrate to the EU to protect against any retaliation.
According to which rule would "owning by the EU" result in an option to immigrate? Immigration is handled on a per country basis. I don't see how the EU provide such an option.
The EU has agreed upon programs in order to bring in, through an immigration policy, high skilled persons from non-member states. More importantly, working within the member nations, as to which member nation would want MITRE to be located within their borders, is not something that is a hard sell given that it has economic advantages for whichever state(s) onboard MITRE.
> The EU has agreed upon programs in order to bring in, through an immigration policy, high skilled persons from non-member states.
Where in this is the option that the EU provides an option to immigrate because the EU owns something?
I'm very well aware of knowledge workers. It's not something the EU can provide as an option. What you linked to is the legal framework around how EU members can provide such a thing.
That still leaves decisions on who to admit to states. As far as I can see its main effect is to allow people admitted to one country as highly skilled to travel to (not live in) other countries?
AliExpress highly encourages leaving a review. They also encourage taking pictures. As a result, loads of random pictures in reviews.
You can do an additional remarks later, but I often don't bother. It's drowned out anyway.
What I often do is read the reviews. What's usually done is a critical review and still 5 stars. The fake reviews are pretty easily spotted. It shouldn't be this way, but in my experience it's still better than Amazon. With Amazon more effort is made to fake a review.
> Obviously YMMV, but I bought some Amazon MTB pedals rated 4.7 starts @ 9k ratings.
Every site is different, no? Amazon isn't AliExpress. Though lately Amazon if flooded with marked-up AliExpress stuff. I'm not fond of Amazon, their customer service is more of a hit and miss since various years.
That said, I've been watching Trace Velo. He reviews a lot of AliExpress cycling things. It's often bad after prolonged use. Meaning, yeah, their testing is lacking. But some brand do seem to be trying to become a trusted brand. E.g. Ugreen nowadays is often trusted. It used to be one of the many things listed on AliExpress.
Except the brands I'm talking about sell directly - the stuff you're buying on Amazon is the cheapest drop shipped products on Ali marked up ridiculously to extract the maximum profit.
> For cycling there are now a group of trusted companies that many people purchase from - WinSpace, Magene, iGPSport, that stand behind their products.
Do you follow Trace Velo on YouTube? Any others you recommend (aside from China Cycling)?
> if I go to France, I don't expect government announcements to be provided in English
In Netherlands they'll translate things in various languages. If you get stopped by the police and they need to communicate they'll get a translator; pretty much doesn't matter which language you're speaking (within reason). Easily 50+ languages.
The French are really particular. The USA often used the phrase "melting pot". So I find the comparison with France quite odd.
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