john_t

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[–] john_t@piefed.ee 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

No. Those portuguese banks failed in different years because of internal corruption. It had nothing to do to the failed investment assets that caused the subprime crisis. The Icelandic banks failed because they invested heavily in toxic assets.

[–] john_t@piefed.ee 50 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

From what I've read in other news, the digital euro wallet will have a hard limit on the amount you can store in it, something like 1000 euros for example. Also, it needs to be linked to a physical euro bank account. Those features combined prevent fraud and speculation. It's mostly to be used as an online payment method to circumvent the Visa/Mastercard american payment duopoly.

[–] john_t@piefed.ee 2 points 4 weeks ago

I used mailbox.org for some time. They gradually removed features from their "basic" 1 euro plan until it was the same as posteo. So I moved to posteo.

[–] john_t@piefed.ee 2 points 1 month ago

I first saw him on Maverick in 1994. Last time was the Marvel TV show Echo. He was always great to see and 73 is still too young, RIP.

[–] john_t@piefed.ee 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That's like asking for a FLOSS Disney+ alternative.

[–] john_t@piefed.ee 0 points 1 month ago
[–] john_t@piefed.ee 2 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Did that 2 days ago after reading about lemmy devs.

[–] john_t@piefed.ee 15 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It successfully separated the cryogenic fractionation unit into several fractions.