It’s really funny how sci fi authors were able to accurately predict what would go wrong since at least the 1950s. https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/29579

Company scrip that can’t even be exchanged for overpriced products? Exactly what we needed in this dystopian timeline.

Well, he kind of did - after Orbán threatened to invade Ukraine.

You don’t have to be in the government for that. Just join any party and work your way halfway up.

The only thing that is proven that legalization without sensible legalization of supply doesn’t help fight the black market. And there was not mutch doubt about that.

many federal states have none or single digit numbers

As far as I know, Bavaria has none. My local newspaper recently ran a full-page article concluding that the official goal seems to financially destroy everyone who tries to start a club. The permissions are granted and then, after money was invested, material purchased and everything is set up, they close the clubs down again through abuse of zoning regulations or environemntal laws.

You are right. British cuisine has absolute gems in it that are hardly recognized outside of GB itself. I think it would need some attemps at fusion kitchen. Like a sheperd’s pie goulash.

This not how the blog post the article is based on reads. It’s so far off you could call it a lie.

(https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/blog/date/2026/html/ecb.blog20260304~d9e34fc95f.pt.html)

As things stand, based on firms’ overall hiring plans, investment in and the intensive use of AI are not ** yet ** replacing jobs.

So how can we square our findings with some of the gloomier studies? The literature on AI and employment yields mixed results, owing to variations in the time horizons over which the effects are likely to be felt, the geographical areas covered and the research topics explored.

It’s a pro-AI article, so it’s not ironic at all, but rather fitting.

Evil non-Russian influence.

But he was a problem bear! /s

Ergo is known for its questionable business tactics. They also tried to bribe patients to change their dentist when they though the costs were too high.