Put looting the east via Treuhand on that list...
Witziger_Waschbaer
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Ich mag meinen Rucksack von Braasi sehr gern: https://www.braasi.com/
Wird in Prag gefertigt und die Materialien sind aus der EU. Ich mag das Netz außen dran sehr gerne, da kann man immer gut nochmal ne Jacke oder ähnliches rein stecken.
I think you are missing the point I'm trying to make. Glorifying a system can never be the answer. It isn't for the US (as we can all prominently see right now) and it isn't for China. Or any system, country, whatever. There will always be drawbacks and things you won't know about. Keeping a critical eye on the status quo is the only way to develop a better future in any system. By just blindly praising it, it will turn sour at some point. The relatives you visited too will tell you about their daily troubles living within their system, if they have the feeling they can do that. Not american by the way. From a country that has a history of quite intense surveillance, if that gives you a hint. Maybe that's part of what makes me critical after seeing the billion electronic eyes of Shanghai. A system that afraid of it's own citizens can't be perfect.
My washing machine is around 25 years old. Not giving it up till its absolutely done haha. But since parts are relatively available, it might just be a few more years.
Talk to people that live within the system is all I can tell you. I can absolutely understand the frustrations with the US, but China isn't perfect either. The culture is less openly confrontational, but money still plays a very important role. Carrot on a stick goes a long way.
Well if you want a first hand account: I went to Shanghai with some friends recently, one has family and friends there, so knows the city. We went to the only lesbian bar in all of this huge metropolis. Note that I'm a guy. But due to being closed down before, the place seemed to be rather glad to have some euro faces in there, as a show for the cop car parked right in front of it the whole night.
My friend also told me, that the amount of beggars was really low this time, because they all got picked up and brought to somewhere else.
So all in all I think it's an efficiently run country, but you don't get around pushing some people out if you want efficiency. Humans are all different, if you want to consider everyone's opinion it takes a lot of time (which China did not have in the last few decades). So some opinions are forced out rather brutally.
But, all in all: Go there, experience it yourself.
Nextcloud is integrated into OpenDesk :)
Does it work? I also have one and it was super easy to connect it to my router and use it. My wife likes to call me on it when my phone is on silent, hard to miss that ring haha.
Not OP and couldn't see myself moving towards Libertarianism, but I can kinda see where OP is coming from. Germany does have a huge amount of regulations for almost everything. A lot of projects take far too long because there are so so many rules and laws to be considered. People working in administration got so used to that, that they tend to avoid responsibilities and hide behind rules and regulations (saying this as someone working in administration, trying to establish better digital processes, which tends to be quite frustrating). On an individual level, everything (except the Autobahn without its speed limit) is always made, so even the biggest idiot can't hurt himself. Sometimes that ruins the fun for everyone else...
ASML. Dutch company and the one and only supplier of EUVL machines, requiered by TSMC to make their most advanced chips.
I can recommend Asphalte from France. https://www.asphalte.com/ Gotta bring some patience when ordering though. They collect orders and only produce those with a small overhead to cover returns, to avoid overproduction. Their style focuses on timeless stuff in good quality as to avoid trends. You can't always order all their products, but some 'eternals' are always available to order (still have to wait until the next production cycle though). Now would be a good time to order summer clothing. My personal favorite are their sneakers as they look good and are very comfy and sturdy.
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My NAS encrypts my Backups and transfers them to some hetzner webspace on a server in Sweden. For email and day to day cloud usage I use mailbox.org. They are from Germany and put a focus on privacy and security, yearly payments are no problem.