Already exists in Germany

Wenn das der Kaiser wüsste!

And how are we supposed to turn screws nowadays?

Telephone sanitizers

That’s my gut feeling as well

Do you live in the EU so that GDPR applies?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanical_Turk

Maybe we could charge a minor fee per transaction, too small to matter for most stock traders. High frequency traders though would have to pay quite a lot simply by making lots of transactions.

All non-Eu members are shaded in grey as far as I can see, except for the Faroe Islands I suppose.

The piece of ocean in discussion is centered around 145° West, 38.5° North.

DJTEEZOTUS just rolls off the tongue

It’s too easy to blame Brussels/the EU. Many national governments back these chat control proposals or have done so in the past. They’re just using the EU as a scapegoat to hide their own intentions.

Thanks for the explanation

Is lithium+water similarly explosive as sodium+water?

Don’t car batteries contain strong acid? Before jumping into the bathtub I’d want to make sure that the battery isn’t leaking.

They will try to bring it back to life every few years or so

As far as I understand, this specific plan comes from the Belgian government. Von der Leyen’s Commission though seems to have similar goals.

That’s just one member of the village people. Where is the rest?

You can change your display name but your user handle is fixed.

I imagine being able to change your user handle could cause issues with federation. If you changed your user handle, your instance would have to notify all other instances. If one instance didn’t get this information, your account before and after the change would look like two separate accounts on that instance.

Otto.de is a big German online retailer.