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>Diese Steuersenkungen nützen den Reichsten, aber nicht dem Wachstum | Mi...<

#AdamTooze

#Podcast von #Surplus

#PolitischeKommunikation zu den Auswirkungen dieser Vorhaben

Die #SoziooekonomischeUngleichheit wird jedenfalls noch weiter verschärft und dies vor dem Hintergrund geschwächter Kommunen

Sprechen Akteure der #Bundespolitik noch mit ihren #Kolleg*innen aus der #Kommunalpolitik ❓

Sieht aktuell nicht so aus... 🤔

youtube.com/watch?v=h2NzfQvG4X

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@mrmasterkeyboard np.

  • I thought the glare was excessive due to the lights, but then again I'm not gonna complain more about it. Noone expects you to have a fancy mattebox with turntable to make some professional product photo.

Also even if people don't have a donor to transplant a screen assembly from or don't feel comfortable fiddling with eDP cables they could just remove the screen and have a compact AiO Desktop.

  • If it has like a "full function" #USBc port with #PowerDelivery than this can result in a sleek desktop that also looks good and doesn't require much space. Ideal if the battery is busted and a replacement isn't worth it! I've seen those in like #RepairShops where they basically setup some #MacbookPro that way as a DFU machine to reflash / reinstall other #Macs.

I think it's a necessity that we as #TechLiterates propagate the need to #UseLonger and the #RightToRepair as essential, given that #tech inherently is expensive in terms of #resources and that avoiding #eWaste and #Upcycling is an act of #EnvoirmentalProtection.

  • Tho make shure to safely remove any "#DangerPillow|s" and handing it over to the relevant #recycling provider(s)...

If I had the necessary €€€€€ I'd literally start my own "#upcycling" #business, even employ some folks collecting all the #surplus'd #Windows10 machines and just cleaning, wiping, repasting, fixing and selling them as cheap #used #PC|s for those that kinda need something to do their casual "#office", #LightGaming and #MediaConsumption.

  • I mean people are surprised how zippy even old hardware can be with just few tweaks (more RAM, a fresh SSD, cleaning it of dust bunnies and repasting the cooler with some quality (longlife #ThermalPaste, like #ArcticMX4) "#ThermalGrease" (that costs like €1/g in a 20g syringe and a #RepairShop can easily go through one in a shift)...
MastodonNerdNextDoor :Blobhaj: (@mrmasterkeyboard@mastodon.social)@kkarhan@infosec.space Thank you for the comment! In person the screen is great for me, just unfortunate camera lighting angles. :p Ubuntu is something that I thought would suit this laptop, I wasn't wrong, it's blazing fast. The startup time is only more evidence to that. I would also get something like this as well if my budget was £100 and if I couldn't fix things. #Repair and #Reuse needs to be the default, I love repairing machines. Not all broken screens and dented machines are junk, people!!!

#GoFundMe #tech #surplus #ArsTechnica

Just read an article that American Science & Surplus is having some money problems, and setup a GoFundMe to raise some money. It's neat site, and a genuine treasure in the sea of commerce sameness.

Checkout the article and site. Both are worth a look whether or not one wishes to donate.

Article
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/0

Site
sciplus.com/

interior shot of store
Ars Technica · American Science & Surplus is fighting for its life. Here’s why you should care.By Eric Bangeman

Thai-US #trade talks
"Thailand is not on the #priority list of 20 #economies scheduled to have discussions w #US #negotiation teams. Many #Asean economies such as #Vietnam, #Indonesia, #Malaysia & #Cambodia are said to be on the list. #Thailand's #tradesurplus w US is $45.6b, which is far higher than Malaysia's $24.8b #surplus & Indonesia's $17.9b. What's wrong with Thailand?. because 🇹🇭 hasn't offered to resolve the #export "fronting" situation for #Chinese-made products"
bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinio

Bangkok Post · Thai-US trade talks are likely to failBy Chartchai Parasuk

alojapan.com/1272236/japans-to Japan’s tourism trade surplus surges 58%, topping patent royalties #58 #Japan #JapanNews #Japanese #JapaneseNews #Japans #news #Patent #Royalties #surges #Surplus #topping #tourism #trade TOKYO — Japan’s tourism trade surplus — when spending by foreign visitors exceeds spending by outbound Japanese tourists — climbed 58% in the year ended March, surpassing the country’s surplus derived from patent royalties for the first time. Japan’s o…

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In his post taking aim at #Canada, #Trump again cited a figure he framed as a “subsidy” the #UnitedStates gives its neighbor. The number he gave, $200 billion, appears to be a reference to the US’ #TradeDeficit with Canada. But that is vastly inflated: Last year, the #US had a $63.3 billion trade deficit with Canada, according to US official data. The US ran a trade #surplus with Canada if you excludes Canadian #oil exported to America.

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@tante not only that, but I literally will refuse to buy, sell, use or even look at any device eith a "#CopilotKey" and/or marketed as #Copilot+ or having #Windows11 preinstalled to begin with!

If I had the €€€€€€ necessary to do it I'd start an #upcycling business (likely as cooperative) just to collect all the #surplus'd machines and put modern #Linux on them and sell those at rock-bottom pricing.

#FTI pushes for tougher steel checks
"the #Thai #steel #industry faces signif challenges due to China's #production #surplus. #China produces 1.1bil tonnes of steel p.a., w domestic dd at ~900mil tons. This leads to an excess of 200mil tons being #exported, particularly to #Thailand & oth #ASEAN c'tries. This influx, incl'g #substandard steel, remains a major concern.. ~30,000tons of #substandardsteel products hv been imported, w additional shipments continuing to arrive"
bangkokpost.com/thailand/gener

Bangkok Post · FTI pushes for tougher steel checksBy Post Reporters

#surplus : that which remains when use or need is satisfied, or when a limit is reached

- French: Surplus

- German: der Überschuss/überschuss

- Italian: surplus

- Portuguese: sobra

- Spanish: superávit

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Okay so, one of the local radio clubs got these Avaya things.
Outside of them doing VOIP and that one dude reportedly has two controllers for them, I don't really know anything about them.

Four G450's and three G430's.
Is there anything useful one could do with these, especially if they don't have any Avaya phones and don't plan on getting any?

Or should we just part these out?

#Surplus#Avaya#VOIP