@Fast-Nop I agree though I think that history doesn't repeat. (no shit it doesn't literally but I mean figuratively) It's more like if it rhymes with itself. I think It's somewhat evolutionary, with changing pressures and when I say evolution I fully understand that evolution doesn't have a "goal". It's always tempting to predict the future by looking at the past, we're made to recognize patterns after all, but the truth is that we can't.

And in addition we were naive enough to belive that with wealth comes democratization and liberty. Blinded by the weak workforces and cheap goods we financed a system that could've collapsed if it just had been left alone. The west created a monster.

@Root well what a surprise. They've been teaching the evils of national socialism for years and didn't even mention what happened in the soviet union. If "the gulag archipelago" would have been mentioned in schools maybe we wouldn't have the communism problem as bad as we do now. Truth be told I am afraid as well. If the nazis wouldn't have gotten to power the communists would've overtaken Europe instead. I don't think that we ever solved the problems of the Weimar republic in Austria for example. We just bought time after the war and thought it was in the past but the polarization is beginning again.

@Root what will happen? Usually a revolution or war resets the system a bit. But our weapons are so cruel and efficient that a war would have a serious chance of ending it for everyone. I honestly don't think that democracy and politics are able to fix this. The surveillance side only has to win once and the people protecting their rights have to win all of the time.

Honestly. I love it. Spaces suck when you're using a terminal.

@Oktokolo i want my free lunch aaaaaaaaaah

@Fast-Nop I've read a report that said it's planned but they fucked up to do it in time..... Classic. They claim January 2022 but I highly doubt it.

@SortOth yeah okay but I can't just go and open an ic manifacturing company for myself. I really doubt that you'd be able to create e.g. Buck boost converters as cheaply here.

@Fast-Nop that's what i fear. That they just won't care. If there was at least an online system to track imports and you get a bill from customs automatically. The current system is just WAAAAAAY too old.

@Fast-Nop it'll take ages and there'll still be loads of vendors not doing it properly and I am not sure how obvious it will be if the seller does it or not. (the ali site is already shitty enough) Bulk orders on aliexpress are just not viable in enough themselves because you end up paying way more because of delivery. There are many vendors where 2 units come with free shipping and with the 3rd you pay like 8 bucks shipping. Besides i often choose to buy from 10 different vendors to compare the quality and not every vendor hass everything. Small packages are just unavoidable if you buy on aliexpress.

Edit: I know it's an offer but its one they almost force you to take. And it's default. I don't think they should be allowed to push a service on to you without asking you first.

@Fast-Nop thanks for calming me down with reasonable arguments. Still, i think the automatic 6 euros extra fee is bullshit and not fair. I understand the taxes but the handling fee is just stupid money grabbing. Especially for lots of small orders, it's just a lot of bureaucracy if you want to declare it beforehand and I can't fill out a 2 page form for every little buck or boost converter I order. That's ridiculous

@Frederick dude I am sorry okay? This is devRant and not devReasonable i was just pissed that i have to pay more now. I didn't insult anyone from this community. Anger isn't necessarily reasonable is it?

Edit: oooooh I misunderstood your post sorry

@ostream sure I'll grow up and finally be a wageslave for the Übermenschen that enforce their will on me so I can retire with 90 having no pension. Sounds like an awesome deal

@Fast-Nop ok honestly I don't give a fuck about the eu or those companies I just want to get my electronics cheaply so I can afford development. I am mostly pissed because now I'll pay significantly higher taxes and I'll get absolutely nothing in return.

@Fast-Nop yeah sure and I bet the small vendors on aliexpress will do that

@HitWRight yeah right so I should buy a buck converter or motorcontroler or esp from vendors in the eu? For like 500% more?

@Fast-Nop it's not even the taxes it's the fucking delivery companies profiting with handling your imports.

Besides what are they doing with those taxes anyways? And don't say roads and schools because that's a clear lie. Most of it gets lost through corruption

@NoToJavaScript thank you for the suggestion

@mr-user well I know how cryptos work and I own a variety of cryptos and I own a few shares of a variety of stocksmyself but I do not claim to be a financial advisor and I really don't actively tell anyone so I don't even think that they know that. I just think that they assume online brokers, stocks and BTC have something to do with computers and that's why they call me. Often they got pushed by someone who wrote them an email or a letter or if they are younger they fell for someone on Instagram that claims to be an investment genius and then they feel scamed but aren't sure of it.

@Oktokolo ahahaha this is so true. thanks for the laugh

@Fast-Nop stupid me of course! How could I forget that?

@Fast-Nop yeah but can't they just display ads or something? How do they gain money by annoying people to the point of them hating to klick on a quora link? Or even signing up in the first place?

@Fast-Nop yeah I know that but god damn it whyyyy??? :( I even wrote a tampermonkey script to get rid of it once haha

@NotDisappointed lol @AlmondSauce

Haha hahaha

@Fast-Nop aeh do you happen to have the exact Iso number for that? I need it it for... Scientific reasons... Aeh yeah...

@rutee07 yeah problem is everything else matches 100%

@Demolishun so... Where exactly do you get your stuff?

@Fast-Nop damn it, took me a while. In printed form it's easier and you get used to it after a page or two

@SortOfTested a family friend I know. She's got a whole library of old books. Including the complete original collection of Heinrich Heine, an assortment of german literature and an anniversary edition of mein kampf. Lol. She said I could have the astronomy book

@donuts ohhhh sorry my brain read the - as a hyphen instead of a minus you know like "as a.... Sign?"