Thanks for the tips and ideas! I agree on a lot of the stuff that I’ve tried already. Maybe three (and a half) things to add:

• Theanine helps me fall asleep when I had to work up until bed time. Take ~200mg, brush teeth, do some bed time routine and I can generally let go of the stress very well after like 20-30 minutes.
• Slow box breathing helps a lot with calming down as well.
• Maybe obvious, but: Doing a cold bath right before bed time is not the way to go. I need about 2 hours of activity after or falling asleep is very tough.
• You kind of already mentioned it, but there’s nothing better when I am sick than sleeping throughout the day without an alarm. Getting like 15+ hours of sleep has helped me through a lot of light diseases lately.

Hier geht’s übrigens zur zitierten Studie: https://www.netzwerk-steuergerechtigkeit.de/milliardenvermoegen/

Hier der Link zum Bericht des EU Tax Observatory, der im Artikel besprochen wird: https://www.taxobservatory.eu/publication/global-tax-evasion-report-2024/

Und ganz am Rande: Ich merke, dass es mir so langsam auf den Keks geht, dass man im Oktober 2023 seinen Bericht schon als 2024er-bericht titulieren muss, um langfristig Relevanz zu suggerieren. Meine NGO macht diese Dinge aus denselben Gründen und mir fällt auch keine Lösung ein, aber was Hartmut Rosa wohl dazu sagen würde…

China has risen way less in terms of GDP per capita, even using power purchasing parity estimates. Japan is at 52k $, China only at 23k (Wikipedia).

I cannot ultimately judge this but the common wisdom about the Chinese social contract seems to be that the citizens get comparatively high economic security for comparatively low civil liberties. And while China’s pro-poor growth has certainly been more than impressive historically, I am not sure that the comparatively still low incomes especially in the inner parts of China are sufficient to maintain this social contract if growth does really slow down significantly.

Edit: I agree in general though that the state of Japan is probably not be as bad as it is made out to be in the article.

Shameful stuff, telling her to be mindful regarding policy violations and their (invisible) processes when speaking up about the issue.

Hat nur so halb was hiermit zu tun, aber mir war selten jemand so unsympathisch nach einem Interview wie Schreiner nach ihrem Auftritt im FAZ Podcast für Deutschland mit ihrem wiesligen Politiker-Ausweichen.

That was a strange final with all those inaccuracies. Very unlike a normal Carlsen match. And still he’s winning, the beast that he is.

Sound great! Being gently touched in the face always feels wonderful, I think, no matter whether in a romantic or a non-romantic setting like yours. Scratches the itch for intimacy with another being.

I played my first official league game of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and it was a great experience. Not professional gaming or anything, just hobby gaming in the lowest league. But I always wanted to do that and finally found a group of nice people to do it with.

Weir! Though I am currently reading Martine myself.

Really fitting news for sh.itjust.works. Or not.

So next is gonna be the big bang with Inferno and the new matchmaking system? Fingers crossed!

Yeah, that’s what I haven’t figured out yet either. How do you make it a fair amount between a content creator and an email client developer, between one person, a corporation and a non-profit?

I have settled on not trying to make it a science. I can only give what I have, so always when I feel that I have financial breathing room (paycheck comes in and no urgent payments due) I am going to the relevant places and donate what I feel I can afford. While not perfect, I feel I should be proud about doing what I can rather than beat myself up over whether I could spend more, which a lot of free users will never think about in the first place. Otherwise I’d only go crazy.

The donations will go to what/who I feel like I have used/appreciated most since the last donations. So it’s mainly donations, not subscriptions which also helps not losing track and giving more than you can afford. Come to think of it, I also do not donate to the big creators whose content I consume as I guess they are rich enough. If you want a number, my last donation was 20€ to a small ASMR content creator. And for stuff that I use regularly like programs and apps (e.g. NewPipe 4€/month and KeePass 0.5€), my OS (3€), the hoster of the Piped instance I use (4€) etc. I have set up regular payments on Liberapay and such according to their tier system. I cannot afford all that much, so I am going for the small/medium tier according to my amount of usage (and I guess you should think about if they have running costs or not). If you are not constrained by money I guess you can just go for their higher tiers and vary them according to usage.

I realise it does sound like a pretty bad science now as it’s both complicated and does not sound fair at all (e.g. OS gets too little, no?), but well… This write-up actually helped me understand my own ‘system’ better, so thanks for asking! :)

My solution to this problem (which is only tangentially related to your technical question) is to block everything and really make an effort to donate to all developers of my open source programs, content creators, website hosters etc. in the services themselves or on platforms like Liberapay/Patreon.

Sorry that I cannot help with the technical stuff but maybe an idea if you don’t manage it your way.

Toller Artikel zu einem Thema, mit dem ich mich nie auseinandergesetzt habe. Dafür bin ich hier, danke!

TL;DR: Die ersten 37% ablehnen, um den Durchschnitt/eine vernünftigerweise zu erwartende Topqualität abschätzen zu können, und danach die erste Bewerberin nehmen, die besser geeignet als alle vorherigen ist.

The other TL;DR is that Timur Gareyev has been accused by two women of sexual misconduct as well – also largely without proper consequences and transparency by US Chess.

If you want the chess24 live boards to check the games, here you go. I always find their (otherwise terrible) UI to be the best for that.

Also, very happy for Svidler!

That’s awesome, thanks! Especially the Chess24 link, the only way I ever manage to follow tournaments.

Finally a bit of Counter-Strike 2. Almost felt guilty for not being able to play much despite getting the coveted beta invite.

Does anyone know of an estimation of the net progressiveness (or regressiveness, I guess)? I only found this neat overview of the tax regime changes by EY.