There were even extensions for showing a bar display of the ratio under the thumbnail. So my guess is the answer would be “enough”

Ah cool! Didn’t know that!

Interesting post. Thanks for sharing.

I hadn’t heard of this W thing. And this does not inspire confidence.

600’000 times hundred would be 60 million dollars, you’re off by a decimal. But still, agreed on your point

KdF = Kraft durch Freude = power through joy

They also used that branding for holiday camps etc. For example here’s the arial view of the Koloss von Rügen holiday complex in Prora, which also never saw any visitors because they didn’t finish it before they started the war:

Holy shit, that takes this post to another level.

Good luck to everyone involved.

I’ve only had middling luck with KDE apps on macOS. Kate didn’t run, Okular was fine.

It’s no wonder since they are only provided as nightlies. But that’s understandable, if I was a KDE dev I’d also be loathe to buy into Apples ecosystem.

Unfortunately they won’t let me have Linux at work.

At least kiddies can eventually learn, the biggest fans of these things are worse, they are MBAies

Yeah dragging Don Ho through the mud with his LLM remake, that’s the offensive part.

The people who say that about younger women probably had Grandmas who were still in households that could be sustained on a single income.

Not saying it was ideal that their only choice was homemaking, but it stands to reason that a more significant amount of them got good at cooking and baking.

Cool I had no idea AV2 was this far along!

I thought everyone knows that you rebrand when you fork. But then again it is an LLM psycho, so who knows what’s in his head.

Is that also a form of negging? Seems to go in that direction anyway.

She needs to remember she’s the lucky one…? And her paying her half is constructed to be a negative?

It is 240 W actually. Seems Techpowerup was wrong. See my first comment: https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/59511400/25528592

The source of law here is Directive 2022/2380 (which amends Directive 2014/53), in Article 2 a grace period until 2026-04-28 is defined for the category of laptops. This has now expired, which explains the renewed wave of articles being published.

The directive itself is not that interesting to read, as a lot of it is just empowering the Commission to make a decision on the specifics. The result is in the Commission Delegated Regulation 2023/1717. Although it seems to me like something is missing. I can’t find more though.

A very interesting Q&A from their Commission Notice – Guidance document:

16. Are laptops and other radio equipment that require more than 240 W of charging power exempted from the ‘common charger’ rules?

No. They are not exempted. Radio equipment which is subject to the ‘common charger’ rules must incorporate the harmonised charging solution.

The Commission has updated (in Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/1717), the references to the standards cited in Annex Ia to the latest version of the European standards. Therefore, due to the amendments introduced by this delegated regulation, radio equipment subject to the ‘common charger’ rules must incorporate the harmonised charging solution up to their maximum charging power or up to 240W if their maximum charging power is above 240W (as opposed to 100W in the previous versions of the standards concerned).

The Commission will continue to update the technical specifications set out in Annex Ia, in order to reflect scientific and technological progress or market developments provided that such developments meet the objectives of the common charging solution.

But then also

20. Are proprietary charging receptacles allowed in addition to a USB-C receptacle?

Yes. The RED only requires radio equipment subject to the ‘common charger’ rules to be equipped with the USB-C receptacle. The use of other receptacles is therefore not prohibited as long as the covered radio equipment is also equipped with a harmonised charging (USB-C) receptacle.

That means those hefty laptops going up to 350 W or whatever, now need to accept 240 W over USB PD, but they may still include additional proprietary charging solutions that are rated higher.

Also I don’t think the 100 W limit that some outlets report is actually in force since 2023/1717 has replaced the references to ‘EN IEC 62680-1-3:2021’ by those to ‘EN IEC 62680-1-3:2022’

Reading on, yes they make that explicit further down:

27. Is a radio equipment allowed to charge above 240 W when using an additional charging protocol?

Yes. If the radio equipment proprietary charging solution requires more than 240 W (e.g. 300 W), the concerned radio equipment must also support USB PD up to 240W.

The Commission has updated, via Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/1717, the references to the standards cited in Annex Ia to the latest version of the European standards. The updated version of the standards will apply as of the date of applicability of the relevant rules introduced to the RED by the Common Charger Directive, i.e. for handheld mobile phones, tablets, digital cameras, headphones, headsets, handheld videogame consoles, portable speakers, e-readers, keyboards, mice, portable navigation systems and earbuds, as of 28 December 2024 and, for laptops, as of 28 April 2026. This means that as from those dates a radio equipment, if it listed in Annex Ia and is capable to be recharged by means of wired charging at power above 240 W, must incorporate the harmonised charging solution up to 240 W.

The Commission will continue to update the technical specifications set out in Annex Ia, in order to reflect scientific and technological progress or market developments provided that they meet the objectives of the common charging solution.

Haha nice!

There is actually no reason for those two percentages to be the same, they derive from different concepts.

The price balances at the point where demand and supply are equal. If the market was balanced before, and supply shrinks by 20%, that means the price rises until 20% of demand is priced out of the market.

You can think of it as a bidding war among the 100% of previous demand for the remaining 80% of supply. The 20% poorest, or more precisely the 20% most price-sensitive, on the demand side, loose this bidding war and don’t get any of the remaining supply.

If 95% of the demand can afford a 20% increase in price, then the bidding war just continues.

If 90% of the demand can afford a 35% increase in price, then the bidding war just continues.

If 85% of the demand can afford a 50% increase in price, then the bidding war just continues.

If 80% of the demand can afford a 60% increase in price, then that’s the new balance of the market.

So if you say they are a lucky couple, are you offering to be their third?

DNS blocking, like with a Pihole, famously does not remove Youtube ads. So no, the mechanism is totally different.

Not at all, if you actually read the article, in which the connection to Signal is laid out clearly.