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Electricity price in Germany for industries was ~16,7ct/kWh in 2026, special ones pay 11-12ct today and will pay a capped 5ct soon.

The less complex your train network, the easier it is to ensure trains are on time. France, Italy and Germany possibly have larger networks than Switzerland.

I recently spoke with the head of a local police station in Schleswig-Holstein. This was an informal conversation, so feedback was quite unfiltered.

We mainly talked about the state's transition to open source. I tried to show him the outside perspective, how much international attention the move is getting and why many see it as a bold step toward digital sovereignty, how much positive (side) effects it has.

His reaction was not that enthusiastic: He described his everyday frustrations, which anecdotally align with the points made at the end of the article.

Especially at the leadership level their workflows are heavily email-driven, with the mail client acting as a universal everyday tool for e.g. team scheduling.

Migration from Outlook to Open-Xchange felt rushed, with seemingly limited upfront analysis of how officers actually use these tools and ensuring use cases were adequately covered. The idea of User Interviews was new to him or - if conducted - didn't reach anyone in his circles.

I have a degree in Fine Arts and am mostly doing painting nowadays.

Developing your very own attitude towards things and being able to defend it helped me in many ways outside art.

No sorry, this is not a misunderstanding. I don't agree with your statement. Redefining life as work doesn't change that either.

> [...] A tiny slice of us are now able to work with passion, on what we want to do. Like artists working on a song or a painting or a book, they do not draw a clear line between work and play. They're always working and always playing. [...]

Yes and this lifestyle is simply unhealthy. Life should be your top priority, not work. Even artists sometimes need a break and care about different things then art itself.