zinssmeister
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Comment · 1 year ago
Germany’s economy has been heavily dependent on specific sectors, particularly the automotive and machinery industries. These sectors are so vital that any decline in their performance could have significant ripple effects across the economy. However, the global market is increasingly shifting towards electric vehicles (EVs) with advanced software interfaces. Companies like Tesla and Chinese manufacturers have taken the lead in this space, while German carmakers have struggled to adapt to the EV and software revolution.
Germany also has been facing two big challenges that have seen limited action: rising energy costs and slowing exports to China, both of which have started around 2020. The decision to rely heavily on Russian energy to sustain its industrial economy has proven to be a bad idea. The influx of low- or unskilled labor into a social welfare system, coupled with the challenges of cultural integration (German culture isn't the sexiest of things), has also turned out to be a bad idea.
Bonus issue: Germany’s taxes are high, particularly for individuals and workers. Some of the highest in the world. This gives consumers less $ to consume with.
Comment · 2 years ago
Great approach!
For the past 2 years I keep experimenting with different ways to track day to day productivity. It has helped me tremendously in assessing how I should feel at the end of the day about my work day and the amount of time I put towards work. (I tend to overwork myself significantly). It is of course a lot harder to apply this approach to individual productivity tracking across my teams. But I do now believe, based on self experiments and within smaller teams, that there is generally a lack of visibility of knowledge worker productivity. Especially within larger companies. WFH and hybrid makes this more crucial to have for both management and self assessments on the IC level.
Comment · 6 years ago
Excellent and to the point. I see this apply to many technology SMB companies as well. We once compiled a few actionable recommendations for smaller companies that host on AWS and that post ended up being our most popular article https://www.templarbit.com/blog/2018/11/21/security-recommen...
Comment · 7 years ago
this is a great idea. First URL I faved in the past 12 months. Good luck Jude!
Comment · 8 years ago
Can second this. I travel to Tokyo often and have purchased Kit Kat to bring back home. Mostly tourists buy these, none of my local japanese friends do
Comment · 8 years ago
No, but that sounds entertaining!
Comment · 8 years ago
We compiled details on this breach here, including some insights on the attack vector https://breachroom.templarbit.com/facebook-is-breached-by-ha...
Comment · 8 years ago
We just published the “SSL wars” story between Symantec and Google https://www.templarbit.com/blog/2018/09/07/the-story-of-why-...
This adds another layer of color to that story.
Comment · 8 years ago
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Comment · 8 years ago
Incredibly difficult to even figure out who the company behind Spyfone is. Anyone know?