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Szewek

@ Szewek @sopuli.xyz

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I am still in it for a wonderful green future. Nature and wildlife, but also useful, accessible tech, art, and urban planning. Polish, living in Sweden. I love living in the EU and the values it represents. Fascinated by and open to the rest of the world.

Picture: "Blue Coat", Paul Klee

  • Buy me!

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  • Yes! But if the others would also not buy the weapons!

    (May sound unrealistic, but there were deals like that in the history. Tough, but likely the only realistic pacifist way is through collaboration, not self-imposed disarmament.)

  • Fck it, we ball

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  • XDDDD NSFW I almost chocked on my suppressed giggles

  • European alternatives to Google Translate? Preferably not LLM.

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  • Yeah, with Reverso you can see how the word has been translated in different context, super useful if you actually want to learn.

    And their general translator is also good for longer texts. I've been using DeepL for that, though, and haven't made a proper comparison.

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    The easiest-to-switch-to alternatives to Slack

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    The easiest-to-switch-to alternatives to Slack

  • Retirement investing

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  • I do invest in stocks. I had to restarted last year, since I could no longer bare the heritage of my stupid past self having an account on eToro. So it was easy to make the move to non-US and mainly European (or EU-allied) options.

    I live in Sweden now, and the trading app Avanza has a lot of diverse fonds with European focus. They have nice breakdowns of funds into companies, countries, percent of investment that goes to "questionable" industries and to sustainable development goals-related industries/practices, sustainability scores, etc. They also show statistics. and US-focused funds have not been close to the best performing ones in recent years (Eastern EU, Iberia, gold/silver). Maybe you can find something similar?

  • Retirement investing

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  • and more to investing in community/friends/skills

    I generally agree and find this remark important. What is more, many modern people do the opposite - they take care of their pension, get a good one, but are left lonely and alienated in their old age, with no friends nor passions. Often divorced and with kids who don't really want to see their grumpy old boomer parents.

    However, I would suggest precaution. It is likely, even if not preferable, that you will get old in a money-driven society. Also, you don't want to rely on you friends for (more or less) basic material needs, especially if they work their asses off to get this extra money - the potential for conflict should be apparent.

    Having said that, there are financial alternatives to stocks. You can, e.g., invest in peer-to-peer loans, e.g. ones investing in renewable energy (see Trine or Enerfip). This keeps you a bit further away from big bussiness, which might be good both for your consience, and your wallet.

    Also, getting away from renters, be it landlords or cloudlords, is great from financial independence.

  • time for learn

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  • Even an ironic AI slop?

  • Weekly thread - how is everyone doing with their communities?

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  • Thanks! This is exactly what I was looking for. (BTW As I read it, it should be Tuesday evening, or later)

  • Weekly thread - how is everyone doing with their communities?

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  • I am not sure if this is the right place to ask, but does anyone know about the status of slrpnk.net ? It seems to have been down for a few days now...

  • Removed

    Made a meme regarding the feddit.org situation

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  • Yeah, the comment about censoring Nazi stuff was dumb. But @lime@feddit.nu has a point. The legal part is true. They do risk shutting down if they accept anti-Israeli content.

    I am not an expert in German law, but I would expect that criticizing particular actions, policies, and politicians within Israel should be fine. I don't know the details, I do somehow understand the mods at feddit.org being cautious, they likely overdo it.

    We could also argue whether they should abide to the law. But the good thing with fedi is that we have plenty of instances hosted elsewhere and not subject to the law, so maybe they are the best place to expose Israeli crimes. This is exactly the reason not to defed them.

  • it's not actually like email

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  • It feels like most of the Fediverse is in Schengen Area. Then hexbear and lemmy.ml are like Russia and Belarus.

  • France AI company Mistral invests $1.4 billion in data centres in Sweden

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  • I like that they make servers somewhere with like 99% carbon-free electricity and low water stress.

  • France AI company Mistral invests $1.4 billion in data centres in Sweden

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  • Is that big, small moderate?

  • France AI company Mistral invests $1.4 billion in data centres in Sweden

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  • Is this SEO? Or some old-style SEO-like thingy?

  • Even at the Winter Olympics, Europe is leading again.

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  • Necessary but not sufficient conditions

  • The 6 Best Audiophile Headphones of 2026 (Sennheiser 🇩🇪, Philips 🇳🇱, Meze 🇷🇴, and Focal 🇫🇷)

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  • I've been using Sennheiser for a while, a bit lower-grade models though (Accentum Plus). Works great, the only pet peeve is that they changed buttons for a touch-screen on the right headphone, I don't like tapping it that much. But the sound is great and the equipment robust (my previous ones had lasted for 5 years with no battery or sound quality issues before someone stole them on a train...).

  • Danish Export to U.S Shatters Records Despite Economic Storm

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  • Thank you US-americans for preferring Danish meds instead of just eating better and doing some sports :P

    XDDDD

  • Should I use an European AI or just keep leeching on the American water and energy?

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  • Of course, overconsumption of everything is wasteful, by definition. I get other people's critique. You don't need AI to tell you what to eat for breakfast, and you will be better off sharing your worries with a human. You might write better code yourself in many cases, it's usually worth trying (and search for help once needed). But LLMs are tools, and there is plenty of proper use for them.

  • Should I use an European AI or just keep leeching on the American water and energy?

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  • Energy-wise, the European alternative is more likely to be closer to sustainable. Also, the water stress may look different in some European countries. Scandinavia has been experimenting a lot with transferring heat from data centers to district heating systems. I don't think they would care much about that in US (you need district heating, first of all...).

    Solidagent is a good in-between option, they run global state-of-art "open source" models on EU-located servers. Regardless how open they are, models like Deepseek are much more sustainable to walled gardens of Big Tech (not to mention that Deepseek actually used less resources to achieve similar performance).

    And as others said, MistralAI also works well.

  • Switched my cloud storage to Koofr.eu yesterday, everything went smoothly. What are your latest EU changes?

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  • A small thing, but I stopped synching my calendar with Google and now have DAVx5 synched with my (new and free) Nextcloud, and use Etar frontend (it is better than Google Calendar, but I am still tempted to just use Samsung Calendar as long as I still have my 6-years-old Galaxy S10).

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    Drones almost fully made in EU (no Chinese components)

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    Drones almost fully made in EU (no Chinese components)

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    Drones almost fully made in EU (no Chinese components)

    orqafpv.com
  • YUROP @feddit.org
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    European gothic, found on Mastodon

  • Fediverse memes @feddit.uk
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    Friends tell me Fediverse is the Esperanto of social media

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    Best Calendar apps?

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    Best Calendar apps?

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    Sentimental Value sweeps up at European Film Awards

    www.theguardian.com /film/2026/jan/17/sentimental-value-sweeps-up-at-european-film-awards
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    Sentimental Value sweeps up at European Film Awards

    www.theguardian.com /film/2026/jan/17/sentimental-value-sweeps-up-at-european-film-awards
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    Shockproof: how electrification can strengthen EU energy security

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    Open letter by Scientists: Climate Neutrality is Europe's Greatest Economic Opportunity

    zenodo.org /records/17399532
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    Open letter by Scientists: Climate Neutrality is Europe's Greatest Economic Opportunity

    zenodo.org /records/17399532
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    European Socialists expel Slovak PM's party

    www.euractiv.com /news/european-socialists-expel-slovak-pms-party/
  • Fairphone @lemmy.ml
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    Is switching from /e/ OS to Google's Android an option?

  • Tuta: Secure Email @lemmy.world
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    Forwarding to Gmail blocked

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    How EU firefighter troops help each other during wildfires and what are the challenges and prospects

    www.arte.tv /en/videos/121620-090-A/wildfires-european-firefighters/
  • Fedigrow @lemmy.zip
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    Fediverse flyer/poster

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    Underappreciated EU suppliers lead the semiconductor equipment market

    www.yolegroup.com /strategy-insights/underappreciated-eu-suppliers-lead-the-semiconductor-equipment-market/