Marco / drsteino

Imagine resurrecting Steve Jobs and telling him Apple has two products called Apple TV and neither of them are a TV

@teslaeurope EU bureaucracy

RIP Chuck Norris

Handelsblatt: "Union schließt höheren Spitzensteuersatz nicht mehr aus" Wenn es Probleme gibt, kommen Steuererhöhungen. Echte Reformen kann Politik im Jahr 2026 nicht mehr. Über Abbau von Bürokratie und Regulierungen wird nur geredet, es scheitert an der Umsetzung... Frustrierend.

Apple understands that users miss the experience of always inserting USB cables wrong the first time, and wondered how they could recreate this experience with USB-C…

lovely post about the history of the breathing sleep indicator on older macs unsung.aresluna.org/just-a-little-…

"We used to debate using tabs vs spaces in code we'd type out"

(Verified) Unpopular Opinion: CarPlay and Android Auto suck. Big time. The only reason people THINK they like them is because in 95%+ of cars the OEM solution manages to be an order of magnitude worse. Even compared to them.

My brain exploded when I realized 90% of the clawdbot hype is people who didn’t know that automation exists, and are just using it like Zapier but with catastrophic security holes.

Neue Studie zeigt, 96% alle Elektroauto-Fahrer wollen auch weiterhin elektrisch fahren. Kann ich bestätigen, man kann eigentlich nicht mehr zurück, wenn man ein modernes und gutes Elektroautos gewohnt war. electrek.co/2026/02/18/onc…

Es ist die KI-Expertenrunde mit Hayali, Habeck und Rudi Völler 😂 ich kann das alles nicht mehr

NEW: Dutch Parliament Member Michel Hoogeveen explains how the 36% unrealized capital gains tax, just passed by the House of Representatives, will work. Here is a more detailed example: Step 1. Starting position You own 500 shares. Value on Jan 1, 2028: €50,000 Value on Jan 1, 2029: €100,000 So the paper gain is: €100,000 − €50,000 = €50,000 unrealized profit You did not sell. But for tax purposes, that €50,000 is treated as income. Step 2. Apply exemption You are married, so you get a €3,600 exemption. €50,000 − €3,600 = €46,400 taxable amount Tax rate: 36% €46,400 × 36% = €16,704 tax bill That bill is due in May, even though you never sold anything. Step 3. Market falls before you pay Now suppose by May the shares drop in value. New total value: €60,000 So your portfolio is no longer worth €100,000. It’s worth €60,000. But the tax bill is still €16,704, because it was calculated based on the January 1 valuation. Step 4. You must sell shares to pay tax To raise €16,704, you sell part of your shares. After paying the tax, you’re left with: €60,000 − €16,704 = €43,296 Originally you had 500 shares. Now you have 360 shares left. You were forced to sell 140 shares. 140 ÷ 500 = 28% of your shares gone. Step 5. What happened economically? Before the correction: Paper gain was €50,000. After the correction: Portfolio is worth €60,000. Original cost basis was €50,000. Real gain is only €10,000. But you paid €16,704 in tax. So instead of being up €10,000, you are now: €43,296 − €50,000 = €6,704 below your original starting value. You turned a €10,000 real gain into a €6,704 net loss. And you lost 28% of your shares permanently.

First #1 Billboard hard rock song. In some pretty awesome company too. Thank you for all the love to Afraid Of The Dark! Sickest start to the year.

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buckle up #HODL

In 2008, a reporter asked Steve Jobs if he thought the iPhone would be able to compete with BlackBerry

@rough__sea the real shift might be from 'writing code' to 'reviewing code' - still need someone who deeply understands what good looks like to catch when the AI confidently produces elegant nonsense

Winamp, it really whips the llama's ass! Not my cup of tea.