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[kuru]

I was about to order a few small things from Aliexpress when I learned about the EU's latest bullshit regulation concerning import fees from non-EU states. And this time it's not something mildly infuriating like tethered bottle caps.

I had items for about 10 € selected and on top of that came a fee of over 9 €. Turns out you have to pay 3 € for each class of item. Getting 100 pieces of the same kind will also cost those 3 €. But get different ones and you pay that fee for each of them. This is insane.

I despise those farts in Brussels.

 

[TeDaDeS]

I was about to order a few small things from Aliexpress when I learned about the EU's latest bullshit regulation concerning import fees from non-EU states. And this time it's not something mildly infuriating like tethered bottle caps.

I had items for about 10 € selected and on top of that came a fee of over 9 €. Turns out you have to pay 3 € for each class of item. Getting 100 pieces of the same kind will also cost those 3 €. But get different ones and you pay that fee for each of them. This is insane.

I despise those farts in Brussels.

I think the idea was to remove the overhead of the local post offices, and shops buying in bulk are easier to regulate so they can remove harmful/toxic products. But, for consumers getting stuff for cheap it's not much fun.

 

[Null]

I found this text to audiobook tool earlier today and decided to give it a try.

Steps:
Download a text file of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Run it through https://perchance.org/text-cleaner
Re-add the following text to the end of the book because the text cleaner tool deleted it

D. K.

THE END.

Current Step -> Wait for a long time

I'll add a link to the audio file when it's eventually created.

Edit: https://drop.infini.fr/r/V0CKpFrXJk#NYjFD4YMfjwysy+ZsOerksLDg6iTSncntnKLOAWHES0=

 

[kuru]

I think the idea was to remove the overhead of the local post offices, and shops buying in bulk are easier to regulate so they can remove harmful/toxic products. But, for consumers getting stuff for cheap it's not much fun.

Yes customs have a lot more to do thanks to shein and temu booming. And apparently it's supposed to be only a temporary measure until sometime in 2028. Then you'll be charged a percentage based on item category. Electronics will be around 12 % IIRC which is acceptable. I think it was clothing items which will get the highest surcharge. I'm still mad I have to pay double for small electronic items that I literally can't get anywhere else.

 

[kuru]

Very much looking forward to this printer

 

[TeDaDeS]

Very much looking forward to this printer

While I usually don't print anything, if I would this would be a nice printer.

 

[pyrat]

Not ready yet, but promising:

Open Printer

Finally, an open hardware printer you can actually understand, repair, and upgrade

www.crowdsupply.com

Very much looking forward to this printer

Yep, the idea is lovely. I wish them success. It's almost a year since @ElPoco sent it here and I've only seen one update, that IIRC said something about dithering and printing algorithms being harder than they thought.
Oh, wait!. There's a recent update I hadn't seen. And a survey. Argh! IT's in Google Forms
Let's see how it all ends.

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For some AI it seems it is enough to frame humans to vote what the AI wants, they don't need to send robots to poll stations.

Well, I guess it make sense it an LLM can mess with intelligence reports and almost cause an US attack on a Chinese ship because of hallucinated nuclear components transport, it doesn't even need to win elections. .