Jaques Veit
@imkubic.bsky.social
Automotive engineer, technocrat, glass half full, fellow human being on the path to learning and understanding.
Prague based.
Prague based.
BTW, Do you have the "The pavement is not maintained in winter." signs in the UK?
December 25, 2025 at 12:45 PM
BTW, Do you have the "The pavement is not maintained in winter." signs in the UK?
Yes, seeing marketing hype pretending Level 2 is magic, is frustrating and erodes trust.
December 21, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Yes, seeing marketing hype pretending Level 2 is magic, is frustrating and erodes trust.
Catch me if you can!
December 18, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Catch me if you can!
Limit who can see the know-how, check workers carefully. Pay experts to not work for risky foreign competitors. Destroy the most sensitive parts instead of letting them be resold. Work with allies to control exports and punish draconically anyone who tries to sneak parts through middlemen.
December 17, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Limit who can see the know-how, check workers carefully. Pay experts to not work for risky foreign competitors. Destroy the most sensitive parts instead of letting them be resold. Work with allies to control exports and punish draconically anyone who tries to sneak parts through middlemen.
You’ve quoted one sentence from the Commission you don't like. Ok. Now please fill in the rest: what should Germany do with expensive energy, dying car industry, costly pensions and building/transport as a package? Otherwise this is just about one line in one regulation.
December 16, 2025 at 7:19 PM
You’ve quoted one sentence from the Commission you don't like. Ok. Now please fill in the rest: what should Germany do with expensive energy, dying car industry, costly pensions and building/transport as a package? Otherwise this is just about one line in one regulation.
Sounds reasonable, but if you want ‘science‑based’ plans, you have to say what they are. What clear plan would you choose for energy, car industry, old people’s care, and building necessary stuff instead of what DE have now?
December 15, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Sounds reasonable, but if you want ‘science‑based’ plans, you have to say what they are. What clear plan would you choose for energy, car industry, old people’s care, and building necessary stuff instead of what DE have now?
You’re bundling debt brake, EV rules, mask scandals, and Afghanistan into one verdict... what single Merz-era policy choice is your main charge, and what would you do instead?
December 15, 2025 at 9:06 PM
You’re bundling debt brake, EV rules, mask scandals, and Afghanistan into one verdict... what single Merz-era policy choice is your main charge, and what would you do instead?
Are we judging Merz on outcomes or memes, if you ignore Angola/Lobito, the €500bn infrastructure fund and a pension bill keeping the 48% level to 2031, but fixate on a bread joke?
December 15, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Are we judging Merz on outcomes or memes, if you ignore Angola/Lobito, the €500bn infrastructure fund and a pension bill keeping the 48% level to 2031, but fixate on a bread joke?
December 15, 2025 at 6:14 PM
If 'limited capability' gets us deals with Angola, no German orbanism and a seat at the table for the Ukraine-US talks, I’ll take it.
December 15, 2025 at 1:01 PM
If 'limited capability' gets us deals with Angola, no German orbanism and a seat at the table for the Ukraine-US talks, I’ll take it.
He's doing his best in foreign policy, but facing headwinds at home. Even a Yelp review for bakery matters for his opponent.
December 15, 2025 at 8:48 AM
He's doing his best in foreign policy, but facing headwinds at home. Even a Yelp review for bakery matters for his opponent.
He looks like a statesman abroad, but he's struggling to maintain that popularity domestically.
He needs a bit of help.
He needs a bit of help.
December 15, 2025 at 4:23 AM
He looks like a statesman abroad, but he's struggling to maintain that popularity domestically.
He needs a bit of help.
He needs a bit of help.
There alternative to the pan-European army was named as to blow the total number of European troops by much more than 300K men.
www.kielinstitut.de/fileadmin/Da...
www.kielinstitut.de/fileadmin/Da...
December 14, 2025 at 9:56 PM
There alternative to the pan-European army was named as to blow the total number of European troops by much more than 300K men.
www.kielinstitut.de/fileadmin/Da...
www.kielinstitut.de/fileadmin/Da...
I dare to correct:
It was 1.5M in 2024 and 1.8M till this day of 2025. Various "large caliber" of course. CZ invested it's contacts and got some appropriate currency for that.
It was 1.5M in 2024 and 1.8M till this day of 2025. Various "large caliber" of course. CZ invested it's contacts and got some appropriate currency for that.
December 13, 2025 at 10:06 PM
I dare to correct:
It was 1.5M in 2024 and 1.8M till this day of 2025. Various "large caliber" of course. CZ invested it's contacts and got some appropriate currency for that.
It was 1.5M in 2024 and 1.8M till this day of 2025. Various "large caliber" of course. CZ invested it's contacts and got some appropriate currency for that.
It seems BBC definitely had some too in 1979
genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/se...
genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/se...
genome.ch.bbc.co.uk
December 13, 2025 at 9:55 PM
It seems BBC definitely had some too in 1979
genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/se...
genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/se...
Couldn't find the 1979, but jut for curiosity:
December 13, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Couldn't find the 1979, but jut for curiosity:
All that really separates frontier models now is the price tag and the personality filter?
December 13, 2025 at 12:28 PM
All that really separates frontier models now is the price tag and the personality filter?
even the US Army is calling a Palantir‑backed C2 network "very high risk" because it can’t properly control who sees what.
December 11, 2025 at 4:50 PM
even the US Army is calling a Palantir‑backed C2 network "very high risk" because it can’t properly control who sees what.
Didn't read the article, but deterrence relies on certainty. The moment we publicly debate the validity of Article 5, we have already done half the adversary's work for them. Doubt about this invites escalation.
December 7, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Didn't read the article, but deterrence relies on certainty. The moment we publicly debate the validity of Article 5, we have already done half the adversary's work for them. Doubt about this invites escalation.