Why does it have to be a single continuous map at all?

Couldn't we use multiple circular projections centered at different latlongs? We'd give up continuity at the seams, but at least every region could be shown close to the center of the projection with little distortion. I would certainly prefer that in an educational setting (drawing the globe from ~6 different latitudes onto a 2d map should be sufficient).

And when drawing a map on the computer, the projection should be centered on whatever part of the globe is currently at the center of the screen.

My understanding is that a Verschlimmbesserung stems from a genuine intent to improve something, even though it ultimately has the opposite effect.

I don't remember hearing or using it in this context. It's pretty rare that the goal was to make something worse and if the outcome is only bad, you can just call it bad, right? The word is only needed to communicate that there were good and bad outcomes.

A Verschlimmbesserung of the definition of Verschlimmbesserung.

Just calling it bad does not include the intent of improving it. Verschlimmbesserung does.

Why do you change something if not to make it better, though? Trying to improve things is implicit.

The point of Verschlimmbesserung is to show your good intentions to improve something failed.

Improvement = Verbesserung

Worsening = Verschlimmerung

Worsening because you tried to improve = Verschlimmbesserung

Ask your local carpenter or plumber how many of their jobs have to do with people trying to fix a damage and make it worse

Of course there's many reasons to make something worse intentionally. Revenge for example.

Worsen it from the perspective of the judge, not from the person doing it.

same here... unfortunately, there are too few users of alternative Android distros for the banks to care...at all

A lot of it is security theater plus lazy (as in "doing the minimum amount of work possible") compliance with regulations

This is a huge problem in EU countries!

The relevant regulations are Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/389 and the earlier Directive (EU) 2015/2366.

While these laws are deliberately vague when it comes to specific technologies, they do require at least two independent factors from different categories, such as knowledge (password) and possession (phone).

That, in and of itself, wouldn't be a problem. The way most banks implement it, however, is by giving you two choices:

1. You use their mobile app (which likely requires device attestation and Google Play Services, so won't work on a plain LineageOS install)

2. You use their CardTAN device, which is extremely inconvenient to always carry around.

Sure, we nerds might argue they should just let us use our Yubikeys or regular old TOTP, but pretty much no bank implements that. (Why? Your guess is as good as mine.)

Personally, I had to buy a second stock Samsung phone just for banking apps. And yes, there are still alternatives (only very very few though), but no, none of them are convenient, for various unrelated reasons.

I wouldn't be surprised if this continues to spread to the US too, under the sneaky disguise of "security".

I see people from US being surprised when they see success stories by people from EU stating "maybe it's a US thing" and people from EU being surprised when they see success stories by people from US stating "maybe it's a EU thing".

In reality, most of time it's just a matter of choosing the right bank wherever you are. I'm writing this on a GNU/Linux phone that does my banking just fine. I'm from the EU.

Where I live, the overlap between banks with physical branches and those that don’t require an app or cardTAN is nonexistent - genuinely zero. But maybe I’m just old-school for wanting to have the option to visit a branch.

A hardware-based CardTAN device, which is super inconvenient. Or else they can't do any online banking at all.

crying in EU :(

https://GiveUpGithub.org - why and how to ditch GitHub.

There's nothing wrong with using public funds to solve real problems, but persistent deficit spending is the wrong way to go about it!

Deficit spending causes inflation, and that type of inflation is a hidden, regressive form of taxation. It hits everybody, but the poorest suffer most when all the essentials get more expensive. The government creates new money, but really the value of that money comes out of everybody's income and bank accounts.

If additional government spending is truly necessary, it should be funded through transparent, progressive taxation, so that it only affects those who can afford to pay the tax, and so that the voting public is aware of it.

Unforunately, you're unlikely to win an election on the promise of raising taxes. The hidden tax of inflation, on the other hand, is so perfectly hidden in plain sight that most people don't notice it unless it gets out of hand.

Good link - why and how to ditch GitHub.

Thank you for doing this! I really mean it. We need more developers who care about keeping websites lean and fast. There's no good reason a regular site shouldn't work on GPRS, except maybe if the main content is video.

It's mostly just text on a page. It should be snappy!