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  • Then, it has been unfrozen again in the past:

    Der Beitragssatz für die GKV wird zum 01.01.2011 auf 15,5% angehoben – […] Im gleichen Schritt, wird der Arbeitgeberanteil eingefroren. In Zahlen sieht das dann wie folgt aus: Arbeitnehmer zahlen aus den 15,5 % - 7,3 plus 0,9%- gesamt also eine Belastung von 8,2% der Arbeitgeber zahlt generell 7,3%. Durch die Festschreibung des Arbeitgeber- Beitrages auf 7,3% werden die Gesundheitskosten von den Arbeitskosten für die Zukunft entkoppelt.

    The contribution rate for statutory health insurance will be increased to 15.5% as of 1 January 2011 – […] At the same time, the employer’s contribution will be frozen. In figures, this breaks down as follows: employees pay 7.3% plus 0.9% of the 15.5%, making a total contribution of 8.2%; the employer generally pays 7.3%. By fixing the employer’s contribution at 7.3%, healthcare costs will be decoupled from labour costs in future.

    https://krankenversicherung.com/lexikon/anhebung-des-beitragssatzes-und-einfrieren-des-arbeitgeberbeitrages









  • The German definition is indeed different. That’s why the German Wikipedia article on “Panzer” (“armour”) links to “AFV” and not “Tank”.

    This is a quite common misconception present in the media, as e.g. at the beginning of the Ukraine war the back-then German secretary of defense stated: “The Gepard is no tank. The Gepard is for protecting infrastructure by shooting with it’s pipe [Rohr] into the air.” which a) is a bogus quote and b) did not translate well, as she used “Panzer” to translate “tank” and not “(Haupt-)Kampfpanzer ((main) battle tank)”.


  • AfaIk, it’s Finland where cursive handwriting is no longer part of the curriculum, not Sweden. In Sweden, schools/teachers can choose whether they teach the Latin type or a simplified version (SÖ-stilen).

    Edit:

    Situation in Sweden:

    Skrivstilsobligatoriet avskaffades tio år senare [1985]. Vissa lärare valde nu att återigen lära ut den skrivstil som använts tidigare. Denna äldre stil infördes i skolorna i slutet av 1800-talet och ersatte i sin tur tidigare stilar

    The compulsory handwriting style [i.e. teaching simplified cursive handwriting instead of Latin] was abolished ten years later [1985]. Some teachers now chose to return to teaching the style that had been used previously. This older style was introduced in schools in the late 19th century and, in turn, replaced earlier styles

    https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skrivstil

    Situation in Finland:

    Opetushallitus hyväksyi joulukuussa 2014 uudet opetussuunnitelman perusteet, joiden mukainen perusopetus alkoi elokuussa 2016.[5] Uusissa opetussuunnitelman perusteissa vaaditaan opetettavan vain tekstauskirjaimilla kirjoittamista sekä näppäintaitoja.[6] Kaunokirjoituksen pakollinen opetus siis loppui peruskouluissa vuonna 2016, tosin sitä opetetaan edelleen valinnaisaineena monin paikoin.[7]

    In December 2014, the National Board of Education approved new curriculum guidelines, and basic education based on these guidelines began in August 2016. [5] The new curriculum guidelines require that only writing in block letters and keyboard skills be taught.[6] Compulsory calligraphy instruction thus ended in elementary schools in 2016, although it is still taught as an elective subject in many places.[7]

    https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaunokirjoitus


  • Do you think a tank is only a tank when it has a big gun?

    If I understood the nomenclature used in English discussions, for them a tank indeed is an armoured tracked vehicle with a big gun, i.e. a MBT. In opposite, in German a Panzer is (almost) any heavy armoured ‘all terrain’ vehicle, e.g. also the PzH 2000, bridge layers (Bieber, Leguan), engineering vehicles (Dachs), Recovery vehicles (Büffel), IFVs (Marder, Puma) or the armoured multi purpose vehicles like Fuchs and Boxer.







  • I hope things like hardware made by/for openwrt remain available, but it sounds like they will cease to be?

    It seems like professional equipment will not be affected:

    While the FCC’s Covered List makes it sound like the US is banning all “routers produced in a foreign country,” it’s defined a bit more narrowly than that. It’s specifically banning “consumer-grade routers” as defined in NIST Internal Report 8425A, which refers to ones “intended for residential use and can be installed by the customer.”