Has this not been common knowledge for a long time? The argument for high load/low reps has always been that it a) saves time and b) will increase your strength (vs. muscle size) more. Both of which are important factors, especially if you are doing strength training not for cosmetic but health reasons. The number of 8-12 reps to muscle failure has been promoted because a too low number of reps (too high load) seems not to induce as much hypertrophy and is bad for your joints, etc..
Your statements about Germany are not correct: Factur-X is not common in Germany at all, the German version of this standard (albeit very closely related to Factur-X) is called Zugferd and it is by no means mandatory in Germany.
Actually, most governmental agencies (which have required e-invoices for many years), only accept the pure XML files. Zugferd is a bit of an interim solution until everybody is familiar with an e-invoice visualizer. There are already many free (as in beer and source) solutions available for that. Zugferd (X-Factur) is a problematic standard, because there can be discrepancies between the PDF and the embedded file and its unclear, which is authorative. Concerning the platforms: I don't know about France, but in Germany, sending e-invoices by e-mail is explicitly permitted by the government.
Well, as they should, because they are now by far the biggest emitter with higher CO2 emissions than the EU and US combined. Even their per capita emissions have surpassed countries like Germany.
Didn't they promise regulators, that they wouldn't exclude other platforms from Activision games, CoD in particular? So if they now give it away to the users of their platform but users of other platforms have to pay top dollar, is that not more or the less the same as excluding them. They basically use the Activision franchise to force users on their platform.
I don’t know about the US, but at least in Germany, Amazon has lost control of its inventory many years ago. Fake products, fake reviews, empty boxes, etc. have been very common. There are also many products having no or faked safety certificates. So it’s not surprising that you can buy stuff like spy cams intended for illicit use on there.
Be it as it may, it does not really matter, whether it came from a Okta database or of any other company. It further compromises Okta's security which is pretty bad because being secure is basically their primary service proposition.
Be is it may, there are companies like iText (Java PDF library) which are actively harassing companies which use their software, even if the use is perfectly legal (e.g. internal server software). So it's not only Google spreading FUD but companies which try to use AGPL as a trojan horse and then strong-arm users into commercial licenses.
The problem with AGPL is, that the definitions are very open to interpretation. What is a network, how many systems do have to be between to the end user and the software component to still count as "interacting over a network", etc.
So I would also not recommend to use AGPL in your company...
Well the argument completely hinges on the assumption, that this Paxos outfit is not the same kind of shit show practically all the other crypto exchanges/issuers/brokers/funds are. Since the majority of major crypto companies have to be shown to be either incompetent or fraudulent, I for one would not bet on that.
Since there is almost no money to be made with the "stablecoin" business model (at least compared to the profits/illicit gains of other crypto business models), the probability that something shady is going on is unfortunately quite high.
Another problem is the reputation of veterans. While many countries with a closer relationship between military and population (e.g. USA and UK) have managed to make a military career a great feature on your resume, in Germany it‘s almost assumed that you weren’t able to get a proper job and therefore ended up in the Bundeswehr. Enlisting for a couple of years is more or less career suicide so almost noone with a sought after degree would consider it.
Just reading that gives you an inkling of an idea what kind of amazing feat of engineering the LHC is. I really hope governments keep funding basic research like that because it teaches us not only about nature but also how to built those incredible machines.
Those fines are ridiculously low considering VW had to pay 30$ billion in fines and other compensatory payments for the diesel emission standard violations (1). So anyone who thinks its the EU which is using fines compensate for tax evasion should have a hard look at what the US has been doing for years (and mostly to companies, which actually ARE paying taxes on their profits albeit not in the US)