Harecker are German made (not just a European brand that in reality produces everything in Asia). Really well made.Their coating is a semi-ceramic non stick coating that works quite well and is PFAS free. Sadly no removable handle,though.
Well, the swiss and privacy is more a marketing act,sadly.
Tbh, I am fairly happy with the pocket book. They use a custom Linux that e.g. alllows Koreader install(which is nice together with booklore), have public library access.
And at least they are swiss.
Tolino is part of Kobo which is a Canadian company. Which itself is part of Rakuten, a Japanese company.
Just as a sidenote: Tolino are rebranded Kobos (you can actually switch by editing a config file). And Kobo is a Canadian company. Which is part od Rakuten, a Japanese company.
Hardly an argument. The clients warn against it,it’s not default, has to be done very intentionally,etc. That’s on one level with “I screenshot messages and post them on facebook” - and in that case the other end would not be warned about it.
The downsides of Matrix exist (key exchange, performance, audio/video, federation issues), but this is not one of them. Overall it’s as secure as Signal but, I totally must agree on that, not as easy as signal. Which partially comes with the federation, but partially also due to ongoing issues the current development fails to adress so far.
Threema has the downside of being swiss hosted (which sadly is an issue by now due to their legislation) and being from a company very close to the swiss goverment but at least the Orange Tittler can’t shut it down directly.
Or Matrix…
It is not even close to the gold standard of privacy and still falls within the Homeland Security act as well as Trump shenanigans - and are hosted on Google, Amazon and MS servers.
While as far as we know their encryption is close to gold standard, the foundation and concept itself has massive issues one should be aware of.
Yeah. Is a strange security feature for doucments with limited viewer groups that auth towards the customer server. Requires full AD and everything. Even Winboat does not work due to VM detection. It’s very obscure,but these two clients are somewhat important to us so we jump through the hoops
But,well, basically we only boot into that machine twice a month so I can live with that.
Thanks anyway!
Everything else by now is Linux and either self hosted or with a European provider - funny enough we were a 100% MS shop once and work 100% remote (all my staff work from home and with almost fully flexible scheduling). And what should I say? Not only does it save money, makes us far more flexible, my staff by now prefers it by far. (And none has any IT background, all with a healthcare background - which is a sector notorious for their lack of IT skills normally) Two weeks ago OI assisted one of them to reinstall her private machine. (The fact that KDE Plasma is gorgeous helps a lot here)
The only software we universally find lacking is Libre Office - Libre is simply not quite there yet for collaboration and large documents. (And our work often includes advisory opinions that can easily a few hundred pages). We are currently looking into the option of creating our own “document composer” based on Collabora and Latex. But that is a project for 2027.
And sadly CAD is a shitshow on Linux - FreeCAD is totally useless for our use, can not handle the filesize the projects we have and is an nightmare to use and BricsCAD is extremly buggy. Luckily we only need that occasionally so this machine is rarely booted up. (And there is one Windows based speciality application that requires Windows but that thing happily lives in a VM).
But I can live with that. Besides the mobile phones(Samsung Android due to the MDM requirements) we are fully “Europeanized” by now.
The best? Ditched Windows almost completely both for my company as well as my home. Only two installs (CAD and very specific similar app + we have a very very specific usecase of MS Office features two clients require that no alternative can deliver) of windows remain.
Signal is not a EU switch,btw.
Personal opinion heavily influenced by a chef who know teaches other cooks: You need two to three different pans (material wise). A cast iron one. They are heavy, they are ugly,but you can bequeath them to your children and so can they. If handled properly they are indestructable. But are they a good option for everything? Fuck no. Sure, you can try and it will mostly work. But who has time for that? But for searing, etc. They are perfect - and dirt cheap. (Mine is 15 years old and travelled over 40k km with me)
The next recommendation he had was a ceramic one. They are good alrounders but don’t take high temperatures well. But I personally think you did choose wisely if you wanted to buy just one. I had the tefal one for years and it did serve me well. But they will degrade and at some point need to be replaced or recoated. Which is okay,imho.
Lastly think about a enamel based one. They last ages as well but have a very limited range of use,imho, but for stews, especially acidic thinks (tomatos!) and things like that they are great. Sadly the company I got mine closed a few years ago.
So,if you ask me you did choose wisely. Happy cooking.