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Polish Tourism Minister Sławomir Nitras has called for a Tesla boycott following Elon Musk’s remarks urging Germany to “move past” its Nazi history.

Musk’s comments, made during a far-right AfD campaign event, sparked outrage, particularly in Poland, which lost 6 million people in WWII.

The controversy comes ahead of Germany’s February 23 election and just before Musk’s Tesla earnings call.

As a key advisor to Trump, Musk’s stance could impact Tesla’s market position in Europe, where historical remembrance remains a sensitive issue.

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[–] RandomVideos@programming.dev -3 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Since piracy is a pretty important part of Romanian culture, i dont think it should be excluded when talking about theoretical GDP

The average download speed, according to speedtest.net, is 63.78 MB/s

According to a source i cant find, but looked credible, 68% of computers have pirated software

According to romania-insider.com, 61% of households in Romania own computers and have access to the internet

According to wikipedia, there are 6709224 households in Romania

According to ncesc.com, the average game costs 69.9 USD and takes up 20 GB

According to my calculator app, there are 31536000 seconds in a year

In 31536000 seconds, 2782986 computers could pirate 273320490308 average games, increasing Romanias GDP by 19105102272553 USD

This would put Romania as the country with the third highest GDP, slightly less than Russia

[–] sensiblepuffin@lemmy.funami.tech 3 points 17 hours ago

There we have it. The most useless comment ever written.

[–] earphone843@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

61% of 6709224 is 4092627, not 2782986

[–] RandomVideos@programming.dev 0 points 1 day ago

Only 68% of those 4092627 would be used to pirate the games