Lumiluz

Well it's a good thing he wants to place 100% tariffs on Taiwan then - more chips for the EU.

I should have elaborated.

In the EU, if buying from another EU country, you just put in your VAT# to exclude VAT. But your country's tax administration can then ask to justify a business expense. You can only claim VAT paid on foreign (non -EU) imports once doing taxes for reimbursement if it was paid.

I have a feeling Estonia's tax administration doesn't ask as many questions as the Finnish one.

That said, there's usually an actual exception for luxury cars, if it's for your sales people (or if you do the sales, yourself). Luxury branding can be used as a "marketing tactic" due to "presentation". Basically, if you're meeting with a potential customer, looking like you're successful technically makes you look more reliable. Essentially business attire for your personal transportation.

Not saying it's necessarily true, but it's actually a really old thing done in many countries.

I've been working on what you want basically for awhile now. But currently what I've come with is:

Plasma Bigscreen with Waydroid (and instead of Newpipe I'd recommend Stube instead in Waydroid).

If you do want 1080p for Netflix etc for whatever reason, basically sandboxed Firefox with DRM enabled with (streaming service website) turned into a Webapp

I don't know about other tech companies, but if you run a local AI you at least won't have to worry about that. You don't need a high end computer if you only use it sparingly anyway.

Otherwise, stick to open source or privacy friendly tech as much as possible and you'll avoid him pretty well. Linux software alternatives are definitely not supported by him I'm sure (like Krita, GIMP, and Libre Office).

Email is a bit tricker with the news about Proton, but I think Tuta and Posteo are alright. Again, this could also be something that can be run on a local mini server if you're interested.

If it's about the phone, I suggest either a used Pixel with Graphene, used Samsung with /e/ if you have the tech know how, or a Murena's new phone (if it's available yet where you are - if not let me know), or if you have the money, a Fairphone 5.

I can also help you out with setting up non-cloud stuff if you want, like security cams if you're interested.

For smart home automation you can do Home Assistant , which now also has pre-made hardware available (could be useful if you need to control/ automate grow lights, sprinklers, or chicken coop heaters).

In the last decade (not counting fish & hunting) I've known the name of every animal I've eaten and I or my partner slaughtered it.

I misread that at first and thought it included wild animals.

Which made me think of a moose eating your turnips and you glaring at him and saying "uuuu, Ricky, when I catch you Ricky..."

Not really. You have to provide your own business ID in order to not be charged VAT, and they gets noticed and registered.

You'll have to then explain why the Ferrari, specifically, was a business expense. If the tax administration doesn't think it's a good reason, you then have to pay the VAT anyway.

And don't even get me started on the fucking bureaucratic stupidity that is importation or I'll have to take my blood pressure medication.

Source: starting up my own business in Finland. Rip 25.5%VAT. Fuck NCP.

Pry off the delete key from the keyboard.

How many be bots tho

Nah, they just made the triangle bigger with AI (/s)

You should try Claude and give it an image of the salute, since it can see.

Maybe while using a VPN that shows your location as Germany, just in case they're tampering with things in the USA.

If humans can "reason" themselves into thinking the world is flat and the sky is water (not being hyperbolic), then I don't see why an AI can reason at least a little.

That you still say he's not publicly a Nazi says everything.