So you have a difficult choice, between European (Polar) at the cost of having to use their App

Well, seeing as this is a non-starter for me, Polar is out of the question. Seeing as we are in the Buy European-community, I’ll rationalize it by the fact that I am avoiding their app which is probably running on American cloud infrastructure. :)

I plan to still use my Mi Band 7 for tracking HR outside of activites. But it is acting up a little - screen sometimes won’t turn on, and I have to either connect it to a charger or use the “Find device”-option in Gadgetbridge. We’ll see how long it lasts, I’ve been using it for two years so far. Ideally I would have a band with no screen that just records data that I can view in Gadgetbridge / my own setup, but I’ve never been able to find that (which again would work with Gadgetbridge).

That last point was what attracted me to one of these watches in the first place. I really want to avoid having to have any account with anyone and to store any data on any remote servers. I plan to use any data from it in my “own personal Strava”. For now I use a cheap Xiamoi wristband connected to Gadgetbridge for HR-monitoring and FitoTrack on my phone for GPS.

Based on its Wikipedia page, it seems it is only Swiss in the sense that it is legally located in Switzerland since 2010. It was founded in Kansas and its operational HQ is in Kansas.

I was planning on getting Garmin this year, but considering other options now.

Yes, and by the sheer existence of the concept of a “death cross”, and now that it has happened for the Tesla stock, people will act as if whatever a “death cross” predicts will come to pass. So even though there was some correlation before someone formulated it as a concept, now the response will be different because people will act on it. If enough people believes it, it will probably just accelerate the process as they will seek to sell off before the downturn, pushing the prices down. Which is the way the Tesla stock should go, so I am all for this cross of death.

But Bandcamp Friday still gives all money to the artists, right? Or have they changed this?

Was there not already some deal with the State Department for the purchase of “armored vehicles” from Tesla to the tune of 400 million USD? Or did I just hallucinate that?

ETA: Apprently not true: https://www.snopes.com/news/2025/02/14/state-department-armored-teslas/

To a large extent it is, the major difference being that when people take actions based of these signs, it influences which way the chart goes next, unlike the planets, which do not care the slightest what people do based on their actions. Thus you can end up making a lot of money if your actions are 1) correctly anticipating subsequent actions by other people and 2) sufficiently in advance of other actions. Which makes inside trading and pump-and-dump schemes great ways to get filthy rich, if you find yourself in a position to be able to pull that off. Or if you are lucky. Or if you have made a name for yourself and everyone else just assume you know what you are doing and follows (Warren Buffet comes to mind).

RSS-feed of the Lemmy community then?

Interesting, I very rarely see headphone jacks and had noe clue that FM radio in phones was a thing still. Nice resource, bookmarking that for later!

Are there phones available these days with both of these things?

I did too, but I am not entirely confident that 1) they actually deleted my data and 2) that it has not already been used for training.

The thing about market bubbles is that there is a lot of money to be made in the inflationary period with sufficient foresight/luck/inside information regarding timing (take your pick as to which is the most important). If they are convinced they can be the ones to cash out big, they are likely not very concerned about preventing a major crash.

You do know they are already part of NATO, right?

Where does that article say anything like that? I could find neither a mention of Sweden nor of the US.

What does this achieve other than funneling money from companies’ advertising budget to Google a little faster?