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Is it just me or has Amsterdam/Netherlands been on Hacker News (and other outlets) more and more... almost feels like a weekly occurrence now. I've visited Neth

by jadbox 8y ago

Is it just me or has Amsterdam/Netherlands been on Hacker News (and other outlets) more and more... almost feels like a weekly occurrence now. I've visited Netherlands last year and was fully impressed with their entire culture.

jacquesm 8y ago
NL is small, densely populated and wealthy. That makes it an ideal testbed for lots of stuff so you will see a relatively large number of experiments taking place here some of which are newsworthy. It's also why we have an enormous offering of car brands and models none of which are produced domestically. It's a good market to try new stuff in.
DonHopkins 8y ago
Maybe it's all the exploding iPads! https://hn.algolia.com/?query=amsterdam&sort=byPopularity&prefix&page=0&dateRange=pastMonth&type=story https://hn.algolia.com/?query=amsterdam&sort=byPopularity&pr... https://nos.nl/artikel/2246728-ipad-ontploft-in-apple-store-amsterdam-winkel-ontruimd.html https://nos.nl/artikel/2246728-ipad-ontploft-in-apple-store-... https://www.telegraaf.nl/nieuws/2452861/i-pad-ontploft-in-apple-store-amsterdam-winkel-ontruimd https://www.telegraaf.nl/nieuws/2452861/i-pad-ontploft-in-ap...
DoreenMichele 8y ago
a small European country that has managed to become a global powerhouse in agriculture and technology—the Netherlands. Humorously, the quote is from an article critical of The Netherlands: https://www.yesmagazine.org/happiness/the-netherlands-can-feed-the-world-heres-why-it-shouldnt-20180111/ https://www.yesmagazine.org/happiness/the-netherlands-can-fe... The world seems to largely forget that the Dutch had a major empire at one time. I'm not quite sure why that is. But I think you wouldn't make a comment like this about, say, Great Britain. We read stuff about the US and UK all the time and take it as a given. No one is surprised to read the umpteenth American or British piece. How The Netherlands manages to be such a powerhouse and seemingly go largely unrecognized as such strikes me as an intriguing question in its own right.

by jadbox 8y ago

jacquesm 8y ago

NL is small, densely populated and wealthy. That makes it an ideal testbed for lots of stuff so you will see a relatively large number of experiments taking place here some of which are newsworthy. It's also why we have an enormous offering of car brands and models none of which are produced domestically. It's a good market to try new stuff in.

DonHopkins 8y ago

Maybe it's all the exploding iPads! https://hn.algolia.com/?query=amsterdam&sort=byPopularity&prefix&page=0&dateRange=pastMonth&type=story https://hn.algolia.com/?query=amsterdam&sort=byPopularity&pr... https://nos.nl/artikel/2246728-ipad-ontploft-in-apple-store-amsterdam-winkel-ontruimd.html https://nos.nl/artikel/2246728-ipad-ontploft-in-apple-store-... https://www.telegraaf.nl/nieuws/2452861/i-pad-ontploft-in-apple-store-amsterdam-winkel-ontruimd https://www.telegraaf.nl/nieuws/2452861/i-pad-ontploft-in-ap...

DoreenMichele 8y ago

a small European country that has managed to become a global powerhouse in agriculture and technology—the Netherlands. Humorously, the quote is from an article critical of The Netherlands: https://www.yesmagazine.org/happiness/the-netherlands-can-feed-the-world-heres-why-it-shouldnt-20180111/ https://www.yesmagazine.org/happiness/the-netherlands-can-fe... The world seems to largely forget that the Dutch had a major empire at one time. I'm not quite sure why that is. But I think you wouldn't make a comment like this about, say, Great Britain. We read stuff about the US and UK all the time and take it as a given. No one is surprised to read the umpteenth American or British piece. How The Netherlands manages to be such a powerhouse and seemingly go largely unrecognized as such strikes me as an intriguing question in its own right.