TrueGeek

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by TrueGeek 2y ago
https://archive.ph/y0EFo
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by TrueGeek 2y ago
My wife and I moved to the Netherlands last year on the DAFT visa. Nothing political or economic about it - we just want to live a healthier lifestyle in a walkable city.
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by TrueGeek 2y ago
As a native English speaker I didn’t find it ambiguous. I don’t know why though. I think your confusion is because “ordered” could mean they were ordered to do something, but it could also be the past tense of them ordering someone else. Ho
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by TrueGeek 2y ago
> having to hive their fleets in two with slower and faster buses is unlikely to go well They already do this though. I don't know about Amsterdam, but in Limburg the buses are electric for in-city routes and gas for the longer rout
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by TrueGeek 2y ago
Clicking 'Sign In to Continue" generates this error: Uncaught ReferenceError: signIn is not defined at onSignIn (page-82acf703a59480db.js:1:17232) Also, I don't see any pricing anywhere on the page.
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by TrueGeek 2y ago
I'm also an American working as a developer, but in The Netherlands. One thing that really surprised me (but maybe it's because it's right around the election) is how much time we spend during user groups talking about US pol
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by TrueGeek 2y ago
> The Frontal Lobe will be open to the public starting today, 25 October, at Lövholmsvägen 18, Liljeholmen, Stockholm
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by TrueGeek 2y ago
I've worked on a team that did it like this but every sprint a different member took on the role of Scrummaster. I thought it worked out well.
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by TrueGeek 2y ago
> what criteria would be used to determine what is legally something the have to repair? In the EU it’s just set at 2 years. Anything you buy has to last at least 2 years or the manufacturer has to repair, replace, or refund. The Netherl
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by TrueGeek 2y ago
"supposed to" depends on the company. The company I was working at announced immediately that we were work from home forever. They canceled leases on over a dozen offices across the world and let us come in and take the old furnit
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by TrueGeek 2y ago
I disagree that this exists in "every corner of the world". > The total and complete lack of enforcement of existing noise pollution laws This is the problem, 100%. I moved from Atlanta to a medium sized Dutch town and my noise
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by TrueGeek 2y ago
I recently moved to the Netherlands. The majority of parents here work less than full time hours. They'll split up the day and you'll see one parent drop off the kid at school and the other one pick the kid up. Kids are able to go
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by TrueGeek 2y ago
Honestly, it's hard enough to convince employees / family members to use a password manager as it is. "Good UI" is vastly underrated as a solid security measure.
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by TrueGeek 2y ago
Yes, easily. It's the perfect machine for this and you'll love the experience.
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by TrueGeek 2y ago
Better article with more information: https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2024/07/08/girls-... > In an email Monday, founder and CEO Adriana Gascoigne said “Girls in Tech will be closing i
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by TrueGeek 2y ago
> they decided to check notes directly compete with _the_ largest ecommerce website in the universe I actually mis-read the headline that way too. They're doing the opposite - making sure they are only selling hand made items (again
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by TrueGeek 2y ago
Georgia - also 1 mile from the school. I tried riding by bike with my daughter and the principal called and told me to never do it again as it was too unsafe. She claimed you were only allowed to go to school by car or bus, despite there be
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by TrueGeek 2y ago
I moved to the Netherlands last week. I was paying $120 a month for 100 mbps with Spectrum. New customers paid less and got more. I complained and explained that was hardly fair since I had been a customer for 15 years at the same address.
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by TrueGeek 2y ago
This is mentioned all the time but the cost to get a driver's license in Germany is incredible high. And even after spending a lot of money on training, most native Germans fail the exam the first time. Then, like you said - there are
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by TrueGeek 2y ago
The HN rules say the original source should be posted (which may mean a paywalled link) and that you shouldn’t post comments complaining about it: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html The best thing to do is to comment
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by TrueGeek 2y ago
lunchtime doubly so
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by TrueGeek 2y ago
This is how it’s done in the Netherlands. You sign up for a bank account and they check your ID, your proof of residency, they do a video selfie, etc. It was impossible for me to get a Dutch bank account (as an American) until after I signe
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by TrueGeek 2y ago
> Note: The “Holborn” name is to signify that these computers were “Born in Holland”. Hol. Born. Not entirely accurate as the company was in Hengelo, Overijssel but "Overborn" just doesn't have the same ring to it.
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by TrueGeek 2y ago
I built an iPad app for a fun little three letter government agency. It wasn't bad at all.
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by TrueGeek 2y ago
The fear is real. There is no space under the seat for both a bag and feet if you are tall. I carry a reasonable sized carry on but it contains a work laptop and a few mobile devices / tablets (I'm a mobile dev) plus prescription
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by TrueGeek 2y ago
Every October I get a hundred or so calls and texts for someone named Eileen reminding her it's open enrollment time for Obamacare. It started suddenly a few years ago so I think the real Eileen just entered the wrong number by mistake
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by TrueGeek 2y ago
> Due to demand ... you can make a lot of money I really hope this is true again later this year or next year but every junior developer I know has been unable to find any employment. From my network of people that have lost jobs over th
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by TrueGeek 2y ago
I’ve never heard of PostHog and from “Side Project Insurance” I thought this was some form of super cheap E&O insurance which sounded like a neat idea.
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by TrueGeek 3y ago
No, no, you forget about the gravity well. Read up on your Heinlein!
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by TrueGeek 3y ago
My guess is that once the app is installed it's easier to convince the user to sign up for an ink subscription. And then once that's done it's easy for the user to forget they've done that. They won't even see the c

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