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by apflkx 2mo ago
> I don't think most of those votes are about hating foreigners. Some people believe the story they get every day, that the country is broken and that immigrants are the problem. You find that story almost everywhere. The rest are a
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by apflkx 10mo ago
Thanks for the correction! しんじゅく (Cиндзюку, Sindzyuku) is an interesting case, as it has both し and じゅ in it. This is where Polivanov is similar to Kunrei. OTOH, Fukushima is cyrillized as Фукусима (Fukusima), where the ふ is a fu in Hepburn
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by apflkx 10mo ago
Transcription gets even messier when more than two languages are involved. Russian uses the Polianov system as a "cyrillization" method. It's neither Hepburn nor Kunrei-shiki, which can be confusing if you are a Russian Langu
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by apflkx 2y ago
Unfortunately, this is not just a problem limited to Berlin :-( [1][2] It's been an absolute mess trying to secure my wife's settlement permit ("Niederlassungserlaubnis"). She has a german Master's degree, works in
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by apflkx 4y ago
Poor UX for medical systems is something that has always baffled me. I used to work for one of the major CT system manufacturers (although on the firmware end of things). I never understood why a hospital would willingly pay a seven figures
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by apflkx 5y ago
Germany, if the collective agreement for the metal and electrical industry applies to you [1]: 4.3 % pay increase for all employees in 2018, 2.0 % in 2017, 2.8 % in 2016, 2.2 % in 2014, 3.4 % in 2013, etc. In addition, there are individua
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by apflkx 5y ago
Many German companies (BMW, Siemens, Bosch, BASF, ...) historically cooperate with unions like "IG Metall". Unions win benefits for their members, but companies usually pass these benefits on to all employees. These benefits typic