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901.
by dagw 3y ago
Microsoft didn't buy Nokia the company, despite what a lot of journalists made it sound like at the time. They bought Nokia's mobile phone division and related businesses. With the purchase they also got 10-year exclusive right to
902.
by dagw 3y ago
Nokia's history is rubber boots That part of Nokia still exists actually, spun off as Nokian Tyres.
903.
by dagw 3y ago
No crapware Other than sending your data to China... https://www.engadget.com/2019-03-23-nokia-explains-phone-dat...
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by dagw 3y ago
Aren't you in a weird limbo for months/years on end where you don't know if your position will be terminated? Isn't that every day at a job in an At-Will state in the US? Also if you quit of your own volition while the
905.
by dagw 3y ago
While the brand name for phones still exists, it's no longer held by the corporation now called "Nokia" The corporation now called "Nokia" still owns the brand name "Nokia" for phones, but is licensing i
906.
by dagw 3y ago
Make, install and service telecoms infrastructure equipment and related services.
907.
by dagw 3y ago
Nokia has always been a Finnish company. They've just licensed their name out (via a daughter company) for use on phones now.
908.
by dagw 3y ago
You'd think you'd decide who you are gunna lay off before announcing it They almost certainly have. The consultation process is basically negotiating with the unions over what sort of package they have to offer to the laid off
909.
by dagw 3y ago
The US mortgage market is essentially backstopped by the US government. Banks can sell the fixed rate mortgages to a government backed bank at a guaranteed rate and so don't have to hold the interest rate risk on their books. The US g
910.
by dagw 3y ago
As an American, Canadians are insane for buying into this system. As a European, the US mortgage system combined with very generous tax-deductible interest rules, is probably one of the most generous and property owner friendly system aro
911.
by dagw 3y ago
The big difference is that in most European countries I know of you are locked into that fixed rate for the duration of the loan and cannot re-finance or pay it off early without getting hit with huge penalty fee, essentially equal to the
912.
by dagw 3y ago
They are simply implying there is no legal basis for them asking to see your receipt. But surely there is a legal basis to prevent you from leaving the store with groceries before you have paid for them. When you walk through the normal c
913.
by dagw 3y ago
Filling your bags with stuff and barging out without paying has always been an option, even before self scanning. Advocating for it hardly gives you the moral high ground.
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by dagw 3y ago
To be clear, No one goes through your bags. you unpack your bags yourself onto normal checkout conveyor, as you would do if checking out normally. If you don't want to 'risk it' you can just go to the manned checkout to begin
915.
by dagw 3y ago
web dev has become low value, highly saturated Web dev has been the low value, low barrier, entry level programming job for decades. I got my first web dev job in the mid 90s and it was low value, entry level work even then, that is why
916.
by dagw 3y ago
Different machines have wildly different quality and ease of use. Some stores I never have a problem, while at other stores they almost never work right.
917.
by dagw 3y ago
It's very rare that it happens though, maybe once or twice a year to me.
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by dagw 3y ago
My local ICA Maxi has three sizes of carts. The largest ones are basically the same size as the ones I've seen in the US. It differs greatly from store to store as well. The central down town ICA that doesn't have a parking lot on
919.
by dagw 3y ago
In Sweden when you get stopped for random checks they do indeed make you empty out everything in your bags and rescan everything to make sure it matches.
920.
by dagw 3y ago
Short answer is that all parties involved (the State, the Employers and the Employees) want this particular type of cartel to be treated differently from other cartels. The government could change that at any time by passing a law, but they
921.
by dagw 3y ago
Even if it costs $1 to collect that $1 it might be worth it if it creates a 'better' and more engaged user base. If you pay for something you value it more and might end up taking better care of it. The question is if having fewe
922.
by dagw 3y ago
PTO just another part of total compensation. If you offer less PTO you have to offer more salary to compensate and vice versa. In fact I suspect many people value PTO higher than their actual monetary value, so offering it is a financial wi
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by dagw 3y ago
So selling off a failing company on the open market to the highest bidder is socialist. But governments bailing out a failing car manufacturer to the tune of billions of tax payer dollars is free market capitalism? Got it.
924.
by dagw 3y ago
edit: Just correcting my history slightly. SAAB actually started their eccentric car hobby before merging with a car manufacturer, partially due to to the end of WW2 leaving them with a surplus of engineers and capacity and wanting to put t
925.
by dagw 3y ago
Do they? Do you have any source for this, as I would be very surprised if it was true. Hell I'd surprised to learn that Tesla pays mechanics at their service centres in US in stock options.
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by dagw 3y ago
Does that not count as illegal harassment? The unions have very good lawyers that know exactly where the line between legal and illegal harassment is.
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by dagw 3y ago
SAAB was never really a car company. It was an aerospace company that ended up owning a car and truck manufacturer due to some mergers and ran its car division more like an eccentric hobby. The car part was never really well run or financia
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by dagw 3y ago
In Sweden there is no requirement to be in a union to work at a company with union agreement. A company cannot require (or forbid) union membership of employees. Also a union cannot require that you are member to be covered by their collect
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by dagw 3y ago
showed up and prevented customers from entering the restaurant Well no. They showed up and discouraged people from entering by generally being a nuisance and creating an uncomfortable atmosphere where you wouldn't feel like eating lu
930.
by dagw 3y ago
Nobody was technically trespassing. Large groups people from the union stood outside the restaurant and tried to convince people not enter, but since none of them physically blocked anybody that wanted to enter from entering, there was noth

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