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by dukeyukey 6y ago
Because before the EU can sign off on a trade agreement, it needs to be unanimously accepted by every member state, which takes an absolute ton of time. The CETA deal with Canada was held up solely by a region of Belgium at one point. It&#x
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by dukeyukey 6y ago
I completely believe there are differences, but are they really that different compared to areas of similar size in Europe, where you might go through a dozen different languages, different religions, massively varying political party suppo
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by dukeyukey 6y ago
I think morlockabove meant that thanks to the size of the US, the density of different cultures in many orders of magnitude higher in Europe than the US. Th cultural difference between Texans, Washingtonians and a New Hampshireite is minusc
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by dukeyukey 6y ago
I don't know about that, they definitely encourage government intervention in certain situations; they aren't market-is-lord types.
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by dukeyukey 6y ago
> NDP won fewer seats than Bloc Québécois That's mostly because Bloc Québécois is concentrated in a specific province, and often specific parts of that province, while the NDP's support is spread across all the provinces. It&#x
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by dukeyukey 6y ago
If you count having lost effective control of a significant part of their country as a government having failed, there are plenty. No-one would say that Syria or Libya have a single functioning government controlling the country at the mome
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by dukeyukey 6y ago
The house I grew up in in rural UK was built in about 1910. My university accommodation was built in the 1880s. The first place I lived in when I moved to London was Victoria, as is where I'm living now. The newest place I've live
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by dukeyukey 6y ago
> I never saw a single manager who likes WFH. You never saw them because they were WFH :D But seriously, I've had managers who were happy to WFH a few times a week, though that team was pretty much self-managing on a day-to-day bas
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by dukeyukey 6y ago
You should look at getting a folding bike. I got a Brompton recently, using a company cycle-to-work scheme and it's been brilliant. I can cycle 3-4 miles in 20 mins to my favourite coffee shop, fold up my bike in 20 seconds and stash i
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by dukeyukey 6y ago
That very much depends on the type of union. For example, the union that exists for tech workers in the UK ( https://prospect.org.uk/tech-workers/ ) provides legal support, advice and other professional help to it's
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by dukeyukey 6y ago
Many, but certainly not all. I imagine most people don't really care who the end-employer of medical staff are if they get guaranteed a certain baseline level of care that isn't "go to A&E and pray they fix you up".
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by dukeyukey 6y ago
Potatoes are actually one of the most satiating foods, especially compared to other staples. They are low in protein, but only have about 17g of carbs per 100g, with bread being almost 50g. Sources: https://www.researchgate.net&#
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by dukeyukey 6y ago
Can't speak for France but London's tech scene is brimming with overseas offices of American companies. Out of my 5 tech jobs, 3 were with American companies, the other 2 being British.
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by dukeyukey 6y ago
Can you go into more details on this? I've only worked closely with UK/USA companies and I'm really interested how they compare to German/French ways of doing things. Does the Netherlands more closely align to the Uk&#x2
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by dukeyukey 7y ago
I went to a mid-ranked UK university and while social life is definitely drinking and partying heavy, sports played basically no role in it at all, like not even a bit. I don't remember a single sports match even being advertised let a