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by flexie 6y ago
Given that the population growth is around 80,000,000 yearly, or 1 percent, we are looking at a world GDP per capita decline of 4 percent. Since large parts of the world's population barely had enough for food as it were, and that even
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by flexie 6y ago
Sad that Amazon is allowed to take an even bigger share of American online retail. They are raising their wage to $17 per hour. That's around $3,000 per month in stead of their usual $2,500 per month. Little vacation, few sick days.
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by flexie 7y ago
Ridership plummeted to around 10-15 percent of normal last week, but you still have more than 500,000 daily riders. Obviously, health workers and others still need to go to work somehow but although you take 90 percent out of packed NYC sub
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by flexie 7y ago
I have never believed much in the Tesla bears but this is worrying. Without their main production and assembly facility open, they can't make money. The factory in Nevada produces batteries and powerwalls. The factory in China has reop
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by flexie 7y ago
In popular terms "havelågebeskatning", formally the tax authorities actually refer to it as the "exitskat" (exit tax): https://skat.dk/skat.aspx?oid=2176214
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by flexie 7y ago
"The exit “tax” seems the most alarming to me. Though it’s called a tax, it’s really just confiscation. And if you look at the other countries in history that have confiscated the property of people who tried to leave, it’s not company
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by flexie 7y ago
The EU (with 500 million people) is around half the size of the US. Europe including the land outside of the EU is much larger, as it includes vast areas in the former Soviet Union as well as Norway, Switzerland, Iceland, Serbia and a few o
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by flexie 7y ago
As for bathrooms in modern US inner city apartments, I believe it's mainly because many bathrooms allow the apartments to be shared by several flatmates. For the developer, it opens the market to more buyers. American dwellings are lar
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by flexie 7y ago
GM has revenue of around USD 150B. VW of around USD 260. Tesla's was USD 20B in 2018. So compared to revenue, Tesla spends much more on R&D. And don't forget that a lot of the traditional car manufacturers' R&D is spe
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by flexie 7y ago
Thanks for posting. This really shows the power of the English language. I am not French, I don't live in France, I don't speak French and I am not particularly interested in tunnels or rails. And probably that's why it'
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by flexie 7y ago
You are absolutely right (1) and I have no idea why people down vote you, even if they think its irrelevant. We, here at our office desks, are quick to demand that this store or that service is open 24/7. The guy needed a day off. Go s
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by flexie 7y ago
The US standard of living is lower than the Norwegian. In terms of GDP per capita, Norway is almost 25 percent richer. In reality, though there is a lot more equality in Norway where much of the population shares in the wealth. Having trave
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by flexie 7y ago
Not in Denmark because of the tax, but in other countries with similar wealth it's pretty standard. In the US and in Germany it's around $35,000.
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by flexie 7y ago
You are both kind of right and wrong. It's actually 85 percent for the value of the car up to approximately $28,500 in 2019 figures, and then 150 percent on the exceeding value. But: Add 25 percent VAT to it as well. So take a standard
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by flexie 7y ago
Yesterday I needed to find the websites for around 20 Danish accounting companies based on their official company names. I thought it was so few that it would take longer time to ask someone to do it than to just do it myself. The names are
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by flexie 7y ago
Danish lawyer here. We have rather usual defamation laws regarding libel and slander. I am not sure they differ from other European or American laws in any way that hold Danish media to higher standards. Even publishing true information can
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by flexie 7y ago
Pro has been added to the name of sports equipment for decades although 99 percent of the pro rackets, pro swimwear and pro boots are bought by amateurs.
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by flexie 7y ago
I don't mind the weather in Copenhagen where the amount of people who bikes every day exceeds the amount of people who take public transportation every day by around 50% (1). Weather in Copenhagen is rarely very cold or very warm. But
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by flexie 7y ago
An independence based on a referendum arranged by separatists and which almost only separatists participated in, is hardly "pretty fundamental". Take a look at the support for independence: it's not a majority opinion and it&
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by flexie 7y ago
Please remember that only part of the Catalan population participated in the referendum - mainly the ones that wanted to secede. The result was a huge majority according to Catalan authorities but turnout was merely 40-something percent. It
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by flexie 7y ago
I second that. Most Europeans who have been exposed to American banks find them years if not decades behind. But investment banks and consumer banks are two different beasts entirely.
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by flexie 7y ago
They did chop trees with stone tools. Here you can see how: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BN-34JfUrHY
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by flexie 7y ago
If this had happened in a second or third world country, we would have called it a coup. A government suspending parliament is suspending the checks and balances. It is usurping all powers. As all other usurpers, Johnson cites the will of t
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by flexie 7y ago
As a Dane living in Bulgaria, and who lived for a while in America, I too agree that I feel more secure with the Bulgarian health care system than the US one
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The 1619 Project(nytimes.com)
130 points by flexie 7y ago|91 comments
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Electric taxis, metro etc.
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by flexie 7y ago
I really don't see why taxis or Uber should be allowed, at least if they are not fully electric. They are often larger than private cars, and they drive only the chauffeur and typically one grown up customer around, who could easily ha
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by flexie 7y ago
Very interesting article :-) I had no idea that the community is this large and that there are only two moderators. The article could have explained the other part of the moderation better - the user moderation provided by up and down votes
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by flexie 7y ago
Wow! Is $66 really considered cheap internet these days? I pay around $14 monthly for 100 Mbps connection from a corporate internet provider (which typically gives me around 20 Mbps download and upload when I test). No installation fee and
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by flexie 7y ago
Not sure why people are down voting you, but I think this time it may not be the general HN negativity, but simply because they think you are attempting a bad joke. This is exactly how many parents in Copenhagen drive their kids around. I w

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