jonasdegendt

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   by jonasdegendt 4y ago

   Not entirely relevant since I'm in Belgium and not France, but it's a similar type of scheme with similar intent, get cars off of the road, and I think it deserves some attention. As for some context, in Belgium we have a high tax
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   by jonasdegendt 4y ago

   Make sure to go full circle by publishing your notes on a blog and start ranking!
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   by jonasdegendt 4y ago

   From a tech workers perspective in Western Europe, we have relatively high wages compared to the median, but it's just heavily taxed. For reference: when I started my first tech job 5 years ago, I started off at a pay higher than my mo
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   by jonasdegendt 4y ago

   I just saw a yellow one today! The way they’re cambered makes them look so cool.
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   by jonasdegendt 4y ago

   I'm in Europe and I had a very favorable energy contract for the last couple of years. Well, that contract ended and my rates got hiked 800%. It sure put everything I do on a daily basis inside of the house into perspective.
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   by jonasdegendt 4y ago

   > Let say a central bank injects a lot of new money, then all prices will be higher, but salary will be higher too I'm not in a place to fetch any sources right now, but hasn't it been proven that wage growth has not been keepi
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   by jonasdegendt 4y ago

   I'm in Belgium and a colleague of mine just bought a house and moved to Italy, near Bergamo whilst staying employed with us. I'm sure she's doing more than fine financially, even without a SV wage. So the trick's to be W
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   by jonasdegendt 5y ago

   > it often takes 2x as much time to get anywhere if you take public transportation outside of big cities This is almost always going to be true, regardless of the country. Living in the countryside is always going to mean inefficiencies
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   by jonasdegendt 5y ago

   Much like romantic relationships, professional relationships are a learning experience and every new one, you'll hopefully learn to value yourself more, and approach the relationship with your employer more pragmatically. Unlike romant
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    by jonasdegendt 5y ago

    This is the real life hack, no more dongles nor docking stations, but all of the benefits of just having to plug in 1 cable. This route doesn't have to be expensive either, my 1440p, 27 inch Philips docking monitor cost $270, basically
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    by jonasdegendt 5y ago

    I've done this with a 500EUR Citroën ZX! We didn't cross into Mauritania though. How'd you cope with the heat? It almost did me in, 42 degrees C in a dark green car without AC is pretty much hell. Ten years later and I can&#x
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    by jonasdegendt 5y ago

    Dacia does this in Europe, their lowest priced car that has exactly zero features comes in at 9999EUR with an optional spare wheel for an additional 150EUR. If you want AC and a radio you’re looking at about 12k EUR, which definitely isn’t
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    by jonasdegendt 5y ago

    Hackers News hug of death? :)
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    by jonasdegendt 5y ago

    I've seen them at Colruyt for 3,50EUR, the rack is usually empty though, but I've heard most supermarkets sell them at this point.
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    by jonasdegendt 5y ago

    I believe so, but wasn't it much like the Winrar license where nobody was actually forced to pay at the end of the day?
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    by jonasdegendt 5y ago

    They put the money in short term treasuries, I reckon. Money market funds come to mind as well.