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by landemva 4y ago
Neat picture from that link you provided, which shows a few no-minimum countries still exist. https://www.destatis.de/EN/Press/2022/02/PE22_N008_62.html
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by landemva 4y ago
Which euro countries? It's been a while since I worked in .de. Then the government didn't set a minimum wage. Did that change?
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by landemva 4y ago
> those on the list have a right to privacy, therefore outright leaking Those Americans on list have a right to question their accuser in court before a right (to travel) is restricted. When did we agree to suspend due process, 14th amen
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by landemva 4y ago
> people shun people who engage in slightly dangerous behavior. I have not noticed this. Risky behavior now has challenges on tiktok. Heroin is popular again.
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by landemva 4y ago
And if the BoA top salary folks make big mistakes, taxpayers will backstop their salaries. $20 billion in 2009 for failing. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-banks/bank-of-america-get... I wonder the carbon footp
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by landemva 4y ago
> They just think they do because they don't have the infrastructure in place My experience is management is often so weak they can't write a few points on a slide of how to onboard and grow a junior dev. So everybody is senior
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by landemva 4y ago
FDCPA has provisions for a letter with specific words to make them stop contacting you. They will likely ignore that, so consider if you would then sue for damages. Most States have a 'declaratory judgment' law in which an issue i
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by landemva 4y ago
In USA I wonder how they forced you to enter contract with medical provider. A letter to debt collector to 'validate alleged debt and show me the signed contract' could be interesting.
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by landemva 4y ago
The jet sizing is different for propane / nat gas. Other than that simple change, stoves and furnaces and water heaters operate the same.
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I had one that dripped water through a pad in air flow, and had a small drain pipe. Maybe not as good as steam, though much simpler.
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by landemva 4y ago
Whole house fans are often used in summer at dusk to rapidly cool house. Air is sucked through house into attic, which also cools the attic. https://www.thespruce.com/whole-house-fan-vs-attic-fan-diffe... Crack open a windo
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by landemva 4y ago
This speaks to the need to implement systems with inherent safety. Traffic circles for cars. I don't know what the corresponding term would be for taxiways, though I expect the reply here will be spelled 'not practical'.
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> Society has made Big eu cities are expensive to park cars. Not inexpensive. Some cities such as Stockholm are banning commuter cars.
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by landemva 4y ago
Sometimes dealer updates change settings. I saw a Subaru change behavior with lane departure warnings after an oil change.
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by landemva 4y ago
USA traffic engineers love stop lights which force idling. Fortunately some European tech to stop/start the engine is arriving in USA. In isolated cases, some USA intersections are being converted to traffic circles. Installation of
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by landemva 4y ago
> Being poor in a city Homeless are attracted to free services, which are often abundant in cities. > the worst way to try to climb out of poverty. I disagree, as anyone who wants to work can find more help wanted signs in cities than
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by landemva 4y ago
I had three interactions with Swiss police in various cities, and they were all ok. Maybe it depends on the person?
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by landemva 4y ago
For MS Windows, may also want to enable core isolation / memory integrity. Sadly, vendors typically don't enable it from the factory. https://www.infotechnotes.com/2021/07/microsoft-windows-core...
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by landemva 4y ago
USA banks seem to have found the 2fa powerpoint presentation and are forcing accounts to use SMS 2fa, with no ability to use something like authenticator app. Nothing about SMS is secure, so their IT is taking a step backward.
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by landemva 4y ago
I gave up on Smithsonian magazine a decade ago when they started going woke. The article topics and writing fulfill their agenda, and I choose not to pay for that.
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by landemva 4y ago
Yep, FAA was owned by Boeing before the 737MAX debacle. It amazes me the public flies on that airframe which has the engines so far forward it can pitch up uncontrollably.
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by landemva 4y ago
Procedures can be read by filing a FOIA request. I may be interested in reading it.
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by landemva 4y ago
> easier to re-posses It can be difficult to locate a tractor when the operator who is in default on the loan/lease has all of the lower 48 to make it disappear.
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by landemva 4y ago
Unlike paper dollars sold to 'federal reserve' at pennies per sheet, coin dollars are sold at face value. Since we refuse to slow down deficit spending, we can simply coin dollars to pay the bills and thus avoid interest costs on
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by landemva 4y ago
> Treasury cannot print money. This is handled by the Federal Reserve (FED) Only US goverment can print dollars. Those are then sold to 'federal reserve' in bulk at price of pennies per sheet, without regard to face values. ht
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> "The Budget" as proposed by the President every year In USA, a member of House of Representatives introduces, or proposes, a spending bill. If both parts of Congress - House and Senate - vote for the bill, it then goes to Pre
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> The big problem is that energy prices are set based on the most expensive unit that needs to be turned on That is not a problem, it is the incentive to have supplies available so they can be turned on.
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They keep USA's gold. When was the last full gold audit?
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Treasury issues electronic debt, to fund Congressional spending beyond income, which loans dollars into existence. Treasury prints paper dollars which are sold to 'federal reserve' for pennies per sheet. Treasury mints coins which
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> incredibly surprising that an organization of that complexity could have survived as long as they did without a major incident I'm not surprised. FAA does not fly each plane. Government organizational complexity helps ensure the g

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