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by renjimen 8y ago
And you can choose focus by geographic region, which is nice!
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The Economist’s Espresso is also great for bite size news every day.
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Yeah, I don’t know how the average earner does it. I’ve heard the average wage is around 40k Euros a year, and AFAIK there aren’t big tax reductions for lower earners. I’ve also heard that Danes are up to their eyeballs in personal debt, so
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You're right, the cost of living in Copenhagen is very high. Rent is among the European top 10 and food quality/price is abysmal. Then again, Berlin is a little anomalous in how cheap it is, don't you think?
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There are some quite strong laws in Denmark about the foreign ownership of land, and tax starts to ramp up quite quickly as soon as you purchase a second property. People don't tend to put their earnings into multiple properties like t
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That's sad to hear. Thankfully I haven't had too much personal experience with doctors in the UK for anything serious. I have several friends and family members who are doctors, so my experience comes from talking with them. They&
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You certainly don't move to Copenhagen long term to make money. You come for the quality of life! The accumulation of wealth is just not as big of a deal here as it is in the UK or the US. Most people trust the state to take care of th
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Yeah, but you need to earn over ~600k DKK per year to qualify, IIRC. That’s around 80k Euros, which is what you might earn after 5-10 years in tech here.
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Most Danes buy property in their 20s and 30s, usually with help from their parents. It helps that mortgage rates are still very low too. There's not as much of a renting culture as there is in say, Germany. In the Copenhagen area prope
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I think a lot of mistrust comes down to an "us" vs. "them" mentality that forms in societies which are segmented or where resources are scarce. The most straightforward ways to remedy those situations are the redistribut
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Tax in Denmark is also very high (I keep ~50% of my salary) but there are a huge influx of graduates from around Europe because there are plenty of jobs, it's a very fair society, it's so comfortable to live here, English is widel
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To add to your second point: some conditions, such as mental health illnesses, require personal contact. Also, many people need to feel reassured when they're sick. An algorithm is not going to provide that, no matter how you dress it
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Good doctors are aware of their ignorance. At least in the UK continued training of GPs with the latest medical practice is normal. How quickly these findings find their way in to the latest medical practice is another question.
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Each to their own. An apprenticeship wouldn't work for something like the sciences where you need to understand the theory before you can work under someone more senior. But you're right, for vocational training where you learn by
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Changing the clocks twice yearly is disruptive but keeping it only in the northern reaches of Europe so that children can walk to school in the winter light is even more disruptive. You can’t have everything but at least you can use the cha
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Thanks for the thought provoking points! It must be strange to plan for the end of civilisation as we know it when constructing one of the crowning achievements of mankind. Very sobering.
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It could go hand in hand with more flexible working hours for parents. Admittedly not possible for all jobs, but something to strive for in most
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They could push the school start time back. It would be better for kids everywhere, not just Scotland.
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I still expect to see better, more original scripts from individuals compared with collaborative efforts. That's my experience from science fiction at least, where many good authors have paired up to write a book and it is nearly never
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I don't know if it's always laziness or time constraints which stop people from condensing their thoughts more. Fluffy articles remind me of when I wrote essays in school: I made them as long as possible because I thought longer =
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But only really two phone operating systems to choose from and many reasons why you are stuck with an iPhone (I have one for work, many friends have one so they can use iMessage, group think, etc.). I think the book analogy is a poor one, s
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The same here in Denmark. During the hottest days of the summer I wouldn't be exaggerating to say every other person was wearing them.
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There are thankfully many publishers and booksellers, each with their own ideas of how to do business. If you buy an iPhone you only have one place to "shop"
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>> small number of writers or just one can lead to some very poor scripts getting made You're right, but on the flip side it allows for new ideas, which are what the best TV shows have. I'll take a wide distribution of quali
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This also saved my ass in Russia recently since I don't know any Russian and the staff didn't know any English. I do think it's nice to have the option to be served by a real person if you want to though, so hopefully McDonal
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It's also the case in Russia, as I discovered on a recent trip. I wonder how McDonald's decides where to roll the kiosks out first? Countries with lower expectations of customer service? edit: typo
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At the pro-level it sounds like they're comparable, but at least in my price range DSLRs seem to give better value for money. I'm currently using a Nikon D7100 and was looking into switching to mirrorless, primarily to save on wei
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Are you talking about going from DSLR to mirrorless? If so, I'm also toying with the same idea, but I'm unsure about when to switch. DSLR tech has stagnated meaning they keep their value, so presently I can sell with a small loss,
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Pay to win: collectible games (Hearthstone and Gwent), lots of free mobile games that let you pay to skip the grind (the newest Dungeon Keeper), blockbuster titles that let you buy content that is included on the disc but locked (Star Wars
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A lot of pay to win games are free to play, so casual gamers get sucked in and before they know it they’re shelving out more than they would on a AAA title just to buy some imaginary cards (I’m looking at you, Hearthstone). Drug dealers hav

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