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by retired 24d ago
In the end it is all about money. Putin killed hundreds of EU citizens and we are still buying his gas, oil, uranium and fertilizer. Trump can bomb cities in Europe and we would trade with the US. I doubt we will ever fully separate from th
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by retired 26d ago
Is it possible that people don’t realize you can make free calls? Perhaps they think you need coins, which they don’t have on them. Similar to interactive installations in museums. People are afraid to touch things in museums. You really ne
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by retired 27d ago
This scratched an itch for me. I’m going to watch Johnny Castaway now.
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by retired 28d ago
Exactly. You spend $3000 on a TV and now you have a crap experience playing BluRay because the manufacturer saved 12 cents on a Gigabit chip. Good way to lose customers.
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by retired 1mo ago
An Irish work holiday visa can only be requested from outside the country and has a maximum validity. https://enterprise.gov.ie/en/what-we-do/workplace-and-skills...
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by retired 1mo ago
Visa rules are country specific and don’t apply to the EU in general. There are countries that require you to leave.
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by retired 1mo ago
Not just China. Also packages from Japan and Thailand get this charge.
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by retired 1mo ago
Where I live a university prepares you for an academic career. Business has no place at a university. If you want to learn a trade such as being a software developer or a plumber you go to a trade school. It’s interesting to see how the Ame
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by retired 1mo ago
I would love to live in a world where I don’t need fossil fuels.
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by retired 1mo ago
If you adjust for socio-economic factors then migrants are just as criminal as the rest of the population. https://nos.nl/artikel/2621324-percentage-asielmigranten-ver...
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by retired 1mo ago
I kinda like the idea of using prison labour for environmentally friendly dredging. But The Netherlands abolish prison slave labour in 2021 so that is no longer possible.
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by retired 1mo ago
Healthcare in Spain is tied to citizenship or employment. If you are employed within Spain you will get healthcare included.
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by retired 1mo ago
Which is an hours drive through twisty mountain roads to anywhere. No public transport. Why would a digital nomad live there, when for just a little bit more you can have a walkable town with public transport? Isn’t that where all the Ameri
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by retired 1mo ago
In my late 30s now, I don’t even do hotels with a shared toilet anymore. I need my own private room and my own private en-suite bathroom at minimum.
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by retired 1mo ago
Russia killing hundreds of EU citizens should be enough to stop buying gas from them.
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by retired 1mo ago
I service my watches every five years to keep them waterproof. And at that point I always replace the $1 battery, regardless of its condition. That way my watches are always operational.
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by retired 1mo ago
Solar batteries typically last between 10 and 20 years depending on usage. They are very expensive unfortunately. Regular batteries are a better deal.
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by retired 1mo ago
These watches have cheap batteries that you can swap in two minutes. Not a big deal. Solar batteries cost a lot more money and will render this watch as e-waste in the future.
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by retired 1mo ago
The Netherlands has one of the cheapest grocery prices in Europe when you offset to income. You are better off where you are. https://finorum.com/grocery-prices-europe-2026-eu-basket/
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by retired 1mo ago
The go-to solution in The Netherlands and Belgium is to put a car tire around the camera and set it on fire. This also destroys the camera and it sends a message. The US equivalent would probably be a 12-gauge.
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by retired 1mo ago
> Fuck Russia You know. I came to that conclusion when they started shootings rockets at a civilian airplane in 2014, killing 298 civilians of which 196 people that I share citizenship with. And fuck Germany for still buying Russian gas.
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by retired 1mo ago
Imagine an alternative reality where a KALLAX is a ԿԱԼԼԱՔՍ and the stores have pushy salesmen with impressive amounts of visible chest hair.
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by retired 1mo ago
Jokes on you, in my part of Europe I don’t have access to public healthcare, I don’t have mandated vacation, I don’t have a pension system. And I can’t even have a consumerist phase apparently since car parts are so hard to acquire.
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by retired 1mo ago
It really baffles me when an American can just walk into a store and buy car parts for their fairly niche model from the 1990s. Meanwhile in Europe I spend many evening on internet forums and Facebook groups doing research trying to find a
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by retired 1mo ago
Doesn’t ChatGPT also recommend products from their advertisers first?
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by retired 1mo ago
Why use an LLM for something that is a 5 second Google? Google Products is right there in the top. Forums will advice you on alternative products. Am I getting old? I feel like a dinosaur still Googling things.
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by retired 1mo ago
Package delivery is pretty good when you live in a country with a standardized address system, large homes and where the delivery driver can park in front of your home. However if you live in a historical city center where your address is t
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by retired 1mo ago
Amazon is just so convenient for me. They deliver within a day in a package locker next to home. Meanwhile with other platforms it takes up to a week, the delivery timeframe is 08:00 to 21:00, I then have to wait for the delivery person to
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by retired 1mo ago
Would be nice if the user could disable that.
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by retired 1mo ago
Where I live that’s a win win for thieves. Earn money stealing a bike, have a roof over your head and free food.

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