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Found another one at 8 million and is on an island: https://www.quotenet.nl/vastgoed/qasteel/a62814634/luxueus-p... This was in 2024 so likely valued around 9 million by now. The home you listed at Funda come
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Can also be used to build a home. Up to 1940 that is how the lowest class in The Netherlands lived. Plaggenhutten, homes made out of peat, straw, manure.
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by retired 2mo ago
Easily over a million for the ones without neighbors. The most expensive one was listed for 13 million. These are holiday homes for wealthy elites in Amsterdam. You either go there straight from Amsterdam by helicopter or you have a chauffe
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Yes. But it is not enforced. The largest Dutch tech website is not GDPR compliant.
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There is a reason for it. Infrastructure, access roads, public transit stops, build quality, utilities. The Netherlands has very high standards for homes and the direct surroundings and these homes do not meet those criteria. You would also
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by retired 2mo ago
I can shitpost on HN while walking the Camino de Santiago. There is 5G in Spain.
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by retired 2mo ago
Upgrading to full ERTMS can increase capacity on the Utrecht Amsterdam line. Longer platforms with longer trains. Reducing accessibility in the trains* for more seating. Less seats. Removing first class. Remove train crossing. Buy out NIMBI
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Visit the Netherlands. People get paid to work less. That is going to do wonders in the future I guess. Healthcare system is already massively strained.
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So exactly what was Drew Houston achieving at Dropbox? They stored your files in 2009. They store your files in 2026. Doesn’t seem like he achieved a lot. It’s not like Tim Cook who launched multiple succesful product lines during his tenur
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The CEO of a company that stores files. That is all they do and have been doing for 17 years. Seems rather soul sucking to me.
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Work at a soul sucking corporate for 17 years instead of enjoy life traveling around the world? In what way does that sound good? Reaction to fragmede as I am rate limited: You don’t have to travel full time. And yes working at Dropbox is b
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Just delete the app before they find out!
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by retired 2mo ago
Still started and sold my own company. Quit working. But no, it wasn’t Dropbox.
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Correct. At the 26 years old that he was I would take the millions and just have a chill life. Maybe start collecting rare Lamborghinis.
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I would have taken the 800 million and retired. Would easily be worth 1.5 billion with simple investment. And you would not have needed to work those 17 years.
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Northern France isn’t that mountainous and is way, way more urbanized than The Netherlands.
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For most people the size of their home reflects the quality of life. Having separate bedrooms for all children, having a room dedicated to a home office, having an outdoor space to relax, having a dedicated EV charger, having a second bathr
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by retired 2mo ago
Just hire a large muscular guy from the banlieues to drive you around in your Maserati.
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Meanwhile The Netherlands is bright green due to its suburbanization policies of the 1970s. Let’s spread people out instead of building out our cities…
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I remember Nintendo doing a commercial about that!
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by retired 2mo ago
The Dutch have a birthday calendar in the toilet room. And you can use the inspection shelf of the toilet to check for problems in your diet. Plenty of activities to do!
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by retired 2mo ago
I’m living in Spain and for daily life I speak more German than Spanish. They are taking over.
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by retired 2mo ago
Perhaps you just hated shopping on a Sunday! Sunday is for doing absolutely nothing at all.
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by retired 3mo ago
I purchased brand new furniture that looks pretty but quickly falls apart, looks horrible up close and isn’t comfortable. It’s basically decor pieces. Amazon couch for $250: https://www.amazon.com/Kingfun-Loveseat-Century-Up
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by retired 3mo ago
Got it. In my case I don’t have to use my bank app at all. Just go to checkout with Amazon and it automatically charges it from my bank account.
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by retired 3mo ago
Ideal was a result of free market banking though. > The system was conceived by the Dutch banks ABN Amro, ING Bank, Postbank N.V. and Rabobank, to develop a single system for online payments that could be used by all banks. Currently own
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by retired 3mo ago
I frequently run into failed SEPA transfers. At least three per month out of ~200. So it could use some more stability for my use case. In all fairness, I also have a couple of VISA payments that fail every month.
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by retired 3mo ago
For Amazon Spain I use my debit card. Is there an upside to using Bizum?
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by retired 3mo ago
I spend €125 on an interior decorator and another €500 in furniture and decorations after to make my condo more cozy. And then another €300 for professional photos and drone shots. The photos looked like those fancy interior magazines. I wi
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by retired 3mo ago
After a shadow ban none of my old comments were visible anywhere on Reddit. So I deleted all my content. If people can’t view my content, why have it online?

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