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by retired 3mo ago
For such a bike friendly country the amount of commuting by bike is shockingly low. You would expect 70%+ but it is closer to 15%. Most commuting is done by car. It doesn’t help that the Netherlands has the worst urban sprawl of Europe. The
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In parts of The Netherlands is simple never gets dark due to light pollution. It feels like it is always dawn. Pretty bad for your sleep cycle. Some pictures: https://milieufederatie.nl/nieuws/6-op-de-10-nederlanders-wi
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by retired 3mo ago
> Where your money comes from. Dollars earned and euros spent is the winning formula. A local paycheck is the one that breaks everything. The problem is finding housing with foreign income. Both renting and buying is significantly harder
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by retired 3mo ago
I’m from a country with such a system. You end up with your children all going to different schools, attending parent teacher meetings all over the country and spending lots of time dropping of the children at multiple schools.
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by retired 3mo ago
Did it deploy five AWS m8g.12xlarge instances?
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by retired 3mo ago
Thanks for typing the exact reply I wanted to give! Yes, I’m happy that I can request garbage pickup through WhatsApp instead of having to fill out a form at the municipal building. An online portal or app would be even better than WhatsApp
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by retired 3mo ago
Some secure online portal would be nice for the GP or municipality. The delivery issues can be solved by introducing a standardized address system for Spain but that would take decades to roll out. Some people I know don’t even have an addr
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by retired 3mo ago
Meanwhile in Spain I use WhatsApp to contact the municipality, the GP uses it to send my blood results and package delivery drivers ask me to share my location. I hate it.
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by retired 3mo ago
I have no issues with A1 Spanish in Spain for daily life.
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by retired 3mo ago
Indeed, fatbike riders come in all colours. Though I have noticed that it is mainly transportation for the poor.
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by retired 3mo ago
> EU has stricter regulations. Different, not stricter perse. In the EU it is allowed to sell food with non-edible parts inside or cheese with maggots.
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by retired 3mo ago
Grass is greener. I’m currently in Spain. I don’t have access to the public healthcare system. Don’t have access to unemployment. A third of the population can’t even afford a holiday. People are getting more obese every year. Rent is highe
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by retired 3mo ago
I moved to Spain from The Netherlands as a Dutch citizen. It was a lot of paperwork, lots of planning, needed close to €10k in my bank account and needed to get private healthcare with a pretty serious health check. I had to do multiple tri
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by retired 3mo ago
> And have freedom of movement within the whole EU To a certain degree. In the US you can drive to another state thousands of kilometers away and decide to just live there for the rest of your life.
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by retired 3mo ago
In Spain I’m paying only 70 euro per month for the most expensive private healthcare plan. I don’t have public healthcare so I can’t compare but the private plan has been excellent. You get a private room at top clinics if something happens
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by retired 3mo ago
Simple Batavus analog bike. Don’t know the type. It’s an eleven speed and has disc brakes front and back that make a horrible noise when you come to a stop. Back one makes noisy because the bike leaks oil on the disc. No idea why the front
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by retired 3mo ago
Already did. Hated working with AI. Will try to start a business one day where I can code how I like it. Currently not doing anything IT related. Just went on a bike ride.
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by retired 3mo ago
This is why I left The Netherlands. They have been working on laws for both self employment and unrealized capital gains for the past ten years and in the meanwhile have implemented some unworkable “temporary laws”. Just implement good laws
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by retired 4mo ago
As a consultant I am looking forward to being hired by companies to get rid of all the vibe code and to replace it with beautiful maintainable artisanal code.
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by retired 4mo ago
Apple is still selling Macs with M3 and M4 chips. Regarding M5 support, seems like a matter of time. https://github.com/AsahiLinux/m1n1/pull/578
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by retired 4mo ago
This is why the Steam Machine costs $1049
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Dutch police shot at a child during protests. With video: https://nos.nl/artikel/2435671-beschoten-boerenzoon-ik-wil-v... Shots during COVID protests: https://nos.nl/video/2406436-terugkijken-zo-we
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by retired 4mo ago
The largest Dutch tech website doesn’t adhere to the cookie law. They ever reported about websites not adhering to the law while not adhering to the law themselves.
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by retired 4mo ago
This is why the Steam Machine is $1049. There is no reason to use AI on a hobby project.
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In the Netherlands that person would be considered an eetpiraat (food pirate) or flessentrekker (bottle puller). Those are terms used in court. https://uitspraken.rechtspraak.nl/resultaat?zoekterm=Flessen... https:/&#
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In The Netherlands all Masters at a university are to prepare you for an academic career.
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I’m guessing Nordics?
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by retired 4mo ago
It is typically much cheaper to run your own heating. That is why in The Netherlands everyone is going for heat pumps instead of district heating. A heat pump can warm your home for €70 per month where district heating is €150 + €50 for equ
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by retired 4mo ago
Doing my thesis in The Netherlands I got guidance on my thesis three times. Once during the start to get an initial baseline of what is expected of me, once halfway through as a quick call to see if everything was going according to schedul
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by retired 4mo ago
I studied in The Netherlands about ten years ago and it was very cheap. Around €10k a year total for tuition, room and board. Most of my peers graduated with only €30k in debt as they worked evenings and weekends during their education. Mea

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