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   by retired 4mo ago

   I hope you understand that you are in a very privileged position to be able to afford that lifestyle. Not everyone can do that.
2. 152.▲
   by retired 4mo ago

   You don’t even need bicycles if you design a city correctly.
3. 153.▲
   by retired 4mo ago

   Only if you limit your work and social life to that particular city. Not something most people want to do.
4. 154.▲
   by retired 4mo ago

   I would see people doing drugs about twice a week during my commute pre-Covid
5. 155.▲
   by retired 4mo ago

   Understandable. I worked mainly for 100+ people companies and the tech stack impacts team interoperability, hiring, licenses, life cycle management etcetera.
6. 156.▲
   by retired 4mo ago

   I have never worked for a company where the engineers choose the technical stack. It’s always the architect, the CTO or the mother company that decides what technology to choose. Could be a German/Dutch cultural thing though.
7. 157.▲
   by retired 4mo ago

   But did it lower CO2 emissions?
8. 158.▲
   by retired 4mo ago

   Paris is one of the loudest cities in Europe that I experienced. Bring your noice cancelling headphones. https://leva-eu.com/europes-10-noisiest-cities-revealed/
9. 159.▲
   by retired 4mo ago

   Funny, Germany is the only European country where I spotted multiple people using public transport smoking while it was banned.
10. 160.▲
    by retired 4mo ago

    The Netherlands has plenty of crazies using public transport. Every other window on the train has the emergency number on it for a reason. I refuse to travel in second class, hate being close to people that blast music, use drugs, puke or e
11. 161.▲
    by retired 4mo ago

    There is a difference between being a tourist somewhere and actually living there.
12. 162.▲
    by retired 4mo ago

    Plastic bottles go in the yellow recycling bin. Deposit systems are dumb.
13. 163.▲
    by retired 4mo ago

    Last time I was in Germany I saw elderly people going through garbage bins in the park I sat at. I think you overestimate the safety net in Germany. In my European country the elderly sit at cafes drinking coffee, not going through bins. Up
14. 164.▲
    by retired 4mo ago

    How is Germany relevant in this?
15. 165.▲
    by retired 4mo ago

    I typically seek employment for the free electricity, coffee, internet, water, microwave usage and coverage from rain. Some employers even offer showers! The best benefit about working in a large office is that nobody checks the basement.
16. 166.▲
    by retired 4mo ago

    Such as? Most of Europe has far less regulations when it comes to sunscreen, as it is classified as cosmetics not drugs.
17. 167.▲
    by retired 4mo ago

    I don’t know a single place in Europe where taxis aren’t scamming tourists.
18. 168.▲
    by retired 4mo ago

    You are taking a risk with your health by importing sun screen that has not been FDA approved.
19. 169.▲
    by retired 4mo ago

    Staying behind UV protective glass panes while browsing Hacker News does the same.
20. 170.▲
    by retired 4mo ago

    Maybe don’t do YouTube embed if it’s just a flickering logo. Use a GIF for that. I’m not disabling my VPN if a website with multiple trackers asks me to.
21. 171.▲
    by retired 4mo ago

    On the “ Sorry, you are not allowed to access tcrf.net right now” page I get tracked by Google, YouTube and DoubleClick according to the report by Safari. I also have 924 kilobyte of data stored on my device after visiting tcrf.net without
22. 172.▲
    by retired 4mo ago

    I don’t know anything about TCRF or what they do as their website blocks me. I do see trackers from multiple big corporations on tcrf.net. What bots are using Apple Private Relay?
23. 173.▲
    by retired 4mo ago

    Anywhere with enough ambient light.
24. 174.▲
    by retired 4mo ago

    It’s basically “give me your IP address before you can continue so we can better data mine you”
25. 175.▲
    by retired 4mo ago

    Belgium has a class system. Read up on the death of Sanda Dia, very light punishments since all suspects had well connected parents. Lawyers, judges, doctors, surgeons, business executives, entrepreneurs, bankers, corporate directors, polit
26. 176.▲
    by retired 4mo ago

    Does that not defeat the anonymity aspect?
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    by retired 4mo ago

    I did what is referred to as a “fun MSc” (pretmaster) in The Netherlands. It’s a Master programme that doesn’t require much effort and doesn’t put you in too much debt but does allow you to put MSc behind your name. Some engineering firms (
28. 178.▲
    by retired 4mo ago

    All those nerds were sex offenders. https://www.illinoislawyers.com/blog/so-many-crimes-in-reven...
29. 179.▲
    by retired 4mo ago

    From what I read in the article, American sunscreen has more stringent regulation because it is qualified as drugs, which has higher standards, thus making American sunscreen safer (but less efficient).
30. 180.▲
    by retired 4mo ago

    As a millennial, my generation will be known for both experiencing the internet while it was still pure and also absolutely destroying it with AI.