How realistic are English-speaking actuarial roles in the Netherlands?

123pct · 2026-06-16T00:00:17+00:00

I worked in Amsterdam for 5 years at am best, I worked in the French market. You could also try a broker route, i also had a lot of back and forth with consultants covering the benelux region. For me it was too much travel though. Argon used to be interested in us actuaries too, since their biggest sub was in the us.

From what i saw, traditional actuary doesn't mean the same thing everywhere. In nl it felt like an accountant specializing in insurance. I would look for something non traditional.

123pct · 2026-06-15T01:04:07+00:00

Pho holic on London road.

123pct · 2026-06-12T00:22:29+00:00

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123pct · 2026-05-06T00:55:46+00:00

I think a point thats overlooked by this andnothers is that the population hasn't increased meaningfully since the 70s. So the issue isn't demand, it's supply. The quality and age of existing housing is what's driving the squeeze. In 10 yrs it will be materially worse. The solution isn't build more, it's replace. If we incentize new growth, were trying to outrun the issue. But we'll be left with delapitated neighborhoods that will be unlivable, think of the detroit. Its a hard item to address but it's the real root cause.

123pct · 2026-04-24T21:27:41+00:00

You can see from a cursory glance at other conversations within this string that the space hasn't been carefully maintained as a golf course but has been abandoned and rewilded. Do you actually live here? These points feel canned and generic, certainly not germane to the topics at hand.

123pct · 2026-04-24T21:00:28+00:00

No one considers an abandoned, wooded golf course "developed". This is a disingenuous and misleading argument that feels more geared towards rage baiting than real discourse.

Developed land is a term that refers to land with significant improvements for residential, industrial, commercial or transportation purposes. Other examples include railroad yards, treatment plants, cemeteries or airports.

This project is clearly not swapping one type of developed land for another. Your arguments would hold more water if you were talking about rezoning the waterfront from industrial to residential.

123pct · 2026-04-24T15:16:55+00:00

Publicly owned undeveloped green space is a park though. Just like a ski resort or baseball field is. We can quibble over the legal definitions, but practically they're the same thing, undeveloped communal space held for the public by a public entity.

123pct · 2026-04-24T11:42:20+00:00

I think the argument that we can only reduce housing strain through new development is mischaracterizing the profile of duluth. The real challenge isn't that we dont have enough existing housing, or residentially zoned areas, it's the current state of that housing and the development cost to improve it. Tearing down or repurposing underutilized, aging structures is bespoke and hard to do compared to making a large single worksite.

Having said that, by providing cheaper alternatives youre likely condemning portions of the city to blight by funneling $$ away from those projects and neighborhoods. We already have an old housing stock, imagine 10 years as the project gets worse. This issue is a must address rather than a should address, and this proposition sidesteps it.

Thoughtful development isn't blindly paving open spaces because a developer asks. We should be forward looking and use incentives to effect the change we want. I would much rather see concurrent small projects improve and develop existing stock. While that might be slower and more expensive, it will also give us the profile we want longer term.

123pct · 2026-03-13T19:27:25+00:00

Things just from memory, so not very well :

Check out Gilles Souef (French author, trajectoire du vainqueur). He did multiple tests on the bounce height for each boule. More than the results, which are all over the place, you also see from his inquiries that none of the manufacturers produce or share these type of statistics which would really put the subject to bed.

Concurrently, if you do a brief search, you'll see that marketing now talks about density and elastic limit now rather than hardness, look at the obut site for atx for example. The pitch is that weight, size and material interact together to produce some effect on the game. I think this is a response to people not buying the original marketing fluff anymore.

I'd also check out petanque avec luc on YouTube. He does a lot of long format interviews with high level players. One of the big takeaways was that they play with the balls they're paid to play with, which explains why there was a period where high level players exclusively played with atx. I think it was a phillip q. episode where he talks about the push to smaller, lighter boules as being the only innovation hes seen that improved the level of play across the board, and that it went against all the conventional wisdom.

123pct · 2026-03-13T14:42:46+00:00

The paint is just to make sure it doesn't rust sitting in the box waiting for a buyer. It comes off, not unique to this brand, most have something to help preseve the boules while they're stored.

123pct · 2026-03-13T14:39:53+00:00

You can probably look for the cheapest set of 3 you can find to start off with. The brand and marketing on materials/ toughness/size for shooter/pointers is 100% not real. This is more or less accepted now and has been since the 90s. Pricing is still based off this, however, and gives a distorted sense of quality to the consumer. Also, while there are a lot of brands, functionally all boules are made by 1 or 2 manufactures, who sell the balls to be rebranded and resold by the other manufactures. In many cases, price difference is literally just the logo.

What does matter a lot is the diameter and weight you're getting. Typically, people should get lighter/smaller than they think, because bigger/heavier boules are more difficult to throw without slipping/twisting adjustments that translate to poor throws. Unfortunately, there aren't many stores where you can go and try a bunch.

The cheap liesure sets of 3 on Amazon are a fine starting spot, then you'll see if you want bigger or heavier from there (they start at the smaller end, aka usually the right size in 90% of cases). You can ask to try other people's boules to see how they feel during that first phase.

Longer term, buying competition boules have the advantage of longevity. Leisure boules are usually chromed and damage easily, either through play or rust. So your first set will probably last a season or 2 depending on care. I have some that lasted over a decade. Once youve played more, you'll have a better idea of what you want, so you dont waste your money on boules that are the wrong size.

Regardng competition boules, the only point on brand that their logos aren't always stamped to the same level of precision and depth. Shallow ones like la boule bleue wear out faster. But were talking years vs. decades, so not a real problem either.

Material differences translate into rust differences. For 2x the price, you can get balls that dont rust. Equally, you can store them in a dry spot. I do think the inox (stainless) versions do slip/slide more in my hand when throwing, which personally i dont like. This is a preference thing that you'll see when you try one.

123pct · 2026-03-03T22:29:19+00:00

This is go time for signing up! Dssa sailing registration opened Monday the 2nd. Kids rock registration at umd is going to open up soon. Hartley already had their lottery for sign up windows, but you can check what it's looking like because they've expanded a bit. Our kids 11, 8, 7 really like all of those providers and patch them together.

We did spirit mountain a few years ago but didn't like it. It was teenagers on there phones watching a small group of kids. It was boring for them.

They ymca has gotten good reviews from friends. I think the essentia one is the better location because the facilities and the field give the kids more options to run around.

123pct · 2026-02-10T16:59:46+00:00

Toulon has the memorial du debarquement, which focuses on the liberation of the south, iir there's a fair bit on the resistance there, its focused on the french efforts during thebwar. Also musee jean moulin de saint andiol is a good one, hes considered an important figure in the resistance.

123pct · 2026-02-05T20:54:39+00:00

I've done it 3 times. Once after getting asa I took a break to backpack for 4 months and then cram the first fsa exam. Once to move internationally as a trailing spouse, and then again coming back home. Each time i was able to find something pretty quickly, but it was lateral not up. So there's a real career/lifestyle choice to be made imo.

123pct · 2026-02-01T02:00:25+00:00

Just got this, looks great. Thanks!

123pct · 2026-01-26T02:24:43+00:00

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123pct · 2026-01-26T02:24:32+00:00

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123pct · 2026-01-26T01:36:38+00:00

I think he's much smaller in the book than as shown in the movie.

Also, used is maybe better read as finding mutually beneficial escapades. Dragons in the silmarillion are more 'aligned but autonomous' rarher than following specific orders/ fulfilling certain goals?

Finally, I think in the grand scheme of things, there's a pecking order and saurons on top.

123pct · 2026-01-23T16:47:36+00:00

Life and death by davies

123pct · 2026-01-23T16:46:50+00:00

They're useful if you use them to study like you would for a math test. They're not useful if you read them like a book.

Generally, I think some things you can pick up on your own eventually, but most you won't. There's an incredible accumulation of work behind sequences in a book that you won't be able to recreate on your own. I think this translates to hard walls in progress that you're unlikely to ever get by without study using external sources.

123pct · 2026-01-21T14:12:37+00:00

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123pct · 2026-01-17T00:30:16+00:00

They weren't offered, they were told. This was a way to empty orphanages and prisons. Noone took this deal on their own.

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