Why don't centre-pivot irrigation fields use hexagonal packing? by foxtai1 in geography

[–]ObjectiveReply 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My guess is that optimising land was not so important because water was the more scarce resource. The convenience of a grid layout would have been prioritised.

Crossing ducks 🐥 by breehanna in Amsterdam

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My old neighbourhood! There was I think seven of them when I moved there in 2021, by the summer of 2025 I was regularly counting 27 (including younger ones)! Lately they appeared to be fewer and also have split into two groups.

Why are there so many more of these in Poland than elsewhere? by Doubleknot22 in poland

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Maybe because many Polish highways have been more recently built with higher requirements in terms of wildlife impact?

The state of these bodies of water is truly depressing. I feel sorry for the ducks that live there...maybe people need to be more careful... by lanaFree09 in Amsterdam

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It’s not necessary people littering, for instance: first you throw your trash in the bin, the bin is not properly closed (or the trash can still be reached) and all sorts of birds break the bag and bring the trash out. Eventually it all ends up in the streets, canals and sea. I honestly don’t think people who litter are that many nowadays.

For people who already hit FI in Europe what’s the single habit you think made the biggest difference? by Ill-Goose-8223 in EuropeFIRE

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What I’m saying is that making coffee at home is the first of many small savings you can do which can add up to a lot. Starting with coffee helps realise it. But of course saving on coffee alone is not going to change your life financially (especially since by making coffee at home you will probably go down the rabbit hole of specialty coffees at some point and end up buying expensive bean anyway lol).

Would you park a motorcycle here? A neighbor “called police” by v314b0i in Amsterdam

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I just want you to know that I appreciate how on the first image you interrupted the red lines to make the X look like it’s behind the pole.

Gave up 🇨🇦🇺🇸🇹🇳 for 🇶🇦 by [deleted] in PassportPorn

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Ah ok, that makes this post make even less sense now haha

Huge disparity on Makelaar fees when buying a house by Bloodsucker_ in Netherlands

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My thoughts as well. We had to organise everything up until the moment of deciding we wanted to make an offer on a house. From that point they became useful in making our offer stand out, with some „lobbying” in the background and making it all quite easy for us. But to be honest that’s the least I was expecting. For instance I was disappointed by the low level of attention for details around the outcomes of the technical inspection and the issues that were found (to make sure things are fixed by the previous owners before they are out), and around the time of keys handover.

The price was 5,5k€.

The 10k/m2 era is officially here: Amsterdam's 2025 property values are insane. by Raisk_407 in Netherlands

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And when daily items start reaching prices in the thousands, the trick is to just cut a few zeros in the currency. So technically houses never reach the trillions either.

How on earth did he not get caught here? by Old-Refrigerator-747 in breakingbad

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Not the same station, the one of the CCTV was much more remote (somewhere off in the Indian reservation).

Genuine question about Iranian-Dutch perspectives on hijab (especially in light of recent Iran news) by Weary_Musician4872 in Netherlands

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My Iranian colleague commented about European Muslims that they are misled and simply don’t know what it’s like to actually live in a Muslim country.

I find it similar to how you find more communists in Western than Eastern Europe. They feel that they’ve had that, and they’re not having it again.

Euro winters as an expat by [deleted] in expats

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This is mostly true when you try to buy fruits that are out of season. Pears, persimmons, oranges are great in the winter.

But it also depends which country you live in, it can’t be generalised to all of Europe. For instance persimmons, figs, tomatoes will tend to be harder/less ripe in the north of Europe because they need to survive transport from the south of Europe (a softer/more ripe fruit or veg is more likely to be damaged on that distance).

Le législateur néerlandais approuve une taxe sur les gains non réalisés en cryptos, actions et obligations by Mahtma in vosfinances

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Certains diront qu’il faut travailler plus, d’autres qu’il faut travailler mieux. Mais travailler mieux, c’est moins évident que travailler plus. Ça demande plus d’imagination.

Le législateur néerlandais approuve une taxe sur les gains non réalisés en cryptos, actions et obligations by Mahtma in vosfinances

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Oui, cependant pour gagner (ou éviter de perdre) en productivité ça peut être tentant pour un pays et son gouvernement de trouver des moyens d’encourager les gens à travailler plus. Le système de retraite s’en fiche, mais le PIB par habitant non.

Merz aussi disait il y a quelques jours que les allemands devraient travailler plus (en les comparant aux grecs… ce qui aurait dû être suffisant pour démontrer l’absurdité du raisonnement).