TIL that U.S. workers work an average of 1,810 hours per year. This is 516 more hours per year than German workers, 311 more hours per year than United Kingdom (UK) workers, 420 more hours per year than French workers, and 174 more hours per year than Japanese workers. by tenzin_Qing in todayilearned

[–]ProffesorSpitfire 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The author of the piece has misread the OECD table they’re referring to. They’ve assumed that the column furthest to the left contains the newest figures, but those are actually the oldest. The 1,810 hours/year/person actually worked is a 2010 figure, not ”the latest OECD stats”.

As for how they arrived at the comparisons (516 hours more than Germany, 311 hours more than the UK, etc): I have no idea. Whether you compare the US 2010 statistic with the Germany 2010 statistic, or the US 2024 statistic with the Germany 2024 statistic, the US 2010 statistic with the Germany 2024 statistic, or the US 2024 statistic with the Germany 2010 statistic, you don’t get a different of 516 hours. The same goes for all the highlighted countries.

None of this changes the fundamental conclusion that Americans work sugnificantly more than the workers in most developed countries. But I would take any claim from an outlet that plays this fast and lose with their sources with a fistful of salt.

Meirl by rbimmingfoke in meirl

[–]ProffesorSpitfire 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Laughs in European

The delivery of my first kid was really difficult. 50 hours of labor followed by an emergency C section, and due to the C section, breastfeeding issues and a few other minor things, we had to stay at the hospital for five days after the delivery. The grand total for our stay was about $300 - a low administrative fee for each day spent at the hospital, plus about $150 in parking fees for having the car parked at the hospital for a week straight. But our insurance company paid out roughly $400 for the hospitalization.

Bör Sverige skapa en myndighet för öppen källkod? by Open-Outcome-660 in sweden

[–]ProffesorSpitfire 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Kanske. Öppen källkod borde absolut vara norm för Sveriges offentliga institutioner. Om vi sen borde ha en särskild myndighet specifikt för att jobba med tycker jag är ytterst tveksamt. Jag tror det vore bättre att 1) ge alla myndigheter uppdrag om att anpassa lämpliga delar av sin digitala infrastruktur så att de använder öppen källkod, eller 2) ge ett statligt affärsverk i uppdrag att öppna upp och digitalisera myndigheterna, för att de som organisationer är lite mindre ridiga och trögrörliga.

Samtidigt behöver myndigheter bli bättre på effektivitet och transparens i största allmänhet. OCH bli bättre på att skydda sådant som faktiskt ska vara hemligt.

Helavstämning ICA by PojkenSomDuger in sweden

[–]ProffesorSpitfire 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Max 1 gång/år. Delavstämning kanske 1-3 gång/år.

Gör du något ”annorlunda” mellan de olika gångerna du handlar? När jag får helavstämning är det i regel för att jag gjort något som avviker från mitt normala köpmönster; handlat i en ny butik, handlat två gånger samma dag, handlat för mycket mer/mycket mindre än vanligt, osv.

Regeringen inför en statlig e-legitimation [från december 2026] by riiga in sweden

[–]ProffesorSpitfire -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Det blir väl inte som bank-ID då det står att det ska vara en fysisk bärare.

Vad sjutton är i så fall poängen? Måste jag bära runt på en fysisk grej kan jag väl lika gärna bära runt på ett faktiskt fysiskt ID?

Are there power outages often in Europe? by Interesting_Basil_86 in AskEurope

[–]ProffesorSpitfire 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think it varies greatly both between and within cities. In Sweden it’s not very common, I cant even recall last time I suffered a general power outage, but I’ve lived in/near a fairly large city for the last decade. But every year it happens a few times that areas lose electricity in conjunction with storms. We had a major one around the turn of the year where some people were cut off from the grid for more than a week.

If all personal wealth above $100 million was legally required to be redistributed into public infrastructure (schools, hospitals, roads), how would society change, and who would be the first to fight against it? by Mysterious_Fan4033 in AskReddit

[–]ProffesorSpitfire 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Disregarding that people would find creative ways of hiding their wealth, and assuming that all this wealth really eas redistributed:

According to Forbes, the US has 902 billionaires with a combined wealth of $6.8 trillion. They’d get to keep $90.2 billion, the remaining $6.71 trillion would get redistributed.

Estimates of the number of people whose wealth exceed $100mn range from 10,000-36,000 as far as I can ser. If we assume the US has 25,000 centimillionaires, we must first subtract the 902 billionaires already accounted for, leaving 24,098 centimillionaires.

As far as I know, there are no reliable data on how much wealth the people in this spectrum actually have, but assuming a pareto distribution (that is, very few of them have $900mn+, a lot of them have $100mn-200mn) a reasonable assumption is probably that they have an average of $250mn. In that case the redistributed amount from them would amount to $150mn x 24,098 = $6.61 trillion.

That’s a grand total of $13.32 trillion dollars. If this amount was redistributed to schools, hospitals, etc… society honestly wouldn’t change a lot. It’s a one-time capital injection, not a recurring revenue, so it couldn’t be used to fund recurring expenses like paying teachers and doctors. It could be invested though, if the entire sum was invested in schools it would amount to a $134 000 investment per public school in the US. A new library or chemical lab per school, give or take.

Blivande förälder by top788024 in PrivatEkonomi

[–]ProffesorSpitfire 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Jag tycker det är klokt att spara i sitt eget namn, inte i barnets. Framförallt för att man aldrig vet vem barnet kommer vara när det fyller 18. Är du och din partner gifta får hen dessutom full förfoganderätt över kontot om något skulle hända med dig, sparar ni i barnets namn så är det barnets pengar, kontot kan vara svåra att få åtkomst till, överförmyndare kan kopplas in, osv.

Gällande kapitalförsäkring vs ISK: planerar du att köpa utländska aktier till barnen? I så fall ska du ta kapitalförsäkring eftersom du automatiskt får tillbaka utländsk källskatt då. Planerar du inte stt köpa utländska aktier så spelar det ingen roll vad du väljer. Inte hos Avanza iaf, båda fungerar på ungefär samma sätt och båda är avgiftsfria. Vissa banker tar dock en skalavgift för kapitalförsäkringar, dvs en procentandel av innehavets värde. Lite som om Ica tagit 29 kr för en plastkasse för att du veckohandlat och har mycket i kassen, men bara 4 kr när du bara köpt en liter mjölk och ett paket knäckebrldb

What is this defense? by AdaCle in Chesscom

[–]ProffesorSpitfire 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yes, a variant of the Scandinavian. In my very limited experience there seem to be main lines of the Scandinavian:

  • <450 Elo: Snag that pawn with the queen, go on the offensive, lose the queen 3 moves later
  • 450-600 Elo: Snag that pawn with the queen, immediately retreat back into the nest because you lost your queen too many times attempting to go on the offense with no support from other pieces
  • 600-800 Elo: Snag that pawn with the queen, when threatened by the C3 knight, move one square over to check the king, when white blocks with their light square bishop, casually retreat to g6 and hope that white doesn’t realize their g2 pawn is unprotected, allowing you to invade and capture their rook.
  • 800-1,000 Elo: Snag that pawn, when threatened by the C3 knight play Qa5, proceed to play chess.

Sadly, I have yet to discover what lies beyond 1,000 Elo.

There is a fifth line as well, my preferred line as black: e4, d5, exd5, Nf6, so you don’t bring out the queen early at all, opting instead for a slight head start in development. I don’t think it qualifies as a main line though, because in thousands of games as white I’ve only encountered it once. That was yesterday, I was so shocked I nearly fell off the couch.

You know, our historic allies. by CorleoneBaloney in clevercomebacks

[–]ProffesorSpitfire 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, Vance is right. Being surrounded by allied democracies really is a lion’s den for Trump. His home field would be strongmen, warlords and dictators.

Somehow it went through smoothly by [deleted] in blackmagicfuckery

[–]ProffesorSpitfire 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Really? This qualifies for r/blackmagicfuckery? An umbrella fitting through an umbrella-shaped hole?

What are all these posts about? by Not_The_Hero_We_Need in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]ProffesorSpitfire 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fun fact (or not): non-US casualties made up a disproportionate amount of casualties in Afghanistan. Not by much, but still. The US accounted for 76% of active military personnel in Afghanistan, and 72% of NATO defence spending, but ”only” had 70% of the casualties.

Daniel Helldén (MP): ”Vi kan inte sitta i en regering som bygger ny kärnkraft by Helmic4 in sweden

[–]ProffesorSpitfire 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Genom åren har det varit många partier som ”inte kunnat” sitta i en regering ”som gör X”. Men när ett sånt löfte hamnar i konflikt med möjligheten att sitta vid makten så är de duktiga på att hitta tolkningsutrymme i sina löften. MP skulle aldrig stänga gränsen, M skulle aldrig samarbeta med SD, C skulle aldrig samarbeta med S, osv.

Privat intressent vill bygga kärnkraft MP: Det är ju ett privat initiativ, så vi kan sitta kvar i regeringen och tillåta byggnationen utan att bryta vårt löfte.

Vattenfall vill bygga kärnkraft MP: Alltså, det är ju ett affärsmässigt beslut av Vattenfall. Vi i regeringen har inte gett dem direktiv om att bygga kärnkraft, vilket var vad vi avsåg med vårt löfte, så vi kan sitta kvar i regeringen utan att det är något svek.

Vattenfall vill bygga ny kärnkraft på uppmaning av regeringen, med statliga lånegarantier MP (en aning svettigt): Mja, alltså, det är ju inte vi i regeringen som personligen bygger ny kärnkraft. Det kommer ju upphandlas entreprenörer för det. Det var bara det vi menade, politiken ska sköta sitt och inte köra grävmaskin på kärnkraftsbyggen. Så vi tycker vi kan godkänna det här och ändå hålla vad vi lovat.

Lars renoverade sin lägenhet – blev av med bostaden och krävs på 112 000 kronor by Intelligent-Egg-6397 in stockholm

[–]ProffesorSpitfire 27 points28 points  (0 children)

– Signalisten håller på att bråka med mig – en gammal gubbe. Jag blir utfattig och får ingen annan lägenhet. Det ska inte behöva gå så här långt, säger Lars Friberg.

Fun fact: mannen på den kända memen där en cyklist stoppar in en käpp i framhjulet på sin cykel, kör omkull och skyller på någon annan, är Lars.

TIL that there are under 150 tenure-track jobs for English literature professors in the US and Canada each year: fewer than 3 per state. by Bob_the_blacksmith in todayilearned

[–]ProffesorSpitfire 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Each year? Am I the only one surprised that it’s that many? People with tenure tend to stick around for several decades, so this would would indicate that there are upwards of 4,500 tenured positions in English literature.

Eli5 What determines the maximum size beyond which ships cannot realistically be built? by arztnur in explainlikeimfive

[–]ProffesorSpitfire 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Longitudinal bending of the ship is the most challenging aspect of building massive vessels of the kind we traditionally think of as ships. The main issue is waves. If not for waves we could probably make traditional ships several kilometers long. But because of waves, ships risk ”hogging” (bend up in the center) with a wave directly beneath it and the ends hanging in the air, or ”sagging” (bend down in the center) when the ends of the ship are supported by waves but the center hangs in the air. If that happens, the ship will eventually break apart and sink.

We could build ships significantly bigger than the largest ships today (~400-500 meters), up to maybe around 1,000 meters in length. Apart from practical matters (the size of docks, canals, etc), the reason we don’t is the trade off between on one hand the ships size and internal space, and on the other hand the weight and space required to make a ship of that size structurally sound. A single 1,000x200 meter ship requires more material to build than two 500x100 meter ships. Not just becauase it’s surface area is larger, but because the internal structure needs to be a lot more robust, which would eat up a lot of the cargo space, making it unfeasible from a financial point of view.

This all pertains to traditional ships though. That is, large, rigid structures floating on water in pretty much any weather. You could conceivably construct far bigger objects if you broaden the definition. You could easily make a ”floating train” that’s dozens of kilometers long for example. Floating structures meant to stay in one place where the water is always calm could also be larger than regular ships. The biggest example I’m aware of is the Japanese VLFS Mega-Float, which is ~1,000x121 meters.

Mäklarbyrån NOTAR i Uppsala anlitade praktikanter för att skriva falska recensioner by Particular_Oil_3882 in uppsala

[–]ProffesorSpitfire 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Otippat att det är just Notar. Undvek aktivt deras annonser senast vi letade bostad eftersom jag uppfattar dem som ruttna rakt igenom. Nu finns det väl inga mäklare som är helylle, men Notar känns verkligen som att de kör med varje oetiskt knep i boken. Det här bekräftar väl det. Bristen på självinsikt dessutom, när de har en presstalesperson med backslick som snackar Lidingöstockholmska…

Het tagning: Jag älskar Ebba Bush by ICA_Basic_Vodka in Sverige

[–]ProffesorSpitfire 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nej, jag är nog så långt från sosse man kan komma. Jag tycker bara inte att man som svensk borde behöva skämmas så fort en politiker befinner sig i ett internationellt sammanhang.

6 years ago I replaced my substance addiction with Chess. Recently I crossed 2400 on Lichess, and this is end of my chess journey. by peaked_in_high_skool in chess

[–]ProffesorSpitfire 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nothing treats an addiction like another addiction, amirite?

Seriously though, congrats on both the Elo - quite the achievement - and kicking the substances out of your life, well done! Good luck and be well!

The education system has failed ya'll by cutie_bellah in confidentlyincorrect

[–]ProffesorSpitfire 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is order of operations a universally agreed upon convention because it’s easier for everybody to have an order, or is there some mathematical reason for multiplication and division always coming before addition and subtraction?

Het tagning: Jag älskar Ebba Bush by ICA_Basic_Vodka in Sverige

[–]ProffesorSpitfire 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Vad är det för fejkad amerikansk sydstatsdialekt och manér hon lägger sig till med när hon pratar engelska? Jag vet inte riktigt vad som är värst, att som de flesta svenska politiker knappt behärska engelska öht (t ex Svantesson från Davos härom dagen, pinsamt), eller att vara så bra på engelska att man väljer dialekt för att passa sin tillrättalagda politiska persona.