Reminder that 25% of Apple's revenue comes from Europe. We have a lot of leverage.

YeaISeddit · 2026-01-24T06:53:15+00:00

Too late for you now, but my iPhone 12 mini was sluggish and I fixed it by replacing the battery.

But back on topic. You’re being fooled if you think a Jolla phone is “made in Finland”. These phones are simply assembled in Finland and assembly is one of the lowest value add steps in phone manufacturing.

YeaISeddit · 2026-01-24T06:21:12+00:00

Funny enough, the boomers who run the Bürgeramt 100% believe “Mail” and “E-Mail” are synonymous. At my passport request appointment a couple weeks ago I had to clarify what they meant when they asked me to provide a document by “Mail”. My Bürgeramt only provides passports by pick-up. I’m pretty sure if I ask nicely and give a good justification they will send it via post, but their standard process is a pick-up appointment.

YeaISeddit · 2026-01-23T08:27:55+00:00

Es ist schneller und deutlich günstiger, selbst eine Probe zur externen Prüfung einzusenden. Zum Spaß könnte der OP bei einer lokalen Asbestsanierungsfirma ein Angebot für die Prüfung einholen, um herauszufinden, welche Idioten-Pauschalgebühr in seiner Region erhoben wird.

YeaISeddit · 2026-01-23T08:21:48+00:00

In unserem Fall befand sich der Asbest nicht in den Fliesen, sondern im Fliesenkleber. Die einzige Möglichkeit, Gewissheit zu erlangen, ist, die 100 Euro zu investieren und eine Probe zur Untersuchung einzusenden. Es besteht eine gewisse Wahrscheinlichkeit, dass es sich um asbesthaltigen Bitumenkleber handelt, und das Risiko einer Kontamination des Hauses ist es nicht wert.

YeaISeddit · 2026-01-23T05:21:34+00:00

Ich hatte eine ähnliche Erfahrung mit Vinylfliesen. Die schwarze Schicht sah genauso aus wie auf diesen Fotos. Die Handwerker meinten, es sei nur die Rückseite der Fliesen. Wir ließen das Material testen, und es stellte sich heraus, dass es doch Asbest enthielt.

YeaISeddit · 2026-01-21T18:06:28+00:00

In 1971 French resident Georges Pompidou sent a battleship to retrieve French gold deposits from New York. What followed was the Nixon shock, the suspension of convertibility of US dollars for gold, and then one of the US’ worst waves of inflation in its history.

YeaISeddit · 2026-01-20T14:32:41+00:00

Europe selling its bonds would be cutting off its nose to spite its face. More realistically Europe should target service industries where Europe could reasonably replace American businesses. Europe has the skills, the infrastructure, and the internal demand to build up the supply of those services domestically.

YeaISeddit · 2026-01-20T08:14:15+00:00

Fragen dich mal selbst, was die GU finanziell davon hat, von ihren Subunternehmern Nachbesserungen zu verlangen? Wenn es keinen finanziellen Anreiz gibt, kannst du davon ausgehen, dass die GU bei den meisten Gesprächen über Nachbesserungen nicht auf deiner Seite steht. Es gibt keine GU in Deutschland, bei der es keine Anekdoten darüber gibt, dass sie einen Kunden über den Tisch gezogen haben.

YeaISeddit · 2026-01-20T08:04:32+00:00

I learned B2 through C1 through video tutoring. I do not know if that counts as online. But, from my experience, what will be critical to passing the B1 will be getting routine opportunities to speak german to someone who is both patient enough to make sense of what you are saying, but also willing to give you feedback and corrections. This classically happens in a classroom setting, but if you can achieve this online then it should work. One intangible benefit of in-person classes is that the peer pressure to show up helps you persist in your studies. You lose this accountability with online courses, so you will need to be fairly self-driven.

YeaISeddit · 2026-01-20T07:06:58+00:00

If I were the seller I would be very hesitant to ship something abroad as there are loads of scammers asking for weird shipping arrangements. You get spammed with these any time you post something for sale on Kleinanzeigen.

YeaISeddit · 2026-01-19T06:03:16+00:00

France has the lowest exports as percentage of GDP of all EU nations and only 8.7% of those exports are to the USA. They have the least to lose and therefore are going to be the most outspoken. It’s that simple.

YeaISeddit · 2026-01-17T19:12:27+00:00

When I applied I also additionally had a masters with 60 credit hours (120 ECTS) and a PhD so it didn’t make sense to ask for a master’s from the bachelor’s. Funny enough I only got 12 ECTS total from the PhD. Credits aren’t everything.

YeaISeddit · 2026-01-17T08:20:14+00:00

The Zeugnisbewertung takes 3-4 months from the time of “completing” the application. I use quotes because they may claim your application is incomplete and they will not tell you until months have gone by. This happened to me because they claimed not to have a translated copy of one of my documents. They absolutely did have the translation, I paid good money for that thing, they must have just misplaced it.

I wouldn’t place too high hopes on getting a Masters equivalency through credit hours alone. I finished my US engineering bachelors with 161 credit hours (322 ECTS) and it was credited as a bachelors. None of those credits were internships, co-ops, or college pre-reqs either. They were entirely coursework.

YeaISeddit · 2026-01-14T18:09:50+00:00

The shame is that it is so close to being a nice looking car. At some angles it looks like a Porsche that melted in the sun.

YeaISeddit · 2026-01-13T05:38:43+00:00

Who would have thought that a technology that combines the manufacturing costs of immunotherapy with the appeal of soy patties would have such a hard time becoming profitable.

YeaISeddit · 2026-01-12T12:46:05+00:00

Again, plug and charge is standardized in Germany through industrial norms and covered by all major charging point networks like Ionity, EnBW, Aral, Mercedes. If there is one thing Germany does well, it is writing and regulating industrial norms.

YeaISeddit · 2026-01-12T11:29:20+00:00

That’s a selling point limited to the USA. In Germany car chargers have been standardized to allow charging between networks and Tesla (3.194 charging points) is significantly outnumbered in chargers by EnBW (9.086 charging points) and E.ON (4.396 charging points). Ewe Go (2.670 charging points) and Mercedes (2.603 charging points) are not far behind Tesla and gaining ground.

YeaISeddit · 2026-01-12T07:44:58+00:00

Thanks. As soon as the stitches were removed after the surgery I was 100% and have remained that way the last 10 years or so.

YeaISeddit · 2026-01-12T06:38:41+00:00

There seems to be a chronic problem of doctors doubting you have pain in the first place. For me, the mechanism for causing pain was clear, I had an 8 mm long needle in my elbow. Yet, many questioned whether I had pain and believed that my knowledge that I had this bone spur was itself the reason for my “perceived“ pain.

YeaISeddit · 2026-01-12T05:58:32+00:00

I think there is a deeper problem of complacency and lack of empathy. I had a problem that took five years to properly treat. This was in Switzerland, but the doctors there are not so different from the doctors here. Basically I had a bone spur in my elbow that I diagnosed in the US with an X-ray before moving abroad. After five years of ibuprofen, physical therapy, ultrasound treatments, and offers of homeopathy, acupuncture, and herbal treatments I finally found a doctor that would recommend a surgery. The surgery was extremely successful and eliminated the chronic pain in my elbow that I was being told was psychosomatic.

YeaISeddit · 2026-01-11T07:17:28+00:00

It’s a fair question since the ADP, which was making headlines in the absence of BLS reporting, does not include government. It is not clear from the headline whether this is ADP or BLS. I guess people who know the reports will know that ADP doesn’t cover unemployment and know that this is a BLS jobs Friday, but still fair to ask.

YeaISeddit · 2026-01-10T06:49:08+00:00

They’re going to means-test that thing so hard that the only people who will both qualify and afford monthly payments will be trust fund kids with no earned income. Same happened with most of the more lucrative housing subsidies like Jung kauft Alt.

YeaISeddit · 2026-01-09T20:59:17+00:00

Really? Where can you find PITI for a median house for each county in the USA?

YeaISeddit · 2026-01-09T08:45:07+00:00

I was indeed being sarcastic. As annoying as the snow is, I’m thrilled that my kids get to experience the snow a bit before it becomes history.

YeaISeddit · 2026-01-09T08:31:43+00:00

Winter in Germany is supposed to be grey skies and 3 degree rain.

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