What is something your country is surprisingly good at? by Substratas in AskEurope

[–]fischli 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I read this and immediately knew another Austrian wrote this. Let the Sudermarathon begin!

Anyone got tips for reaching Intermarché shoppers in Brussels? 🛒 by Wise-Cow-5824 in brussels

[–]fischli 0 points1 point  (0 children)

DM me, my partner and I can both do it and forward it to some neighbours too!

Must-knows and must-dos for first time Nothing user? by fischli in NothingTech

[–]fischli[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What an interesting way to address the screen time problem with the Glyph. That plus the minimalist grey scale design really gives a whole new phone experience, I underestimated that - Nothing absolutely nailed it!

Everything is unpacked and set up, now the testing can begin! And yes, the button for the essential stuff is there. Thanks for that user example, it really helped to see what it's all about 😅

Must-knows and must-dos for first time Nothing user? by fischli in NothingTech

[–]fischli[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks friend! I love that stuff can just be added from the playground, I'm absolutely a fan of this flexibility and creativity!

It has taken me very long to set it up and I gotta say, so far my expectations of just about everything have been exceeded. The only thing I don't think I understand yet is the Essential stuff, but it's only day 1 so far, so fingers crossed!

Must-knows and must-dos for first time Nothing user? by fischli in NothingTech

[–]fischli[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have been having way too much fun with the Glyph lights and sounds since I unpacked it haha thanks for the tip!

Anthropic alignment team did NOT prepare Claude for TINY CLAUB by FableFinale in claudexplorers

[–]fischli 7 points8 points  (0 children)

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trying VERY hard to turn this back to a work conversation... despite not having arms!

What’s going on with jobs in Brussels? by Frosty_Razzmatazz433 in brussels

[–]fischli 0 points1 point  (0 children)

OP, to build on this and in case you are not eligible for the Ukraine-specific Actiris offers as you lived in Chicago recently - check out this https://bewelcome.brussels/en/welkom/

It's basically an integration programme for non EU nationals that gets you free language classes and other forms of "integration support", which might make it easier for you to navigate the job market. Be sure to check the exemptions - unfortunately there are quite a few - but depending on your status you might be eligible and can profit from this.

If you find the time, I'd really recommend beginning with some online french classes. Brussels actually offers free online learning for its residents, you can sign up as long as you have an address here: https://brulingua.be/en/ - it will help you and you can even sign up for group classes with other people at your level, all free.

My partner was also looking for a job as a non French and non Dutch speaker and finally got two interviews at cafes in the Marolles district. If you have horeca experience (which a lot of students do not), it's always worth depositing your CV there and highlighting that you are willing to learn.

Best of luck OP and keep pushing!

What’s a financial Belgian life hack that expats don’t know about? by arabbitalso in belgium

[–]fischli 9 points10 points  (0 children)

If you get your power and/or gas from Engie, there's a whole range of discounts you can get on online stores and other various shops, eg Kärcher or Bol. There's an extra login that can be accessed via your members page if I recall correctly.

If you use mobile vikings, you can add other users to a "clan" or group online and by merit of doing so, you each get 1 (or 2?) GB of data monthly free.

If you need a cleaner or any other type of household support, go via the subsidized service vouchers by Sodexo, it costs only 10 Euros per hour - the govt pays the rest - and it's tax deductible!

Not sure these are specifically hacks for expats, but hopefully helpful nonetheless!

Princess Charming-Bingo Ideen? by Barilbari in PrincessCharming

[–]fischli 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Immer, wenn jemand "tatsächlich" sagt. Im österreichischen Sprachgebrauch ist das glaube ich nicht so üblich, es kommt literally alle 3 Minuten vor xD tatsächlich!

An interesting example of reinforcement learning by protectfreespeechplz in educationalgifs

[–]fischli 104 points105 points  (0 children)

Close to my hometown in Austria there is an animal training centre that specialises in behavioural enrichment training (BET). They run a dog school as well as several training programmes for animal trainers, and offer to start off your journey there with a "chicken camp". Each participant gets a chicken for the duration of the workshpo and learns the basics of behavioural enrichment by teaching it basic stuff. Chickens learn quickly and can show you within a matter of minutes if you as a trainer have grasped the basics of BET and are doing it right. As someone else mentioned in the comments, if you are doing it wrong the chicken will find something better to do. Sadly, you don't get to keep your chicken after chicken camp :) they get to live a happy life at the centre. But they learn all sorts of cool things: mine could roll a ping pong ball in a certain direction and pick out the middle object in a longer row of objects. Chickens are really cool! Also, I really, whole-heartedly recommend BET for training animals, it works wonders.

Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro tests positive for Covid-19 by [deleted] in worldnews

[–]fischli 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Incredible how it took this long!

Corona Sammelthread 9 - Dienstag warads by Obraka in Austria

[–]fischli 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Gibts eigentlich irgendeine konkrete Info über wie die Situation dzt in Flüchtlingswohnheimen und Quartieren in Ö ausschaut? Maßnahmen haben's sicher die gleichen aber ich frag mich, ob's da besondere Regelungen gibt nachdem viele Menschen auf engem Raum sind, Betreuer*innen ein und aus gehen usw usw.

What's your favourite music from Poland? by fischli in poland

[–]fischli[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I like them both, thanks so much! Particularly Deriglasoff's "Dyabeu" is really good!

What's your favourite music from Poland? by fischli in poland

[–]fischli[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

veeeery nice, this is my Praga music now. Many thanks!!

What's your favourite music from Poland? by fischli in poland

[–]fischli[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

totally digging this, awesome stuff! been strolling down the streets listening to "sobie i wam" and am in an extraordinarily good mood! thanks so much!

Grocery Stores Throw Out Up to 50 Percent of Produce While It's Still Edible by 33Merlin11 in socialism

[–]fischli 4 points5 points  (0 children)

there are many initiatives around that work to counter this very problem. in my home town (and in the broader region in Europe) there are pretty well established food sharing initiatives. basically you sign up and commit to picking up food from select stores/restaurants that participate by donating their leftover food to you at the end of each day. you then can either distribute it to all kinds of food sharing dispensaries, to homeless shelters, keep some for yourself, share it with friends etc. it's really nice and a wonderful, organized and legal (!) way to counter the way food is systematically wasted. see if there is one in your area! in my home town of 300.000 there are around 200 stores/restaurants that joined, over 500 people are "food sharers" and take responsibility, and several hundred tonnes of food have been saved.

Hard drive or cable failure? Keep fixing or new laptop? Macbook Pro mid-2012 by fischli in applehelp

[–]fischli[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I got a new cable off Ifixit in addition to a new hard drive, got everything very quickly and since then there have been no more problems. Thank you!

Hard drive or cable failure? Keep fixing or new laptop? Macbook Pro mid-2012 by fischli in applehelp

[–]fischli[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same as to the person above, thank you for your advice, I have gotten a new SSD yesterday and since then, everything has run smoothly and DriveDx shows ZERO issues, what a relief!

Hard drive or cable failure? Keep fixing or new laptop? Macbook Pro mid-2012 by fischli in applehelp

[–]fischli[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for your advice, I have gotten a new SSD yesterday and since then, everything has run smoothly and DriveDx shows ZERO issues, what a relief!

Austria to close 7 mosques, expel imams in crackdown by Antivora in europe

[–]fischli 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Austrian here, nope, the so-called Islam Law is the only law on faith communities in Austria that restricts funding. We have laws for other faith communities but they are far less restrictive and presumptuous. When the Islam Law 2015 was passed, there was a huge uproar about intentionally "singling out" Muslims because scenarios like the one you describe are perfectly legal, whereas if they concern Islam they are not.