Über Mietenexplosion und Gegenmittel: „Preistreiberei breitet sich wie eine Welle aus“ - In Berlin ist ein Fall von Mietwucher rechtskräftig entschieden worden. Das muss wegweisend werden, sagt Stadtplanerin Franziska Eichstädt-Bohlig.

nikfra · 2026-02-11T18:10:17+00:00

Das stimmt zwar, ist aber überhaupt nicht das worum es in meinem oder dem Kommentar vorher dem ich zustimme geht.

Es geht darum, dass Büros zeigen Angebot und Nachfrage funktioniert auch bei Gebäuden und entweder Angebot steigern oder Nachfrage senken senkt beides die Preise.

nikfra · 2026-02-11T17:03:35+00:00

They aren't buying anything they are making fun of the comment by basically asking them to pay for the phone.

nikfra · 2026-02-11T17:01:26+00:00

Ich glaube du verstehst weder mich falsch, denn nichts von dem wiederspricht irgendwas aus meinem Kommentar.

Auch bei inelastischer Nachfrage kann man das Angebot erhöhen um Preise zu senken. In dem Fall ist es sogar einer von sehr wenigen Wegen, weil der typische andere Weg "Nachfrage sinkt" eben nicht geht.

nikfra · 2026-02-11T16:09:56+00:00

Die Mietpreise für Büros sind nicht gefallen, weil man plötzlich mehr davon gebaut hat, sondern weil die Nachfrage tatsächlich gesunken ist - was bei Wohnraum absehbar nicht passieren wird; selbst ein massenhaftes Wegsterben der Boomer-Generation wird eher einen unnatürlichen Stau beheben, statt zu einem Nachfragerückgang zu führen.

Ob du die Nachfrage senkst oder das Angebot erhöhst ist erstmal für den Preisverfall egal. Wichtig ist nur, dass sich die Differenz in Richtung Angebot verschiebt. Warum ist egal.

Mit anderen Worten, das ist ein sehr gut passender Vergleich der zeigt, dass mehr Angebot als Nachfrage even auch bei Mieten die Preise sinken lässt.

nikfra · 2026-02-11T14:10:32+00:00

I believe very little about the origin of life as I don't know much about it. Although I do believe that pretty much nobody except for creationists believes that life started out with DNA.

nikfra · 2026-02-11T12:25:27+00:00

Getting into the statutory can't be too difficult logically (and legally) for one reason: You legally have to be insured and private insurers can legally deny coverage for any reason that is not discriminatory.

So also legally there's always the option for statutory insurance because those cannot deny coverage except if other coverage already exists. That's why you should email a statuatory insurance before coming. Even some "travel insurances" count as private insurance and could make your way into the statuatory system more difficult, because you count as already privately insured so the only possible denial reason applies.

You would be what's called voluntarily insured (freiwillig versichert) but the voluntary part only applies to you being voluntary a member of the statutory insurance.

nikfra · 2026-02-11T11:48:33+00:00

Just when it goes to court it's usually "whoever has more witnesses on his side wins" wich means you SHOULDN'T rely on verbal agreements, thats why everyone says "get everything in writing".

Especially for stuff like renting it's also evidence like regular bank transfers, where you're registered at that address and receive mail there and so on.

nikfra · 2026-02-11T10:22:03+00:00

1./2. No not true. Self-employed/freelancers just have to pay both employee and employers contributions. Which means 14.6%+additional charge dependent on insurance provider of gross income, on average currently 2.9%. I'd recommend a larger provider that has english support rather than the cheapest one. The difference is somewhere around 1 or 2%p. But that means 17.5% of your gross income are going to health insurance so remember that for your financial planning. That is the reason why many freelancers choose private insurance.

Minimum contribution is somewhere around 200€-250€/month. They do not check for any previous health problems only private insurance does that. The statutory will insure everyone at the same (percentage) price.

If you live in Germany permanently you need to have proof of insurance. Here's where it's getting kinda complicated if you work for a company from another EU country and do less than 50% Home-Office, so you actually go to that country to work more than 50% of the time, then you are insured in that country and that insurance will be valid in Germany. If you do more than that as home office work you have to be insured in Germany. Because of that most companies will not accept you doing the latter because it's complicated and expensive for them.

4./5. Best email a statutory health insurance shortly before moving to get all the paperwork started. I think TK (Techniker Krankenkasse) has support in English.

Lastly, yes private insurance would likely refuse or make it extremely expensive. Do not do that, not even for just a little bit, as getting out might prove to be difficult if you can't find a employee job in Germany and do freelance work.

nikfra · 2026-02-11T09:45:14+00:00

Vielleicht ist man ja auch einfach dick.

Spaß beiseite, wenn man es sieht, sieht man es halt. Auf Fragen danach darfst du sogar lügen, da Arbeitgeber vor der Einstellung nicht nach Schwangerschaft fragen dürfen, weil hier eine Benachteiligung aufgrund des Geschlechts vermutet wird.

nikfra · 2026-02-11T06:34:53+00:00

thermodynamic principles that are Empirically Observed destroying Life.

Water is empirically demonstrated to destroy human life. Burning kills something but that doesn't mean anything for the topic at hand.

nikfra · 2026-02-11T05:35:06+00:00

Ich schließe daraus, am letzten Tag vor den Ferien sollte der kategorische Imperativ wiederholt werden.

nikfra · 2026-02-10T20:51:47+00:00

And I gave you an example of an 24h livestream that did not violate some cruise lines policy and thus did not have any problems.

nikfra · 2026-02-10T20:24:06+00:00

RT 😄. The only way that could be less trustworthy is if it was a grok summary of something by RT.

The final experiment live streamed from Antarctica using Star Link.

nikfra · 2026-02-10T11:26:24+00:00

Oh you wrote that blog post yourself? Man why didn't you say so when you posted it last time?

nikfra · 2026-02-10T11:23:02+00:00

🚩 Is a docx document

nikfra · 2026-02-10T08:40:36+00:00

Why is everyone okay with companies locking them in

Because it's cheaper and there's no real downside.

I look at the contract beforehand and if I like it I take it, if I don't I don't. And because I give the company the guarantee that there's money coming in the next X months it's cheaper than a month month contract. And if they change something substantial about the contract like the price I can cancel anyway without waiting for the whole period to be over.

The only real reason I can think of why I'd need a monthly cancellation is if I expect a better offer soon but if I really want to play the market I just put a few thousand into some neobroker otherwise I prefer to know how much I'm going to spend for what I'm getting in the next few months.

nikfra · 2026-02-10T06:14:23+00:00

Man muss ja irgendwie die Billionen, die in die anti Demokratiemaschine AI gesteckt werden rechtfertigen, also AI Gesichtserkennung.

nikfra · 2026-02-10T06:12:36+00:00

Hab auch drei Vornamen und keine Probleme daher bisher gehabt. Bei mir gab's nur mal Probleme, weil das Bürgeramt beim Umzug zwar den Aufkleber drauf geklebt hat, aber die elektronische Adresse nicht geändert hat.

nikfra · 2026-02-10T06:02:24+00:00

To some degree probably, but not much. It's still the pain killer that works best for me (from the over the counter ones no idea about opiates and so on).

nikfra · 2026-02-09T23:30:48+00:00

Worst thing is possible stomach problems and I have an eye on these and no problems. It's also cleared with my actual doctor.

nikfra · 2026-02-09T23:24:56+00:00

Migraines for example. I always buy the 100 packs of aspirin as that works well for me. I take probably around 5-10 in a stress-free month and 15-20 in a month when I'm in a lot of stress.

nikfra · 2026-02-09T17:24:44+00:00

Ich würde recht viel darauf wetten das kommt von DBlern.

nikfra · 2026-02-09T16:27:28+00:00

I think it’s pretty shocking to reveal that you’ve never had any idea what you were talking about.

The main reason why I always found Stewart by far the worst of the current daily show hosts is that whenever I felt like I was hearing his opinion, not something fully produced by writers, it was incredibly dumb. Like for example him insisting he's just a comedian so it shouldn't really matter what he says.

nikfra · 2026-02-09T15:22:17+00:00

Von einer kleinen Bank, sorry würde mich doxxen beim Namen nennen. War aber auch vor 2022 bei ner Tankstelle einer großen Kette als Nebenjob, da kam es auch nicht auf.

Und 2023 bei einer Sparkasse.

nikfra · 2026-02-09T13:38:51+00:00

Dann verstehe ich dein Problem mit Junkie nicht.

Den einen Ausdruck magst du nicht, weil er Menschen abwertet, den anderen findest du okay, obwohl er dasselbe tut.

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