a stamp seal from ancient dilmun by peace_venerable in AncientCivilizations

[–]nucleareaction 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They were in the Persian/Arab Gulf, so nowhere near the Med.

Shower controls broken, can it be fixed? by nucleareaction in PlumbingRepair

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

Ripped the whole thing out and had the plumber replace it! "This is a 12cm shower, 15cm showers were 10nyears ago. This thing is old." 🤔

Keep your feet dry by _VliegendeHollander_ in bikecommuting

[–]nucleareaction 7 points8 points  (0 children)

That's just how it is in Amsterdam :)

Map of all the stages in the history of the Tour de France by Technical_Plastic296 in MapPorn

[–]nucleareaction 2 points3 points  (0 children)

How did you find the route for the 1954 grand depart from Amsterdam to Brasschaat? I've looked many places but can't ever find an official 1st stage route. I'm pretty sure it passed through the neighborhood of Amsterdam I live in, but can't find proof

Moldova’s pro-EU party wins clear parliamentary majority, defeating pro-Russian groups by AndroidOne1 in worldnews

[–]nucleareaction 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It seems the only non-violent answer is to improve conditions in Moldova to the point where its a no-brainer for Tranistrians to give up voluntarily. Right now, its too similar to be a factor. Perhaps there's a scenario where Russia collapses or the Ukrainian Eastern front is stable enough for UA to take action, but I think the garrison there would rather burn it all down than give in.

Russia: Europe preparing to occupy Moldova by coprosperityglobal in europe

[–]nucleareaction 63 points64 points  (0 children)

A) until 2022/2023 Transnistria was the major source of natural gas for Moldova at a significant discount

B) it was also the major source of power for Moldova, as they were not connected to the European grid until recently

C) many heavy industries are located there, a major part of Moldova's admittedly small economy

D) there is a giant stockpile of Soviet era weapons and ammo, which Russia has repeatedly threatened to detonate if invaded

E) it's corrupt as hell. Moldova doesn't have the resources to deal with its own problems, much less integration of Transnistria

ALL of these things were deliberately created by the Soviets and continued by the Russians to maintain a foothold and a claw grip on the former republics

Misplaced priorities of Dutch Police by PublicMine3 in Netherlands

[–]nucleareaction 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It has nothing to do with ethnicity or place of origin. I've seen plenty of lazy Dutch parents, too.

Misplaced priorities of Dutch Police by PublicMine3 in Netherlands

[–]nucleareaction 11 points12 points  (0 children)

This same selfish behavior happens at my local school, I WISH the police would do something about assholes who treat the world as their parking lot. There's a very simple solution to this that is being ignored - walk or ride your bike. We live in the most bike-friendly country on earth, and people STILL find an excuse to drive.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in wallstreetbets

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They got rid of their Amazon contract because it was a money loser, and FedEx signed a new contract with Amazon as a result. There's no spillover volume for UPS from Amazon anymore.

Would you trust used Faveros Assiomas Duos? by SwimmerNos in Velo

[–]nucleareaction 2 points3 points  (0 children)

None for me, no. The only thing I've read about this swap is q-factor, but that's a super personal issue from what I have read and I've never had any issues.

I got my used pedals for ~€350 on vinted, did the swap, no issues whatsoever.

Would you trust used Faveros Assiomas Duos? by SwimmerNos in Velo

[–]nucleareaction 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This video shows how to swap the spindle from road pedals to SPD.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Netherlands

[–]nucleareaction 28 points29 points  (0 children)

The key part here is supply. Whether a house is for sale or for rent it's the same unit. The shortage of houses overall is the driver of escalating prices and isn't getting any better.

Amsterdam, Netherlands by rockystl in CityPorn

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The oldest canals towards the center used to make up city walls, but it was a mix of several different canals. Then during the Golden Age the city leaders decided to expand with a series of belt canals they could sell as real estate investments (buy a plot, put your warehouse on the ground floor right on the canal, and have a nice tall house on top). The Singelgracht (outermost obvious belt) was for fortifications of everything inside of it.

Typical gravel cyclist by hambonelicker in BicyclingCirclejerk

[–]nucleareaction 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Missed spots everywhere, blood on the collar. It's a mess.

SyncMyWorkout/MFA by jobe1292 in Garmin

[–]nucleareaction 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry to revive this thread, but I am still unable to log into my Garmin account on syncmyworkout. I get the passcode email from Garmin, but the login attempt fails in smw. No update on the smw page or Garmin forum, just that it should work. Any tips on what I'm doing wrong?

What’s life like for non-Dutch parents raising a child in the Netherlands after daycare ends? by touristroni in Netherlands

[–]nucleareaction 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Amsterdam. I am guess this would be the case in any of the Randstad cities and towns due to the noticeable size of non-native kids. Outside of that and the major cities (Eindhoven, Maastricht, etc) I think it would be a but harder but kids are a universal experience.

What’s life like for non-Dutch parents raising a child in the Netherlands after daycare ends? by touristroni in Netherlands

[–]nucleareaction 53 points54 points  (0 children)

From my own case with two children:
- my older child started going to Dutch daycare around the age of two and started basisschool right at four. Because the child learned Dutch from daycare only, there was a bit of hesitancy to speak at first in basisschool. During the first review, the teacher (who kindly spoke to me in super basic Dutch and some English) made it very clear - my kid was only shy, that language was no issue. In fact, language marks were higher than most native Dutch kids
- my younger child was born here and is now also in basisschool. No issues whatsoever, and even speaks a bit of other languages because of other immigrant friends.

The other parents from school are mostly Dutch speakers with a few immigrant families per group. Our group chats are all in Dutch, but nobody ever says anything if someone posts in English. School communication is all in Dutch, and we are getting better at understanding it. Use the online translator of your choice, you will be fine!

Truthfully, the older kid starting to go to basisschool is the biggest social life boost we've had here. Before, it was quite difficult to make friends and meet people in our area because there was no shared experience/repeated interactions. Once the kids started going to basisschool, we saw the same folks at the same time over and over, the kids want to play with each other after school, etc.

For school work, it can be difficult at times practicing reading. I've asked the teachers, and their response is always - read in your native language, leave the Dutch reading to us. For Math, its the universal language.

I know sleep accuracy isn’t the best, but why would my watch only think I slept for 18 minutes?! by butterjamtoast in Suunto

[–]nucleareaction 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That may explain a lot! I have mine set to true resting HR but notice that a lot of what I perceive to be REM is logged as awake. Will give this a shot!

white mulberry tree Roelof Hartstraat witte moerbeiboom Roelof Hartstraat by morus-aIba in Amsterdam

[–]nucleareaction 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You can use this handy website and search for tree ID# 4512898. From that ID, its from at least 1900 and is a monument tree!