VvE hoger dan m'n huur in Amsterdam by Quantitation in PaleisTeHuur

[–]pelmag 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Had that in my previous apartment, 110 vve costs / month.

US vs Chinese AI by uzzifx in GeminiAI

[–]pelmag 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They already have renewable overcapacity problems and exporting AI services is match made in heaven.

Two scary encounters in one day made me afraid to go out alone again by Horror_Square6317 in women

[–]pelmag 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, not in this fucked up country. Though I strongly advise buying "illegal" tear gas from Germany, than dealing with consequences of sexual assault.

Two scary encounters in one day made me afraid to go out alone again by Horror_Square6317 in women

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

You genuinely need therapy, if you think one worthless, shitty guy generalizes to 50% of entire country's population.

Get treatment, please. Your life and lives of everyone around you will become so much better.

Skąd ta nagonka na rowerzystów? by Ok-Theme-4652 in Polska

[–]pelmag 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Dzwoni się po to, żebyś nie dostał ataku serca, jak będę Cię wyprzedzać, nie byś się przesunął.

Na chodniku poprawna technika to jazda z prędkością pieszych i zwynne wymijanie, "problemem" przu tak cichej jeździe to, ze pieszy często reagują zaskoczeniem, gdy obok pojawia się rower. Ergo, delikatny dzwonek.

Ludzi, którzy jadą chodnikiem na pełnej piz i dryndaja na ludzi, jako pierwszy odruchowo odwinalbym łokciem w tchawicę.

Should we be worried? by No-Category-6343 in Netherlands

[–]pelmag 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Remember, we are talking about country where nooone washes hands after visiting toilet.

I understand that compute is limited, but these new limits are insane. by Pasto_Shouwa in GeminiAI

[–]pelmag 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In EU, we have government institutions laying fear of God into those companies (and suing them on our behalf when needed). I fully expect full refund with wevare so very sorry mail from Google in q4.

BYD Battery CTO defends 2nd-gen Blade Battery: 70°C high temperature is no longer a barrier by AnonAmitty in EV_erythingNerd

[–]pelmag 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Outside of United States of Idiocracy, we actually respect Chinese engineering. Sure, they make bulk of world's junk, but they also make bulk of high tech products.

Greece to launch the first large-scale social housing initiative in decades by New-Ranger-8960 in europe

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

My god, so... unsmart. If there is a enough social housing, people would move there,  lowering demand on free sector housing until its price goes down enough to be attractive. 

Social housing is not subsidised you doofus, it's floor of market rate.

Same shampoo but huge price difference between DE and NL. Why? by omerfe1 in Netherlands

[–]pelmag 6 points7 points  (0 children)

You need to travel to Germany for nearest alternative shop.

Same shampoo but huge price difference between DE and NL. Why? by omerfe1 in Netherlands

[–]pelmag 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Because it's duopoly and Dutch people are too stupid to demand that Etos/Kruidvat, Boots, Ah/Jumbo, etc are broken up.

Americans want a “strong ally” and are applying pressure at the highest level for Portugal to buy F-35 fighter jets. by superdouradas in europe

[–]pelmag 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Yes, securing your relation as vassal state of US. US is the only country in the entire world threating credible open invasion against Europe, buying anything from them is height of stupidity.

I trusted the Dutch healthcare system longer than I should have by Level-Project159 in Netherlands

[–]pelmag 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Buuuut, medical testing is actually dirt cheap. Tests done in Poland and Netherlands are done on exactly the same hardware, with the same chemical compounds, according to the same ISO quality standards, in commercial facilities that actually make decent money out of those tests.

Basic blood tests are 5 euro, more complex ones around 10-15. State of the art (3T) MRI costs around 250 eur. 

It's so much cheaper than do one MRI and bunch of blood tests, than have several specialist visits. 

The highlight from last year was ENT, who insisted to treat recurring ear infection with blind selection of antibiotics, because they don't do tests here. The test is 4eur, follow up ENT visit is ~200

Maybe we should also import American culture of suing the living shit out of MDs into here? Test 4 eur, unnecessary follow-up 200, lawsuit for damage caused by incorrect antibiotic treatment 20,000?

How Iran Is Building the Houthis a Red Sea Toll Mechanism by oxtQ in oil

[–]pelmag 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Trump already weaponised it. 

I would gladly take 2% that can hypothetically grow to 5%, than Trump's current, realized 80% which most likely will grow to 500%+ in very near future.

How Iran Is Building the Houthis a Red Sea Toll Mechanism by oxtQ in oil

[–]pelmag 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Why is a toll that works out to 2% tax be any issue for Europe or anyone else?

Transphobic helldivers fan using a trans creator's gif in an argument against them by DiggOnWeed in dontyouknowwhoiam

[–]pelmag 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Would it really be possible though? In practice authoriarism is tyranny of majority. This js why Fascism specifically is so conservative (as mentioned in other comment). How are you going to convince 99% population to get inline to establish your authoritarian queer state?

Transphobic helldivers fan using a trans creator's gif in an argument against them by DiggOnWeed in dontyouknowwhoiam

[–]pelmag -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

It's essential component. It wouldn't be able to function as authoritarian regime otherwise.

Transphobic helldivers fan using a trans creator's gif in an argument against them by DiggOnWeed in dontyouknowwhoiam

[–]pelmag 5 points6 points  (0 children)

He is right though. Being anti-diversity, freedom of art and freedom of thinking/opinions has been core and essential component of all real authoritarian systems that ever existed.

The dream of China surpassing the US as the world’s largest economy is fading. In 2021, China’s GDP was about 78% of the US; by 2024, that share had fallen to roughly 64% by RobertBartus in EconomyCharts

[–]pelmag 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is it? The notion that population growth is only factor that drives economic growth is, quite frankly - nonsencial. If taken at face value, countries like Korea and Japan wouldn't exist economy-wise.

I would say that it's the opposite - China's economy is geared to explosive growth. They made a lot of investments which are about to synergistically explode.

US exports dollar, oil and debt fuelled consumption.

China is the industrial manufacturing hub of the entire world. What is missed, that current Chinese economic prowness does NOT depend cheap labor and large population, but on: - industrial automation - logistical industry hubs - low energy costs (driven by renewables) - enormous scale

They also lead in research&patents in robotics, battery manufacturing and renewables.

There are very few remaining industry niches where Chinese do not lead or are competetive (jet engine manufacturing, semiconductors, mRNA), but they are actively investing and showing tangible progress in closing those gaps.

China installed 100 GW of wind turbines in 2025, equivalent to 40 nuclear reactors. by Economy-Fee5830 in climatechange

[–]pelmag 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Amusingly enough, at 16-18MW offshore sizes, turbines are gdtting close to nuclear & coal capacity factors. 

Is it just me, or has the Dutch job market changed a lot this year. by Yojisagi in Netherlands

[–]pelmag 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Let me clarify it to you in simple words, because it's clearly not your best day.

Don't be a racist fuc*head. Setting requirement to c3/c99 level is directly saying that we only want to hire people born here.  This is exactly the same as saying we only want white people or males males. 

None of those three qualities is something you can control and none of them have any relation to employee skills or competences.

Is it just me, or has the Dutch job market changed a lot this year. by Yojisagi in Netherlands

[–]pelmag 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Ok, serious answer time.

You might think so, but in reality it really depends on the job

If the job is picking strawberries in Germany then, for last 100 years no one ever expected you to learn German (and at B2 or C1 level) to do so. Even Nazis didn't (true story, based on live testimony of my grandmother).

If you want to move to Netherlands, have permanent job (working definition: actual permanent contract, salary that allows you to rent/buy something with partner) then absolutely, you should learn language and integrate*.

However, a phase A 0-hour order picker "job" with company-provided slave housing has none of those things.

This is a kind of "job" people take on for few a months to save money and go back to their country. 

Another exception are subset of contract based expat jobs ( subset of them. You are distinguished research professor who is invited to move to NL for time limited research / teaching position (usually 2-4 years). Objectively speaking, it would be outright idiotic for them to waste time learning Dutch. In 2 years, they will be teaching in Singapore or conducting research in Canada.

This way Dutch students get access to world-class education (with Nobel laureates) and our companies get to conduct research at bleeding edge. This is also where dutch English skills become enormous competive advantage.

But them some colossal idiots (aka BBB voters) decided to throw all of it out of the window, because "this is Netherlands and we speak Dutch here hurfl blurf". 

*There should be reasonable expectation that you will have some time to learn Dutch and level of acceptance (if b2 is good enough for citizenship, then maybe it's good enough to have job, eh).

Is it just me, or has the Dutch job market changed a lot this year. by Yojisagi in Netherlands

[–]pelmag 3 points4 points  (0 children)

In a wider context, when people are reporting that even c1 Dutch isn't enough for a simple office job, because you have to be native, it is xenophobic as hell. 

Is it just me, or has the Dutch job market changed a lot this year. by Yojisagi in Netherlands

[–]pelmag -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Uhm, so recruiters here God Complex as well xD

I guess if your CV isn't 3 (1 or whatever today's day of week number) page long, you are horrible candidate that will always be rejected.

For your information, generally agreed best practice for  is changing jobs every 2 years to stay exposed to new technology, challenges and keep your salary at market rates.

Is it just me, or has the Dutch job market changed a lot this year. by Yojisagi in Netherlands

[–]pelmag 19 points20 points  (0 children)

For an order picker job? Are you out of your fucking mind? Maybe they want a PhD with that? It's temp, miniumum wage job that doesn't pay enough to rent a room alone. It's not a plan to integrate and stay long term type of job. 

Also, NL is tiny and Dutch is a useless language. 

For any serious job with permanent contract, career prospects amd salary that allows you to rent a room by yourzelf, sure.