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50,000 sounds like a lot. Most people in West European countries don’t make that much.

I don’t know, I do associate the name Roman with Russia just because the only Roman I can think of is Roman Abramovich.

It can be also a married person tax depending on your circumstances. If both spouses make similar amounts then they are getting taxed more as a married couple, because the bracket …

The lottery has been around since way before 2020, I believe. You do get preferential assignment to one school close to you. Most schools can take in all the kids that have this ne…

I’ve heard of a grocery store in France that packages everything in glass. https://ledrivetoutnu.com/pages/le-super-tout-nu?srsltid=Afm...

Location: San Francisco, CA Remote: Yes (Pacific Time Zone) Willing to Relocate: No Technologies: n.a. Résumé/CV: Strategy & Ops person. Experience in management consulting, then l…

My recently acquired Bosch dishwasher does a fine job.

I think French people would do 4 with just the pinkie down. At least this specific French person does :). In my case that means the ring finger is not perfectly up, but still enoug…

Well, it happened to all of us for months for the past several months: in many places, people were prevented from "living their normal lives": in San Francisco, you could no longer…

I think CDC is saying vaccinated people should be masking, because they may still transmit the virus to all the unvacinated out there that have a much higher likelihood of ending u…

French seems to be La Chenille qui fait des trous: The Caterpillar That Makes Holes. Very underwhelming compared to the German or Dutch translations if you ask me!

French people would most commonly say « un mètre quatre-vingt » meaning one meter eighty, centimeters being implied at the end.

Kanopy has a few or her movies. It's a platform that partners with public libraries to make content available to their members. For those in San Francisco, for instance, you can ge…

I thought the same (bad transit, people don't use it, it becomes even worse), but after no longer being able to ride my bike, I realized that many buses and Muni trains are packed …

Congo by David Van Reybrouck was recommended to me as a great book, but I haven't read it yet!

I’ve been wondering about that when it comes to rent-controlled places like SF. It seems « tenant occupied » properties sell for less than equivalent empty places. Then is it worth…

I think this was referring to sperm donation.