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It has nothing to do with it. It was a direct response to the idea that the only people ordering from food delivery services are lazy, which is simply not true. I was incapacitated…

Maybe. But remember that the employees themselves voted on this. This was done by an independent auditor.

Depends on the economics. The food delivery companies take around 25-30% here in Finland (Wolt & Foodora). If the delivery fees were free, I'd order more food and Wolt would get mo…

It's not just lazy people that rely on these services. It's disabled people too.

73% [1] of couriers don't want to be employees (in Finland). They are quite happy with this arrangement as it means they are paid more. The survey that was conducted was quite thor…

This is exactly what I see happening. Restaurants are increasing prices to cover the “Wolt tax”. My local McDonald’s does this.

“Cleared” is a bit of a red herring. In reality this means ploughed. You’re still riding on compacted snow with puncture-wielding stones on top. In the capital they do “clear” some…

This isn’t such a problem with high end brands. I have a specialized ebike and am fairly sure I’ll get 5-10 years out of it. Only concern is the motor.

Much like cars, studded tyres are available for bicycles too. It’s a marginal cost. Only hassle is changing them, if you want to use the same rims.

Here in Finland best you can do is 1% depreciation a month. So after two years you’ve lost 24% value of your bike if it’s stolen. That’s a significant amount of money on top of a d…

While I have your ear, what is the actual "goggle" performance like? These came up as the highest-end option when I was looking for a new pair. I have constant problems with every …

They also have these, believe it or not, for swimmers https://eu.formswim.com/products/smart-swim-goggles

At least when I was doing the interrail those options were not available with the ticket without paying considerably more. I've taken 2 person cabins here to Lapland (from Helsinki…

All the sentimental comments here around travelling by train make me wonder if Europe is just not good at this. I did the interrail about eight years ago and some of the worst nigh…

These problems, much like the IE problems back in the day are well documented. Much like you need domain knowledge to work on the back-end this is "par for the course" in front-end…

Yep this is the point. Back-end for sure is simpler if you are not operating at any meaningful scale. As soon as you start tackling the problems mentioned in my OP, things get (muc…

It really isn’t. I’m full stack and do both every day. I’ve been doing both since the days of IE5. Things have changed a lot but the challenges you face on the back-end with differ…

Thanks for the reply Jonathan. Sadly just for those who it's probably too late for, and a reactive response rather than pro-active (i.e. to prevent being hospitalised in the first …

I’ve heard about these MCA treatments in articles but am surprised to hear in these comments about it actually already being in use. My father is an immunocompromised transplant pa…

I've no idea of the Geography you are referring to in the DC area, being European. That said Uusimaa is a region, Helsinki is a (capital city). Helsinki spans quite a large geograp…

Uusimaa is a huge area, covering far more than Helsinki. I'm talking specifically about the metropolitan area.

I’d like to point out that the correlation between size and public transport isn’t always applicable. Helsinki has a fantastic and uncrowned public transport system. It’s also affo…

The number one thing stopping this is resolution. Monitors need to be sharp and crisp. It's none of those things in VR.

This isn’t secure re: your last point. If every country in Europe has numerous private keys it’s inevitable they’re leaked and used to sign fake vaccine passes.

Can someone tell me how the verification works? From what I understand the data is signed. So someone has the key? Who controls the keys? We have an EU wide passport so are governm…