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Local municipalities have veto rights to block development. There are also a bunch of rules, often overlapping, than may stop planning. All planning decisions can also be (and are)…

The interest rate deduction has been around longer than that. In 1990/1991 it was reduced to 30% from 50%. Low interest rates, the deduction, no wealth tax and a massively reduced …

You are joking right? Syria used sarin gas on civilians. There are few things as terrifying and atrocious as chemical weapons. It is absolute insanity to use nerve gas, never mind …

They aren't actually located in Stockholm, but close enough to use resources from the Stockholm Area. Supposedly the DCs will be located in Västerås, Eskilstuna and Katrineholm[0].…

IKEA actually publishes a yearly report[1] that is close to what a public company would publish. But they don't have to. Regardless, the 500 shareholder thing specifically applies …

Snapchat is already big in Europe so it has appeal outside of the US. This is of course not true for all markets and age segments but SC is extremely popular.

Automattic has over 500 employees, yet they are also "Just a blog platform" Though I believe they are actually profitable.

>They bought way too much stock, and never worked with size curves, just flat ranges. Oh dear... I can get bringing in too much stock, It is understandable as a new young company t…

That sounds like an utter waste of time for everyone involved.

There are a lot of people who bike all year. Though less than in spring-autumn. You probably need/want winter tires for your bike and it may be cold but sure, it is possible. The b…

About 35 minutes. 5 min walk to the bus, one bus stop then hopping on the subway for 20 min, luckily I don't have to change so I can just relax for those 20 min. Then a 10 minute w…

Cannot edit the original post anymore. I have added new statistics at the bottom, including 10th and 90th percentile. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1yPjcXoKuwq8SBngQ2-G9..…

Yep all very true. I believe the salary listed here is pre-tax so the take home pay (for someone living in Stockholm) would be 30 330 Kr/m or $42.5k/yr. This number excludes social…

Here is a quick Google Sheets with most "Developer employee codes" that are reported to the tax authority/Statistics Sweden. Salaries listed per Quartile, in SEK. The categories ar…

ISDS aren't exactly new. I believe current trade deals already include them so CETA would not materially change that. ISDS is a red herring

What makes you think that? Tax breaks on repairs would not adversely and unfairly impact companies possibility to sell in Sweden.

Botox is very efficient and generally lasts about 3-6 months. In my experience there are no complications and it really does work. I have not tried it on my hands but according to …

When I worked in manual labour (warehouses etc) that was certainly the case but in a white-collar job it is much less structured in my experience, we may have a formal fika once a …

I have a question regarding the 9-5 working day. Do Americans really work 9-5 and regard this as an 8 hour working day? Or is this a legacy of the old days with paid lunch or such?…

As someone who makes a living off Windows software, surely you have paid for your license? Else you got absolutely no right to complain about anything breaking.