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There is a word for "love" in dutch; it's the noun "liefde" (of which lieve is an adjective). However you cannot use "liefde" as a verb, hence my question if this is the case in De…

From the article; > The contours of Pennsylvania Dutch words are harder and sharper than English ones. It’s hard to ask for a soft favor. Difficult to communicate affection, imposs…

When you start a journey, the time you check in at the access gate is taken as the check-in time for your whole journey with that train company. (You may have to check-in and out i…

Regardless of the poor security guarentees and or personal disinterest in such a service. I don't think services which offer continuous services should ever have a "lifetime" price…

Well there's this press release they would publish a report: https://www.vttresearch.com/en/news-and-ideas/donut-lab-comm... with as author the same name on the digital signature "…

These damn employees, what are they thinking that they could better their employment and lives. They're a bunch of hypocrites for wanting a better piece of the cake of the billion …

It's an interesting topic, I think a comment could't accommodate all the differences between the labor markets. I'll say this much, our justice systems in western Europe (with the …

So? They're employees too, I can handle a bad manager, I can't handle being fired over some bullshit. That manager has a mortgage too, you know? It's nothing personal, it's busines…

We have a justice system based on reasonable interpretation by judges, which is a bit less "strict" literal interpretation of contracts. Mine says "Software development", some coll…

Where I'm from (western europe) we have this, but unironically. Imagine the horror not having to worry over not being able to pay your mortgage or rent whenever your boss or some p…

That's a nice way to say "Do what I tell you regardless of what we agreed your role would be or I fire you". Talk about toxic, this kind of garbage is why workers need strong labor…

They'd probably make it illegal for cars to drive without passenger in cities like Amsterdam without a taxi license to prevent traffic jams of cars driving around to avoid parking …

It doesn't, it also doesn't account for the fact that China has a larger population. The US only has about ~23% of China's population to sustain. GDP/CO2 is a silly metric to compa…

From article 4. of the GDPR: ‘personal data’ means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (‘data subject’); an identifiable natural person is one …

No, you can't pay with any currency like Zimbabwean dollars and expect the EU to force businesses to accept it, no. But this article isn't about legal tender or how debts can be re…

So Apple is forcing its customers to bundle their phone with their billing platform. Which should be illegal (as we democratically decided to have these laws), having no choice in …

Afaik after the whole PHPixie scandal, they got backlash but the PSR standards they adopted are still in use. PHPixie thread: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/php-fig/cjLBp2…

I hate it when companies want to track me and put a pop-up on their first page to ask my permission to do so. I don't care about cookies being placed on my system by my browser and…

"How to better waste time by using your time less efficiently." Bad: 0.0005 - Good: 0.9995

Lol, our employees who have access to sensitive data cannot be citizens of: - A country the country our company is based in is currently in war with. - A communist dictatorship kno…

What does afford mean in this context? Does it mean people self-report that they can't afford to go on holiday or does it mean they did not go last time or is it a function of disp…

U vraagt, wij draaien: https://www.consumentenbond.nl/sparen-en-beleggen/beleggings... https://www.iex.nl/Column/117156/DeGiro-en-het-risico.aspx https://www.reddit.com/r/DutchFIRE…

Not only are they green washing, they're also trying to blame the consumer for using their polluting products by telling them they should fly less. Like they're being responsible, …

As an EU citizen, language is more than just translation. Free interpreters like Google Translate are very useful but will never be a substitute for learning a foreign language. Be…

I'm actually on the fence on article 13, I actually like the fact that commercial operators will be liable for the content on their platform under art. 13. For me, article 11 is wa…