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Re: Show HN: Stretch My Time Off – An Algorithm to Optimize Your Vacation Days

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Post by kleiba »

l_h wrote: post #143
PenguinCoder wrote: post #129

Earlier quoted context omitted.

_Whose_ permission is needed? You're their parent , that's all the "permissions" needed.

In the Netherlands (and other countries), you have something called "leerplicht" or obligatory education law, and have to ask the school for permission. The school is allowed to make an exemption for a maximum of 10 days, above that you need to contact the school attendance officer. This can only be provided if the reason falls under some specific types. If you want to take your children on a holiday outside the nati…

It's the same in Germany, plus home schooling is not permitted (except in some very specific circumstances).

Re: Show HN: Stretch My Time Off – An Algorithm to Optimize Your Vacation Days

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Post by drdoooom »

aziaziazi wrote: post #55

Congrats ! However I feel the claim is lying to me and inconsistant: « In […], there are 11 public holidays in 2024. Let's stretch your time off from 25 days to 61 days » 61 actually adds up my time off (25) with adjacent week ends and public holidays (27). The 9 missing are week ends already next to public holliday but without any proposed time off extension. If you’re gonna count the WE next to PU it would be fair…

I didn't like this either, seems kind of slimy.

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Post by IshKebab »

nsxwolf wrote: post #158
IshKebab wrote: post #154

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Or you can just catch up when you're working? I don't understand what this has to do with agile. Are they going to fire you if you don't finish the sprint's tasks?

Eventually, yes? Everywhere I’ve ever worked has treated sprints as an endless series of 2 week deadlines. (Yes, I understand this is not “real” agile. I’ve never seen “real” agile and don’t personally know anyone who has.)

Well that sucks. Everywhere I've worked has treated sprints as a short term planning exercise. There's no penalty for not finishing all your sprint tasks; it just means your estimate was off and you probably need to add less work to the next sprint.

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Post by rapfaria »

Folks under brazilian law , employed as "CLT", have 30 days PTO, but it must be divided into up to three periods, one of them has to be at least 14 consecutive days, and the other two at least 5 days each.

Sure would be nice to stretch 30 days to 61 as the app suggests...

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Post by zachd »

jorisnoo wrote: post #112

Hey, that's an impressive site for being built using a code assistant. I was wondering where you got the list of countries from or whether you're using a library for the dropdown? (Curious because visiting the site from Taiwan it lists it as "Taiwan, Province of China")

Hi, thanks for your feedback! The list of countries comes from a popular ISO-3166-1 npm package.

I can see there was already much discussion about this topic over on their repo https://github.com/michaelwittig/node-i18n-iso-countries/iss...

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Post by BrandoElFollito »

PenguinCoder wrote: post #129
Freak_NL wrote: post #123

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah, that doesn't work in a lot of countries. I can be assertive all I want, but if I pull my child out of school without permission, I risk getting a call from the local child protection services and/or getting fined.

_Whose_ permission is needed? You're their parent , that's all the "permissions" needed.

I live in a country that has laws that protect the children, this includes making sure they get an education.

So now you are not free to do whatever you wish or force schools to teach the way you would like to.

And this is great.

And I also pulled my kids from school once or twice to get a better price on skiing but I am ashamed of myself.

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Post by BrandoElFollito »

j45 wrote: post #136
Winse wrote: post #114

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When I had younger children, we would just pull them from school on occasion. This did require a bit coordinating with homework, teachers etc, but they don't have to be in school. On a more serious note, schools are there to serve you, be assertive about your children being yours, they do not belong to the state (at least in the USA).

If kids are performing academically there isn’t much grounds for the school to stand on.

If I am driving 200 km/h but did not have an accident there isn't much grounds for police to fine me.

Law is not optional.

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Post by zachd »

spzzz wrote: post #63

Really neat idea! However, half of the world has Monday as the first day of the week. A setting to change that would be nice :) Also there are some holidays missing for Sweden. This is stated in the Swedish Annual Leave Act, which establishes that Midsummer's Eve as well as Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve is to be considered equivalent to a Sunday. https://www.government.se/contentassets/eaf3467d4f484c9fb727...

Hi, thanks for your feedback. GPT was able to make your change for Monday vs Sunday week starting :)

Re: Show HN: Stretch My Time Off – An Algorithm to Optimize Your Vacation Days

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Post by BrandoElFollito »

aziaziazi wrote: post #55

Congrats ! However I feel the claim is lying to me and inconsistant: « In […], there are 11 public holidays in 2024. Let's stretch your time off from 25 days to 61 days » 61 actually adds up my time off (25) with adjacent week ends and public holidays (27). The 9 missing are week ends already next to public holliday but without any proposed time off extension. If you’re gonna count the WE next to PU it would be fair…

This reminds how my dad explained me when I was a kid that I actually never go to school (despite evidence for the opposite :))

He would count the days of, than all the weekend, then all the hours I am an home across the year (so double counting what he subtracted before) etc, ending with zero days left for school.

This was driving me mad when I was walking to school :)

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