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by galvin 4mo ago
MFA is a requirement of the revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2) in the EU and many banks use their apps for authorising online card payments. Its also common to use apps as 2FA for logging in to online banking or making bank transfers
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by galvin 2y ago
The point obviously isn't to give grocery stores more money for no reason, it's to support products that have higher quality standards. Take poultry as an example, standards vary by county, but the differences between quality labe
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by galvin 2y ago
Somewhat tangential, but the EU has a directive mandating electronic invoicing for public procurement. One of the standards that has come out of that is EN 16931, also known as ZUGFeRD and Factur-X, which basically involves embedding an XML
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by galvin 3y ago
The CFA franc is used by 14 countries. Until 2020, those countries were required to deposit half of their foreign exchange reserves with the French Treasury. France also maintains a military presence in several of its former colonies. Colon
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by galvin 3y ago
The issue isn't necessarily the form of the agreement, it's verifying the identity of the signatories. If you can't see the other person signing the agreement, you need to verify that the right person is signing it. It's
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by galvin 4y ago
It takes at least 10 years to build a latest generation nuclear power plant such as Flamanville 3 or Hinkley Point C. According to the IPCC, we can't wait that long to reduce our emissions.
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by galvin 4y ago
> When 90% of the "content moderation" decisions lean towards one end of the political spectrum that's hardly a mere disagreement at the adjudication stage. Which end of the political spectrum do you mean? I've often
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by galvin 5y ago
I believe it means the airline. It's phrased that way to prevent the use of leased planes.
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by galvin 5y ago
Flamanville 3 in France was started in 2007 and is due to be launched in 2022. It's the first of its generation (in France at least) so the delays and cost overruns are not unexpected. Even so, if more are to be built they will not com
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by galvin 5y ago
The EU does not have a standard VAT rate, each country sets their own rates.
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Before the Final Frame: When Police Missteps Create Danger(nytimes.com)
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G20 Leaders Endorse Plan to Block Corporations from Sheltering Profits(nytimes.com)
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by galvin 5y ago
Most reactors in France are 1st gen whereas the new one being built is 3rd gen and the first of its kind in France. The increased safety has made construction more complicated than previous reactors but a lot of those issues are being work
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by galvin 5y ago
We use Calendly to let users book appointments for calls. They submit their number and we call them at whatever time they choose within our availability hours. If you know when you'll be available in advance maybe a similar setup could
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by galvin 5y ago
Pricing is definitely an issue, I think one of other big issues that is often overlooked is that countries with some form of national or regulated health insurance have an incentive to encourage preventative care. When everyone including he
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by galvin 5y ago
Medical practitioners and private institutions are not required to follow the state set prices in France. It's the limit of how much the social security will cover so essentially anyone who sets prices above those limits is competing w
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by galvin 5y ago
You probably don't need to test Edge on Windows if you are already testing Chrome since it's the same engine. If you really want to you can test Edge on MacOS¹ or you can use the Windows virtual machines² that Microsoft provides f
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by galvin 5y ago
The engines field is generally used for package consumers so when you do an `npm install` you know if the package is compatible with your local node version. Pinning the Node.js version for tools like nvm is used by developers of the packag
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by galvin 6y ago
Democracy requires an informed electorate and publicly funded broadcasters are a means to achieve that. The government must have as little control as possible over their funding to ensure their journalistic independence. That's the gui
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by galvin 6y ago
I know a few people who put tape over their camera so I can see some market for this. One friend in particular had an ex install some sort of remote access software on her laptop which he used to access her webcam. Personally I like to thin
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by galvin 6y ago
In the context of the census that certainly makes sense and there are obviously strong links between religious backgrounds and political beliefs. The reason I mention it is because I've encountered too many people in continental Europe
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by galvin 6y ago
There are reduced rates of VAT for certain categories of products and services so payment processors would need to know what the charge they are processing is for. It's not uncommon for invoices to include multiple VAT rates in certain
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by galvin 6y ago
Plan is a big word in the context of Brexit! There has been very little consensus on what the referendum actually meant and much of the delay in the process was down to the UK government's collective indecision. One incident which high
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by galvin 6y ago
Thanks for pointing that out, it's an important detail. I worked on a VAT system for an online store but I never looked into the regulation so my knowledge is limited!
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by galvin 6y ago
Most countries have exemptions for small businesses. In Ireland for example you do not have to collect VAT if your revenue is below 72k. Presumably you should be able to afford an accountant by the time you reach that figure. It's wort
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by galvin 6y ago
With the EU scheme the Dutch company doesn't have to register with the German or French tax offices. So while the Dutch company in your example would have to charge 19% VAT to its German customers and 20% to its French customers it onl
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by galvin 6y ago
This looks like a poor attempt to compensate for leaving the VAT MOSS scheme. As I understand it, vendors in the EU have to charge tax rates based on the customers location and transfer those taxes to the customers country. For example, a s
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by galvin 6y ago
The SNP's majority and the remain vote in Scotland certainly give credence to that idea. Given how close the last referendum was the Brexit issue could easily be enough to tip the scales, granted it's always difficult to predict w
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by galvin 6y ago
Could you describe those chains? Specifically, which EU regulations have been holding the UK back?
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by galvin 6y ago
The comment you replied to is the source. What other type of source would you like for what something "seems" like to an individual? It seems to me that asking for sources is a common technique for discrediting opinions on HN. It

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