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by lexs 4y ago
As an employee doing your taxes is optional in Germany as taxes are already deducted by the employer.
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by lexs 5y ago
According to official statistics [0] the Golf is still selling more than twice as many units per month and the ID3 is selling 50% more than the Model 3. The Model 3 is more comparable to the BMW i3 numbers wise. [0] https://www.k
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by lexs 5y ago
Scoped Labels (extended Kanban basically) and different boards for planning and development is our approach in gitlab
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by lexs 5y ago
Electrical fires, mold, etc etc there is enough things can be dangerous and harmful in an apartment.
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by lexs 5y ago
The argument is probably that people enjoy it, does everything have to be in the name of result maximization?
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by lexs 5y ago
Wasn't the USSR first in space? First ICBM , first artificial satellite, first man in space etc?
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by lexs 5y ago
Apple didn't buy the apps from the developers, they provide a marketplace. Don't most supermarkets own their inventory?
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by lexs 5y ago
Especially in that region, I would take this vote rather as an indicator of the lack of alternatives. Amazon is so large that they could simply scrap that location without being that bothered, yet the workers do not have that freedom. The c
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by lexs 6y ago
It's a shame that the third way to spend the money is totally forgotten now apparently. Yes you can re-invest, give back to shareholders, but why not increase wages?
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by lexs 6y ago
A hosted Nextcloud with OnlyOffice/Collabora and a Mail Server? There's quite a few providers for that.
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by lexs 6y ago
Selimchan Changoschwili was shot in broad day light in Berlin Tiergarten, allegedly by russian agencies.
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by lexs 6y ago
So Individualism? That's pretty clearly a political philosophy / ideology.
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by lexs 6y ago
Since we are exchanging anecdotes, this also happened at my non-union job.
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by lexs 6y ago
They like the hardware maybe?
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by lexs 6y ago
What is a pseudo-degree?
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by lexs 6y ago
At least in Germany that is due to the fact that taxes and afaik fines are not directly used for such things but are added to the budget which then in turn is used to fund these things
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by lexs 6y ago
indeed.com puts the average software engineer with 10 years experience in silicon valley at $141k [0] I think you have a very skewed view of "easily" [0] https://www.indeed.com/career/software-engineer/s
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by lexs 6y ago
What exactly is the alternative for iOS devices?
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by lexs 6y ago
Yes but I can't buy Prime Videos through the app, I have to do that from my android phone or desktop
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by lexs 6y ago
Well you could go to Epic which only takes 12%, Windows doesn't prevent you from doing so
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by lexs 6y ago
EU has opened an anti-trust investigation into Apple App Store and Apple Pay https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23537636
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by lexs 6y ago
NO AMP: https://www.theverge.com/2019/6/4/18652460/apple-class-actio...
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by lexs 6y ago
Unions are not only about compensation but also terms of employment. I see enough discussions on HN about non-competes, forced arbitration etc. where unionising would help.
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by lexs 6y ago
Is that really a realistic driver scenario or was that the nice story told by Uber? From my (limited) experience with Uber drivers, none of them only "drove an extra 15min out of their way" on their normal commute, nothing even cl
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by lexs 6y ago
Ironic that you posted an AMP link https://www.theverge.com/platform/amp/2012/2/8/2783807/pintr...
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by lexs 6y ago
You mean like the U.S. Geological Survey? National mapping agencies are very common [0] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_mapping_agency
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by lexs 6y ago
unless unionisation?
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by lexs 6y ago
This was a funny bit, ...right?
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by lexs 6y ago
Package delivery is actually a good comparison. Socialising amazon would simply add a warehousing portion to it.
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by lexs 6y ago
> I have time for both jobs, coding on the side, spending time with my kids, helping my wife prepare dinner, and so forth. Genuinely curious, how are two full white-collar jobs in parallel even physically possible? Are they remote with

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