thomascarney

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by thomascarney 3y ago
I mean, I would agree. The EU courts have ruled pretty much every cross-border data sharing agreement with the US as illegal (e.g. Safe Harbour ruling eight years ago). The EU Commission considered that data transfers to US were not complia
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by thomascarney 3y ago
Politically, stopping data transfers to the US is not viable, because it would impact the deal between the EU and the USA (US covers EU defence for access to the EU common market). For this reason, I don't think we'll ever see a C
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by thomascarney 3y ago
In the case of health insurance, AFAIK the subsidies are the government paying on behalf of people who are insured but don't pay in (children, spouses out of the labour market, unemployed - "versicherungsfremde Leistungen") a
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by thomascarney 3y ago
We have get healthcare, disability pensions, pensions and care via insurance in Germany. They aren't provided via government budgets. If you earn enough or you are self employed, you can in some case opt out of the public insurances, a
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by thomascarney 4y ago
I'm not sure what is dishonest about what I said. My point is that the German system is not a magical system of free healthcare. Rather, it's financially backed by charging a considerable chunk of earnings. As a side note, the ide
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by thomascarney 4y ago
It's fairly good coverage without frills (i.e. you get a shared room in the hospital). Doctors tend to de-prioritize public insurance when giving appointments, because they earn less from them, particularly for elective or non-urgent i
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by thomascarney 4y ago
In Germany, my wife and I pay together about ~2,000 USD per month for public health insurance. It's not cheap!
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by thomascarney 4y ago
SPD (center-left leaning party) has been junior partners in every one but one of those conservative governments. German politics are also very collaborative/compromise driven, so it's a mistake to think the outcome would have been
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by thomascarney 4y ago
Nuclear was 30% of the electricity generation back in 2000. The Nordstream projects were conceived to allow Russia to exert force on Eastern European countries without endangering supply of gas to Germany. Our energy policy has been incredi
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by thomascarney 4y ago
I think mercantile is the more appropriate adjective. It was cynical politicians and industrialists who sold the population on a clean energy revolution, all while banking on cheap Russian gas to actually deliver the energy required.
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by thomascarney 4y ago
You can choose both the law and forum in many types of commercial agreements. Typically international contracts will choose English law as the governing law.
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by thomascarney 4y ago
Ireland's first language is Irish, not English. Ireland has done pretty well embracing English as its operating language.
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by thomascarney 4y ago
I think a broader question for the EU is whether ever greater integration is possible without some standardization around a common "admin" language. Having lived in several EU countries, I love learning new languages, but it does
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by thomascarney 4y ago
Even after 6 months, typical compensation for being fired is 2 weeks of salary for every year worked. For most startup employees, this won't be a huge amount, given they have often only worked a few years.
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by thomascarney 8y ago
I would argue it's fair to say that the current regulations were formulated with the intent to restrict the activities of tech companies. At the same time, though, you might see the problem of having the government collect data on reli
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by thomascarney 8y ago
Germany still requires that you register your residence, name, age and religion within two weeks of moving to a new place. Often, you even have to provide proof from a landlord that you do live there. The German obsession with privacy has a
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