While requiring two forms of ID plus social security card for a simple job application may be a bit overkill… who really cares?

Are they really having that much trouble finding dirt on the guy, that they have to resort to small issues like this?

If the AI bubble bursts, and companies start going bust, they won’t be able to pay for the drives they ordered in those contracts.

A contract doesn’t mean anything if the party you are in a contract with is unable to honour their end.

Imagine trying to blackmail the police…

The police fucked up by sending him the files and there should probably be an investigation as to how that could happen, but that doesn’t mean the man just gets to keep those files and do with them however he pleases.

Edit: To the people who are downvoting me, consider that these are confidential police files. The guy has no business keeping these files, and the demand of the police that he deletes these files is completely justified.

If he simply complied (without attempted blackmail) the arrest and house search would not have been necessary.

The military wants the best equipment, and currently in terms of specs that is the F-35.

That comes with a dependence on the United States, which at the time of purchasing these jets was not considered to be a particular concern because America is a good ally and a part of NATO.

Following Trump’s re-election and antics over Greenland, that calculation is now different. It might not be worth it to buy new F-35s at this point (though Germany seems to be considering it still), but the Dutch army has pre-existing F-35s which we should be able to use even if America doesn’t want us to for whatever reason.

At this point for the purchase of new jets we really should be looking at the new Eurofighter though, imo

Yes, I had typing lessons for that when I was a kid. Learned on QWERTY and still use it to this day.
My form might not be completely proper (sometimes I use the “wrong” finger for a certain key), but it’s pretty close to proper.

Your client might have glitched out. It seems like you posted the same comment four times.

Here in the Netherlands you can get 380V power using the same technique. Very useful for powering an induction stove, or if you want faster charging for your EV

Edit: Referring to three phase power, not two phase power. That is why we get 380V and not 460V

I hate to say it, because I know people are not a huge fan of the company, but Spotify is also European. They’re Swedish.

That security camera does not need to be a Ring camera though. There are solutions that store footage locally and don’t report back to our coorporate overlords

It’s not an explicit law. But if the majority of people follow the rule implicitely it still works quite well.

Here in the Netherlands walking flows in long corridors also usually tend to sort themselves to right-hand walking. It’s more efficient than walking against the flow of traffic.

Southpark is finally old enough that we went from “Simpsons did it” to “Southpark did it”

The issue with allowing that is that you get a two tiered healthcare system where people with money get to jump the queue and people without need to wait even longer.

As a longer term consequence, this leads to a larger and larger part of the population not seeing the need to invest more public money in the healthcare system, because they don’t use it anyway. They go private whenever they have a problem

So in the long term allowing people to pay money to skip the queue could lead to the slow death spiral of your public healthcare system.

If they want a truly free market, they should legalize 24 hour days

As if Trump actually cares about Melania

Archival link: https://archive.is/UGK5S

As a Dutchman, Amsterdam is fine but it is not the prime example of how to build cycling infrastructure. It’s quite busy and hectic, and there are many places around the country that simply do it better.

Groningen is usually the main example used for a great city to cycle in, and Houten is a good example of suburbia that prioritizes cycling.

I live in Eindhoven, and I’d even argue that cycling here is less hectic and stressful than cycling in Amsterdam (though Eindhoven is historically one of the more car-brained cities in the Netherlands)

Edit: Worth noting that Amsterdam isn’t bad. It’s probably still better than most cities around the world in terms of cycling infrastructure.

The Ford Explorer is not even close to being a mid-size car

Here is it compared to a Peugeot 2008, which is a “mid-sized” car by European standards
https://www.carsized.com/en/cars/compare/peugeot-2008-2023-suv-vs-ford-explorer-2019-suv/

The Ford Explorer is an absolute tank compared to the Peugeot

Stellantis does make affordable vehicles though… in Europe…
They own Peugeot, Citroën, Fiat, Opel, etc and they have been making great affordable EVs for a few years now.

Stellantis in the US and Stellantis in Europe seem like two entirely different entities that don’t talk to one another.

That must have changed recently then, because last I checked they only really had the Mustang left over.
Ever since they discontinued the Ford Focus and Ford Fiesta

Edit: Looks like they introduced the Ford Puma since then, and a handfull of SUVs

Doesn’t Ford mostly focuss on the American market these days? They don’t make reasonably sized or affordable cars anymore, only oversized pickups and SUVs, which don’t sell well outside of North America.

Meanwhile BYD has the Chinese market already, and is expanding globally, selling relatively affordable EVs.
I’m not exactly surprised that they are outselling Ford