TrueGeek

My wife and I moved to the Netherlands last year on the DAFT visa. Nothing political or economic about it - we just want to live a healthier lifestyle in a walkable city.

As a native English speaker I didn’t find it ambiguous. I don’t know why though. I think your confusion is because “ordered” could mean they were ordered to do something, but it could also be the past tense of them ordering someone else. However, “ordered to” would not work in the past tense so this headline must be referring to them being ordered.

> having to hive their fleets in two with slower and faster buses is unlikely to go well

They already do this though. I don't know about Amsterdam, but in Limburg the buses are electric for in-city routes and gas for the longer routes between cities and countries.

Clicking 'Sign In to Continue" generates this error:

Uncaught ReferenceError: signIn is not defined at onSignIn (page-82acf703a59480db.js:1:17232)

Also, I don't see any pricing anywhere on the page.

I'm also an American working as a developer, but in The Netherlands. One thing that really surprised me (but maybe it's because it's right around the election) is how much time we spend during user groups talking about US politics. I even had a native Dutch person tell me "I heard in the US it is legal to do post birth abortions".

> The Frontal Lobe will be open to the public starting today, 25 October, at Lövholmsvägen 18, Liljeholmen, Stockholm

I've worked on a team that did it like this but every sprint a different member took on the role of Scrummaster. I thought it worked out well.

> what criteria would be used to determine what is legally something the have to repair?

In the EU it’s just set at 2 years. Anything you buy has to last at least 2 years or the manufacturer has to repair, replace, or refund.

The Netherlands takes this further and says it must be supported for as long as one would reasonably expect it to last.

In the article he says he was specifically told they don’t support any product after 5 years, which I do not think anyone would assume to be the max lifetime for a $100k device.

"supposed to" depends on the company. The company I was working at announced immediately that we were work from home forever. They canceled leases on over a dozen offices across the world and let us come in and take the old furniture.

I disagree that this exists in "every corner of the world".

> The total and complete lack of enforcement of existing noise pollution laws

This is the problem, 100%. I moved from Atlanta to a medium sized Dutch town and my noise pollution problems went away.

I recently moved to the Netherlands. The majority of parents here work less than full time hours. They'll split up the day and you'll see one parent drop off the kid at school and the other one pick the kid up. Kids are able to go to school on their own from a young age, so you don't have to do this forever.

Enough people are doing it that the average number of hours worked a week is 32.

Honestly, it's hard enough to convince employees / family members to use a password manager as it is. "Good UI" is vastly underrated as a solid security measure.

Yes, easily. It's the perfect machine for this and you'll love the experience.

Better article with more information:

https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2024/07/08/girls-...

> In an email Monday, founder and CEO Adriana Gascoigne said “Girls in Tech will be closing its doors due to a lack of funding in 2023 and 2024.”

> they decided to check notes directly compete with _the_ largest ecommerce website in the universe

I actually mis-read the headline that way too. They're doing the opposite - making sure they are only selling hand made items (again) and NOT competing with Amazon anymore.

Georgia - also 1 mile from the school. I tried riding by bike with my daughter and the principal called and told me to never do it again as it was too unsafe. She claimed you were only allowed to go to school by car or bus, despite there being a sidewalk.

I moved to the Netherlands last week. I was paying $120 a month for 100 mbps with Spectrum. New customers paid less and got more. I complained and explained that was hardly fair since I had been a customer for 15 years at the same address. They said I was welcome to cancel my service for 3 months and re-activate.

I now pay €67.50 for 4gbps up / 4gpbs down. I'm actually getting those speeds and the day I arrived service was already turned on. I just had to ride my bike down to the post office and retrieve my modem.

This is mentioned all the time but the cost to get a driver's license in Germany is incredible high. And even after spending a lot of money on training, most native Germans fail the exam the first time. Then, like you said - there are rules and very stiff penalties in place for after you get your license.

Americans would simply not put up with this.

The HN rules say the original source should be posted (which may mean a paywalled link) and that you shouldn’t post comments complaining about it:

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html

The best thing to do is to comment an archive link or upvote an existing (working) one.

lunchtime doubly so

This is how it’s done in the Netherlands. You sign up for a bank account and they check your ID, your proof of residency, they do a video selfie, etc. It was impossible for me to get a Dutch bank account (as an American) until after I signed my apartment lease which was a bit of a catch-22 but not insurmountable.

But once that is all setup they have a system called digiID that is wonderful. Anytime your identification needs to be verified it’s done through your bank. I signed up for renters insurance, they did a little oauth thing with the bank, the bank asked which details I was willing to share (the insurance company asked for just last name, dob, and address) and I agreed. It took seconds.

> Note: The “Holborn” name is to signify that these computers were “Born in Holland”. Hol. Born.

Not entirely accurate as the company was in Hengelo, Overijssel but "Overborn" just doesn't have the same ring to it.

I built an iPad app for a fun little three letter government agency. It wasn't bad at all.

The fear is real. There is no space under the seat for both a bag and feet if you are tall. I carry a reasonable sized carry on but it contains a work laptop and a few mobile devices / tablets (I'm a mobile dev) plus prescription medication. I get so anxious waiting to see if there will be space.

Every October I get a hundred or so calls and texts for someone named Eileen reminding her it's open enrollment time for Obamacare. It started suddenly a few years ago so I think the real Eileen just entered the wrong number by mistake but I have no idea how to make it stop.

> Due to demand ... you can make a lot of money

I really hope this is true again later this year or next year but every junior developer I know has been unable to find any employment. From my network of people that have lost jobs over the last 6 months:

20+ years experience: found a job the same month 5 to 20 years experience: found a job within 4 months 0 to 5 years experience: have not been able to find an entry level position

Of course, this is anecdotal and my sample size is only my network. But I've also seen a lot of people sharing similar experiences here on HN, Reddit, and Blind.

I’ve never heard of PostHog and from “Side Project Insurance” I thought this was some form of super cheap E&O insurance which sounded like a neat idea.

No, no, you forget about the gravity well. Read up on your Heinlein!

My guess is that once the app is installed it's easier to convince the user to sign up for an ink subscription. And then once that's done it's easy for the user to forget they've done that. They won't even see the charge, it'll just be lost among the tons of other "Apple.com" charges that come across each month.