Yeah, this one is just messed up. They use binary to display the individual characters of a decimal number. This makes it wayyy harder to read than a proper binary clock.

Why would the needs of someone doing more hazardous work be higher? What do they need more food/housing/entertainment/luxury for? I guess more healthcare needs, but I don’t think that is going to convince someone to do the hazardous work.

As soon as you reward because of the hazardous working environment, it is nolonger distribution based on needs of the individual, but based on demand for the job. Rewarding based on supply and demand is capitalistic, not communistic.

Note that I’m no supporter of either (or any) Ideology. I believe we should apply the concepts of different ideologies where they make the most sense. In this case, applying capitalism to attract people into undesirable jobs, makes sense.

I see this definition of communism more lately, but the dictionary definition of communism absolutely does not rewards based on work. It rewards based on need. To the point where money can be abolished altogether. What you describe sounds like socialism, where the distribution of goods is based on contribution, rather than need.

I feel like a lot of discussions surrounding communism have this issue, where people do not have the definition of communism aligned properly. Where did you learn your definition of communism? And where can one read about it? What I have been taught aligns very well with Wikipedia.

Because you would be no better than the billionaires that are already doing that. It would not result in a better society.

Yup. Same here. I suspect she’d rather die than lose the oppertunity to become a grandparent.

No need for that. This man is a master in saying whatever pleases his audiance while blatently doing something else. Would not surprise me if he says this while working with European leaders to reduce the dependency on the US.

In the Netherlands he is known as Teflon Mark, since nothing sticks to him. He always weasels himself out of things while taking none of the blame. Which is probably exactly the type of leader we need when we need to deal with Trump.

Absolutely. Even without legal reason, common sense can explain this. Signing treaties with other nations is entirely pointless if anyone can just say: “sorry, but our obligations from the treaty are against our constitution, so we will ignore them.” As a result, international law often has priority over national constitutions. Being a member of the EU is exactly such a type of treaty.

Ukraine probably won’t attack/bomb Belarus directly. Hence the factory is likely safer in Belarus than in Russia.

That is an easy question to answer. Sending letters becomes non-critical when it is cheaper to send the incidental letter as a package than it is to maintain the letter sending service.

Huh? How is Europe helping Russia here? This is Belarus, not Europe that is helping Russia.

To me, this just sounds like a way for Russia to build a factory that is unlikely to get bombed, while still being close to the front.

The SMS messages that my provider sends me when they see I have crossed a border explicitly state there are no extra costs. Minutes/bytes are taken at the same rate from the same bundle.

I can’t speak for the countries you mention, but I can give you an insight for The Netherlands.

First of, there is a big demand for English teachers in highschool (students aged around 12 to 18).

But. To become a teacher you need a university degree. Either a bachalors degree or a masters degree (masters unlocking the later ages/classes). See the following page for details: https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/onderwerpen/werken-in-het-onderwijs/vraag-en-antwoord/welke-onderwijsbevoegdheden-zijn-er

Also note that being a teacher is a tough job. Budget cuts have put a lot of strain on the sector, and the teachers do feel that. A lot of people burn out. However, the pay is decent, so if you love the job, you can thrive.

I mention all this, because I suspect that it is similar in other European countries. Hence, to get a good job will require proper preparation and some dedication. Maybe studying abroad in the country you want to move to first.

I once visited a museum in Split where they had the lifework of a guy on display: dozens of scenes filled with taxidermy frogs going about their human like lives.

Seeing the overwhelming amount of acceptance in the other comments is amazing. But I do need to play advocate of the devil for a second here, and mention moderation.

I assume this concent will not be in English.

But if the existing moderators do not speak the language of the content, then they cannot effectively moderate. This makes it a massive risk to allow non-english content on your instance with only English speaking moderators. Hence, I would only recommend posting such concent to instances that are natively speaking the language. For example, German and Dutch content almost exclusively exists on German and Dutch instances respectively.

No need to have a good response. I’m with you in being a bit weirded out by it. I just felt I shouldn’t be alone in my state of being weirded out by this.

It’s a real sport nowadays: https://www.rulesofsport.com/sports/quidditch.html

As a European, this sounds like a rude and slightly exaggerated way of asking a normal question. A bad way to start, but probably not something that will get you kicked out of an interview in 30 seconds.

I would say the Soviet Union and the Dutch VOC were both bad for the same core reason: they were an ideological extreme. Capitalism is only a good system, if it is localized and regulated. Otherwise a small group of people will come out on top and exploit everyone else. But the same holds for communism, as clearly seen in any nation attempting communism, you inevitably get a dictator who will exploit the people for his or her own good. The difference is that when you weaken communism by implementing only parts of it, like universal healthcare, or unemployment benefits, then we call it socialism.

Anything that requires structurally lying or hiding information against the interest of the people I talk with/to. Sales, politics, advertisement, etc.

Just chug a glass of olive oil.