bier

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[–] bier@feddit.nl 1 points 9 months ago

Does that mean that your credit score is determined by companies? Or is the credit score something the government calculates for people?

I think in the Netherlands if you want to get a mortgage, the bank looks at your income, other loans you have, etc and they determine on rules the government set how much you ca borrow. There is a register for people that fail to pay bills, but it's not something you get on easily, you really need to fail a lot.

[–] bier@feddit.nl 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Thanks, I didn't know that, you always hear about credit card (debt) but never about debit cards. Can you still use the for a good credit score?

[–] bier@feddit.nl 11 points 9 months ago (10 children)

Why do you use credit cards in the first place? As a non American I never really understood that. Why doesn't America just have the "normal" (from my perspective) bank cards that just let you use money from your bank account. Why do you need to borrow and pay back? It seems like such a weird system, not just weird also dangerous, where you can end up in debt.

[–] bier@feddit.nl 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Do you have more information about this because I'd like to know more, I microwave a lot of stuff in plastic containers.

[–] bier@feddit.nl 10 points 9 months ago

Exactly they really really need some weapons and are being killed by the Russians every day.

[–] bier@feddit.nl 12 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

It's not even that simple, because paying can be done with money, but you can also send troops, or have troops ready to protect other countries, send equipment, etc.

So it's not that black and white who pays what.

Also I think the biggest think Trump did to NATO for the EU, is that for the first time people actually realized the US isn't always the allie we thought. It really depends on who's president, something before Trump most people never thought about. It also really pushed the point of having an European army and other changes like that.

[–] bier@feddit.nl 24 points 9 months ago

In the Netherlands you pay a road tax every 3 months. The amount is based on weight (because a heavier car does more damage to a road) but also on eco label. So an electric car that has the best eco label can have less tax than an old (but much lighter) diesel car.

[–] bier@feddit.nl 2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

So you can view a video like this and not think that is the most beautiful language you ever heard?

https://youtu.be/eq2w4bPKT0k

This is probably what angels speak

[–] bier@feddit.nl 11 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Am I the only one that just did

Loves computers -> got an engineering degree -> had coworkers I looked up to all using Linux -> started using it myself -> wife and kids

[–] bier@feddit.nl 14 points 9 months ago

This is just the lastest thing, it used to be the old IT guys and the ones with a beard, long hair and a metal shirt.

[–] bier@feddit.nl 1 points 9 months ago

I don't think time doesn't have meaning with a system like the beats system. It's just that the meaning is more personal. For you 600 beats is dinnertime and for me it's the moment the alarm clock wakes me up.

Dinner is still at 600 for you and your entire city or country or state (depending on how big your country is).

But for larger countries it can be that most stores close at 600 but some open earlier and close at 550 or something.

At this moment we have a system that also can be pretty confusing. Like when you have a meeting with people in different timezones. Oh we meet at 14:30? Like our 14:30 or yours? Or when you do stuff with computer systems and 2 servers are in different timezones, it's a nightmare

[–] bier@feddit.nl 2 points 9 months ago (6 children)

Actually it's not that difficult, as you can see on the wiki page time is shown in

@392.51

So yeah there are fractions.

Also I don't really see the problem without timezones, so if it's @451 maybe that is night for you and morning for me.

It would actually make traveling easier, because you will immediately see what time it is for your family at home.

Instead of the hours at a place being the same (like 19:20 is in the evening for everyone), now we keep the time the same but we have different experiences at certain beats.

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