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[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

The depth of the reduction and all the built-in escape valves show that this was an extremely tough compromise, but hopefully we can use this landmark deal to boost the fight for the 4-day work week as the new norm. I think that's something IGM made a priority, but many sectors represented by ver.di are also ideal sectors for this.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

I think the idea is that the funding might come with conditions to reach a significant % of the audience. E.g. often public broadcasters have a remit of 99% of population coverage with their broadcast technology, while private stations have much lower or no legally obligatory reception target.

I don't think that's a big obstacle in this case though.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 months ago

Ich wohne in Berlin, also ist Umarmen üblich. Ich frage trotzdem immer kurz nach - wer die Frage peinlich findet, ist sowieso kein gutes Match zu mir.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Es liegt an einer Mischung aus wenigen Kassensitzen sowie hohen Aufnahmehürden.

Ich helfe grade einem Freund mit dem ganzen Prozess - hier ist meine bestmögliche Strategie.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago

We are back, baby.

 

Ich bin auch überrascht.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

I’d say for me it would depend what the monument stands for.

The problem with this is that there's often multiple interpretations. Is it a monument to the celebrate the defeat of Nazism, or to glorify the paternalist role of the Soviet Union over the Warsaw Pact countries? You can't really say it's only one or the other - you can only decide which one matters more to the society at a given point in time.

I think that when there's no consensus about an interpretation in a society, a good place to start is with contextualisation. A high-profile but contentious monument should come with a small open-air museum that provides the context of what the monument was intended to stand for, what where the motivations of those who built it, and how it came to be seen as the time passed.

Then, time will tell if the society decides to interpret it one way or the other. At some point it will be clear if it should stay or go.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 8 months ago

One can hope that the store operators will also be heavily fined for their apparent failure to protect their customers' information from infosec threats. Show them teeth, GDPR.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Germany: shock

Cyprus: anger

None had any discourse around what the PISA scores measure and if there's any problematisation warranted around the methodology etc. So, in the end, it just serves as a regular outrage topic for the news cycle, but because no-one understands what the scores mean, no-one can do anything about them.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Massive parking lots at the edge of the city. At least this was the recommendation of the Berlin Autofrei initiative.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

And if the strike spreads to Germany, which it very well could, it could mean the cease of operation of the Model Y factory in Berlin, which would be devastating to them.

A big problem is that Germany's labour laws do not allow sympathy or political strikes. A strike can only be legally called in association with a collective bargaining agreement negotiation/dispute.

Germany will be the weak link in this cross-country wave of strikes.

 

More of a classification question, but I'm really curious about what the metric would look like if we try to be systematic about it.

For context, there's several countries that are more or less famous for being geographically discontinuous. Top of the mind nowadays is Azerbaijan, whose sizeable territory of Nakhchivan has no land connections with the rest of the country. There's also Equatorial Guinea, whose capital city is on island which is smaller than the continental territory. That's the same for Denmark, although we seem to think of it less, because of the much smaller distances and significantly more connectivity. Then you have Indonesia which I currently think might be the most discontinuous country, with territory spanning across at least 4 major landmasses but which are shared with other countries.

But then you have countries such as Greece, Japan, or even Sweden, which are more or less archipelagic countries but do not stand out in the way Indonesia or Azerbaijan does.

How can we define a measure of geographic discontinuity that gives us a reasonable ranking? I would imagine we start with some measure that looks how much of the whole territory is in one contagious unit (less prominent main landmass = more discontinuity) but perhaps we also introduce average distance between units.

 

I got hit with it just now and I was wondering what's going on. Here's the FAQ page: https://www.bahn.de/faq/6-warum-kann-ich-sparpreis-tickets-nicht-mit-lastschrift-bezahlen

Machine Translation:

Why can't I pay for saver fare tickets and a BahnCard 100 by direct debit?

There is currently an increase in fraudulent activity based on so-called phishing emails. As a precautionary measure for your protection, you cannot pay for Sparpreis tickets and a BahnCard 100 on this website and in the app using direct debit until further notice.

One now has to use PayPal or a MasterCard/VISA/etc-branded bank card.

 

The cabinet approved the proposal for the creation of a digital platform, known as the e-kalathi (e-basket), that would list prices of 300 consumer goods in different supermarkets in April. The idea was to inform people during this period of high prices what was being charged for similar products in different shops, with the main emphasis being on food, baby items and household products.This would enable people to buy the most competitively priced goods.

 

Seit Anfang des Jahres habe ich eine Beförderung beantragt, die meinen erweiterten Verantwortlichkeiten entspricht. Meine Abteilung unterstützt mich, der Personalchef hat sie abgelehnt ("Priorität der Firma sind neue Mitarbeiter").

Das ist natürlich Bullshit. Ich bin nun auf der Suche nach einem neuen Job.

Ich bin mir über zwei Punkte nicht ganz sicher:

  1. Bald bekomme ich eine unbefristet Arbeitsvertrag. Soll ich sie annehmen? Das verlängert meine Kündigungsfrist, ist allerdings nicht unbedingt, dass ich eine neue Stelle finde, bevor der befristete Vertrag ausläuft. Ich benötige keine Arbeitserlaubnis für Deutschland, aber ich hätte während der Suche gerne einen bezahlten Job. Die Arbeitsagentur ist bei der Arbeitssuche in meiner Branche nicht sehr hilfreich. Ich würde lieber auf ALG I verzichten, als mich auf irrelevante Stellen zu bewerben.
  2. Sollte ich beantragen, dass meine Stellenbeschreibung aktualisiert wird, auch wenn es keine Beförderung/Gehaltserhöhung gibt? Das könnte mir bei der Arbeitssuche helfen. Könnte das die Möglichkeit ausschließen, später aus diesen Gründen befördert zu werden, falls ich in dem Unternehmen bleibe?
 

My first idea was to use the Gitea instance of the Free Software Foundation Europe, but T&Cs strongly encourage only projects with direct relation to the FSFE activities, so personal projects don't seem welcome.

The first-party Gitea platform seems to be in risk of becoming for-profit.

 

The 13th is exclusive to members of works councils. The 14th is the public portion of the conference.

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