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Have you been stolen from? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah, had a drug dealer burgle our apartment (just an opportunistic thing, spare keys had been left outside by a friend who was moving). Fortunately no-one was in, but it sucked to have to deal with all the damage and security.

We eventually tracked them down when they sold some stuff though and they were actually arrested and we got a few things back.

It was awesome the police actually raided them. Unfortunately the new government released them as prisoners with "non-violent" offences.

Out of curiosity why is BeeHaw defederated from shitjustworks? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

BeeHaw went full Reddit powermod level of power-tripping.

Google’s carbon emissions soar by 48% due to AI in c/[email protected]

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

The answer is nuclear power.

Lemmy comrades/people/lemmings who have learned a new language using online resources, what/how was it like? in c/[email protected]

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

I learnt Spanish like this. Mainly finishing Duolingo and downloading some textbooks and doing a few MOOC courses and listening to slow podcasts, and then watching basic movies.

Once I got to the point I could watch movies and TV, I would watch a movie almost every single day.

It's a lot of work, but to get to the point of speaking and listening it is necessary.

It took about 2 years in total - and then I started a job working in Spanish.

Europeans, what is Sweden like? / Européer, hur är det i Sverige? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

The coffee and the ice cream are the best things in the country.

Europeans, what is Sweden like? / Européer, hur är det i Sverige? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Like a mix between the UK and Germany.

The housing situation is also quite bad, it's near impossible to rent if you move here for work (unless your company acts as a guarantor).

The rent-controlled housing queue system is extremely corrupt and long - at least 8-year queues (unless you're related to the local administration). Taxes are also insanely high on workers - 56+% income tax, 25% VAT.

The currency has collapsed since COVID so wages are far worse relative to Europe than before (and let's not even mention the USA).

It's far from everywhere (you're not going on holiday to Russia these days), with few direct flights, and long delivery times for imports.

But still the transport is quite good, there are a fair number of new apartments if you can buy a leasehold (it has its own issues with high fees and interest rates though), and a lot of online services.