JazzlikeDiamond558

Have you visited ''Ukraine'' on lemmy? No need to go to reddit.

TL:DR: Ukraine has been (and probably still is) dominantly corrupted (because they were part of the Soviet Union, which is kind of a paradox).

People do want to live better, but also do not want to die for a country which didn't solve basic problems (like corruption) in the past.

In short, they do not consider it a sacred duty to leave their bones on the altar of mafia (and Ukranian mafia is something reolly special).

It is questionable whether Ukraine was even capable of escaping the Soviet mentality, after the fallout of USSR. Indeed, before Soviet invasion of 2014, most of the people were pro Soviet.

I believe there is like a small RFID tote that works. But why? Keys work on so different frequency.

It is a somewhat bulky solution, but I've gotten me some RFID card envelopes (sleeves). Very cheap and solved my problem.

I didn't realize how easy it is to scan the card, until I accidentally paid my gasoline with the wrong card. I've had my gasoline card in my right hand and was going for the card terminal, but at the same time i placed my left hand, in which I've had the wallet, next to the terminal. And before I even did anything... ding... ''You have already paid, thank you.''.

Some of my colleagues have RFID wallets and I think that is a great solution, too.

In Germany, it is possible to ''make a deposit'' with the bank, so the landlord gets only the confirmation (Bürgschaft). Furthermore, it is also a thing to pay that deposit in rates (installments), not to burden the new tennant immediatelly.

I think it works a lot like insurance: you pay a smidge every month, but you also get no money back at the end, so... not really a deposit. However, it does satisfy the landlord and the deposit is legally provided, so... to give up one or two coffee's every month (for a couple of years) is worth it at the rough beginnings.

For comparisson, you pay some 20 € monthly instead of 3500 € on hands of the landlord. You are moving, you are already burdened with the costs and expenses, so instead of having a financial blow on top of all the misery, you simply walk into the bank, make ''Bürgschaft'' (depost confirmation), agree to pay 20 € monthly, beginning from next month... and you exhale. It is a practical guarantee that the bank wil cover your deposit.

You give that ''Bürgschaft'' (deposit confirmation) to your landlord and all is good. If your landlord later, turns out to be an a..hole, he has to claim the deposit with the bank. If you contest landlords claims (bank will 100% contact you in that case), then it is a direct war between him/her and the bank... and good luck with that. To you it is all the same anyway, as you pay (paid) monthly installment (rate).

If there are no disputes and you are moving out earlier, then you can simply cancel the ''Bürgschaft'' contract (based on canceled rent agreement) and you don't have to pay anymore.

The downside is - no money back.

It is not really a hype thing here, but I've done it and it worked OK; (no disputes though).

I still play this a lot... and it is wonderful every time. 😊

Congratulations Netherlands, you are finally becoming USA.

I believe 2 things happened in Munich:

1. Germans are rather incompetent and a people of leisure habbits (this is so much true), so getting people to accept the alternative was met with: ''Oh, this button does this now? Well, I guess this is not good then.''. (Yes, I am aware that nation sensible german teenagers will downvote me here... as soon as they are done with their Tik-Tok and 'gram, but truth is brutal here.)

2. I cannot, for Batman's sake, imagine that Microsoft had nothing to do with failure of the Munich project. I mean, for one such company, it is literally cheaper to bribe every single employee of Munich administration, than to deal with the loss of contract worth hundreds of millions... and the rise of the movement to stray away from their halfproducts.

But I guess there is moment for everything so... I wish S-H good luck. Getting rid of MS can bring only good things. It's not like they are gaming during the working hours. For everything else, MS is really not worth the money.

This is underrated comment. XD

What is happening in USA now is the future of EU. Armies of illiterate Tik-Tok and Instagram users, choosing to follow self-proclaimed gurus and fake news.

Measels are the smallest problem.

I literally did not buy/straightout refused to buy new Golf because of this crap. It does not get simpler than that: other producer got my money, VW group did not. Period.

Volkswagen should be forbidden to produce anything. There were even touch-SLIDE commands on the steering wheel. God only knows how many lives were lost in accidents, because someone ''touched'' something and switched something off or on. Horrible.