Across eastern europe, you still have a lot of those second hand shops, with clothe coming mostly from Germany and Nordic countries.
And they are far from empty.
Don't have numbers to tell you how much of it they sell, and some things are actually crappy / really worn out, but there is also a lot of hardly worn stuff that you can buy for 1% of the retail price....
Well, Hamburger is the demonym of people living in Hamburg, which is "Hambourgeois" in French.
Actually, some restaurants use some form of it now in France, but in some kind of ironic way
Most people rarely use the word smartphone already, unless they want to make it clear they are talking about the general kind of phone.
A lot of people would actually even only call it "iphone", whichever it is.
But in common talk, people just say "telephone", "tel" or "portable", or even "mobile", depending on regions I guess
But some people like to lose time over tiny details that no one cares about and publish notes than nobody heeds, except themselves.
yes, it is a kind of chicken and egg problem.
But instead of having some weird lows regarding equal pay, that are hard to enforce, there should be laws making it easier for dads to take care of children (Like they have in Sweden for example, where either parents can take the parental leave in the same conditions)
There are some biological facts that cannot be changed, as it is the women who carry children, but there are societal changes that can be done.
In my last position, I had a few colleagues having kids at around the same time, one male and several females. Later on, it was mostly the women who had often to leave job or even not come at all. And they were all on higher positions than the guy. (Don't really know about their relatives positions in the family circle, but I also think the guy had the lowest there). it's clearly too small a sample to make statistices, but it gives an idea.)
Also, when half your staff goes on maternity leave at the same time, that's an issue, unfortunately.
Well, the problem is that most of the stats about gender inequality in wages usually only give one value, and it's global (because it has an agenda, of course)
In reality, the gap isn't as big as advertised...
Most of the big companies in France have salary grids, so it's hard to get a different salary based on gender.
And then, if salary is open to negotiations, how can you have equity ?
Anyways, that's tackling the problem the wrong way. We'll have equal salaries when men will take as much care of children as women. So far, in France, it's mostly the woman that is impacted at job, because she'll be the one leaving job when kid is sick, etc, in most families...
Once that's dealt with, you will have equal salary.
If there are even more constraints to hire women with any kind of salary struggles, result will be less female employed. No lawsuit for sexual harassement, no lawsuit for unequal salary, etc.
Well, just got a (new) Motorola phone with a swappable battery. I guess you can then easily change it when it dies, and keep using the phone then.
Not sure if it's a common practice withing Motorola range or not, though, but I think it has been so in all the G line.
Can't say the same from the other android phones i've seen so far (glued battery, hard to remove shell, or both)
French startup Teemo (formerly Databerries) already provides accurate tracking to ad companies, by teaming up with a few app distributors (mostly newspaper / news sites apps, so to sum it up, useless apps that provide the same content as their website, with the added benefit of being tracked).
Apps send location data every 3 minutes, and thoses are related to IFDA for Apple phone (don't know about android)
They pretend it take them only a few minutes for their team to locate you with only your phone number, or your address, work address,
They also claim it's quite easy for them to track french president Macron as he is a fan of one of the apps, and always followed by many other smartphones.
Well, I guess turning off localisation data and refusing access to this info to apps that don't need it (everything but gps/maps app, imho) would ruin that system.
Also, not using stupid apps.
We have multiple depots (partner stores, small shops, gas stations, newspapers stands, etc) so usually, unless you're in the middle of nowhere, you have a place to pick it up quite close
Maybe because you're dumbphone was not used at all when not calling. Battery was falling down quickly in call if I recall (at least as fast as modern smartphones)
Of course, when your phone just sits around, sending some beacon from time to time, it doesn't use any energy...
When on low usage mode, my smartphone lasts up to 4 days, and would probably go much longer if I used it only for calls and text on 2G network.
Had a 5 day trip on two charges once (and I had gone over most of the 1st charge when i realized I forgot my charger...)
So i guess, it's only due to the increased usage...
Same in France. If it doesn't fit in the mailbox and no one is there to fetch it / sign, it goes back to delevery hub, or any place that concentrates packages, depending on the company. You can also get it directly to be picked up in the hub without the delay of trying to get you to your door.
But leaving things on the doorstep ? noway !
Sony was making smaller versions of their flagship phones who actually had decent specs (Z1/Z3 compact) unlike Samsung S* mini that where a clear downgrade compared to the normal version
But that's almost all.
It's even hard to find Android phones in less than 5", let alone a good one.
Well, they didn't put a lot of effort to find those not applying the restriction.
You can stop at any red light and find dozens of cars with the wrong category of number in a few minutes. Apparently, they had 120 checkup points... not really efficient.
Unless those check up points were actually at the outskirt and only prevented people from going in, not fining.
Still, if they wanted to make money witht that, it'll be quite easy to get more than that.
Ok, so you shop weekly. What about the other 6 days (or 4, not counting week-ends) ?
Once i had to move our of my house, so everyday i drive a truck around the city.
Well, the tax thing is more a way to drive poor people out of the city while maintaining the rich one. I'd say that given that Paris municipality is socialist, it won't happen.
But since they forbidden old cars because they pollute, while all big SUVs, Ferraris etc can still come and burn 20L of petrol to go across the city... it's not impossible they'd do something like that too
The difference is that Sun workstations didn't really allow you to show off in society, or put out some fashion statement.
Given how many people i've seen with iPhones in countries where the retail price is higher than the average monthly income... I think they can keep doing that for quite some times.
They paid their bills.
They just had a custom made tax bills that was unfair to other companies.
The EU isn't actually asking Apple to pay something directly, they're asking Ireland to get that tax money back
Excuse me, but being a doctor or a lawyer requires much more accreditation/certifications, knowledge etc, than being a taxi driver. If they do have a driving licence, they are probably as apt to drive people around than most taxi drivers.
Well, as one liter of gas is more expensive than one bus ticket, I can't see how taxis could compete with buses for most people.
Anyway, there have been many reports about the lack of taxis in Paris for many year, and the decisions to increase that number have not been followed. I don't see what is preventing them from issuing new licences, appart from lobbying of the current taxi companies that make huge profits out of the that? At the expense of everyone else. It's costing money to people, to companies that pay taxi to their employees, etc.
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Well, then, if you sold it to someone in cash, you could just then claim they stole if from you ? Or are there necessary sale contracts to get ?
Across eastern europe, you still have a lot of those second hand shops, with clothe coming mostly from Germany and Nordic countries. And they are far from empty. Don't have numbers to tell you how much of it they sell, and some things are actually crappy / really worn out, but there is also a lot of hardly worn stuff that you can buy for 1% of the retail price....
Well, Hamburger is the demonym of people living in Hamburg, which is "Hambourgeois" in French. Actually, some restaurants use some form of it now in France, but in some kind of ironic way
Most people rarely use the word smartphone already, unless they want to make it clear they are talking about the general kind of phone. A lot of people would actually even only call it "iphone", whichever it is. But in common talk, people just say "telephone", "tel" or "portable", or even "mobile", depending on regions I guess But some people like to lose time over tiny details that no one cares about and publish notes than nobody heeds, except themselves.
yes, it is a kind of chicken and egg problem. But instead of having some weird lows regarding equal pay, that are hard to enforce, there should be laws making it easier for dads to take care of children (Like they have in Sweden for example, where either parents can take the parental leave in the same conditions) There are some biological facts that cannot be changed, as it is the women who carry children, but there are societal changes that can be done. In my last position, I had a few colleagues having kids at around the same time, one male and several females. Later on, it was mostly the women who had often to leave job or even not come at all. And they were all on higher positions than the guy. (Don't really know about their relatives positions in the family circle, but I also think the guy had the lowest there). it's clearly too small a sample to make statistices, but it gives an idea.) Also, when half your staff goes on maternity leave at the same time, that's an issue, unfortunately.
Well, the problem is that most of the stats about gender inequality in wages usually only give one value, and it's global (because it has an agenda, of course) In reality, the gap isn't as big as advertised...
Most of the big companies in France have salary grids, so it's hard to get a different salary based on gender. And then, if salary is open to negotiations, how can you have equity ? Anyways, that's tackling the problem the wrong way. We'll have equal salaries when men will take as much care of children as women. So far, in France, it's mostly the woman that is impacted at job, because she'll be the one leaving job when kid is sick, etc, in most families ...
Once that's dealt with, you will have equal salary.
If there are even more constraints to hire women with any kind of salary struggles, result will be less female employed. No lawsuit for sexual harassement, no lawsuit for unequal salary, etc.
Art films are making a ton of money ? I seriously doubt it ahah
Well, just got a (new) Motorola phone with a swappable battery. I guess you can then easily change it when it dies, and keep using the phone then. Not sure if it's a common practice withing Motorola range or not, though, but I think it has been so in all the G line. Can't say the same from the other android phones i've seen so far (glued battery, hard to remove shell, or both)
French startup Teemo (formerly Databerries) already provides accurate tracking to ad companies, by teaming up with a few app distributors (mostly newspaper / news sites apps, so to sum it up, useless apps that provide the same content as their website, with the added benefit of being tracked). Apps send location data every 3 minutes, and thoses are related to IFDA for Apple phone (don't know about android) They pretend it take them only a few minutes for their team to locate you with only your phone number, or your address, work address, They also claim it's quite easy for them to track french president Macron as he is a fan of one of the apps, and always followed by many other smartphones. Well, I guess turning off localisation data and refusing access to this info to apps that don't need it (everything but gps/maps app, imho) would ruin that system. Also, not using stupid apps.
We have multiple depots (partner stores, small shops, gas stations, newspapers stands, etc) so usually, unless you're in the middle of nowhere, you have a place to pick it up quite close
Maybe because you're dumbphone was not used at all when not calling. Battery was falling down quickly in call if I recall (at least as fast as modern smartphones) Of course, when your phone just sits around, sending some beacon from time to time, it doesn't use any energy... When on low usage mode, my smartphone lasts up to 4 days, and would probably go much longer if I used it only for calls and text on 2G network. Had a 5 day trip on two charges once (and I had gone over most of the 1st charge when i realized I forgot my charger...) So i guess, it's only due to the increased usage...
How is booting time that important ? My phone is usually up for weeks or months before I reboot it (most often because of updates...)
Isn't it what they already all do in the Netherlands ? It's bicycle country there
Same in France. If it doesn't fit in the mailbox and no one is there to fetch it / sign, it goes back to delevery hub, or any place that concentrates packages, depending on the company. You can also get it directly to be picked up in the hub without the delay of trying to get you to your door. But leaving things on the doorstep ? noway !
exactly, get on your bicycle right away !
Sony was making smaller versions of their flagship phones who actually had decent specs (Z1/Z3 compact) unlike Samsung S* mini that where a clear downgrade compared to the normal version But that's almost all. It's even hard to find Android phones in less than 5", let alone a good one.
Well, they didn't put a lot of effort to find those not applying the restriction. You can stop at any red light and find dozens of cars with the wrong category of number in a few minutes. Apparently, they had 120 checkup points ... not really efficient.
Unless those check up points were actually at the outskirt and only prevented people from going in, not fining.
Still, if they wanted to make money witht that, it'll be quite easy to get more than that.
Ok, so you shop weekly. What about the other 6 days (or 4, not counting week-ends) ? Once i had to move our of my house, so everyday i drive a truck around the city.
Well, the tax thing is more a way to drive poor people out of the city while maintaining the rich one. I'd say that given that Paris municipality is socialist, it won't happen. But since they forbidden old cars because they pollute, while all big SUVs, Ferraris etc can still come and burn 20L of petrol to go across the city... it's not impossible they'd do something like that too
The difference is that Sun workstations didn't really allow you to show off in society, or put out some fashion statement. Given how many people i've seen with iPhones in countries where the retail price is higher than the average monthly income... I think they can keep doing that for quite some times.
They paid their bills. They just had a custom made tax bills that was unfair to other companies. The EU isn't actually asking Apple to pay something directly, they're asking Ireland to get that tax money back
No, they actually work to pay off the 200k loan they had to make in order to buy that licence.
Excuse me, but being a doctor or a lawyer requires much more accreditation/certifications, knowledge etc, than being a taxi driver. If they do have a driving licence, they are probably as apt to drive people around than most taxi drivers.
Well, as one liter of gas is more expensive than one bus ticket, I can't see how taxis could compete with buses for most people. Anyway, there have been many reports about the lack of taxis in Paris for many year, and the decisions to increase that number have not been followed. I don't see what is preventing them from issuing new licences, appart from lobbying of the current taxi companies that make huge profits out of the that? At the expense of everyone else. It's costing money to people, to companies that pay taxi to their employees, etc.