SirQuackTheDuck
@SirQuackTheDuck@lemmy.world
- Comment on Rest easy 5 weeks ago:
Bread!
- Comment on Handy temperature conversion scale. 1 month ago:
Kelvin: Zero is the freezing point.
Scientists: Of what?
Kelvin: Yes. - Comment on Anon likes bikes 3 months ago:
most can only support one person at a time.
As a Dutchie, that’s bullshit. Three at the least.
- Comment on Tradition 5 months ago:
What the US calls drunk is just European for an afternoon toast.
- Comment on Its most common use case is interrupting games 5 months ago:
It’s an accessibly feature for those who can’t hold down shift and the key they want to have in uppercase (or the variant, like the exclamation point).
It’s useful for less computer savvy people or those with muscular issues.
- Comment on Facepalm 6 months ago:
2. Use a mental block
Close your eyes for 8s - 25 min, and pretend not to hear anything - Comment on Scrooge mcduck discovers bankruptcy 6 months ago:
Nov 1st?
- Comment on The infamous amazon Union busting video 6 months ago:
They’ve unionised and got fuck you money.
- Comment on Cities Skylines 2 reportedly runs with 7-12fps on an Intel Core i9 13900KS with AMD Radeon RX 7900XTX at 4K/High Settings 6 months ago:
You missed an important bit:
who in the right mind
- Comment on The #1 trick they don't want you to know 7 months ago:
Yeah, sure, as if I’d like to trash all my points I put in IQ.
Become an octopus and keep all that XP
- Comment on Bosses and workers still can’t agree on whether the commute is part of the work day, and it’s creating a $578 billion productivity problem 7 months ago:
Or if we could take nonexistent public transit.
This makes the whole debate so much easier. I work in the train and bike for three minutes. My whole transit is billable and is billed.
- Comment on Well, fuck you too. 8 months ago:
Land of the Free*
*) Free is a trademark of BigCorp Inc. Terms and conditions may apply. Subject to availability. - Comment on Well, fuck you too. 8 months ago:
You can’t just say “nah, fuck it” and not serve the page.
It’s only illegal if you say “nah, fuck it” when users decline to agree with your data collection terms, but offer it when they do.
This is an identical experience, independent of your (dis)agreement with their policies.
- Comment on Well, fuck you too. 8 months ago:
Consent? That’s just some woke word made up to damage family-owned businesses!
Them, probably.
- Comment on Voter ID in England led to racial and disability discrimination, report finds 8 months ago:
I’ve had voter ID for as long as I know, and I’ve been with my parents to vote very often (good educating on their part).
It’s never been an issue, you bring your ID, your voter ticket (which gets sent to you by the govt) and cast a vote. No racism issues there.
It seems the UK has somehow fucked it up.
- Comment on Porn is harder to access 8 months ago:
Good on you for weirding out your MP! Let them know how perverted they should really be in the parliament (they’re your representative after all).
- Comment on Starfield players pirate the DLSS mod after the developer locks it behind paywall 8 months ago:
It’s like downloading Limewire Pro with Limewire, totally unexpected.
- Comment on Banksy Encourages Fans to Shoplift From Guess Since Company 'Helped Themselves to My Artwork Without Asking’ 8 months ago:
I’m down to clown
- Comment on Banksy Encourages Fans to Shoplift From Guess Since Company 'Helped Themselves to My Artwork Without Asking’ 8 months ago:
Except when that store is a big multinational that pays their employees the bare minimum for stuff that costs pennies to make but is sold for half their monthly income.
- Comment on You can't imagine how much this annoyed me... 8 months ago:
Ah, yeah, that one site known to be one of the reasons Stackoverflow was created
- Comment on 66% of Americans say they want extended European-style vacation policies at work 8 months ago:
Understandable, just like in the EU each country has their own rules concerning vacation days and PTO, but they’re likely closer to the Dutch rules than the “general” US rules if what I’ve been reading on Lemmy and Reddit.
It gets paid out at the end of the year.
Luckily this is protected, since paying out days off is taxed at 52% in the Netherlands, so you’d lose half the income for not going on holiday.
- Comment on 66% of Americans say they want extended European-style vacation policies at work 8 months ago:
First two days of sick leave are by default unpaid, but then social systems kick in and the employer has to pay at least 70% of income (or min wage, whichever is higher).
- Comment on 66% of Americans say they want extended European-style vacation policies at work 8 months ago:
While the average American is lucky to get 11 vacation days from their employer each year
Doesn’t this also decrease if you get sick?
I got properly ill the day before I went on holiday, and was out for about a week. All those sick days didn’t count against my vacation days.
Furthermore, my vacation days are (to an extend) transferable, which meant I had 31 vacation days this year. That just seems normal policy here (25 vacation days is fairly common in mid-range jobs).