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Lunch having to be paid is not an EU rule. It just happens to be that multiple countries in the EU have such rulings.

In the Netherlands lunch can still be unpaid unless your union has agreed otherwise in the collective labour agreement.
My job has unpaid lunch according to the employment contract (But thankfully they aren’t too picky about working exactly 8 hours in a day)

A few years ago I went back from 40 hours per week to 36 hours per week. In practice this means one five day week, and one four day week with Fridays off, giving me a long weekend. A few colleagues do this too, and some others opted for a 32 hour week, with four days each week.

It has been a pleasant experience for me, and I would preferably not go back to a 40 hour week.
I finally feel like I have time to enjoy my weekends again. Leaving me enough time to do chores, fulfill social obligations and engage in my hobbies.

It is also helpful that after taxes the wage difference between working a 40 hour week and a 36 hour week is not that significant in the Netherlands. So I would easily trade the wages for the healthier work-life balance.

From my understanding it isn’t the colours themselves that are copyrighted, but rather the system around it. If you happen to accidentally use a colour from the Pantone library without paying them for the privilege, that is allowed. But any system that uses the Pantone names / structure should pay for the rights to use that system.

I’m not working today :D

January 1st is a national holiday in the Netherlands, and I took three bridge days (vacation days to bridge the gap between a public holiday and a weekend) between Christmas and New Year’s.
On top of that I have every other Friday off, and that happened to coincide with this week.

So with only three vacation days spent I have 11 days off from the 25th of December to the 4th of January.

I’m using the time to move house, so not much relaxing sadly.

Don’t Stop Me Now is great too

I’m not sure if the question “How do you travel to work?” paints a complete picture.

I live in the Netherlands, and like many fellow countrymen I commute to work by car because it is the most convenient option. But other trips I make on a daily basis are usually either on foot or by bike, and if I go somewhere in the weekend I regularly take the train.

My guess would be either London, Paris or Berlin

Edit: I think I misunderstood which data point you were referring to

Big companies using the informal you in formal communication can be seen as a way to try to make themselves feel smaller, more approachable, more person-like than they actually are.

I’m not saying that is necessarily the reason behind it, but formal or informal you do invoke different feelings and associations when they are used.

Formal you (u) shows respect, whereas informal you (jij) is more personal and buddy-buddy.

I’m also Dutch and I still occasionally use it when I want to be polite to an older person I do not know very well, or to someone who is in a position where I want to show a certain form of “respect” (higher social standing?)

That is probably also why the government uses “u” in its communication. It is proper to be seen as being respectful to your citizens. And saying “jij” after “u” is less likely to offend anyone than saying “u” after “jij”

The rules are a bit vague when you are supposed to use it, and most people will go “zeg maar jij hoor” (you can say [informal] you) after you start with “u” (formal you)

Emoji aren’t strictly prescriptive with their meaning. They are generic symbols that can have many meanings in different contexts and cultures.

The name of an emoji is more a suggestion than anything else.

Electricity generation would suddenly also get a lot harder. Without dynamos I think the only real option becomes solar panels.

Honestly… How much of a monster do you have to be to hit someone with your car and not think to stop and help them…

Wikipedia, being a free source of information, is an incredibly important resource and a net good for humanity. But since Wikipedia is free for all they rely on donations to keep the lights on.

There are groups who would prefer it if that free access to information did not exist, or could be more easily be controlled and/or manipulated. It is in their interest to convince people not to donate to Wikipedia

I’m convinced that this “don’t donate to Wikipedia” messaging that has cropped up in recent years is a psyop, set up by these groups with the goal to starve Wikipedia of income.

Don’t fall for it. Support one of the last truly good places on the internet.

https://www.spacejam.com/1996/jam.html

Aren’t the handlebars usually below the seat on a recumbent bike?

Edit: I stand corrected. Apparently there are a bunch of recumbent bikes with high handlebars

The only way in which we will know these people are real is if they are able to draw hands perfectly

I cannot prove I didnt cheat…

Also, sorry for the fat-fingered quality.
I drew this on my phone

Assuming you get your paycheck either weekly or monthly, you won’t have $40 after 3 hours through, even if you did $40 worth of work.

The more the merrier!

We’d go to the pub down the street and have a good evening