Many countries have law banning stupid name which aren’t a way to give abusive power to a civil servant but to protect kids from crazy parents, so your example doesn’t work

If you remove the Luxemburg, Andorra, and a couple of smaller countries, VAT rates are relatively consistent. Indeed, if you live within 20km from the border, it’s worth buying some stuff across the border, and for some trips to plan a fuel stop on the right side of the border.

But if you need to drive 100 km, you won’t recover the cost of the road if you don’t do some specific purchases.

Note also, that at least in theory, you’re not free to travel with unlimited cigarettes and alcohol (where tax rates difference can be crazy) so again, if you pass by Luxemburg or Andorra, you can’t legally speaking buy 100 packs of cigarettes, (but would still save 30 to 50 € on a 10 packs carton)

While it’s a great initative, French research has it’s own issues, while historically it was offering permanent position early but with low salary, nowadays, it’s short term position for a low salary, not sure how it will unfold for the selected applicant.

Might be worth checking [email protected] which can have tons of useful inputs

Male fashion sucks, but tank tops aren’t seen like acceptable for men (out of the gym)

That said, students are old enough to understand how to dress, so IMO the professor should have say nothpng

But soon enough you’ll discover that if you dare to wear a short at work your manager will ask whether you’re in Hollyday or even sends you home to dress properly

Every decade had it’s pile of shit, and for the moment, the 2020’s have been a walk in the Park compared to 2010’s.

Sure covid was a wild-ride, where we had to mostly stay at home when no valid reason to go-out, and when out the city was quiet. and then proceeding to normal life with some accommodation is weird,

Remember the 2010’s with the long-tail of the 2008 economic crisis, the terrorist attacks (and all the security measure impact on day to day life), The start of the Ukraine war, The Syrian civil-war, the politicians not listening to kids protesting climate change, the Brexit, and tons of other crazy problems ?

Actually, how does contested debts work with the US credit system ? People do genuine mistake which may be settled quickly sometimes even without needing to escalate far, but there is also bad faith companies/landlord which charge abusive fee, and would try to go to collections while your still contesting.

What do you mean ?

Most lemmy communities are pretty relax and laid-off, not really aplace with troll and censorships