moktor

joined 2 years ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 hour ago

Immigrating to Europe isn't the easy process a lot of people think it is. At least for the countries I tried (Germany, Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands)...but I do know some things have changed recently, at least for Germany.

My efforts were about ten years ago thought. Despite having a graduate degree from a European institution I still found it impossible.

For Germany, though I had spent the previous 10 years as a software developer (which is classified as an Engpassberuf), I was told that the regulations would only allow me to seek work based on the skills from that degree (Berufsqualifikation). My Master's degree was in a different technical field (European development planning), and my BAs were in European Studies and German Language and Literature. I also studied at the Goethe Institute and completed the Oberstufe C2 exam. But none of that was sufficient.

Now I am middle aged, have a wife and kids, chronic health issues...and though I would love to emigrate, I can't imagine uprooting them all, even if I could find a European country willing to take us.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I bought myself a pair of Reebok Pumps. Always wanted a pair when I was a kid but we were poor. When Reebok re-released them I bought a pair.

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Balancing a Motorcycle Tire. Seems reasonable.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I hate AI as much as anyone, but as far as AI slop goes, this is one of the few redeeming AI video series I have seen, and is really enjoyable. It is a consist storyline written by the author, he is very upfront about what technologies he is using and how he is incorporating them.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (4 children)

My wife to stop drinking.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

The movie 'About Time'. The ending tore me up.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

This one got me.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

I read the whole thread, and it was fascinating to see chip architecture, but I still have no clue what I read.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

He was charged on the tax evasion charges. He plead guilty in September and was due to be sentenced on Dec 16th.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I've been fighting with my insurance company since May. My wife had a medical emergency and I had to take her to the ER at 3AM on a Sunday. The team of doctors treating her all agreed she needed to be hospitalized and have emergency surgery. She was admitted and underwent surgery and was out in three days.

A week after she was discharged we received a letter from the insurance company letting us know they had decided not to cover the $67k hospitalization bill because they had decided it wasn't medically necessary.

So yeah, that's great. Not to mention we had finally hit our $6,000 deductible (after I had cardiac issues and ended up in the ER the previous month) so insurance would finally have had to actually pay something.

So glad we pay them $1500 a month for them to make decisions on what is medically necessary and what constitutes an emergency after the fact.

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