I don’t think there’s any asparagus in this picture. I wish there were, it makes a great pun look forced
Mildly reclusive American living in Europe.
Tends to get truculent about movies, music, the Oxford comma, and politics
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raef@lemmy.worldtoUnited States | News & Politics@midwest.social•Journalist Ken Klippenstein releases accused Minnesota assassin’s resume0·27 days agoTo complicate things, this is US terminology and a CV on other places can look like a US resume
Using nfs on ext4 file systems, I’ve always just added them to fstab and it works just like that
raef@lemmy.worldto World News@lemmy.world•Spain and Portugal Hit With Worst European Blackout in YearsEnglish1·3 months agoIt was too weak to use. It was connected but with no bars. It was probably well outside the city where they still had power
raef@lemmy.worldto World News@lemmy.world•Spain and Portugal Hit With Worst European Blackout in YearsEnglish4·3 months agoAbout a month ago, almost the whole city (northern Germany) lost power for about forty minutes. My signal was down to an unusable edge connection. I really don’t know what the rules are
Just my two cents: I’ve had occasional problems with games through steam on dual monitors. Things like losing mouse focus or changing resolution on the other monitor (though that hasn’t happened for a long time).
Monitors are old Asus. I won’t bother looking up the models as I’m sure they’re outdated
raef@lemmy.worldto World News@lemmy.world•Germany: Mass protests after far-right AfD helps CDU/CSUEnglish31·5 months agoAll true of American protests. In Atlanta they’ve even been labeling protesters as domestic terrorists. That comes with huge consequences and they still go out there.
raef@lemmy.worldto World News@lemmy.world•Germany: Mass protests after far-right AfD helps CDU/CSUEnglish31·5 months agoSo did you. You picked one. I picked one.
You felt that Americans can learn something from European protesters, but I don’t know what you’re saying the big difference is. The BLM protesters faced violence and extreme retribution, but were still out there continuously, living, sleeping… why are the Europeans better?
raef@lemmy.worldto World News@lemmy.world•Germany: Mass protests after far-right AfD helps CDU/CSUEnglish32·5 months agoWhy don’t you tell us how the BLM protestors are pussies compared to the French. You say you want people to learn
raef@lemmy.worldto World News@lemmy.world•Germany: Mass protests after far-right AfD helps CDU/CSUEnglish81·5 months agoWhat are you seeing in EU protests that BLM didn’t have?
raef@lemmy.worldto World News@lemmy.world•Outrage as Elon Musk claims ‘only AfD can save Germany’English21·7 months agoJust want to clarify that healthcare is not free; there are insurance companies and coverage is paid for.
The difference is they are more regulated and everyone must have insurance coverage
raef@lemmy.worldto World News@lemmy.world•Germany's health-care sector hit by skilled labor shortageEnglish1·8 months agoIt seems like there’s more animosity towards immigrants, but I honestly think it reached a peak a while ago. The Syrian refugee diaspora was ten years ago. Any increase in right-wing extremism is from a general, global fad. They seem to feed off each other. These are just feelings. I don’t have any data
raef@lemmy.worldto World News@lemmy.world•Germany's health-care sector hit by skilled labor shortageEnglish2·8 months agoI considered myself white, but a big 9 on blue eyes; nix on blond hair. I do trace my ancestry back to Italy (doubled: both grandpas), but I don’t get malevolent racism; maybe some benign. People think I’m Spanish, or are surprised about my job, but it’s not so bad
raef@lemmy.worldto World News@lemmy.world•Germany's health-care sector hit by skilled labor shortageEnglish1·8 months agoYeah, I saw where this was going. You have a thing against studying.
I don’t know what you mean with the second paragraph. I already don’t believe in that sort of voodoo. Keep in mind, Germany invented much of that bullshit. They still hawk homeopathic mumbo jumbo at pharmacies
raef@lemmy.worldto World News@lemmy.world•Germany's health-care sector hit by skilled labor shortageEnglish4·8 months agoI know. I understand German higher education. I work there. I also have most of my family (back in the US) in medicine at various levels.
The US registered nurse degree is usually a four-year degree that involves practical experience, but has a level of biology, physiology, anatomy, and biochemistry that the German regiment has no time for. It’s one of the reasons that nurses in the US can do things German nurses can’t, like give shots.
We could go further and talk about physician education, where someone can be a GP with only a bachelor’s in Germany, but maybe a later time…
My point was: OP’s wife might only need to take the certification test. I’m sure she’s over overqualified too be a basic nurse here. Degrees are generally recognized ever since Germany switched to the international bachelor/ Master/PhD system about 15 years ago
raef@lemmy.worldto World News@lemmy.world•Germany's health-care sector hit by skilled labor shortageEnglish7·8 months agoI’m not 100% sure, but might just need to take the Staatsexam. It’s a funny situation because registered nurses in the US go through a four- year bachelor’s, which doesn’t exist in Germany: just a trade school
raef@lemmy.worldto World News@lemmy.world•Germany's health-care sector hit by skilled labor shortageEnglish41·8 months agoa little less democracy creates a buffer against populism. Half of the legislature is chosen by the parties off a list (after winning support; sort of like voting straight-ticket). The parties make the lists, so they aren’t as likely to pick crazies as rogue voters. Then, a party has to get 5% of the votes to get a place in the assembly. Yes, the AFD has been meeting that occasionally, but, for the first reason, the real nutjobs find themselves in the lesser parties. On top of all this, the prime Minister isn’t directly elected, so a Trump (who most of his own party despises) is less likely. Germany is having problems lately; mostly with infighting and inter- party cooperation, but it’s harder for the populace to elect surprise officials
raef@lemmy.worldto World News@lemmy.world•Manhunt in Berlin after bag with explosives abandoned at train stationEnglish11·8 months agoWho knows what the target was. A poster above said there was no detonator. He may have been transporting ir somewhere else to use
raef@lemmy.worldto World News@lemmy.world•More than 100 killed and 50 injured after a gasoline tanker explodes in NigeriaEnglish2·9 months agoMy only question is, How often do these trucks overturn?
Anyone can be one enough to remember the song if you don’t limit your music consumption