Fenzik

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 10 months ago (3 children)

What’s an NPA?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 22 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (6 children)

In the Netherlands there’s “Jan Modaal”, modaal (modal) referring the most commonly occurring value in or peak of a distribution. This name is used often when representing the experience of the most average Dutchman.

It’s especially often used in financial discussions and journalism, like “owning a house is getting further out of reach for Jan Modaal.”

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

People shouldn’t have the lowest social status just because they don’t work, that’s the thing. We should take care of everyone’s basic needs and let people work on things they are passionate about, instead of simply treating with poverty those that don’t participate.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)

Unemployment generally only measures the percentage of people who are seeking work but unable to find it. Those who don’t work because they are otherwise taken care of aren’t usually counted. That’s actually the source of the discrepancy in the article so the headline is bs imo.

I’m all for reducing our working hours as a population though. More productivity should equal less work, not more GDP

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (6 children)

What’s the most impactful 418-related incident you’ve witnessed? I remember a few years ago npm went down and was returning 418 which spawned jokes and chaos across the web