> having to hive their fleets in two with slower and faster buses is unlikely to go well
They already do this though. I don't know about Amsterdam, but in Limburg the buses are electric for in-city routes and gas for the longer routes between cities and countries.
I'm also an American working as a developer, but in The Netherlands. One thing that really surprised me (but maybe it's because it's right around the election) is how much time we spend during user groups talking about US politics. I even had a native Dutch person tell me "I heard in the US it is legal to do post birth abortions".
I guess it's partially a symptom of some sort of an inferiority complex. Europe has been almost entirely left behind economically (at least in any emerging sector) yet being able to keep pointing out how superior they are in certain aspects (often quite rightfully so) to Americans makes it easier to mentally ignore the fact that European economies are stagnant and keep falling behind.
> what criteria would be used to determine what is legally something the have to repair?
In the EU it’s just set at 2 years. Anything you buy has to last at least 2 years or the manufacturer has to repair, replace, or refund.
The Netherlands takes this further and says it must be supported for as long as one would reasonably expect it to last.
In the article he says he was specifically told they don’t support any product after 5 years, which I do not think anyone would assume to be the max lifetime for a $100k device.
"supposed to" depends on the company. The company I was working at announced immediately that we were work from home forever. They canceled leases on over a dozen offices across the world and let us come in and take the old furniture.
I had this problem – near 24/7 noise – but moved 20 miles west to a suburb that has speed bumps and significantly less through traffic. The average dBs outside went from ~65 to ~45. Maybe in the US, at least, the issue is that the quiet urban/suburban places are much more expensive than the loud places and so are relatively inaccessible?
Though, now that I think about it, the depths of New York City will be both very expensive and very loud.
I live in a place that was very similar to what you describe. In the last couple years it's become as bad as where I moved from some days.
A lot of it is the surrounding areas have been surrendered to the noise makers and residents in my town are friends with them and they come and go as they please at all hours, unhindered by law enforcement.
But dismayingly, more of the residents are getting louder themselves for whatever reason. The worst part is they by and large follow the speed limit but are still insanely loud so the police just look at it like I'm just annoyed and need to get over it.
It's truly the easiest thing to catch. I can't fathom why there's so little interest at any level of government to tackle this problem.
I recently moved to the Netherlands. The majority of parents here work less than full time hours. They'll split up the day and you'll see one parent drop off the kid at school and the other one pick the kid up. Kids are able to go to school on their own from a young age, so you don't have to do this forever.
Enough people are doing it that the average number of hours worked a week is 32.
Honestly, it's hard enough to convince employees / family members to use a password manager as it is. "Good UI" is vastly underrated as a solid security measure.
They already do this though. I don't know about Amsterdam, but in Limburg the buses are electric for in-city routes and gas for the longer routes between cities and countries.
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