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  • As your links explain, C series is used for envelopes, while B and elongated A are special case that aren't commonly used.

    In any case, none of those series has an equivalent to American Letter.

    The only paper that you will commonly find in European offices are A4 and (to a lesser extent) A3.

    A big office printer might have 4 trays stocked with A4 and one tray with A3, for example.

  • As a European, I do appreciate Legal as a format.

    It just happens slightly too often that an A4 is not long enough and the last bit, including the signature, goes to the next page.

    I wish Legal was common here. Or perhaps we could get a Long A4 with a third extra height or so.

    The Letter format should just be replaced by A4 though.

  • Exactly.

    If the USA tried to again be a White/European ethnostate and allow anyone with Caucasian heritage to immigrate and barred everyone else from immigrating, then no one today would accept that.

    And if they went full on apartheid and started putting natives and minorities in locked down ever-shrinking reservations, people would really lose their shit.

    When white nationalists try to advocate for such policies, they are rightfully criticized for being racist.

    I can never understand why Israel gets special treatment in that regard.

  • It's unlikely that the details will be known before an agreement is reached.

    But to your point, what really matters is whether the USA will force Israel to accept the proposal, or if the Israeli population protests harder against Netanyahu (but that's unlikely to reach the required mass).

    Netanyahu wants the war to continue and will not accept any deal, unless his hand is forced.

    Anyway, Israel was telling people to flee Rafah. My local news says they are probably doing that to pressure Hamas by panicking the Gazan population.

    So, no, I don't think Israel will accept the deal.

  • Indeed, also it's much nicer to use a shared high quality tool than to buy an el-cheapo disposable tool.

    Even something simple like a crowbar. I once borrowed a (shorter) professional crowbar after struggling with a (larger) cheap one. The thing I was trying to pry came out like butter.

    Even though physics dictates that a shorter lever should be inferior, it just had a much better design and grip.

    Better for our wallet, sanity and environment.

  • I am not a Jew, but I have to recognize that many of the people most fiercely standing up against Israeli human rights violations are Jews.

    In the USA, Bernie Sanders, Robbert Reich and Chuck Schumer are three Jewish politicians that have been very consistent in their messaging.

  • Netanyahu and the right need more terrorists in order to justify further land grabs, so yes, that's the goal.

    Radicalize more people, so that those people strike back, then engage in war and take their land.

    And yes, this is also how the Europeans and Americans took land from the natives during colonization.

  • Then you are basically implying the state of Israel can't exist without genocide, ethnic cleansing and apartheid.

    Most of these protesters want a one state solution that doesn't discriminate between people based on religion or ethnicity.

    Or they want a two state solution where a Palestinian army can protect Palestinians against Israel stealing their land, denying them health care and imprisoning their families.

  • The last natural, human, popular subreddit to arise on reddit was r/antiwork

    After that, the site got swarmed by bots and censorship.

    If you try and post something even remotely progressive in a popular subreddit, it will get deleted and you will probably get banned.

  • I didn't think I'd find a mercantilist in 2024, but here we are.

    No, that's not how it works, otherwise the US would be a poor country based on their massive trade deficit.

    Trade takes place because it is mutually beneficial. Each parties gets something out of each trade.

    Reducing trade therefore will always hurts both countries.

    Exactly which loses more will depend on a lot of factors, but in general smaller economies are more dependent on larger economies.

  • Usually with these types of things, it tends to be worse for the smaller economy, but both suffer. (See Brexit, Sanctions on Russia, Iran and Venezuela, and also historically those on apartheid South Africa and Rhodesia).

    Turkey has a GDP 2-3x that of Israel, so I don't know why you'd think it would be worse for them.