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Local municipalities have veto rights to block development. There are also a bunch of rules, often overlapping, than may stop planning. All planning decisions can also be (and are) appealed for years.

There is also a lack of cheap housing, most houses built today are unaffordable to most low/medium earners. This has become an even more acute problem with the recent influx of refugees. This has lead to overcrowding in poorer suburbs.


The interest rate deduction has been around longer than that. In 1990/1991 it was reduced to 30% from 50%.

Low interest rates, the deduction, no wealth tax and a massively reduced property tax all contributed to this bubble though.


You are joking right?

Syria used sarin gas on civilians. There are few things as terrifying and atrocious as chemical weapons. It is absolute insanity to use nerve gas, never mind the other war crimes committed by the Assad regime.


They did X horrid thing! Lets go invade Y country!. If you disagree you are a horrid person!

A extreme claim against something is not proof of the claim itself. Regardless of it happening this kind of FOR THE CHILDREN social shaming is unacceptable.

Lets not jump the gun on repeated military campaigns.


The US only intended to destroy infrastructure, and they largely succeeded. Why exactly is this act so out of proportion?


How do you know those news are true?

Also please don't down vote me because my opinion is different.


You can't just ignore the photos, videos, testimonies, articles in international media with different ideologies only to base your thesis in "It's my opinion". Well, in fact you can, but your opinion doesn't deserve to be respected.


Nobody questions the attack - the only unknown is who perpetrated it. Whoever planned it knew very well that using a chemical weapon, especially on civilians, is likely to meet a very strong reaction. We've seen it in the past. That raises questions why anyone would do it, especially Assad who is now winning the war. There are so many possibilities here. One of them is that Trump is being manipulated by the intelligence.


@almave, Ron Paul explains better than me why this looks like a false flag attack.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LULzvg1gA5U


Yes, the testimonies. Remember those Kuwaiti incubator babies?


Well, we've seen those photos and videos before....

The BBC is reporting bombings in Aleppo hospitals every 3 months... The question is, how many hospitals are there in Aleppo? 50?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/search?q=aleppo+hospital


Yeah, because the Syrians are so mind-dead that they'd give the NATO more reasons to stomp in and destroy their nation.


Guns, burns, bombs, live burrial, drowning at sea.

Dying from gas is no more horrible than those.


I reckon it might be much more horrible than a swift gunshot to the back of the head.


For nearly a decade, Ketchum, a psychiatrist, went about his work in the belief that chemicals are more humane instruments of warfare than bullets and shrapnel—or, at least, he told himself such things. To achieve his dream, he worked tirelessly at a secluded Army research facility, testing chemical weapons on hundreds of healthy soldiers, and thinking all along that he was doing good.

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/12/17/operation-delir...


Damn, that looks like a fantastic read. Thanks!


I hope you're not being serious...


Yeah, remember when Saddam microwaved all those babies?


A nerve gas attack is quite insignificant if compared to the rest of the horrors Syrians have had to suffer.


They aren't actually located in Stockholm, but close enough to use resources from the Stockholm Area. Supposedly the DCs will be located in Västerås, Eskilstuna and Katrineholm[0].

[0] http://digital.di.se/artikel/amazon-oppnar-tre-datacenter-i-...


I see, that makes more sense I guess. Still, I would've liked it if they put the DCs in Norr- or Västerbotten. I'm very partial though ;P


You're biased, you mean?



Didn't now that, thx :)


IKEA actually publishes a yearly report[1] that is close to what a public company would publish. But they don't have to.

Regardless, the 500 shareholder thing specifically applies to American companies as far as I know. [2]

[1] http://www.ikea.com/ms/en_US/pdf/yearly_summary/IKEA_Group_Y...

[2] http://www.investopedia.com/terms/5/500-shareholder-threshol...


Snapchat is already big in Europe so it has appeal outside of the US.

This is of course not true for all markets and age segments but SC is extremely popular.


Automattic has over 500 employees, yet they are also "Just a blog platform"

Though I believe they are actually profitable.


Automattic has other services that compliment Wordpress.


>They bought way too much stock, and never worked with size curves, just flat ranges.

Oh dear... I can get bringing in too much stock, It is understandable as a new young company that you overestimate sales of some items but not working with size curves is just plain unprofessional.


That sounds like an utter waste of time for everyone involved.


About 35 minutes.

5 min walk to the bus, one bus stop then hopping on the subway for 20 min, luckily I don't have to change so I can just relax for those 20 min. Then a 10 minute walk to the office.

Not too bad at all for living in a nice suburb of Stockholm.


Since you are in Stockholm, I'd like to ask: is it feasible to commute by bike in winter?

My impression was that Stockholm is pretty small compared to other capitals, and also well connected with bike lanes. But I visited during summer I don't know about the situation in winter.


There are a lot of people who bike all year. Though less than in spring-autumn.

You probably need/want winter tires for your bike and it may be cold but sure, it is possible. The bike lanes are usually cleared quickly when it snows.

For me the biking distance would be 14km or so. A bit further than I personally want to bike but not an uncommon biking route.


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