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The October newsletter is out: far-right wins elections, cyberattacks in Berlin, end of summer, subletting and more. allaboutberlin.com/newslette…
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Random idea: @downdetector/@allestoerungen but for Berlin's bureaucracy. "You're not alone, the appointment system has been down for 6 hours according to 12 people".
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Forum update: markdown works. Up next: search.
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The giant kite festival is this weekend at Tempelhofer Feld. It feels surreal when you see it in person.
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Forum update: it kinda works! Account creation, posting, replying are all working fine, but it's still rough around the edges. What do you think of the thread page design? (with AI-generated test data)
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I'm still looking for a sublet tenant. Some observations about how people apply to apartments:
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4. Short-term furnished apartments are much easier to get. I'm charging €750 all included, and only 36 people wrote in the last 2 weeks. Long-term apartments get hundreds of messages within an hour.
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5. A few people tried to negotiate the rent (€750) or the deposit (also €750). I don't recommend doing that.
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If you have become a German citizen in August, make sure that you are registered for voting in the September 20 elections. Contact your Bezirkswahlamt and make sure you're on the Wählerverzeichnis. Do this now, not a week before the elections. berlin.de/wahlen/
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I'm interviewing founders about how it feels to run a GmbH in Germany and most sound traumatized. I can't say I wasn't warned.
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