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Re:German town votes ‘No’ to street names by rb808 on Monday February 04, 2019 @10:49AM (#19077240)
> Like if you told the French they should all start speaking english to better interact with the international business community, or if you told programmers they should start wearing dress shirts so they look like professionals.

Both of those are also true btw.

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Re:German town votes ‘No’ to street names by magduf on Monday February 04, 2019 @04:04PM (#19080613)
They may be, but is it worth it or necessary?

For the French, I don't know, but you could argue that it would improve the French economy I suppose.

However, for programmers, I don't see the benefit: programmers do not have any trouble these days finding jobs, and in fact are in high demand regardless of how they dress. Dressing more "professionally" doesn't seem like it would actually help them any, so why bother?

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