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As A Finn I’d like to see Canada figure out that “oh shit we could be a world superpower with all the smarts and natural resources we have” and start trading cu
by delis-thumbs-7e 6mo ago
As A Finn I’d like to see Canada figure out that “oh shit we could be a world superpower with all the smarts and natural resources we have” and start trading culture and goods with Nordic countries. We would rule!
- gib444 6mo agoFar north hemisphere, unite? A Canadian-British-Nordic partnership.
- pepperoni_pizza 6mo agoWell, the coming AMOC collapse will at least align the climates.
- tejohnso 6mo agoDon't forget Russia and USA!
- delis-thumbs-7e 6mo agoBritain, well… I’ll take Scotland, they’re sensible. But rest of you, we can’t just look what you are doing to yourself. Please Britain, get some help.
- gib444 6mo agoHm Finland, with the 38th highest suicide rate in the world? Well above the UK, in 117th place. I think you need our help :(
- delis-thumbs-7e 6mo agoI was referring to how you have selected post-2008 government after another to completely tank the economy and destroy key British institutions, but Finland has a goverment that does exactly the same, so we do kinda need help as sell. Maybe we should go to some 12-step-program together. (PS. Finnish suicide rate has fallen through the 2000’s from 1200 per year to about 750)
- gib444 6mo ago> how you have selected post-2008 government after another to completely tank the economy and destroy key British institutions Yup. Thanks Russia.
- Flere-Imsaho 6mo ago> how you have selected post-2008 government after another to completely tank the economy Well we had a choice between 2 governments... Who are basically the same. Even if a radical government is elected in a couple of years, the deep state will essentially stop them from stepping outside the line which has already been chosen for us. What I'm saying is that we, the British people, do not live in a democracy. So don't blame me :)
- orochimaaru 6mo agoMost of the AI scientists powering the current AI revolution (or apocalypse) are Canadian. If your banking system is conservative and you don’t have a venture capital backed risk taking infrastructure - it’s systemic issue. It is the same problem with Europe.
- cromka 6mo agoIronically, most of early OpenAI engineers and scientists were Polish
- lee 6mo agoThere is a saying I've heard: "Silicon Valley is powered by Waterloo Grads" The problem with Canadian innovation is that our best and brightest tend to complete their education in Canada, then emigrate to the US. The brain drain is a real issue for us. One of the "positives" of Trump's hostilities towards Canada is that perhaps this would slow the brain drain for the current generation.
- grogenaut 6mo agoLove waterloo grads. They're 2 years ahead of other college grads. They come to the internship ready to ship. They definitely power stuff. But Stanford grads all take moonshots. Which would I rather have? Waterloo, they're great workers. Not sure they've been crushing it long enough to be in charge everywhere, time will tell.