CalRobert

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by CalRobert 3mo ago
The old school granola hippie left (anti nuclear types who love coal and gas) seem to think that “making things people want and selling them for money” is fine until it’s homes, when it suddenly becomes evil. There’s also a failure to see s
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by CalRobert 3mo ago
SF still has lots of low density that could be demolished in favour of higher density housing though.
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by CalRobert 3mo ago
Group 1: Some people think about it and don’t have kids, Group 2 some think about it and do, Group 3 and some don’t think about it much and are (probably) more likely to end up with a kid than group 1 because most people like having sex an
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by CalRobert 3mo ago
For all the people complaining about driver distraction alerts… have you considered that perhaps you were in fact distracted? Looking at a passenger to talk instead of at the road, etc? It’s the kind of thing where, unless you’re way below
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by CalRobert 3mo ago
Personal freedom to drive a two tonne battering ram at deadly speeds where others are walking, biking, etc should be heavily regulated.
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by CalRobert 3mo ago
I like Germany, studied German a bit in college, etc but when my family and I decided to move somewhere that suited us because we could work from anywhere Germany really failed to impress. We ended up in the Netherlands which offers a a lot
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by CalRobert 3mo ago
sounds like you integrated well!
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by CalRobert 3mo ago
As far as I’m aware a lot of noise was made about a 28th Regime “eu-inc” and not much happened. It’s still a pain in the ass to start a company in too many places (albeit not all).
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by CalRobert 3mo ago
Ironically having kids motivated us to live somewhere we could be car free, which is a pretty major reduction in consumption.
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by CalRobert 3mo ago
I think your view is… skewed… but also, remember that many parents are not, in fact, in America.
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by CalRobert 3mo ago
You’re correct about peace of mind (I’ve never been more afraid than I have been for my kids) and liberty (modern parenting is akin to house arrest at times) but the fact remains I never knew I could love someone as much as I love my kids,
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by CalRobert 3mo ago
Mine has been on lockdown mode for months and all I’ve noticed is some images not loading on sites.
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by CalRobert 3mo ago
Or he lied about noticing them to avoid embarrassment.
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by CalRobert 3mo ago
Would lockdown mode on iOS stop this?
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by CalRobert 3mo ago
"have infants ricocheting around your home like screaming DVD logos, then you may want to put this ambition aside for now and deal with that instead" Even older kids... my 6 year old is jumping on the couch as I type this.. I like
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by CalRobert 3mo ago
That's a good point, and AI makes this worse unfortunately. I realized a while ago I spend more time taking pictures than I even do looking at them, and quit worrying so much about saving everything. As they say, all these moments will
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by CalRobert 3mo ago
I get that but in all seriousness if they're saying "the free market" doesn't provide what people want it's worth asking if most people (remember, not HN readers) actually want 25 Gbit internet.
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by CalRobert 3mo ago
Crazy idea but... Do I _need_ 25 Gb internet? Even when I had 1 Gb I never saturated the connection.
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by CalRobert 3mo ago
The cachet of "Swiss" products is a lot higher than US. (Whether this is merited is another question entirely)
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by CalRobert 3mo ago
No idea where they are but when I had a very cheap house in Ireland the property taxes were only a bit over €100 per year.
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by CalRobert 3mo ago
Galicia is supposed to be nice
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by CalRobert 3mo ago
Yes! Please yes! I’d love to see more homes built in my town near Utrecht and have supported plans to do so. It’s idyllic and we should try to help more people who want to live like this be able to do so. Ironically my childhood home in Ca
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by CalRobert 3mo ago
Arguably this is the reason it should be borne by the government, not companies. This is one option https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flexicurity
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by CalRobert 3mo ago
Well I suppose Europe can start its own manzanar if it comes to it. Emigrants aren’t really known for their patriotism.
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by CalRobert 3mo ago
This seems like companies will struggle to eliminate roles they no longer need if the person filling it has been around more than 2 years.
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by CalRobert 3mo ago
Wow, if only it were possible to build new homes. Might mean less parking though! Anyway, the number of Europeans starting companies in California suggests something is deeply wrong in Europe. Incidentally DAFT is nominally bidirectional, b
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by CalRobert 3mo ago
Longest I’ve seen in NL is 2 months, and it’s usually one. It’s common to string multiple “temporary” contracts together though. It still increases switching cost. As a worker with a permanent contract I have to weigh new opportunities agai
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by CalRobert 3mo ago
Tbf it could reduce hiring friction and make it easier to take a chance on a riskier hire. Also makes it easier for workers to change jobs, notice periods here can be outright insane (3 months in some cases) and even as an employee I hated
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by CalRobert 3mo ago
Alternately, it should roll out the red carpet for American entrepreneurs, scientists, and talent who want to try moving here and having a go of things in Europe. The Dutch American Friendship Treaty accidentally enables this and has become
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by CalRobert 3mo ago
European companies just ignore privacy and make their lawyers write increasingly contorted cya statements. I’ve worked in several and the idea we shouldn’t be using American hyperscalers (remember, the CLOUD act means hosting in Europe is u

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