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by haakonhr 5y ago
That's inaccurate at best about the Nordics. Norway, yes, and Denmark to some degree. Neither Finland or Sweden have or had any significant oil and gas reserves, but built their economies on industry (and mining to some extent).
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What if remote work didn’t mean working from home?(newyorker.com)
150 points by haakonhr 5y ago|248 comments
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by haakonhr 6y ago
The ban is kind of the equivalent of a quick, hacky fix of some bug. It is better than nothing, but in general I'm against banning stuff as the problem is that the flights are too cheap, partially due to reasons like tax exemption on f
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by haakonhr 6y ago
Let's ban stuff instead of ensuring fair competition and better pricing of externalities.. Of interest: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerosene_tax#Criticism_of_the_...
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by haakonhr 6y ago
The easternmost parts of Norway is another quirky area. It is the only place in the world where you have to adjust the time forward no matter if you travel west (into Finland, +1 hour) or east (into Russia, +2 hours).
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Is it a red flag when companies search for [language] engineer?
12 points by haakonhr 6y ago|19 comments
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by haakonhr 6y ago
Maybe an axiom as in being something we assume (because we can't/won't figure out whether it is actually true) this and base our decisions on this axiom.
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by haakonhr 6y ago
I think a first-order explanation (that probably breaks down quickly) is that often many fixed costs are paid in the local currency, such as salaries and rent. To be profitable (in the local currency that they care about) they need to take
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by haakonhr 6y ago
Babel 17 by Samuel Delaney is another classic in this genre: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babel-17
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by haakonhr 6y ago
I like the idea of SacrificialArchitecture. The big downside is to really communicate to management/other departments that it is meant to be a kind of prototype. If it looks good enough and gets paying customers it is hard to find the
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by haakonhr 6y ago
Double taxation is completely normal. You pay taxes on dividends, which have been taxed as company earnings already. In many places you pay a tax on real estate and other assets, which you of course bought with (presumably) already. Inherit
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by haakonhr 6y ago
But as everyone knows: the market can stay irrational longer than you can stay liquid ( https://quoteinvestigator.com/2011/08/09/remain-solvent/ )
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Ghost cities and abandoned areas with a declining population(theguardian.com)
175 points by haakonhr 6y ago|135 comments
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by haakonhr 6y ago
Athletes, musicians, bloggers, you name it do the same. Does that make them entrepreneurs?
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by haakonhr 6y ago
Profit is fine; the problem is that the true costs aren't borne by the consumers. We subsidize by polluting, by relying on forced labor, by relying on people working in dangerous environments and so on
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by haakonhr 6y ago
This is great, although it somehow seems to me to be starting in the wrong end. The underlying problem is that it is more profitable/cheaper to just give you a new product (if something breaks while under warrantee) and then just throw
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by haakonhr 6y ago
What does that even mean? What's the difference between paying for something or having the cost fall on ones shoulder's? Also, Europe is very diverse. In Germany for example, you pay roughly 7% of your salary for health insurance,
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by haakonhr 6y ago
Or the 16.6666667% policy
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by haakonhr 6y ago
I also discovered this a few days before the event. Great stuff! Following it live was really cool. Special shoutout to `andrea with "Your Code as a Crime Scene/Analyze code quality through Emacs"
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by haakonhr 6y ago
The BATNA ( https://www.investopedia.com/terms/b/best-alternative-to-a-n... ) is definitely important, but it is all about being willing to walk away. The multiple offers obviously helps with this, but that doesn&#x
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by haakonhr 6y ago
Racket is also worth a look if you're curious about programming language design as it is very easy to make small DSLs. It is also a great language and eco-system if you're looking for a playground to explore different programming
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by haakonhr 6y ago
Minizinc is just a DSL for describing different models which is then compiled to flatzinc. Flatzinc is then accepted as input to a wide range of solvers, including Google OR.
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by haakonhr 6y ago
You aren't a software engineer though. I found that the main thing for me is that what I do after work or for fun has to be different. If I'm working as a software engineer I enjoy not being behind a screen in the evening, whether
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by haakonhr 6y ago
Sitzfleisch
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by haakonhr 6y ago
As Ralph Waldo Emerson said: “I cannot remember the books I've read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me.”
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by haakonhr 6y ago
But he definitely had a technical background (working at Atari) and he knew his way around a circuit (compared to people one could classify as non-technical)
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by haakonhr 6y ago
What do we cut out of the curriculum to find space for these things? We are barely able to teach people how to read, write and do arithmetic properly. I agree that these skills are essential, but it is so easy to just say that we should tea
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by haakonhr 6y ago
"You shouldn't tolerate too well any injustice that does not target yourself" (freely translated from Norwegian) - Arnulf Øverland
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by haakonhr 6y ago
Not if they don't believe that the markets are efficient. It doesn't matter if you are, in some sense, "right" if the market disagrees. Wirecard is a prime example of this: a lot of short-sellers that, in the end, were r
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by haakonhr 6y ago
Except for legal reasons I agree that it shouldn't matter. However, where you live defines the frames around any salary negotiation, both because it affects what you are willing to accept, but also because it affects your opportunity c

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