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by kfk 11y ago
For me the fact that I should be happy would be very stressful
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by kfk 11y ago
Hey, fantastic and best experience so far in Munich and I have lived in other 6 different cities so far. Said that, Munich can feel a little bit dull sometimes, but if you get a good circle of friends you'll have a great time, especial
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by kfk 11y ago
Hey, I am not German, but I live in Munich. I hear what you are saying, I am Italian, so try not caring about football there, it's tough - people accept it, but it makes small talk very difficult sometimes. On alcohol and drinks in gen
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by kfk 11y ago
I am not the type that moves around easily in social situations, so I try to remove things that put me on the spot. Said that, I still don't drink alcohol or sugary stuff, it's just annoying to explain why every time I leave in Mu
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by kfk 11y ago
One thing with the beverages is that if you choose to not drink them, you will most likely be the weird one in most social situations. Especially if you cut on alcohol. I have nothing against drinks in general, but they should be an excepti
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by kfk 11y ago
What is interesting is that those volumes put Uber no where close to a monopoly player in the taxi/"car lifts" market. They are just 1 player and I think people use them because their app is cooler than calling a taxi by phon
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by kfk 11y ago
Location: Munich Remote: Yes Email: alessiocivitillo@gmail.com OK, this is going to be a bit off topic for HN, but let me give it a shot. I work in finance controlling, in a global manufacturing company. I am interested to see how numbers a
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by kfk 11y ago
One reason I stayed in finance is that the programming scene is very fragmented. Some people say everybody that can do a print "hi" gets a job, yet many job advertisements come with increasing requirements. Startups keep looking f
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by kfk 11y ago
China lacks innovation and innovation culture, for now. If they don't get that solved, they will not grow as much as they did during the last 40 years. They need to find ways to climb up the value added chain, innovation and know how w
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by kfk 11y ago
Nice tone. But if you read my comment you realize I make a point of bad selection, that's where bad management comes from. Also, good managers end up being bad simply because they need to game a broken system to stay afloat. Mine is an
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by kfk 11y ago
I think it's good to sit and talk about performance and work every now and then, I don't think it's good to write things down and put them into a system for years. Also, I think it's horrible to have things like OLR wher
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by kfk 11y ago
No it's not. Devaluation != wealth. Say an economy produces only 2 lemons per year and they cost 1 euro, say you devaluate and now the cost 1.5 euro... how much wealth have you created? None, you are still producing only 2 lemons. The
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by kfk 11y ago
Cool, I have a friend working here http://www.3megawatt.com in Munich. I had few discussions with him about their analytics solution and the solar industry in this regard - very interesting stuff. It looks like a lot of value fo
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by kfk 11y ago
What an arrogant way to see things. All bloggers economists write "intellectually dishonest junk" now. And talking about simplistic, isn't your comment too simplistic? It puts together everything and everybody in 1 box, you c
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by kfk 11y ago
I think you guys should read Schumpeter. There is no economist sane (or honest) in his mind proposing to do more random public spending when things go south. Think of it this way - if an economic downturn hits US, would you rather leave mor
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by kfk 11y ago
Well, 3 things. First, to define austerity, you need to use ratios, absolute values make comparisons impossible and 49.3% of public spending on GDP is not austerity, by any means. Second, the graph you linked shows similar level of spendi
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by kfk 11y ago
Where do you see the austerity: http://www.tradingeconomics.com/greece/government-spending-t... ? Public spending of GDP was 46.9% in 2008 and 49.3% in 2014. Really, the brainwash is probably on the other side. Everybo
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by kfk 11y ago
You might be right. However, see this: Italy has voted Berlusconi for 20 years and now has another despotic leader who might stay another 20 who speaks poor English and has very bad understanding of economics. Meanwhile, no real policy chan
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by kfk 11y ago
My guess as Italian leaving in Germany? They are the only ones who had some sense during all the European public spending madness of the last 20 years or so.
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by kfk 11y ago
The issue with Greece is that they were given money and they did not change anything, they just kept spending. Giving them more money is just going to delay the inevitable - they will go bankrupt, full stop. They don't produce enough o
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by kfk 11y ago
So you have books that are - Not started reading, not finished reading, recommended. You are missing the "finished reading, but not recommended", don't you think? Or maybe I am reading things wrong.
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by kfk 11y ago
Well, what do you want to know? I have many horror stories, actually, I just had 1 today - it took me half day to upload 6 Income Statements (6 spreadsheets) to our Company official tool (HFM). This should take no more than a couple of minu
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by kfk 11y ago
Nice. Though, from a finance perspective, my daily nightmare is in the sharing piece - not in the analysis piece - of my job. Sharing numbers in spreadsheets and consolidations is a deep un-solved pain in the finance world. But I do see thi
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by kfk 11y ago
Friends. If I break the week to see people I like to hang out with in the evening, things go better. My headaches, my mood and my overall tiredness drops. I think that's because those moments allow me to focus on something other than w
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by kfk 11y ago
For me the best way so far to meet a large group of people is to meet those who know a lot of people in the first place and get introduced by them to others. This service seems to connect those with small networks, I am not sure that works?
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by kfk 11y ago
I have seen plenty of overweight people back in Italy that were able to do tough 10 hrs hikes or caving explorations with heavy loads or else. They looked far more healthy to me than slim people that do no exercise. I am just very skeptic o
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by kfk 11y ago
Yeah, that is true, but I hold that being overweight and exercising (real exercise, not the fake gym training programs) is far better for your health and your well being overall. At least you keep a functional body - you can do long walks,
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by kfk 11y ago
> The coming issue is that our software is getting better at replacing jobs faster than new jobs can be created That is a pretty big assumption right there. There is no absolute amount of jobs being created, right? I mean, wouldn't
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by kfk 11y ago
So, when we came up with agriculture some millenia ago, all those jobless people, those hunters/explorers/etc., did not stay jobless, did they? What about when we came up with machines in the 19th century? All those people in agri
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by kfk 11y ago
Hey, I just took a look at your website and what you do, it's quite cool. Do you get any finance questions? Like how to set up a P&L and Balance Sheet, cost tracking, cash, etc.? In my world, those are all part of a growth strategy

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