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by mamon 6y ago
My experience is exactly the opposite: I was eager to emigrate during Trump term in the office, despite him making it difficult. Now that Biden has won, I know that emigration should become much easier, but it also became pointless.
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by mamon 6y ago
This tactic of lying under the desk can be easily replicated with any monitor handle, e.g. https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08KZDJKWW?tag=georiot-trd-21&th... It can quite easily point downwards, and you don't hav
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by mamon 6y ago
There's no difference really. All "Big Data" (tm) tools are trying to capitalize on the hype, so Kafka adds database capabilities, while Spark adds Streaming. At some point they will reach feature parity.
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by mamon 6y ago
Oh, I'm not afraid of reports of heart attacks a week after being vaccinated. I'm afraid of developing cancer 2 years later, which another 2 years later will be confirmed to be side effect of the vaccine. That's why normally
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by mamon 6y ago
In Poland there are two differences: 1. Healthcare is government-sponsored, so it costs you nothing 2. There are so called "first-contact doctors", who simply specialize in everyday things like treating common cold, and in more se
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by mamon 6y ago
> Not only that but how many people can get into a doctor the same day for the note? No, it doesn't work like that in Poland. You can just call it in, saying "I'm sick" and then go to the doctor. Doctor's note ca
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by mamon 6y ago
In Poland the number of sick days is unlimited but you need a form filled by an actual MD in order to claim it. Vacation days are separate pool.
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by mamon 6y ago
In Poland we have a lottery that draws 20 numbers out of 80 TWICE A DAY. Other lottery is drawing 3 times a week. So a lot of drawings. EDIT: Oh, the best part: we have this "lottery for the impatient" that has draws every 4 minut
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by mamon 6y ago
Another important thing: under US law should there be any legal dispute, or investigation involving your employer you might be required to submit your work phone for search. If you don't want court, SEC or FBI going through your privat
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by mamon 6y ago
It's a new take on the trick that many startups pulled off in the past: grow fast enough to draw atention, then get acquired. Now, since Tesla's growth has been beyond crazy, they might do the opposite: acquire some established au
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by mamon 6y ago
>> Intel is still on 14nm Why do people keep saying that? There's a variety of 10nm processors from Intel on the market.
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by mamon 6y ago
>> as soon aa you leave the house to go to work or shopping, your neighbors will see you leave and attempt to break into your house Really? In 21st century? seems like the Wild West to me.
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by mamon 6y ago
Every organization will have leaders - that's just the human nature, most of us feel more comfortable if all hard decisions are made for us. The choice is between officially appointed leaders (managers), and unofficial ones - I guess i
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by mamon 6y ago
> Nothing's ever enough for vegans. The most funny argument used by vegans is: "we are closer to nature". There's nothing more natural than animals eating each other. And no, humans are not herbivores. Some primates m
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by mamon 6y ago
EU also sets limits on how much farms can produce. No one cares about yield from unit of land, they care about keeping prices high, so that farmers get adequate profits. EU will even pay farmers a pension if they retire and stop production.
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by mamon 6y ago
offtopic: Article mentions people laughing at Columbus. What I have read before is that they laughed because he simply calculated the Earth circumference wrong: if his goal was really finding a way to India, then he would need much bigger s
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by mamon 6y ago
> Try reselling a year old Windows PC. Almost impossible. A year old Macbook? You can sell it within 15 minutes for a good price. So the biggest advantage of Macs is that you can get rid of them easily? :)
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by mamon 6y ago
The worst thing is: healthcare in my country is so focused on some bogus COVID "pandemic" that it starts to neglect other branches of medicine. Yes, there will be more deaths this year than average, but those people won't die
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by mamon 6y ago
Possibly stupid question, but I'm really concerned, considering buying Librem 5 myself: what do we really know about Purism, and how do we know they are not NSA honeypot?
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by mamon 6y ago
I wonder how much of that effect is because of this: https://barbadoswelcomestamp.bb/
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by mamon 6y ago
You can do those multitouch gestures on TouchBar /s
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by mamon 6y ago
The problem is that taking the test before air travel or right after the arrival at the destination is like playing the Russian roulette. For example in my country you can take a COVID tests but: 1. you might need to wait for results for 4-
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by mamon 6y ago
My condolences to all the Americans for voting Biden into the president's office. Please enjoy the remains your economic prosperity and peace while they last. Also: sign up your children for Chinese lessons, they'll need it.
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by mamon 6y ago
My totaly uneducated guess is: $2M base salary, and $20M in stock options per year.
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by mamon 6y ago
My limited experience of European cafes is: 1. No place would dare to serve you tap water - it is basically considered a health hazard, and many guests would be offended by being offered it. 2. Bottled water is an item on the menu and will
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by mamon 6y ago
Minor nitpick: if there is cough involved, then those infections are not really asymptomatic, right?
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by mamon 6y ago
It matters in which direction you go. Going west, you'll be sleepy very early in the evening, but then no one is really stoping you from going to bed at 7 PM and staying in it for twelve hours straight until 7AM (you probably will wake
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by mamon 6y ago
Where did you get those numbers from? according to the article 6.1M miles was driven on the roads with safety drivers, and additional 65000 miles were driven without safety drivers. "Simulated contacts" are when safety drivers eng
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by mamon 6y ago
You've got to be kidding me. In Poland you can make 1.5x that. France must have very high taxes.
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by mamon 6y ago
Funny, there is a Polish rhyme [1] for children based on the same concept: a person searching the whole house looking for glasses which they were wearing all the time :) [1] https://blogs.transparent.com/polish/okulary-

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