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by nivenkos 4y ago
The salaries are only high in the US though, but the recession is global.
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by nivenkos 4y ago
Since the choice is often restricted for these options, I usually choose Doctors Without Borders since at least they're actually out there doing stuff on the ground. Otherwise the FSFE when it's an option in Europe since their Pub
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by nivenkos 4y ago
And yet a lot of so-called "progressive" countries (e.g. Sweden and Germany) punish child-free workers with extremely high income tax to give handouts to parents (Barnbidrag + Kindergeld). It's not even means-tested so they&#
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by nivenkos 4y ago
Strange that it proposes buying "climate-friendly" stuff at the end - the best approach is to not buy new things at all, and focus on reducing electronics waste, planned obsolescence, etc. - where FOSS can have a critical role. Th
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by nivenkos 4y ago
Yeah, just look at their disastrous handling of Covid for example.
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by nivenkos 4y ago
After it's been running for 3 hours...
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by nivenkos 4y ago
But almost no-one is earning $250k/year in Europe. Not even the Prime Minister. That's the issue, it's more like earning $60k in EU vs. $160k in the US for most Tech workers. And the latter is much, much better.
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by nivenkos 4y ago
> There's a reason why many UK developers stay here and don't move to the Silicon Valley to work for Netflix for half a million dollars a year. Because it's incredibly hard to get a work visa, and it comes with a lot of re
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by nivenkos 4y ago
I just stopped reading news completely, and deleted Twitter. And try to only read technical subreddits. It's a whole lot better - using the time to exercise or program instead of just doom-scrolling for stuff we can't change anywa
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by nivenkos 4y ago
A Steam Deck would be an order of magnitude cheaper and more practical.
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by nivenkos 4y ago
We need more democracy - pan-EU elections for the President, pan-EU parties for the Parliament, etc.
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by nivenkos 4y ago
The US will make money from it - with the lend lease and LNG exports. The EU only stands to lose money with a new refugee crisis and increased defence spending.
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by nivenkos 4y ago
That's like arguing the Supreme Court or the Federal Reserve is elected, since eventually their appointing bodies are - somewhere down the line.
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by nivenkos 4y ago
I think it's time to ignore climate concerns for now. Otherwise autocracies and selfish governments have a massive advantage - e.g. the US pulling out of the Paris accord, Russia, etc. At this rate the economy might collapse this time
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by nivenkos 4y ago
Just as I predicted in the 2022 predictions thread - https://news.ycombinator.com/context?id=29746942 It sucks as a Europoor. Visiting NY/WA for work when our salary as a senior engineer is like $70k, and the Americans
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by nivenkos 4y ago
There's a load of countries that don't qualify for the ESTA though. It's stopped us having conferences in the US because non-EU nationals working in Europe can't get US tourist visas in time.
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by nivenkos 4y ago
Nah, I worked at Amazon in Europe - earned about $75k for a position that pays $160k in the US. We europoors are cheap labour for US corporations.
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by nivenkos 4y ago
What a title. Americans are so, so lucky, and don't even recognise their privilege.
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by nivenkos 4y ago
- Kerbal Space Program I thought it'd be cool to write an optimiser for this. I.e. given this craft file for a payload subassembly, give me the cheapest/lightest/fewest parts booster subassembly that will get me to orbit with
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by nivenkos 4y ago
The US is about to become wealthier than ever with the new LNG exports to Europe and the lend lease terms, etc.
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by nivenkos 4y ago
At least as a Canadian you can get a TN visa and move to the US - enjoy those $200k+ salaries!
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by nivenkos 4y ago
A whole lot of imperialism. The intervention in Panama and construction of the Panama Canal was huge too - redirecting a lot of wealth from Argentina.
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by nivenkos 4y ago
The uber rich decide the laws and control the government and security forces though so that will never happen. Instead you end up with hypocritical rules against normal people like in the lockdowns where you could still travel abroad if own
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by nivenkos 4y ago
Hardly anyone can get rent control apartments though. The system has failed.
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by nivenkos 4y ago
Using the Steam Deck makes me wish we had a decent Linux mobile platform.
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by nivenkos 4y ago
The First hand contract inequality is terrible though. Just ban landlordism directly and let people buy their residences.
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by nivenkos 4y ago
Yeah, but my brother lives in Barcelona - and there it's even worse, on lower salaries. We ended up paying the same price for relatively similar flats, but in BCN that's much harder to achieve, and they are older and need renovati
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by nivenkos 4y ago
Pricing? You can have the government / housing co-ops sell properties and just forbid private renting out in absentia.
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by nivenkos 4y ago
A more practical solution is housing coops like the BRF system in Sweden. Individual landlordism is mostly banned (there are some company rentals though) - you buy the place you live in, and there are restrictions on renting it out (no more
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Because it's the only way most of us can afford to own our residence.

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