nivenkos

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by nivenkos 5y ago
So ban all bank transactions with the fiat exchanges then. This is where I really respect China, they actually act. When they have a housing problem, they build more housing. When they have an energy problem, they build hydroelectric dams a
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by nivenkos 5y ago
What about drugs, and video games, and Satan worship?
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by nivenkos 5y ago
Yeah, and you see them dragging Europe backwards with trying to exclude Nuclear from being classed as renewable energy, but to include natural gas. Nevermind the hugely powerful car industry.
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by nivenkos 5y ago
Exactly, I find it strange as I have a Facebook account but almost never use it, except for speaking to family. The last time I made a post was when I was visiting the US and was able to randomly meet 2 friends there just by chance, since t
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by nivenkos 5y ago
The EU has a lot of downsides too though (e.g. the link tax, video age verification laws, mandatory high sales tax, mass immigration). The UK should try to push to become a high-skilled, high-wage society like Norway and California.
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by nivenkos 5y ago
Worth noting that a lot of other EU countries have similar policies. Spain has the Beckham law - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beckham_law - though it might not survive much longer. Sweden has a similar policy but you
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by nivenkos 5y ago
Not really, house prices are insane and income taxes and sales taxes are much higher too. I wish I had American citizenship tbh.
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by nivenkos 5y ago
Yeah, my team was remote. But the bureaucracy was pretty crazy.
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by nivenkos 5y ago
Pitiful wages though. Like you'd be lucky to get $60k in those places.
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by nivenkos 5y ago
Europe is just as bad. House prices are obscene in/near big cities, and commuting still sucks (used to do 2 hours each way in London!).
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by nivenkos 5y ago
When I worked at Amazon we were already working remotely... almost everyone in that org in fact, including management.
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by nivenkos 5y ago
I'd also recommend the Nand2Tetris course / book if you haven't done it already.
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by nivenkos 5y ago
Then he should have focussed on electoral reform from within the party, because this is going nowhere with FPTP and the 2 party system.
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by nivenkos 5y ago
We don't have longevity technology yet though, only "keep you alive whilst you get dementia" technology. I wouldn't want to live over 90, maybe not even over 80 - but we'll see what changes by then. I agree with te
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by nivenkos 5y ago
The main takeaway I see from all of this is how terrible the banks and authorities are at stopping financial crime, even with methods that are so easily traceable and reversible. They can see the transactions and identify the money mules, b
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by nivenkos 5y ago
Even more incentive to end cash.
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by nivenkos 5y ago
The EU should just invest in FOSS protectionism - money for FOSS if you work in the EU. Ban Microsoft and Oracle from public procurement, and invest the money in Europe. We have no Tech industry and pitiful wages because we've bowed do
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by nivenkos 5y ago
Because the US Tech industry wants to shore up its protectionism. Remember when Zuckerberg wanted the Trump admin to ban TikTok completely? It's crazy that the EU follows suit for so much of this stuff (against Huawei, etc.) and then e
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by nivenkos 5y ago
It's good for violent crimes though. Whereas in Sweden for example, a violent rapist was awarded ~$84k - https://www.gp.se/ledare/v%C3%A5ldt%C3%A4ktsmannens-skadest%... - after he turned out to be a minor but had
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by nivenkos 5y ago
And higher rates of obesity and diabetes. Just looking at the data, it's clear mask mandates and lockdowns don't work at scale. Compared to the vaccines, the effect size is minuscule, and the fact it's even debatable (unlike
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by nivenkos 5y ago
I live in Sweden. There were some restrictions on closing times of bars, and seating in shopping centres. This is nothing compared to the "stay in your flat for a month" lockdowns in Italy and Spain. Or shutting almost everything
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by nivenkos 5y ago
Indeed, we might have a serious issue with illiteracy again. All over a virus with a 99.5+% survival rate, with 92% of the deaths in the UK in over 75s (and mostly with diabetes and dementia).
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by nivenkos 5y ago
This just punishes those with family abroad and reduces economic mobility. It'd be hard to tax private jets, so much like the EU has just done with fuel duty, they end up exempting the super-rich and hammering the working class with mo
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by nivenkos 5y ago
The Mossad approach.
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by nivenkos 5y ago
Yeah, the EU has been run by conservatives and neoliberals since... forever? I don't think the centre-left ever had a majority in the European Parliament, and certainly not in the European Commission (i.e. the heads of state). This is
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by nivenkos 5y ago
> he EU is right here. Including gas power in the green book is laughable. The EU is the one considering including it...
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by nivenkos 5y ago
It'd be useful for desktop convergence, but I think the power isn't quite there (especially on current Linux devices).
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by nivenkos 5y ago
I've been using it at work the last 6 months. Only issue I've hit was Tableau Desktop has no Linux support (but hopefully we can migrate to Looker, as Tableau sucks anyway).
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by nivenkos 5y ago
Yeah, PC gaming will be dead for a few years at least. Might try to get a Steam Deck.
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by nivenkos 5y ago
You could say the same for most companies though - Microsoft's dodgy QDOS and Mosaic deals, Amazon's warehouses and temp hiring practices.

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