nivenkos

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   by nivenkos 5y ago

   They'll just sell it without packaging, and put it in paper bags. Dia/Amazon Prime already do this.
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   by nivenkos 5y ago

   I don't think it's something unique to Sweden at all, the UK has had very similar experiences. I think the issue is that (much like with the National Front in the UK), Sweden previously had an issue with white supremacists (VAM fo
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   by nivenkos 5y ago

   Looker is amazing, I just wish my current company used it. Tableau is a nightmare (no Linux support for a start, nevermind the hassle of editing each dashboard individually).
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   by nivenkos 5y ago

   I love that it even has Esperanto on the cover.
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   by nivenkos 5y ago

   What I find hard in modern Java (well more Scala in my case) is not so much that the language is big but that so many similar features means it's hard to see where things come in scope from. Like in Scala it could be from a trait (and
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   by nivenkos 5y ago

   I don't live in the US, things are worse in Europe. I don't even make $100k in Europe but my salary is very good for here - I started on ~$40k in London! But mainly I just want financial security - to own a home (to avoid the cons
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   by nivenkos 5y ago

   Unfortunately most take-home tests hit those two points too though.
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   by nivenkos 5y ago

   > An absurdly large proportion But this is _because_ the system has failed them. For example, I have a lower quality of life than my father despite going to university and being a senior engineer in some huge companies - just because th
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   by nivenkos 5y ago

   Why not? They have the freedom and opportunity to create FOSS code just the same as anyone else.
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    by nivenkos 5y ago

    I played through Elite Force a few months ago, it was great.
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    by nivenkos 5y ago

    It's like that when I buy a bottle of whisky right now! And because you can live in it, and don't pay anyone to do so.
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    by nivenkos 5y ago

    Step 2 just isn't happening, at nowhere near the levels necessary. Instead people are investing in housing as a "store of value" against inflation, maybe not even renting it out and just hoping it appreciates. This is driving
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    by nivenkos 5y ago

    Mullvad are the best VPN service out there by far IMO - and writing vopono: https://github.com/jamesmcm/vopono - I used many of them! I think most VPN users just want something to access different Netflix catalogues th
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    by nivenkos 5y ago

    The answer is to control the housing market and stop it being used an investment against inflation. Force people to invest in industry against inflation - not rent-seeking in housing, or cryptocurrency pyramid schemes. Only allow resident c
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    by nivenkos 5y ago

    I thought the main push for diesel cars was just fuel prices? The prices in Europe are like 5x US prices.
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    by nivenkos 5y ago

    What socialist countries provide home care? The system is a shambles everywhere.
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    by nivenkos 5y ago

    BBC News is basically Pravda these days: https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-43463496 That was reporting on the opposition leader.
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    by nivenkos 5y ago

    Asylum seekers usually don't have the right to work until their request for asylum is approved. Paying freelancers abroad could work - but what happens if they don't deliver? Or disappear with your data or code? Bitcoin doesn&#x27
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    by nivenkos 5y ago

    It's become a prize of the political establishment though (why did Kissenger and Obama get one?) - there is no way they'd give out such a controversial one these days.
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    by nivenkos 5y ago

    What a disrespectful take - the Nazis (and Freikorps before them) murdered socialists and communists from the Spartacist League, SPD, KPD, etc. They sent trade unionists and Esperantists to concentration camps, because they were also deemed
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    by nivenkos 5y ago

    I don't want to get in to a philosophical argument, but here in Sweden pretty much no-one wears masks anywhere.
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    by nivenkos 5y ago

    > It's when I read comments like yours that I feel so jealous of the US. And then the same Americans ban you from Reddit if you complain about the lockdowns or forced mask mandates.
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    by nivenkos 5y ago

    Have you not heard of the lockdowns here in Europe? In Spain we were forced inside for 2 months, and then forced to wear masks at all times in public - indoors and outdoors. The police got a free pass to beat and arrest people with the excu
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    by nivenkos 5y ago

    Schibsted, TypeForm, I'm sure there are many others too.
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    by nivenkos 5y ago

    IIRC L5 in those companies is equivalent to L7 in Amazon though no? Like Staff Engineer basically.
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    by nivenkos 5y ago

    Glassdoor says 86-110k GBP. Which is still pretty good for Europe.
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    by nivenkos 5y ago

    That was in Spain, but it's pretty similar everywhere. It's tough to break $100k in any sort of non-staff engineer/management role.
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    by nivenkos 5y ago

    But in Europe they barely pay more than a lot of medium-sized companies.
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    by nivenkos 5y ago

    The article is about Europe. My total comp as an L5 at Amazon was about $75k, maybe up to $90k if you count the slowly vesting RSUs.
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    by nivenkos 5y ago

    Housing becoming an investment rather than somewhere to live in. Why is Bitcoin so overvalued? Once it becomes a "store of value" the price just goes crazy.