svunk

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by svunk 5y ago
No, I understand that. I just think the reason we talk about it is because of later developments. That is why I'm taking Japan as an example because they have made some of the best music equipment around but we don't talk about ho
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by svunk 5y ago
While I do think things defense spending matters I don't think it is what makes (or made) the difference. Look at countries like Germany, France or South Korea. Arguably they have some of the best education and industries in the world
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by svunk 5y ago
I was referencing Swedish Wikipedia which says he studied actual civil engineering (väg- och vattenbyggnad numera samhällsbyggnad) at Chalmers. NyTeknik writes that he applied for industrial economics but didn't get accepted. https:&#
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by svunk 5y ago
It is of course not common to rent for 30k because most people feel they can't afford that but it is essentially the "spot price". Many apartments in central Stockholm are ~100k SEK per square meter to buy. So a 100 square me
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by svunk 5y ago
> Zurich is in fact a tech hub, Google is there, and many interesting startups come from their outstanding technical school. That is exactly what I mean. Zurich has prestigious schools and foreign companies that you have to attend becaus
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by svunk 5y ago
I would say they did maybe just not directly. There are plenty testimonials of people crashing on other peoples couches, working out of garages or sitting in on classes at Stanford in the 00s in SV. Of course today SV also recruits from all
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by svunk 5y ago
While I agree those aren't unimportant I have come to a somewhat different conclusion after spending some time outside of Sweden. Most people in most places are just busy doing other things. I don't think Stockholm's success