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by uola 10y ago
Malmö is probably a better deal in that case.
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by uola 10y ago
I think you're kind of right, but I feel the comparison with LA/NYC is slightly weird. SV is the leader in the consumer web space (and some other areas). If you're into hardware, games or electronic music the choice of SV is
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by uola 10y ago
Your main point is the straw man. No one has said that social problems are better in China. The reason he was shocked over social problems in SF is because he is from Sweden and he idolized SV. > As a Swede coming to the States, I was di
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by uola 10y ago
Your opinions aren't uninteresting because they aren't spicy, but because they offer no value. You're in the company of people who spent years in Asia and other parts of the world running businesses, conferences and making de
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by uola 10y ago
I understand your point it's just not very interesting. This is why people don't want to go to the US, because it's an ecochamber of generic opinions that doesn't listen to anyone else. The US used to be a place where pe
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by uola 10y ago
Sweden has a higher percentage of English speakers than Canada. Germany not so much.
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by uola 10y ago
You're greatly missing the point in favor of your own argumentation. As one of the most prosperous places on earth, we expect SF to do better. China is a mess, yet in Shenzhen they've been averaging a new metro station every month
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by uola 10y ago
Sweden received many immigrants from Greece, Turkey, Italy and Yugoslavia during the 60s.
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by uola 10y ago
That seems quite unlikely since Sweden had right wing governments during 76-82 and 91-94.
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by uola 10y ago
"One of the short term advantages of an authoritarian state is that problems can be swept under the rug and hidden." Is this in reference to China? Because in that case it's quite clearly false. There's cartoon level ine
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by uola 10y ago
The thing is that no one is going to explain to you what's going on in China. Understanding the Chinese ecosystem takes considerable effort and the people that do understand would rather talk to others in the know than to a wall. I act
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by uola 10y ago
Altium is the industry standard. Eagle has a free version and is the standard for hobbyist and "makers". Thing from SparkFum or Adafruit comes with Eagle schematics for instance. Up until recently KiCad was about as exciting as gE
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by uola 10y ago
I don't see it. KiCad seems like a perfect example of where giving it €30k to maintain it wouldn't have mattered. It is CERNs leadership and shiny improvements, like the push and shove router, that have made people excited about K
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by uola 10y ago
I don't think that is a very selective reading. That's the story of any Swede I know moving to Berlin. Don't get me wrong I think it's great, especially if you're bootstrapping. But it definitely speaks to the matur
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by uola 10y ago
So don't apply, seriously. One problem with these type of initiatives is that they bring out all the people who don't mind embellishing their ideas to get access to "free money" at the expense of people who have substant
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by uola 10y ago
While I appreciate the backstory, I don't really see how this is an argument for not being 10 years behind Stockholm. I mean EC cards are a good idea, but they aren't internationally viable nor even everywhere in Germany. Now when
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by uola 10y ago
Many, even mundane, things. Berlin apartments are a varying standard, many don't have district heating. Grocery stores closes early, aren't open on Sundays, have limited selection and don't accept credit cards (which I'v
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by uola 10y ago
I could very well see how Stockholm is 10 years ahead of Berlin in many areas, but maybe not that many were Berlin is ahead of Stockholm. It's just that it doesn't matter. Because Berlin is somewhere you can actually move to, whil
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by uola 10y ago
At this point I can only conclude that you don't want to understand. I've already explained that there were a number of manufacturers who had a vision of a smart phone with a similar form factor to the iPhone. Steve Jobs was a fan
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by uola 10y ago
Of course, the P800 was a couple of years before the iPhone. The point is that a P800 with five year more modern components would look similar to an iPhone. The first iPhone was actually pretty crappy by today's standards. No GPS, MMS,
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by uola 10y ago
Not only did you completely miss the point, you changed your whole argument when the facts didn't suit your views anymore. Phone look like they do because of the state of technology. I don't know why this is hard to understand? &q
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by uola 10y ago
The Sony Ericsson P800/P900/P910 had a removable keypad making them effectively rectangular phones. The Neonode N1 had a touch driven interface, including the slide to unlock feature. Then there were PDAs like Sony Clie PEG-TH55.
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by uola 10y ago
"And every single one of the authors speaks English! Talk about unbalanced!" You're right though. Summer reading especially, since you normally have less workload, is a great time to explore other cultures. Most of these book
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by uola 10y ago
"[...] if we're pedantic about it you are depriving them their rights" Don't confuse the economic and moral rights in copyright. When you copy something you aren't necessarily depriving someone of their rights so mu
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by uola 10y ago
I don't think yesteryear's industry where only a few people could get published, or even find the time, knowledge and/or motivation to write, was particularly fair. We're in the information age, a lot of people can write
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by uola 10y ago
This whole thread is pretty bizarre. The proposed solution of making the city denser by building up is literally called Vancouverism. https://www.google.com/search?tbm=bks&q=Vancouverism
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by uola 10y ago
They were both right at the time. It wasn't until a few years later that the iPhone was actually competitive. It was really Android (and apps) that changed mobile. None of the companies with great OS teams (Nokia, Blackberry, Palm, Eri
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by uola 10y ago
I don't see how it's not coherent to think that something that is allowed should be allowed for everyone, but that something that isn't allowed shouldn't be except if you get permission. If someone thinks that the Intern
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by uola 10y ago
It's just a silly comparison overall. A car (electric especially) can't go 150 mph because of kinetic energy, fuel density and drag. If you deal with these things by putting it in a controlled environment, getting an external powe
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by uola 10y ago
Regulation of markets has a purpose. You might disagree with it, how it was implemented or say that it's not keeping up with reality but that doesn't mean that skirting regulation doesn't give us just another flawed market. P

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