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by uola 10y ago
The market is going towards increased sophistication and incremental updates for operating systems. At the same time you have to be able to compete with low cost or free alternatives. Pretending that you can do that, without limiting the nu
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Sure, I don't like the direction that windows is taking in terms of privacy, having to deal with compatibility issues or the disregard for people on limited connections. But that isn't worse that the flaws of other operating syste
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It's not hard to imagine that grntrification only have net good effects up to a point for many people.
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Many people think it's worth it, especially in the beginning. Fewer can come to terms with the invested time when their progression slows done because of increased fitness, getting older and/or having more commitments. If you do s
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I'm comparing to other fitness activities. Sure, you can have going to the gym as a hobby, but it's generally harder than biking, swimming, climbing, martial arts, team sports or other things that offer additional value of more vi
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by uola 10y ago
While I get your point, I think that to some extent is a false sense of comfort. If you've gone through a challenging time it's more important, not less, to live a balanced life. Because you probably have a lots of "social de
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by uola 10y ago
Populism is up essentially all over Europe. Timbro (neoliberal think-tank) Authoritarian Populism Index 2016 http://timbro.se/sites/timbro.se/files/files/reports/4_rappo... (pdf)
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by uola 10y ago
Something seems fishy about that story. Not only are special forces people usually smaller, but getting hurt is a big no no. It will stop your training and severely jeopardize any mission you're on. Most special forces teaches the oppo
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by uola 10y ago
Most people "going to the gym" at one point have to come to terms with that it's to some extent a waste of time. Yes, you get more fit, but that's about it. Begin able to combine getting fit with a hobby, making friends,
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by uola 10y ago
While being good at video games could indicate that you have qualifications for becoming a good pilot, the boring answer is that the overlap is small enough that it will be overshadow by all the other things that goes into becoming a good p
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by uola 10y ago
It was in the link at the end if his comment.
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> The fact that the autopilot is so good that it "almost" works as a driver is an issue for Tesla as we can see here. If only someone could have foreseen these issues... http://www.theverge.com/2016/4/
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No, because Google isn't paying the Irish corporate tax but instead moving the money to a second Irish company (hence the double Irish) based in the Bahamas. A European company with a subsidiary based in the Bahamas would trigger anti-
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Your the one creating the "eternal september" discussion in this thread. You take a story about international trade and make into a left-right issue, promoting your pet opnion that Europe have moved to far to the left. Then you tu
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by uola 10y ago
> (which would then allow the US rate to be lower for the same revenue) While I'm sure it can be minimized, the US doesn't have a particularly low corporate income tax rate. > And if they paid that tax in the US [...] how wo
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by uola 10y ago
This might very well not be what you meant, but kids (at their best) are inspired, curious and surprisingly determined in large part because they don't understand the concept of "hard work". They build their own stories in th
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by uola 10y ago
Working on anything "merely" requires you to convince other people that you should be able to do so. Meaning most likely a degree of some sort, good communication skills and being ambitious. Actually accomplishing something in a f
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by uola 10y ago
I didn't express myself very well. What I meant is that Europe has a number of low tax jurisdictions where you can move if you really want low tax, but few of these are particularly popular (for domestic companies).
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No, I don't think his arguments were concrete. 1. Fix the relatively low tech wages [in Europe] You can make enough money in Europe to have enough runway to start a company. Especially if you give up working 40 hour weeks and having 6
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by uola 10y ago
Every place has flaws, what counts is where it places on a list. What other place (except ones current one) would you suggest being better?
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by uola 10y ago
I've been eyeing Berlin for a while, but hasn't been convinced yet. That said, I feel your arguments are very generic. You say the attitude is all wrong, but then you expect high salaries by default? I've made very good money
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by uola 10y ago
Partly true. Europeans have fairly good opportunities to influence domestic and regional issues. Probably better than the in the US. For instance look at how the data retention directive was invalidated [0]. That said, support for US miscon
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Residents are the ones starting and working for businesses, creating new value and paying taxes long term. Portugal is one of the worst economies in Europe. A lot of people have already moved. Trying to survive on tourism is a shortsighted
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Yes, unfortunetly I think it's very likely that costs will grow faster than the startup scene in Lisbon. Loosing much of it's attraction.
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Yes, if you factor in things like student loans, vacation, housing costs, working conditions, transportation etc. you'll make about the same in northen europe as in SV. Not including more management level positions at large tech compan
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> I've always been skeptical of the whole "advice from billionaires" format. Me too. But it's not like it's unfounded advice. The things you need to start a company (time, knowledge, morale) are all significantly
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"I don't see this as an especially big deal" Then you are clearly underestimating the effects of housing on the rest of society. Where you live (and how much you pay) is one of the biggest factors that determine how you live
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by uola 10y ago
"Moving data around" is what a lot of software engineering is these days. Facebook, Google etc. are more data companies than software companies (and probably close to media than communcations companies).
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China Stuff: Email that works(dangerousprototypes.com)
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by uola 10y ago
It's not that they don't care, it's that they are asked to give up a lot for fairly vague risks. I have friends who don't use social platforms and go trough the effort to use encryption and deploy their own systems. They

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