wsc981

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   by wsc981 7y ago

   > There does seem to be a mild correlation with outside temperature. Could some places just be "too hot to think"? Well ... perhaps in some way: Since 1991 there has been the presumption that persistent heat affects the I
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   by wsc981 7y ago

   In the past these kinds of relationships were called "Living Apart Together", or LAT-relationships [0]. --- [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Living_apart_together
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   by wsc981 7y ago

   I've used both DeGiro and Meesman as well in the past. From what I've read funds should be a bit more safe with Meesman compared to DeGiro. For me safety is a prime concern as this will be my retirement money.
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   by wsc981 7y ago

   I, a Dutch national, invest in the stock market through Meesman [0]. Meesman offers the following funds for investing in the European stock market: - MSCI Europe Custom ESG [1] - Barclays Euro Govt. Bond [2] Please note Meesman offers a ver
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   by wsc981 7y ago

   In The Netherlands I believe we were really close to having a gay bald president [0]. But sadly he got killed by some left-wing extremist. --- [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pim_Fortuyn
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   by wsc981 7y ago

   Personally I couldn’t care less about status, but money is very important to me, because I want to “retire” (work on my own stuff and by my own schedule) by the time I’m 45.
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   by wsc981 7y ago

   Multiplayer might have been an afterthought, but for me and my friends Goldeneye was crazy fun in multiplayer. We mostly played with 4 people at the same time. I believe we played mostly "the man with the golden gun" in "The
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   by wsc981 7y ago

   I often wonder if Jason Jones [0] (of Mac 3D shooters "Pathways Into Darkness" [1] & "Marathon" [2]) was at the time at about an equal level as John Carmack. I believe the release dates of PiD and Marathon weren&#x27
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   by wsc981 7y ago

   Yeah, internet in our remote village is quite excellent. I've worked from home with on mobile 4G internet, was good enough for video calling. And now have proper broadband in home of course. English skills aren't great for most pe
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    by wsc981 7y ago

    2 USD per hour can be decent depending the location. Where I live in Thailand people on average make 7 USD per day.
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    by wsc981 7y ago

    I feel you read a bit too much into all this. The guy is a journalist and his wife as well. I suspect they don't make much money from their job so they have to be a bit careful on how they spend it. And knowing they pay a bit more comp
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    by wsc981 7y ago

    I guess it's all a matter of perspective. As stated earlier, in the Netherlands I worked as a freelancer for 70 EUR an hour (probably around 80 USD or so) and there it's not considered low. You'd probably be in the 10% highes
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    by wsc981 7y ago

    I feel you should check out Codementor, as to me they are that kind of a platform: https://www.codementor.io
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    by wsc981 7y ago

    I've tried Upwork in the past and the platform made me miserable. I've been using Codementor for the last year or so and been very happy with them. For the past year I've worked for a US client and since a few weeks I work fo
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    by wsc981 7y ago

    In many European countries trees from the USA and Canada are imported to be burned for green, renewable energy. Technically it's true, but it's at great cost. Not even taking into account the costs of transportation. https:/
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    by wsc981 7y ago

    Ghadaffi wanted to create an African currency as well [0]. I wonder if the African countries will now succeed. I feel it will definitely be in their interest as it seems currently France has control over African monetary policy [1] which (I
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    by wsc981 7y ago

    I don't see the value either, but I guess perhaps some people will find a purpose for this tool and regardless some developer might have had some fun working on this, perhaps learned a bit from working on this project.
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    by wsc981 7y ago

    Not sure which is safer, I believe some research suggests more people die from coal mining then from nuclear energy. See for example this: https://ourworldindata.org/what-is-the-safest-form-of-energy
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    by wsc981 7y ago

    Have you tried consulting? I believe companies might be less scared to hire experienced consultants compared to hiring salaried employees.
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    by wsc981 7y ago

    In The Netherlands /a lot/ of people work 4-day workweeks already [0]. It's not that novel. But it'd be good if more countries could largely make the switch. Due to the progressive tax in The Netherlands, working 5 days
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    by wsc981 7y ago

    SEEKING WORK, anywhere, remote --- Location: Thailand Willing to relocate: Perhaps, depending on compensation and location Technologies: iOS & Android (Swift, Objective-C, Java, C#, Jenkins, shell scripting, testing, Ruby, git) Résumé&#
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    by wsc981 7y ago

    Location: Thailand Remote: Strongly preferred Willing to relocate: Perhaps, depending on compensation and location Technologies: iOS & Android (Swift, Objective-C, Java, C#, Jenkins, shell scripting, testing, Ruby, git) Résumé/CV:
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    by wsc981 7y ago

    I liked Hoplite [0] for some time. --- [0]: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/hoplite/id782438457?mt=8
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    by wsc981 7y ago

    Makes one wonder how Grab compares, which is popular in Asia. I believe most Grab drivers in Thailand most likely earn an above average wage. For example a short drive from Chiang Mai central bus station to Chiang Mai airport cost me 208 Ba
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    by wsc981 8y ago

    I think for the common man it's much harder to avoid taxation than for rich people. I am sure many wealthy Dutch people keep money in offshore companies and the like - there might not be much need for emigration. In the end I would gue
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    by wsc981 8y ago

    I did remote working in Thailand in a nice co-working space called Anchor Coworking [0]. I must have worked from that location for half a year or so, perhaps longer even. In there I met a Russian who worked from that location pretty much ev
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    by wsc981 8y ago

    I feel food production shouldn't really be an issue, of course depending on the food type. But the tiny country of The Netherlands is a huge food exporter [0]. Certainly other countries could learn a thing or two [1] on food production
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    by wsc981 8y ago

    Well, the original article states the following: - Apple, as a company, does not donate any money to political candidates, CEO Tim Cook said on Tuesday. - He also said he doesn't believe that political action committe
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    by wsc981 8y ago

    I am originally from The Netherlands and used Amazon a lot over the last 15 years or so, mainly to buy books. Especially when regarding books, their biggest Dutch competitor (Bol.com) offers much more limited choice. But I did notice at my
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    by wsc981 8y ago

    I don't believe Amazon is really well known in Thailand either. I live in Thailand and from what I've seen people tend to buy stuff online at shops like Alibaba, Central [0], Lazada [1], Shoppee [2], perhaps some others as well. I