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mathverse··on In Europe, trains are full, and more are on the way
This is not true. I fly freely Vienna<->Germany and it has always been better,faster and cheaper than trains. There is absolutely 0 issue with security.
mathverse··on Ugrep – a more powerful, fast, user-friendly, compatible grep
Also look at https://github.com/stealth/grab from Sebastian Krahmer.
mathverse··on Economic downturn and the influence of AI are claiming numerous jobs
I like fresh seafood you like doner kebab. Everybody has its own preference.
mathverse··on Economic downturn and the influence of AI are claiming numerous jobs
We are comparing US single market vs EU single market. It's EXTREMELY difficult for people not in IT to move across Europe. Many of us have spouses or family in professions which cannot easily be done in different EU countries due to the language limitations. That can easily set you back years in your career or force you to learn a language YOU DO NOT WANT TO LEARN.

Another aspect is local culture. Europe is still INCREDIBLY centered around national cultures despite people trying to be more open. A lot of X-nationality are still acting according to stereotypes and it's incredibly hard to stay in such country longterm.

Part of being happy is to live in a welcoming, happy place not just money and amazing infrastructure.

mathverse··on Economic downturn and the influence of AI are claiming numerous jobs
I have a life in country A (house, work, wife ..etc). My opportunities are limited to companies having LLC in my country or B2B contracts.

If I were to accept a job in country B I would (in 9/10 scenarios) need to move to that country and adjust to the local culture and language.

I had a friend with korean wife who was in Germany and then Belgium each for couple of years. The whole family was suffering from the constant need of adaptation to local languages and eventually they ended up going to Canada.

mathverse··on Economic downturn and the influence of AI are claiming numerous jobs
Yes but then I would need to live in Berlin (shakes uncontrollably).
mathverse··on Economic downturn and the influence of AI are claiming numerous jobs
As a european this is simply not true. The number if well paying tech jobs in Europe is miniscule in Europe and they are usually region locked to few cities let alone countries.

US gives you freedom. Europe locks you to a country and culture you don’t necessarily want to live in.

mathverse··on Economic downturn and the influence of AI are claiming numerous jobs
OP is not talking about subsiding companies but all of this looked like a coordinated, cartel like action.
mathverse··on The Linux backdoor attempt of 2003 (2013)
Nice find. Maybe sd?
mathverse··on The Linux backdoor attempt of 2003 (2013)
Did not cliph / wojciech purczynski also try to backdoor the kernel?
mathverse··on Korea to welcome 'digital nomads' with new visa starting Jan. 1
It's more of a dress code thing or they just dont want to serve foreigner. Not necessarily because they are racist but due to language barrier they dont want to stress about it.
mathverse··on Korea to welcome 'digital nomads' with new visa starting Jan. 1
I was answering the question wha's in it for Korean people. Couple of wealthy nomads are not a drain for korean economy instead they benefit the people as 2/3 of koreans are self employed and will greatly benefit from increased consumption.
mathverse··on Korea to welcome 'digital nomads' with new visa starting Jan. 1
Tattoos are associated with Yakuza.
mathverse··on Korea to welcome 'digital nomads' with new visa starting Jan. 1
Korea is a consumerist society where economic activity is stimulated by massive consumption.

It works differently than Germany for example.

mathverse··on Korea to welcome 'digital nomads' with new visa starting Jan. 1
Nope it does not. Koreans are one of the most closed societies on earth. They are not necessarily racist or anything like that but everything in korean culture is centered around relationships that you built in army, school, work or other activities. Even if you speak korean very well you will never be part of that culture.
mathverse··on Details on Xiaomi EV
It is not innovation it is evolution coming from a consumerist culture.

We in Europe foolishly thought we are beyond that and here we are.

Thanks german industrialists.

mathverse··on The New York Times is suing OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement
.NET is huge in banking, iGaming, traditional industries. Python/PHP are kinda outliers found here and there. JS is eating both Java and .NET's lunch and ofc frontend.
mathverse··on Costs of running a macOS app studio business
Dont picture schools in Romania or anywhere else in CEE as backwards places where gopniks teach about loving mother Russia. That's far from it. CEE education system is not bad especially when it comes to hard sciences. Investment in education in CEE basically means renovating buildings, buying more modern equipment, paying teachers well and establishing more international cooperation.

When it comes to internet it's kinda the result of deregulation compared to Germany and it's relatively simple business that brings monthly recurring revenue.

It's not all that bad in Romania and all great in Germany but then again you can't really compare them. As I said a lot of wealth in Germany is built on the foundations in the old industries where German companies (and the people) hold the added value. It's impossible for Romanian companies to capture this value in construction, banking, pharmacy, insurance, consumer goods.

mathverse··on Costs of running a macOS app studio business
Any taxes paid in CEE are used by crooks to enrich themselves and eventually get back to you in Germany when those people buy luxury goods like MB,BMW cars.

You pay high taxes but you get a semi decent education and health care services. That much money pays for millions of people coming from Romania to your country to work there and provide you with services.

Those people are irreplaceable for Romania.

mathverse··on Costs of running a macOS app studio business
The goods are cheaper but not that much.

Most goods like food and furniture are made by large Western European companies( mostly german and austrian) who utilize economy of scale to make those and can ship and deliver them in large quantities to shops that they THEMSELVES control.

It's impossible for a country like Romania to develop its own champions in a traditional industry like this.

mathverse··on Costs of running a macOS app studio business
I am puzzled how little people know outside of CEE region. Of course it can. CEE is not high trust society it's been decimated by years of communism and the oligarchy got reinforced with the coming of western european investments.

CEE politicians are crooks that believe cattle (the voters) are to be exploited and they cant compete with the developed world anyway.

3m out of 20m of romanians have left the country and there's no way investments in education and health care would make a dent in this.

mathverse··on Costs of running a macOS app studio business
No offense but you seem very uneducated in the matter. Being self employed makes it more difficult for OP to get a loan while "good" real estate is reaching almost western european level of prices in Central & Eastern Europe.

Your post reeks of jealousy for OP's net salary but you fail to account for your accumulated wealth over time of you and your family. OP's had not been earning this wage for years while you and your family has.

OP probably uses a lot of his net salary to support his spouse and family while you dont have to do that.

mathverse··on Qt 6.6 and 6.7 Make QML Faster Than Ever: A New Benchmark and Analysis
That cant be true. Why does QT need hundred of developers when the core product can be done by a single person? (see Sciter)
mathverse··on I Love Ruby
This. I dont really need true essence of metaprogramming craziness of Ruby. I need Ruby-like, dev happiness, readability and performance. Wish Crystal would catch up and get some attention.
mathverse··on Oxlint – JavaScript linter written in Rust
Would not you lint only on files that changed?
mathverse··on Proton Mail gets a desktop app for encrypted email and calendar
There is no performant snappy Electron app. Period.
mathverse··on Norway Joins Denmark in Swedish Tesla Strike/Blockade
This is simply not true and sounds like a ridiculous american view. It is one of the most stable region economically speaking
mathverse··on Mastering Nim, 2nd edition
My biggest problem with Nim is that it did not pick its niche. It tries to be everything to everyone and does not really have strong foundations for your average programmer to use it in Prod.

There is not really an ergonomic, performant http server that people converged to.

Anything production quality is mostly from Status.im and people like Treeform and Guzba who also have a production use case.

mathverse··on Norway Joins Denmark in Swedish Tesla Strike/Blockade
People truly underestimate the level of incompetence and corruption after the fall of the Iron Curtain. The EE lands were ripe for the taking and WE companies made sure to take everything as fast as possible. It was not even a battle it was just a pure massacre.

That left those countries without any local champions or easy options to elevate themselves. I've said it many many times that it will take dozens of unicorns like UIPath in Romania to offset the loss of industries now dominated by DACH companies.

Romania would need to become another Singapore which is almost impossible.

mathverse··on Norway Joins Denmark in Swedish Tesla Strike/Blockade
Your southern neighbor here. PL to me is a rising regional power very similar to Korea only hindered by its geographic location and having to compete in the EU market (lack of applicable mercantilism).

Poles are entrepreneurial and forward thinking nation that will sooner or later become economically as prosperous as WE.

We on the other hand will always be discount version of Austria/Germany.

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