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Maybe Putin wants that "We are sending the immigrants card" by having a big border with EU; one way (ukraine as russia) or another (ukraine as a swiftly welcomed eu member)

sans warrant? I've never seen "sans" used in a generic context in english language before. that'll be my first

I am a js/react developer and I miss developing games in Unity3D. It is like a kid's playground but for programmers. It has quick feedback cycle from a change to seeing the result. It has very little or no boilerplate code. Code/Project organisation is through a nicely built UI.

Unity people, go ahead use this in your ads :D

Exactly this. When I caught covid, I used that opportunity to catch-up on tv series I have been wanting to watch :D #Expanse

"foregone conclusion" that's a dignifying way to say "walk the walk, as well as talking the talk", or "put one's money where one's mouth is", or "be consistent", "show of will"

>> It's awe-inspiring how much more quickly a human brain can learn versus a computer.

Do you think we live in StarTrek future already? Human brain is the most complex thing in the entire universe, as far as we know so far. You compare it to a what, a computer?

Remember, Pessimist sounds smart but Optimist makes money.

I think no sane person would deny that, but culture is shaped by what you have available; monetarily, accessibility, safety and the list goes on.

A lot of these factors are dictated by wealth individually and wealth communally as a city.

HN didn't let me reply on the last comment, so here it is;

KYC links on those sites lead to: https://launchpad.truepnl.com/kyc https://ksmstarter.synaps.io/

Theyre a bit buried in their UI and only faced when trying to trade/stake etc.

KYC; For example KSMStarter, TruePNL, Thorstarter etc. send the user over to an external page to complete the KYC with selfie/id card/utility bill. Then you come back and login with your Metamask.

Auto contribution; Ah, I see. Thanks for explanation.

Hmm I understand. Some launchpads are using external KYC systems allowing for verification while using Metamask. I wish something like that would be possible.

Lost funds weren't much to bother with. It was just, I had disabled "automatically pay to creators" option on all my devices, but I saw a transaction go out. Then I checked on reddit, and some other people had similar issues.

I will still keep using Brave, no worries. I think it is a good project nevertheless. My complaints are more just small pet-peeves, no biggie. Keep up the good work. Thanks

I am still using Brave, but I am immensely bothered by them forcing us into using their own wallets (out of deals they make, None uses Uphold! except forced by Brave) instead of any decentralized option.

Then constant bugs when paying out BAT rewards, causing you to lose them, but never refunds you.

Depends on the change specific EIP brings...

Miners/Pools could go on strike. PoS schemes will require you to pool as well, meaning there will be centrally controlled staking pools. These pools will yield great power too.

That's basically what I'm doing with my search "site:reddit.com" I wonder if anyone at Google is aware of this trend and taking notes.

This will be the end of Instagram and Facebook to an extent. People have already left FB, and some deleted it entirely. Next will be Instagram, if they do the same thing there.

Probably good for society. Let Facebook do their mistakes.

Elon doesn't speak negatively ahead of time usually. He is an optimistism salesman, if he speaks words of pessimism... I think it is a signal something's about to go bonkers and this is his way to save face ahead of time.

Basically, there is no advantage to being from EU on paper. Subjectively, when your papers are processed, it will definitely be faster and less scrutinized.

Indeed. I plan to start with London for now, but I am definitely seeing myself moving to a slightly calmer city a bit later. I hope to own a house with a garden later in life, and London housing market is pretty expensive from what I heard.

I'm very much deep in crypto, "have skin in the game" big time. But are you being honest there?

A majority of coins are owned by corporations. Some coins already have governance through staked amount of coins. ETH2.0 and PoS will centralize the power to the majority holders of ETHs.

When that happens, corporate/"whale" investors will decide the future implementations. Either through governance voting, or just by basically clogging the execution & blockchain through a strike.

I have exactly the same observation and personal experience, and commented the same thing a while back on another crypto-hatred thread here on HN.

Below commenters are just switching the tables around, not seeing absolute radical cynicism towards crypto/blockchain on HN.

Exactly. US is barely possible. Hence I am warming up to the idea of moving to UK for good.

That is the top performer salary, if any. When I check glassdoor for software engineer salaries at Amazon; average base salary is around 128K$ and top is 225K$ among all disclosed on glassdoor.

That being said, I don't know if I would plan my life entirely around being in the absolute top %10 of engineers. Avg. seems like a better figure to compare when speaking of whole markets/countries.

I plan to be at top %40 of engineers in a given field as a specialist and be a generalist overall. Seems like EU is a better fit for me then.

Ah sorry, you're right. I wrongly added the weekends there. But you get the idea. It is still not much lower than US salaries. Note that also we are using the lowest hourly rate here with 650gbp.

Working as a consult comes with its own risks (not much worker rights, very little or no notice period when terminated etc). But those risks are not too bad when you consider how little worker rights one has in US.

just to check if we are doing the math same way;

650gbp x (365 per year - 30 vacation days) = 217750 gbp

Isn't that already very high? in comparison to some US salary?

I can't speak from experience for US, but from what I read/heard online; SW. Engs. salaries there range from 90K to 250K. I just turned down an offer of a contract annually adding up to 220K$ roughly (total into my company before MOMS/VAT), because people are extremely antisocial here, and I ran out emotional patience/capacity. I just really can't anymore and need out asap. After 8 years here, I barely have a social circle to throw a birthday party. I moved here as a Tech Evangelist, very sociable person and my social skills has and is diminishing away.

650-900gbp per day sounds similar to southern Sweden. Hourly rates here go between 750 to 1300 sek.

Your answer below was exactly what I needed man. I am trying to decide whether to move to Cali or London, from Malmö, Sweden.

It looks like I am will be going with London, purely based on clarity of visa procedure. But my heart is torn about giving up on California.

I work as a self-employed IT Consultant, and I already make like top US salaries in Nordics. I will be moving my company to UK. Compensation-vise, I am fine either way.

I feel like, in London, I will miss the summer weather, mountanuous nature...and end up going for vacations down south in Europe to compensate. Whereas in Califorina, you live in the right climate & nature if you like that.

Would you say other advantages (public transport, european nice city arch., close to other european centers) in London weigh heavier than climate/nature part?

Hej! I am preparing to move abroad from Malmö, due to lack of social life, and language barrier I experienced here (similarly as you describe with English not being local language)

I am trying to decide between London or California. London seems so much easier to move to. I am on the verge of giving up trying with California.

I don't have any job opportunities at hand at either right now. I am an IT Consultant, and as you know, most contract brokers for Nordics are actually UK based and offered to find me contract immediately.

UK offers some visa pathways for IT Consultants, whereas with US; I literally don't know any direct/clear pathway for it.

Compensation-wise; as IT Consultant in EU, I already make as much as in US and can do same in UK. So that's not a factor for me.

As a long time nerd, programmer since 13, no habitual interest in sports/gym... I started going to gym for over a year now.

There is another benefit than the looks. Your default energy level is higher, you become more resistant to cold and heat changes. Your heart/lungs can handle stress better. Overall contributing to better outlook of confidence.

We have the same thing in Turkey, although without an exclusive name or word for it. I guess similar mediterranean cultures, perception of elderly etc. and many other factors create this phenomena.

But yeah, no idea why this has popped up on HN :D