raulgalera

Labor laws are much tougher in EU than in the US, especially when it comes to big layoffs

i totally agree re: the smoothest flying experience. the takeoff is so long and smooth you almost don't realize that you're up in the air. it was sad to learn that airlines were trying to get rid of it.

nope

In Spain we had a very strict lockdown (not as strict as the Chinese but still) between March-May 2020 and still over 4k cars were sold that month. Which at the time I thought it was an extremely high number considering everything that was going on (link in Spanish): https://noticias.coches.com/noticias-motor/ventas-de-coches-...

how are they even planning on enforcing this?

isn't that what instagram is for?

Agreed. Even Netflix nowadays feels like just another traditional TV channel.

"The first step is inevitably to raise money from dumb/ignorant investors who couldn't care less about your startup: that would be the government / unemployment benefits in France / tax-incentivized angel investors in the UK."

I have seen many entrepreneurs who just kept repeating step #1 for years. They would hop from one startup accelerator to another, joining as many government grant programs as possible (Startup Chile et al.) without ever really building an actual business.

There's one particular case I know of someone who managed to get more than $300,000 in grants in just a couple of years.

same here, I used it a lot in Medellin and it was super convenient