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Household debt is a bit more complicated than you present it. https://www.nationalbanken.dk/en/publications/themes/Pages/H...

I recently (~6 months ago) retired from engineering. I was rather unfit and had also gained a bit of weight. I started running 30 minutes in the morning every 2nd day.

It is painful in the beginning and you probably have to alternate between walking and running for a while. For the first month and half I only did 3k runs and then changed to 5k. 5 months in I can easily run 5k in less than 30 minutes and I look forward to the next run every time.

The mind does play tricks and attempts to convince you to stay in bed. I have a rule that I at least should get up, put on my running clothes and if not else go for a walk. It always ends up being a run.

Also I seem to consistently lose 2kg per month. I generally eat what I want, with the exception of sweets, cake, ice cream, etc.

For staff+ level engineers many SV companies do pay comparable salaries in Europe. I worked for one in a smaller Scandinavian city and had a base salary of $300k and approx. $1m stock yearly. It is hard work though especially due to the timezone difference. I resigned once I reached FI.

In the current climate it is impossible to determine if this is serious or a joke. This is in itself hysterical.

Rename of master branch is happening at the company I work at. I find it rather pointless but the company is paying for my time so if they want me to spend time on this then fine by me.

I will still call it the master branch though.

Not barbaric at all. This is normal for almost all larger companies. Pay is based on the local geographic market. Only at higher levels L6+ does the span diminish. It is basic supply and demand, < L6 is easy to replace.

If the company can get an equally good hire at half the cost, it can and should replace you. As a shareholder I would not only expect this, I would demand it.

How would that help? If a company loses 80% of its revenue over night adjustments will have to be made, union or no union.

> Now it does seem that if you were to pick a country that would have the largest % of people happy, and that was your ideal, you'd be a Dane. But if you believe in individual liberty, high achievement, competition, and diversity, then there is no comparison. USA or some other countries.

On diversity you are correct. But which individual liberties are Danes lacking? Guns?

Tax rate is certainly high, but it is very much a free-market economy and very business friendly. How do you define high achievement? Living a comfortable and secure life? Getting a college degree? Becoming a billionaire?

Not only was it not losing money. It was actually quite profitable pre-covid.

> I don’t use Uber cus of ideological reasons. A lot of people, even in this community, are the same.

Uber/Lyft marketshare in all US markets tell another story. This community is a small echo chamber and thus rather uninformed.

In this particular case it is mainly the value of the investments in DiDi, Yandex.Taxi and Grab. Once those will bounce back, Uber will have a very profitable quarter. Of course then it will be ignored as just increased value of investments.

How can Uber pocket this surcharge? Clearly Uber pays for background checks, insurance as well as the investigators mentioned here.