iExploder

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by iExploder 5y ago
it may grow, however isnt it because of lot of BS work like maintain our webpage or ancient billing SW, glue stuff together for our "startup"?
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by iExploder 5y ago
well, it is evolving... a dying art - for sure, the "golden" days are long over, however that does not mean its not a viable job anymore..
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by iExploder 5y ago
I was talking about Europe in general here. And ... I would argue that living, working and thriving in London as software engineer with a salary north of 75k GBP is, in fact, a peak of one's career, hence my argument still stands..
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by iExploder 5y ago
its a peak career moment in europe where tax rate is as high as 50% and commodities are more expensive than in the US due to VAT among other things... its an unheard of salary in rest of the world yeah, first world issues confirmed! :)
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by iExploder 5y ago
inexperienced novices and disheartened veterans alike get infatuated with that new shiny thing ... the rest of just smirk at the pump articles, as we have achieved state of Zen and realize _all_code_is_garbage_ and that nobody, other than m
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by iExploder 5y ago
in case of fixed interest rates I guess so... yachts for everyone!
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by iExploder 5y ago
I was talking in context of russia. of course protests happen everywhere sometimes they have a result sometimes not. but look at russia's history and how they deal with people who try to stir things up..
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by iExploder 5y ago
and in another news... russia removes european news, because thats propaganda you see, propaganda is only good when its OUR propaganda, and freedom of speech is only freedom when what you are speaking aligns with our values... you can have
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by iExploder 5y ago
When you are big bad wolf owning a holding company sucking out cash from your other risk facing companies by renting them office space, material and vehicles, you will understand why u need peons in the office.
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by iExploder 5y ago
not sure this is realistic million people get together? you need some kind of leadership. this mean u have someone u can aim your snipers at / throw KGB at to disappear into a gulag and never be seen again... russia is not exactly usa
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by iExploder 5y ago
"bro" we put sanctions on the gov not to hurt your everyday Ivan. Its not like they live in a democracy and russians can just do anything about their dictator gov.
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by iExploder 5y ago
well I'm not exactly an expert on surviving mass extinction events, I gave it a bit of thought, given sufficient amount of funds I think it goes as following: 1. move to New Zealand 2. find a nice plot of arable land, 3. build a radiat
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by iExploder 5y ago
church tax only for those who declare they are part of religion, this is voluntary and you get some benefits, as additional holidays I believe. I always left the religion option empty and never had to pay church tax.
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by iExploder 5y ago
not to my knowledge, but this newsletter is source of some nice info from embedded world: http://www.ganssle.com/tem-subunsub.html
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by iExploder 5y ago
u are middle aged, biological imperative dictates you are suppose be raising children. seems you are financially positioned for a family, find out if that's something you'll like or not. imagine what kind of life you want to have
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by iExploder 5y ago
it leaves much to be desired on many fronts, perhaps a chance for some other player to step into this market?
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by iExploder 5y ago
perhaps in mega-cities and as far as the young generation is concerned, eating out multiple times a day is not uncommon
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by iExploder 5y ago
Popular in Austria, certain parts of Germany and Switzerland, based on what I have seen. Probably applies to whole of western Europe as well. The progressive tax rates we have here really discourage from working overtime.
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by iExploder 5y ago
a person re-writes full featured and working library in rust. tells everyone.
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by iExploder 5y ago
I'm in no way an expert. however, its pretty much common knowledge that viruses mutate, given that it makes sense that vaccines need to be updated. i see two scenarios: 1. forever taking vaccines at periodic intervals, probably enforce
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by iExploder 5y ago
some of possible reasons to use goto: 1. escape nested loops easily for () ... for() ... if (something) goto get_me_out ... get_me_out: 2. error handling; since c does it in somehow messy way, yo
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by iExploder 5y ago
sitting is evil, its not uncommon to get moderately serious chronic injuries by the time coder reaches 35 years. hey, who said coders don't do "back breaking" work? :) I started to cycle between standing, sitting and laying o
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by iExploder 5y ago
40 days maybe if you count in bank holidays, otherwise its not that high really
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by iExploder 5y ago
this works only for permanent employees, it goes out of the window if you are sole proprietor or managing director, in this case the residence matters a lot and you will be taxed additionally in country u reside in
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by iExploder 5y ago
I havent investigated deeper, but afaik in Austria you can invest tax free into stock packages managed and offered by certain banks, up to 10% of gross income, iirc return on this is very low and needs to be held for 4 years before sale. it
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by iExploder 5y ago
yes, however the effective overall tax (21% + 7%) on dividend and the social and health care deductions - 0%, is much smaller than similar scenario in austria
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by iExploder 5y ago
you really can't, if you want to live in western europe and don't want to do shady stuff, you have to accept the social solidarity system we live in here. I'm not a lawyer or accountant, and I cant give business or legal advi
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by iExploder 5y ago
Singapore, but the hourly rate would have to be in truckloads of gold.
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by iExploder 5y ago
Sounds interesting. TBH I haven't heard a developer advocate is a separate role these days, I guess I had my head stuck in code too much.
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by iExploder 5y ago
I'm kind of in eastern Europe, however, working for public sector is not a bad back up plan when near to retirement. Thanks!

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