jokola

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by jokola 9y ago
Give people cheap stuff, pretend to be one of them and they won't question anything you do. Seem like he invented the modern tech company decades early.
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by jokola 9y ago
The minimum in the EU is 4 weeks, with many countries having 5 weeks. On top of that most countries have ~10 paid public holidays. So the real span is 30-35 days. If you work a government job or get older it is usually an additional 5 days.
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by jokola 9y ago
What does that have to do with anything? The US has cheaper and better food than most of the world. If anything the health problems in the US comes from people eating whatever they want rather than staple foods and vegetables.
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by jokola 9y ago
That was probably around the time when SV was trying to justify its existence with arguing that it could also do 'hard science'. The hype around Theranos maybe being the most prominent example. I don't think the Grab is innov
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by jokola 9y ago
There are plenty of ordinary people that e.g. prefer one religion to other or believe in traditional gender roles. Some of those people believe they should be able to express those opinions in the same way people express opinions about dive
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by jokola 9y ago
Scandinavia is great if you are rich. Sweden for instance would be a great choice for anyone with a trust fund. You would have to pay almost no taxes and still get all the services. It is becoming rich that is hard. Though you could argue t
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by jokola 9y ago
> "At physical education they said it would be really difficult." . That should be a physics education, not? And that preposition is weird. Perhaps "Regarding a physics education, they .." Yes, but it's more that
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by jokola 9y ago
There are of course other ways to see things e.g. https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/08/sweden-social-democracy-m...
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by jokola 9y ago
> If a time comes where a good dev cannot choose where they work and basically negotiate their own terms [...] then unionization may be warranted. When that time comes it will very likely be too late to effectively organize. It might alr
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by jokola 9y ago
The software industry has few required degrees, certifications or titles. There is no rigid career path or unions forcing companies to retain people they have had influence over for a long time. This is great for people starting out, but li
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by jokola 9y ago
If you aren't keeping up with "current" you are going "backward". You can't build large headquarters for the worlds most successful companies somewhere and expect things to be the way they are.
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by jokola 9y ago
> The clear implication here is that California’s relative backwardness is evidenced by the shabbiness of local buildings. But that’s entirely the wrong conclusion to draw! The story here is that rich people don’t like new construction n
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by jokola 9y ago
While I obviously think cheaper and faster is better, connecting two of the worlds largest city economies with vacant land is a feature not a bug.
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by jokola 9y ago
Gigabit fiber in Stockholm is more like $70-90 depending on provider/connection. Telia being the former monopoly with a strong brand and a tier 1 provider is more or less the most expensive broadband you can buy. Symmetrical gigabit is
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by jokola 9y ago
People are always going to have different perspectives and be curious about different things. Most people, especially those who create content, understands this. If there anything that make places like HN tedious to read it comments like yo