sbacic

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by sbacic 8mo ago
I'm just going to go out and say it: Europe is poor. At least compared to the US. You can see this plainly when comparing GDP per capita but it's particularly telling when you look at the revenue of tech giants, such as Alphabet a
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by sbacic 8mo ago
> Physical losses in undermaintained water grids are the biggest cause for the issue. Correct me if I am wrong, but doesn't that mean the water is returned back to the environment? It's not made unusable, nor does it disappear
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by sbacic 8mo ago
This "greed" and lack of foresight underpins a lot of the welfare states of Europe. Many member states are doing nothing at all to account for this population shrinkage, much less plan for a world with less people.
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by sbacic 8mo ago
> Population collapse is a good thing. Unless your welfare state depends on a growing population. Which is the case in many EU states. I'd also argue that overpopulation is not a problem in Europe.
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by sbacic 8mo ago
Which in itself wouldn't even be a problem if lack of said documents caused your submission to automatically fail validation right at the start. Instead, a real, live person will need to review your request to verify that it indeed inc
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by sbacic 1y ago
Not quite. Disguised employment is a pretty specific and (usually) clear-cut issue with well defined criteria. The problems start when a jurisdiction broadens the definition to include whatever they want because they want to capture more ta
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by sbacic 2y ago
Last year, when I bought a boat. Financially, it was probably one of the stupider decisions I've made. On the other hand, it opened a whole new world to me, forced me to grow as a person and made me reevaluate my priorities in life.
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by sbacic 4y ago
Nevera means "storm" or alternatively "squall" in Croatian, which is where the car got its name.
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by sbacic 4y ago
> Its an insult to people from non-english speaking countries. No it is not. It may be an insult to people from larger countries who have been pampered all their life, with all the content they consumed being in their native language, be
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by sbacic 4y ago
> People who can invest large amounts of money can afford a translator. Yeah, that sound like the European way of thinking about business. "What do you mean you don't want to spend money on red tape and pointless busy-work? May
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by sbacic 4y ago
> a foreigner should not expect a country to conduct its legal proceedings in a language different to their native. If that is the case, perhaps countries should consider their native language as an actual disadvantage when it comes to a
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by sbacic 4y ago
> EU: 27 different markets in the EU + half a dozen markets in countries freely associated with the EU (e.g. Norway and Switzerland) in different languages, cultures and expectations That's understating the issue. There are only 5 (
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by sbacic 4y ago
SEEKING WORK | Europe | Remote only Front-end developer with over 5 years of freelance experience, mostly on greenfield projects but also occasionally with established codebases. Used to working alone with minimal supervision or in small te
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by sbacic 5y ago
No, it's fine. I assumed that you meant that olx.ro was a scam or something. Only after I visited immobiliare.ro did I realize the difference in quality between their offerings.
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by sbacic 5y ago
> one does _not_ rent property on OLX and there are only some areas that are desirable (i.e.: have to look and feel of central or western europe). Interesting. Why not? The apartments look pretty legit.
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by sbacic 5y ago
I was under impression it was 1-3% profit tax + 5% dividend with an upper limit of 1 million euros? Or has that changed (again)? Also, 850 pcm seems kind of high, at least compared to what I saw on olx.ro.
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by sbacic 5y ago
Not all that unusual really. Before the EURO replaced the DM, many things in Croatia, such as cars and real estate were denominated in DM. This was due to rampant inflation (especially in the 80s and 90s) causing people to lose faith in the
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by sbacic 5y ago
I expect I'll get a lot of flak for this one, but I'd like to suggest the "4 hour work week" by Tim Ferriss. I've read it at about the same age and it had a profound effect on me. Another book I'd suggest is th
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by sbacic 5y ago
/r/sailing definitely. Awesome community. The various tech subreddits are also useful. Some others, in no particular order: r/fire r/digitalnomad r/design
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by sbacic 5y ago
Indeed they are. It's a pity that more governments haven't followed their example or that having clear, easy to use government websites is somehow still a too high bar to clear for so many countries. I'm not sure the average
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by sbacic 5y ago
There should be financial penalties for any company that does this. Otherwise trust vanishes and the only thing that is certain is money in your pocket. Imagine if in the future, companies had to put money in escrow to prove that they are s
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by sbacic 5y ago
> Your job is gone due to automation, immigration, or globalization? It's entirely reasonable to reach for the conservative button to make things go back. Populists promising your job back is an appealing message. If you're a m
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by sbacic 5y ago
> A company’s messaging or social media app is interoperable, to prevent users feeling forced to use one or the other because that’s where their friends are Does this mean what I think it means? That we can finally say goodbye to half a
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by sbacic 5y ago
If we're only talking about income, your only option is contracting (or maybe starting a successful business...). If you are willing to work on your expenses, then a lot of other avenues open up to you; you can make significant savin
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by sbacic 5y ago
> Why is it okay to be paid $100,000 for the exact same job as your equivalent counterparts in the US make 3.5x for? I'm not going to say it's okay, but there are a few things to keep in mind. The most obvious is that salaries
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by sbacic 5y ago
I don't have a particular city in mind, but here are the criteria I'd like it to fulfill: by the ocean, with good weather year round good public transport an airport nearby with good and affordable airport connections at least 2+
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by sbacic 5y ago
> I don't know about "hacks", rather observations. They are definitely hacks: the Enchiridion lists a few of them. Stoicism is anything if not a practical philosophy. > An observation about slavery is that you've t
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by sbacic 5y ago
I don't think Epictetus was actually defending the institution of slavery. Rather, stoic philosophy is full of these "hacks" for handling unpleasant things in your life. Many of them seem quite morbid and bizarre to the untra
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by sbacic 5y ago
I wouldn't be so harsh; it's better to have some way of handling things life throws at you, especially things you have little to no control over, than none at all.
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by sbacic 5y ago
Oh, I think they should definitely adjust. But it should not be adjusted by employees or between employees but rather by the business, to serve its goals (retention, productivity, etc...). I think in these situations, the employee should as

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