StefanBatory

True, but they are one country in the end. We are not, and even if personally I do dream of European Federation, I know that this is an utopia that would have 0% chance to work in reality.

Because when I got ADHD diagnosis in Poland, one of the criteria for diagnosis was according to DSM-V :P

I am not saying I agree with that - just what the line thought of the folks at top may be.

I just don't think we are able to do things. Language and countries split us apart.

Americans have one big internal market. Chinese as well. Indians - also.

In Europe? We just can't, you need to start in one country, you need to localise your products, then offer support in various languages, and I didn't even start to say anything about various tax laws or laws in general in other countries of the Union.

I believe that's the biggest issue we have and it will never be resolved.

And then Americans will lecture us that we don't have free speech.

We see this in Britain with freedom of speech taken away from Palestine supporters.

Palestine supporters or "Palestine supporters"? Your freedom of speech ends when you sabotage military bases.

Scanning convos for leaks; spies, and so on.

I think that war with Russia is approaching and they know that Putin will do something; thus while it's done under the oretense of saving the children, it's for wartime...

> I do think that people saying “doctors don’t know the state of the art” have a weaker case.

This is kinda the case though. In Poland I met only one psychiatrist that knew about DSM-5. In this year. DSM-5 was a thing from 2013.

Doctors are people just as us, not every single of them is good.

Best part is that it installs itself automatically, without prompting me for that.

Thank you Microsoft; nice to see your QA works well.

"People say they need glasses to see. Why? I can see perfectly without them, have they even tried to actually be looking harder?"

is there no way to appeal? It works the same in Polish uni I'm in, but uhh, there I was allowed to appeal and they stamped it by default

And I'm very sorry to hear that either way :(

Depending on countries, there is no such thing as a burner SIM card.

In Poland, that's how it worked at unis. We had a lot of subjects where we had only one big exam at the end and your grade depended on it.

Before uni though, we would get a grade or two every week, be it from short tests, classwork, homework or exams.

Also if you have children - I am not sure how it is for you in Germany, but in Poland landlords will not rent to anyone with children. Or ask twice as much because the assumption is if you don't have home already, you are suspicious...

BE was so bland. Both in design and in terms of gameplay. Terrain affected like nothing.

I found the strat to go was to spam Scouts for resources, then get that upgrade that gave you Science per deal and spam every cheap deal as soon as you can.

А у вас негров линчуют.

> never mind that anybody with a functioning cerebral cortex understands that the roots of the special military operation lie in NATO provocation and politically neutral Kiev getting couped with help from the CIA

There is no point talking with you. That you in Russia have your brains damaged, we all know, but the rest of the world doesn't live in a state of constant alcohol delirium. You might want to be aware of that.

> Just to give some random examples: the weaponization of the banking system (kicking Russia out of swift

I do wonder why that happened. Hmm.

It's almost like Russia invaded Europe...

But that's the point, employer doesn't care why you're sick, only that you are. You create "problems", you will get replaced.

> That's going to give back the productivity gain and more, while also decreasing my quality of life.

Unfortunately though, what does that matter? Your employer does not care how do you feel. You are paid to bring them benefits, they aren't running a charity. If you do feel down, that is your issue and you shouldn't let that influence how you work.

Just to be clear, I don't like that either. But it is what it is.

I knew people who had to take care of their children for their entire life, since they never grew up mentally above 6-years old kid.

Answer I heard is hushed "Yes".

Everyone says so, and then when you make even a single mistake in grammar, orthography or use weird phrasing, your entire point is disregarded.

And currently many phrases we've been taught to use for formality are being seen as a sign of LLM usage...

Which part of "well-regulated militia" is difficult to understand? ;)

Do you think those working at ChatGPT have ever wondered how they are contributing to dismantling democracy and ensuring nothing is true by now? The ultimate technological postmodernism.

That's fair, but... What's the alternative? Obviously someone's going to have better academic performance if you have tutors, there's no way around. Still, if you have good academic performance - you have it.

American system feels more unfair when you're given points for extracurriculars like playing instruments or sports, like that's not going to hold poorer children even more (also how's that related to academic performance at all? Unis should not care about unrelated things)

And a side note from me as a Pole - online I see many Americans speaking about how cruel Gaokao is, but... It's America that's outlier. I had the same style of exam in Poland to get to uni, and it's the same in the entire EU, and rest of the world. So I have no idea why Gaokao is singled out.

US turned on the Europe and Canada*

interesting how HN downvoted this one, but not previous :P

Ehh, even in EU context I'm familiar with knowing ADHD meds by that name. That was the least consequential point of their post.