cookiemonsieur

ex-pat meaning westerners right ? You do know the world doesn't revolve around the west ?

A lot of people are moving to Russia China and India from non western nations that use to send their top talents to the EU/US.

> Since the pandemic China on Western TVs is about to "collapse". However, what I saw is new EVs, new Phones, record high exports, record high solar panels installations, new metros/airports etc...

This pre-dates the pandemic by 20 years. There are articles as far back as 2000 that detail the impending collapse Chinese civilisation. To the point where it's now become a meme (the economist are notoriously known for their bad predictions on this subject)

> They are reliant on it. The US is still the currency used for trade. The world economy is tied to the dollar and outside of countries we've sanctioned no country has made large steps towards using something else because using something else would be more complicated and would cost them money

What happens when you "sanction" a significant portion of the world because they don't share your "values" or want to play ball elsewhere ? Well guess what ? These countries will inevitably look at each other and form their own trade routes and alliances.

Unfortunately, no hegemony is eternal.

It's a coping mechanism that needs to be parroted to keep the people in the west from questioning the status quo. "Look china/russia/iran/india bad ! Sure, we're not doing well and your quality of life is eroding year on year but hey ! In china you can't question tienanmen square so there's that"

It's sad, but as long as people continue to believe in this mythology of "absolute freedom", it will continue to work.

> This is why linking dollar to the gold would kill US prosperity. Also, one reason is why US is so heavily militarized and is fighting wars all over the world: you need to constantly threaten all the world so that they can't even think of choosing any other mean for world trade other than dollar.

Bingo ! Many people conveniently overlook this reality. Most countries don't simply choose to trade and hold USD because it's the most stable currency pegged to a stable, rationally driven economy. No, it's because if they choose not to, they suddenly become a "nuclear threat to world peace" and we magically find non existent WMDs. It's a bullying tactic.

> I agree. One other thing that the US has that no other country has is freedom of speech.

Unless you speak ill of america's greatest ally.

Do you have the statistics to back up the opposite argument ?

Keep that same energy with israel then.

Exactly. We have a westerner bragging about blocking a 5000 years old country's access to the sea like it's a normal thing and they're not the intruder. Hilarious.

either way the chips aren't getting made and China is more equipped to survive this than the EU or the US for that matter.

Is TSMC reason enough to invade an entire country ? (I mean, sure the west don't really an excuse do to the same, but I wonder)

Can't they just "exfiltrate" or "compromise" or "steal" company secrets and establish their own base in mainland China ?

Genuinely curious as I know nothing of industrial espionage.

> Very well done.

And very much welcome !

personally I use it as a glorified stack overflow. It really just saves me a few clicks on my browser.

For anything even remotely complex or involved, it's just not that useful. Interestingly, It seems to shine the most when doing boilerplate stuff in widely used languages such as python or javascript, but it's extremely bad with terraform.

It doesn't even matter at this point. As evidenced by DeepSeek. A growing portion of the world is distancing themselves from the west, and It's a good thing. People should have the ability to choose who they do business with without a third party strongarming them.

exactly. This is typical western hypocrisy.

It's only propaganda because it's "them".

People will tell you about product market fit but honestly, just enter a space that's already proven to generate revenue.

Also don't be afraid to build "boring" software, many times this is what will bring the most steady revenue.

then that's a good strategy. It's about time the world takes on western dominance.

I don't know about all the other commenters on this thread, but my personal experience with LLMs is that it really is just a glorified stack overflow. That's how I use it anyway. It saves me a couple clicks and keystrokes on Google.

It's also incredibly useful for prototyping and doing grunt work. (ie, if you work with lambda functions on AWS, you can get it to spit out a boilerplate for you to amend).

> That's the basis for any business model where you are the product.

True but most times, when you are the product, the service is free. In this case you pay for the service.

My bad. But the point stands. Complaining about a cultural movement that they have almost entirely gentrified is massively ironic.

Which is immensely ironic considering that modern house and techno is an invention of African Americans in Chicago. We've truly come full circle.

The same thing is being done to hiphop in a similar way.

I came here to just say that

Exactly. So called "liberal western democracies" are essentially running the same game as the oh so bad "authoritarian states", just in a roundabout way (Protect the children, the war on "terror" etc ...) .

These "privately owned" companies have always been in bed with the military industrial complex. I'm glad more and more americans and westerners are waking up to this reality and this false dichotomy.

I've always wondered how to build SSH based applications. If anyone has any pointers I'd be extremely grateful.

They do. But pretending that somehow, a terrorist organisation would allow a bunch of woke leftists into their compounds to film is also equally hilarious.

Not to mention all their so called "reporting" on poor neighbourhoods in LA/Chicago, specifically designed to portray black kids as quasi-animals, but I digress. Good riddance to vice.

If you charge them for the extra bandwidth usage, it is. Not saying it's morally right, but definitely something a shady business would do. There's nothing "conspiratorial" about that. You'd be surprised how many conflicts of interest Big Gov and Big Business find themselves in.

Yup. I remember all the lies they used to put out back in the day in relation to the conlifct in syria.

My advice:

If you're reasonably good at design, build something that looks like a legit startup. Add a fake careers page, a fake about page and a fake teams page. Buy a domain for $10. Setup an email account (ie adrian@superstartup.co). Create a fake email signature.

Put that on your CV to close the gap and make sure you're ROCK SOLID on the story. Build the webapp using the technologies that come up the most in your job search. Don't sell yourself as a "junior". Speak confidently about your "last gig".

Be good at the phone interview. This is what will get you to the next round (ie, the technical interview). If you can pass the tech round, you're good.

Also, apply to jobs you don't necessarily feel will be a good fit just to get the hang of it. That way, you'll be prepared when the right opportunity comes.

Most companies will highly likely not run checks, and if they do, well who cares.

I had built two failed startups before and added them to my CV but made the mistake of calling myself "CTO". Don't do that: You worked at $fake_company for $duration doing $stuff.

I'm telling you this because most of the companies I interviewed with genuinely believed that my startups were legit companies. They would ask such questions as "Oh, are you still working at X ?". This is when I realised the power of perception.

Keep your head up, It's not going to be easy, but in the end you'll make it.