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Zuckerberg speaks Chinese. What is your point? That being multilingual makes you a better programmer?

HTML was created in Switzerland. Linux in Finland. Not sure what "software" companies are for you. Google? Well, China has enough Internet counterparts (Tencent, Wechat, Alibaba etc.). Softbank (Japan) just bought ARM (UK). Regarding "software" companies like Microsoft, SAP (DE) is quite a decent size. Nokia (Fi) was once leading edge too. Sure you have not heard about Skype and Transferwise, but they do exist. Maybe you should come out of your little bubble once in a while?

Why would this matter? There are more than enough books in the local languages about programming.

Formerly it may have mattered if you can afford a computer. But prices have come down so far that this is not an issue anymore. Hey, you could use a Raspberry with a keyboard and attach it to a TV to learn how to program.

"In most of the rest of Europe (DK, DE, FR from my own experience), if you want the engineer path with good money, you need to get hired by a big company."

This is true. Unfortunately this has likely very little to do with your skills. To get hired by a big company there are three options:

1. You have family connections 2. Your professor in the university has connections 3. You work for a start up that get's acquired by a big company.

Exceptions confirm the rule. Also this may not be the case for companies like McKinsey or BCG.

I once applied for a job Germany at BASF. Job location would be Asia. Based on my resume I was very well suited for the job. I filled out the shitty SAP application interface. They really got back to me. "We received your application. Please also upload your 'letters of recommendation' (something that is provided to you in writing for every job you had in Germany)". I emailed them that I got my PhD in the US and worked in the US and that I don't have this but that I am happy to provide references. They emailed: " If you don't have letters of recommendation then we don't need you. We deleted you application!" This was a multinational company.

He has good ideas but I agree with your arguments.

Also, is he retired? How much time does the blog consume? How much income does it generate?

I think they made the changes. I once had such an "over the counter" sim card but later changed to a monthly contract with my passport. But I remember seeing on the expat magazines "last chance to keep your SIM card active". At one point you had to provide ID or they just turned off the service.

While your argument has some validity, the statement said "New antibody attacks 99% of HIV strains" not "New antibody attacks 99% of HI Viri (of a given strain)". The mutation would have to occur faster than the virus dies off.

"Rest Estate always goes up!"

"Index funds will almost always outperform actively managed funds."

Convenient investment vehicles should not stop you thinking. Index ETF were a great idea. But now everybody is pouring tons of money into them. Not sure this is a good idea, at least not on the scale how it is currently done. A stock is priced by supply and demand. There are stocks where there is basically very little real trading. Only ETF and some HFT funds. Yet, the stock is rising with the index. What happens in a downturn? What happens if this stock drops significantly more? Every ETF has to re-balance to reflect this fact, easily leading to a feed-back effect.

Some people betting on it: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-04-09/horseman-global-unv...

> Having said that, trains have last-mile weakness.

This is exactly where an electric truck might come in handy.

>At least trucks can arrive to their own depots located on the outskirts

All cargolifter terminals will be far outside of a major city. An exception might be harbors.

That is good news. Trucks are congesting Europe's streets and long-distance cargo should be transported preferably via train.

This is also interesting and should be applied on a wider scale: http://www.cargobeamer.eu/

1. This can change easily and actually has changed already with Trump not renewing the NATO wow.

2. Why take any risk that you can avoid?

Makes sense. I understand their concerns.

Would also makes sense to ban Microsoft at least in the EU for anything government or military related and only used a custom tailored Linux. EULinuxs instead of Red Linux :-)

Look, even as a scientist it is incredible hard for me to have a solid opinion on the CO2 influence. (Is it causing warming? Is warming a good or bad thing? etc.). But climate change is the rule in earth history, not the exception. But I kindly ask you to have a look at this link: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2016/carbon-dioxide-fer...

You can build a nest egg to "leave". I did.

Companies are multinational today. So can you.

Americans, both people and companies, are much more short term focused then, lets say Germans or Nordic countries in Europe.

And again, no comparison with let's say China. A government in China may not only make a 5 year plan, but a 50, 100, 150 year plan. This may look mind puzzling to you and you can doubt it's effectiveness. But nevertheless they do.

It is said that Deng said, when asked what he thinks about the French revolution (1789!): "It is to early to tell"

Portugal is a small country. I did not see any serious investments going on, anything besides their "golden visa" program. A rich guy may invest 500k there to get his residency but serious cash is stored in the UK, Switzerland, Luxembourg, USA. But isn't this the case for most African countries?

OT: A much more interesting woman than Ms. dos Santos, also from Angola: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nzinga_of_Ndongo_and_Matamba

OT2: Actually most of the oil in Angola is in an obscure enclave: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabinda_Province

"Why would someone go to the effort of creating counterfeit memory chips that couldn't possibly work? The 74LS189 is a fairly obscure part, so I wouldn't have expected counterfeiting it to be worth the effort. The chips sell for about a dollar on eBay, so there's not a huge profit opportunity. "

This sounds obscure. Small/Tiny mark up. Small market. High fake detection rate. I wonder if there is something about the story that we miss.

Interesting.

OT: As a former PINE/ALPINE User I found that reliable Email clients seem to be rare. There seems not to be much besides Thunderbird and Evolution. I neither got Claws Mail nor iScribe to work with my servers under Linux. Any other email client recommendation for Linux?

Look mate, I am sorry to break the news for you but the woman in front of you was totally within her rights to push her seat down. This is not something that is granted from the back passenger in a plane. BTW, there are seats with more space near the emergency exits that can be bought for a small fee. If you are big you may want to consider that.

Actually reminds me of a crazy bitch that insisted that I don't push my seat down, while at he same time had her seat pushed down (guess it is called "maximizing space"). But this was nothing that could not get fixed with a short yelling at her.

This sounds interesting. While it is definitely possible to enable, I doubt that this would be legal in many countries.

1. Is there any proof that google "mines" your phone conversations on project fi?

2. Have you done testing? Like, get a friend and do several phone calls over a week with trigger words you agreed on and that you will use a couple of times (e.g. herpes, pregnancy, etc.).

I think they offer the same but cheaper: https://www.infomaniak.com/en/hosting/e-mail

"I wouldn't be surprised if private donations will eventually be responsible for the eradication of Malaria (1000 deaths daily, much more suffering and cost to society)."

He should improve contraception instead. Would be better for the Africans AND Europeans.

Questions, any advise/help appreciated:

1. oVPN.to Does it work in China? (Support not helpful but I still like them)

2. Does Softether https://www.softether.org/ work in China?

"The only thing harder than finding a VPN provider is finding an honest VPN review website."

100% true since the "best VPN" likely has the highest affiliate commission.

In fact, websites that claim honesty and transparency like BestVPN and VPNMentor actually display pop-up alerts advertising their highest rated VPN.

"I built this website because I wanted to finally get to the bottom of the question: which VPN providers are trying to build an honest long-term brand while also delivering an exceptional product experience?"

This is a fair metric. Unfortunately useless for most VPN users but this is another question. And to give him credit: He does not use affiliate links.

I suspect that he knows little about VPNs and why many users have to use them. By the way, I suspect most of these VPNs to fail in China!

Astrill.com is good for China.

vcp.ovpn.to has a good reputation regarding privacy.

I find the comments most of the time more read worthy than the article.

"TRUE RANDOM NUMBER GENERATOR EXPLOITING THE RANDOMNESS OF QUANTUM PHYSICS" not sure what they mean by this. Likely it is just "avalanche noise". This is not very difficult. In fact, I build an hardware RNG that is based on avalanche noise (not my development):

https://emergent.unpythonic.net/01257868826

Old news. They have this already in China and they have something similar in Germany. In Fact, AFAIK they even had something like this in the former GDR.

Take it or leave it. But now, you can get a free trade deal even if you are in the European continent. But then all four freedoms apply. No cherry picking. Use your brain!

"A free trade agreement does not require being in the EU." which is only offered to NON European countries. Please see the deal that Switzerland and Norway got. Deals that the UK does not want.

"there way of punishing the UK" Look, If you are going to have a divorce and tell your wife: "Look, we are going to have a divorce but I don't want to pay alimony and we are going to stay fuck buddies and the cottage in Italy that you inherited from your parents, I am still going to use this."

Then all this sounds like an excellent idea but if your wife says "I pass" this does not mean that your wife is going to "punish you". She is just passing on the deal.

Well, I think it was the Greeks who ruined Greece (with the help of Goldman Sachs). Greece should never have joined the Euro (thanks Goldman Sachs). It is also a very corrupt country for EU standards. The good thing is: It is a small country. I think things will improve in the long run.

But since you mentioned Greece. What about Puerto Rico? Illinois?