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Wonder why they're not just giving us access, if it's indeed so good? Seems it's just to generate some noise and hype around Gemini. Hardly believable after the previous faked demo, as someone already said.

No, the ignorant live in a delusion and can't explain their conspiracy theories.

Highly unlikely, Zach specifically mentioned how their scans are an artistic representation, since the scans undergo heavy editing to highlight certain parts and make the hardware "pop".

US is one of the only countries in the world where you still have to pay US taxes no matter where you live or work and what passports you have, as long as you are a US citizen, and you can't give up US citizenship, which is also a paid process, unless you've paid all taxes.

I was forced to move here when my parent got married. Never wanted to come here, didn't have a choice, tried to like it and I don't think that's humanly possible. Don't be a dick.

Oh no, don't get me wrong, I've been dying to leave, nothing I would like more. But I am sure you've heard of the term economic slavery, and that's what I have become. Don't make enough to make the ends meet, and don't make enough to leave. Have to pay the debts before I can give up the passport.

As a European who has been living in the US for a decade, yeah, you're pretty spot on. Americans are a scared people, probably the most scared I've ever seen. Afraid of the gov't, the neighbors, and random people they don't even know. I've gotten a ton of hate as a foreigner and I am not surprised a hateful, greedy and selfish population like here is afraid somebody will take them out with an improvised device.

Oh boo fucking hoo. Just a few months ago turned down a university teaching gig at the department of computer science for 45k a year (you need a PhD to even be considered). It's not surprising, and there should be a shortage of teachers and professors given what universities/schools want to pay for these jobs to highly educated people.

Uncanny, but it does add up to a year of minimum wage (7.25) work minus the weekends and the holidays.

Isn't that surprising? What happened to "No taxation without representation"? America turned into what it was founded to oppose.

Only if you're high profile or very rich. Unfortunately vast majority of Americans like us just get left behind.

This is true, but not exclusive to China and the Chinese people. I've immigrated to the US from Europe about 13 years ago and it was a very legally and financially painful process. I've since acquired a B.S.,M.S.,and a Ph.D. in a highly desirable specialization and haven't been able to find a job in the US. This country has left me poor, in debt and hopeless. My wife and I are packing our bags and moving back to Europe. I don't see any opportunity for myself or my children in this declining, chaotic, money hungry country.

Unpopular indeed. Opinions don't exist to be voiced, and nobody asked.

My guy, the forum is called "Hacker News", it can hardly be any more techy than it already is.

You are completely wrong. Iceland imports everything which is why the food is expensive there. It would be exactly like saying "Food in the US is insanely expensive, just look at Alaska or Hawaii". Food in 95% of Europe is much much cheaper than in the US. Since we came here from the States, my wife's and mine grocery bills basically halved and food quality easily more than doubled. And this isn't just in one of European countries, this is most of Europe.

Salaries in majority of Europe are at this point pretty much comparable to the States due to US salaries stagnating for a very long time. White collar jobs pay about the same, blue collar jobs pay the same or more, but require real licenses in some cases. Restaurant workers in Europe make much more on average, and can afford rent. Even taxi drivers can support themselves here even livinh in more touristy areas.

"Way higher taxes" is also kind of false. Sure, the taxes are a bit higher, but you get so much more for your money. Entirely free healthcare, education, kindergartens for your kids, public transportation, and all other kinds of social safety nets.

My wife and I are committing to a full move from the United States just due to how unaffordable it's become.

NYC. Chicago. Detroit. Atlanta. This ain't it chief. There is no correlation between "fewer guns" and "more petty theft". The common factor is culture of crime and it comes in different flavors. There are countries in Europe that completely outlawed even pistol ownership without extensive classes and expensive licenses, and yet they're some of the safest countries in the world. Has to do with culture and general population hostility, and the tensions and hostility will always naturally be higher among the armed population as been proved by history time and time again.

NYC is 1 city. Europe is 50 countries. To say you broadly generalized is to understate by a mile. Let's narrow it down to high density mixed cities like Paris or Berlin and you may be onto something, but in reality you also have to be in a bad part of Berlin, or a particularly high density tourist area. Most cities and countries overall in Europe are completely safe. Most are actually much safer than even notoriously safe US cities.