I have never been able to read a book on a computer. It just feels completely unnatural, even though I read a ton of articles, forum posts, manuals, etc. on my phone or computer. Not a peasant because they could historically usually not read let alone afford a book, but I do love actual physical books.

Sopuli.xyz is run from Finland, so probably yes.

The report found that illegal downloads and streams can actually boost legal sales of games, according to the report.

This is the real kicker and something that has been observed many times over the years. It makes sense too. If something is really good, people want to support it and will look for ways to support the creators. It’s basically free advertising. People who can’t afford it aren’t going to support it anyway whether they pirate something or not.

I actually enjoyed that movie. I went in with zero expectations though, so that probably helped.

The EU is slow moving. That can be detrimental to techhnological arms races sometimes, but the stability it provides also has a lot of benefits. Currently they are consulting start-ups in a bid to streamline innovation and incentivize venture capital. Germany is now actively trying to make business administration easier. So the necessary steps are being taken, but it will take time to implement as is the wont of the EU and its member states.

All change starts with talk, but I do think that European politicians see the acute need for a new innovation framework that is tailored to the times. Even when that framework is in place it will take several more years to visibly notice results. But then the EU per definition looks at the long game, so it’s not a bad thing per se.

It’s Boeing though…

Do you live in Burghley house or something like that?

Selective hearing probably

In other words: people are finding out the hard way what experts have been saying all along. Almost as if the experts might know a thing or two about what they’re talking about.

Supplier supplies replacement and spare parts to customer. Shocking

Edit: ok the government lied about it, but that also shouldn’t surprise anyone.

Maybe it’s a cultural thing? I’ve only ever worked for Belgian and Dutch companies (and one Austrian one, but that was a project of only a couple of months).

All those companies were meritocratic and had an active agenda of nurturing talent.

This is how I work too tbh. Yes, you get more work, but then if it really becomes too much, they will just assign others to help you out (at least, that’s how it always went with me) and then you start delegating. You drill them, they become good, you delegate more. That frees up time for you to actually improve and automate stuff, freeing up more time for the delegates, allowing you to focus even more on making their and your life easier.

I’m in IT, so this might not work in every job type, but I’ve done this in every position I was in and it always worked so far.

Thanks for the insight, grok

Carney: looks like it’s time to start dumping US bonds again.

Pay and conditions were not destroyed because of immigrants, but are a side effect of globalization. Production facilities were offshored, leading to a collapse of local manufacturing and low skill jobs (where no prior education is required, low skill jobs can and sometimes do require a lot of skill). Reshoring those jobs is incredibly difficult because it also means reconfiguring the supply lines. For urban areas this is not a huge issue, as those can switch to a service based economy, but for small towns this often meant that the main economic driver of the town left and people lost jobs.

Anyway, not caused by immigration. As a matter of fact, immigrants are a significant driver of economic activity and partly offset that.

I’m very patient

I would play that

I always thought those scifi stories where companies basically rule everything were overblown, but you just see it changing to that in real time.

Lol, this had me chuckle.

Since the ivermectin didn’t kill him, can we push the narrative that injecting a gram of botox will make him live a lot longer?