GrigoriyMikh (u/GrigoriyMikh)

GrigoriyMikh commented on The Death of the Magazine honest-broker.com/p/the-d... · Posted by u/pseudolus

JKCalhoun · a year ago

Are magazines still wildly popular in Japan? I have not been there in years now but I sense they still are. Maybe someone can set me straight.

GrigoriyMikh · a year ago

https://shuppankagaku.com/statistics/mook/

According to this, magazine sales shrunk a lot from it's peak in 1997.

GrigoriyMikh commented on Cities: Skylines II Found a Solution for High Rents: Get Rid of Landlords wired.com/story/cities-sk... · Posted by u/GrigoriyMikh

its-summertime · 2 years ago

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/949230/view/41450796... actual article

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40674208 prior discussion of another generic write of the actual article

GrigoriyMikh · 2 years ago

Yes, wanted to link it too.

Actually, the changes are quite debatable. Since it simplifies economic model of the game, not adds flexibility as might be assumed at first.

Even more, players already have been finding a way to deal with high rents, for example, by changing the zoning: https://www.reddit.com/r/CitiesSkylines/comments/17i5z33/com...

GrigoriyMikh commented on Canada’s new tech talent strategy canada.ca/en/immigration-... · Posted by u/faramarz

GrigoriyMikh · 3 years ago

I'm currently trying to migrate from Germany to Canada. It appears to me that the job market in Canada is horrible at the moment.

I have 8YoE in Cloud and quite in demand in Germany(recently got a good offer, which i'm considering, from a German company purely because of my open source contributions, also passed HC in one of FAANGs, but stuck in team match phase due to layoffs). I sent 10s of applications(it's hard to send 100s as i'm highly specialized) and didn't get a single interview from that.

GrigoriyMikh commented on Arianespace CEO: Europe won't have reusable rockets for another decade space.com/europe-no-reusa... · Posted by u/carabiner

pjc50 · 3 years ago

The only one of these that might have a point is the tax one. And possibly simpler health insurance systems.

(Schengen provides visa-free travel and living intra-EU, but if you're from outwith the EU prepare for a mountain of paperwork)

GrigoriyMikh · 3 years ago

I work a regular full time job in Germany. Plus do some investing and gigs. Declaring taxes every year. It's not fun at all, basically you have to prepare for it the whole year(keep track of your transactions, expenses). So i don't see the point about "not declare your taxes". I guess, it's valid only for the most unproductive people in society. Generally, i have an impression that Germany benefits the most unproductive(i.e. edge case poor and super-rich). While putting all the pressure on the middle class.

GrigoriyMikh commented on Arianespace CEO: Europe won't have reusable rockets for another decade space.com/europe-no-reusa... · Posted by u/carabiner

awesomeMilou · 3 years ago

> you can't start business without German national cofounder

That's an outright lie, you need a Visa though if you're not a citizen from a Schengen country.

> strict residence laws

Ever tried to get a Greencard? And if you have the financial backing, up until the start of the Ukraine war there were plenty of states with a golden visa program.

I think you're being too harsh on german and european policymakers. I agree, the climate for startups is abysmal and the room for improvement is huge, but in terms of being inclusive EU is leading over the US.

GrigoriyMikh · 3 years ago

> you need a Visa though if you're not a citizen from a Schengen country

Ok, let me be clear. I have a temporary residence in Germany. Before, i had a worker visa. I'm not allowed to start my own business with temporary residence here. Only if i have a German co-founder.

> but in terms of being inclusive EU is leading over the US

I'm not 100% sure about US. Although, i have 3 friends there who don't experience problems that i have in Europe. But in Germany, specifically, banking and government bureaucracy machine became outright nationalistic. My bank account have been blocked because of my nationality. I had problems when i was changing my registration address, because of my nationality. No i'm struggling with tax office(changing my tax class) because of my nationality(specifically, i have some papers from my country).

And i heard similar complains about Spain and Poland(it's actually refusing to give worker visas to Russians, even if they already reside in EU). EU is pure nazi at this point. But majority of people ignore it, because it's, apparently, not nazi to be against Russians at this moment.

GrigoriyMikh commented on Arianespace CEO: Europe won't have reusable rockets for another decade space.com/europe-no-reusa... · Posted by u/carabiner

mathverse · 3 years ago

Europe is failing because it's not a single entity. It's a loose cooperation between many countries.

Insane amount of talent is wasted because of "so called" european language and cultural racism.

Companies are still "national" instead of european and talent is not appreciated. Taxes are sky high and so is national, cultural racism. You think a brilliant bulgarian scientist is treated the same by his French colleagues?

Until this changes and europeans will start treat their fellow europeans fairly nothing will improve.

GrigoriyMikh · 3 years ago

I think that's the best explanation of the current situation in Europe.

Just look at Germany, biggest economy in EU. It's treating it's migrant workers as slaves. Feeding failing pension system from them. Not giving any rights for innovation(you can't start business without German national cofounder) or even any motivation to innovate(high taxes, anti-success culture, strict residence laws).

When you mention any problems with Germany to Germans, they're so protective and unwilling to change that their only response is "go back home if you don't like it here".