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I'm waiting for the first time another "error" happens and some European or maybe Chinese citizen is disappeared into El Salvador. That will do magic for US tourism! On a serious note, it is a worry that I personally would have if I had to travel to the US right now. Edit: my fat fingers...

There is no point of contention in this thread! :eng101: Just kidding! I wholeheartedly agree. The team is doing a great job here. Thanks @SunRaven01 @herko @Horatio

So, given the new tariffs, how long before USians consumers start feeling the pain? Do you have any insight? I guess not too long, probably less than three months, when inventories will have to be replenished and companies will start to charge consumers for the tariffs. My understanding is that...

Oh yeah, the US is a completely special place that is completely different than any other democracy in the world. Exceptionalism and what not, because people in the Rest of The World™ don't lose anything or don't risk anything when they get out and protest, or when they participate in a general...

Yeah, and I'm sorry for all the suffering that this is causing and is going to. Yet, you guys fucked up big time, I'm not seeing a third of the USians protesting on the street, I'm not seeing a general prolonged strike... I'm actually only seeing a bunch of people protesting. A very small bunch...

Well, it is coming: Michael Feroli, JP Morgan's chief economist for the US, sees US GDP contracting in 2025 and projects a "recession in economic activity", with projected unemployment at 5.3%. 2025 is going to suck for everybody. JP Morgan is the first bank in the US forecasting a recession...

In traditional lore, vampires could enter a house only when invited inside. Tigas used a metaphor to say that Nepal invited the vampire in its home to take the place of USAID. /pedant

China annunced 34% tariffs on all US goods. As predictable, markets in Europe crashed. The US are winning so much...

Well, good job USians for starting the fastest speed run towards recession that the world ever witnessed.

I've noticed that there's a gap between idealistic concepts of freedom and practical daily realities. In some European countries, there are specific speech restrictions - for example, in Spain and Italy, there are laws against promoting fascism. Similarly, in Thailand, there are restrictions on...

This border inspection issue isn't new - I experienced similar protocols back in 2016-2017. While working for UT (now RTX), I traveled frequently between Italy and the US. Company protocols required me to leave my Italian work laptop behind and use a fresh device when arriving at US facilities...

What kind of function is that? You could also try formal methods - SMT and Z3 usually work pretty well if the function is known and definable in the context of decidable SMT.

Well, there you have it, a nice global geopolitic consequence. Apparently Europe is waking up, including the Germans. Friedrich Merz wasted no time in addressing what could be the biggest European political crisis in decades: Trump. He is showing a strong focus on strengthening Europe's...

In my experience there is a minimum requirement of a EU citizenship or residence. I actually never saw a company explicitly recruiting from outside the EU or even considering it.

These two IMHO are the two biggest problems that Civ VI had, and instead of fixing them they doubled down. Both systems are completely disconnected from the rest of the game, and they still are. I think I will buy the game in a couple of years, when there will be a bundle with all the stuff...

I'm genuinely curious: why?

The Kiev Independent reports that Ukraine will introduce a system of special contracts for citizens aged 18 to 24 who are not subject to mobilization but want to serve in the army. Zelensky said the program will launch next week and has been developed by the Ministry of Defense and combat...

Hard disagree here. They did not decided to stay. They were forced to stay, and did not have any choice. I'm fairly confident no one there* wanted to endure a year and a half of war, diseases and starvation. edit: *clearly I'm speaking of the civilian population, Hamas is another thing entirely

We're wrapping up a pilot project at work with potentially our biggest customer ever. Their dataset is huge - way bigger than anything we've tested our product on before. Obviously this led to all kinds of issues. While I can't speak about the web API and backend stuff (not my expertise), I had...

Quick question. With the stuff that is currently going on in the US, how will you adjust your investments? I'm heavily exposed to the S&P500 and in general to the US markets, so I'm a little bit worried about my portfolio. I think I'm going to start accumulating gold (not physically) through...