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You're comparing unrelated things, but in any case Venezuela is lower in the global ranking for press freedom that that article references [1] [1] - https://rsf.org/en/rankin…

This was in Venezuela over 10 years ago. It was quite surreal, I was even lectured by one of them about being out at night, that I should be more careful since there's "bad people" out …

I was kidnapped many years ago and in conversation with them (to calm them and myself) they regarded kidnapping their profession, literally asking me to allow them do their job. You could feel they ha…

it is not 100% state-controlled. A lot of the fees and cost are indeed state-controlled as in set by the state, but the actual insurance companies, clinics, etc are private.

you want both, and they're usually quite correlated. Having a low score on Metacritic is a pretty good indicator that your game will not sell.

Also, it could help break the social barrier and lead to them being honest with you when they feel annoyed. "OC, you're doing it again! :D"

Which EU country? In Germany, if you quit, you have to pay insurance while you get a new job (unless you're in unemployment benefit, which you don't get for a few months if you just quit)

Those lists are way to generic when thinking about where to live as in the end it's about your individual priorities. Germany has good things, but living here is definitely not for everyone.

Since they're not controlled by the government then they are controlled by the market, as in, private companies. Not sure that's better, you could argue with a government controlled one you …

"every dev is expected to be able to read it anyway" There's a lot of developers that don't speak English fluently. Of course they have a hard time, but that statement is false.

or even further, "what is making these parents make the choice to not vaccinate children?". Is it education? is it distrust of the system?

don't know about exercise or salt intake, but in general, Europeans drink more than Americans http://www.who.int/gho/alcohol/en/ …

I don't doubt it's known as "Dia de Muertos" over there, but technically "Dia de los Muertos" is also correct in Spanish. It's the day of the group of people that ar…

Until we find any evidence that says there's something intrinsic in women that stops them from working and/or performing at the same level as men in physics research I think it's safe t…

You don't balance an unbalanced seesaw by putting the same amount of weight on both sides

A bit of a side note, but we should avoid saying things like "not sure why people are surprised" or similar, like in a few other comments. It is true that Google has done this several times …

You don't necessarily have to fix it yourself, though. You could get it serviced by a professional, just like people do with a washing machine or a fridge.

Makes me very sad as well, the sea is probably one of the last places where humans haven't destroyed the local mega-fauna

Curious to know where you are based. I've not heard of game developer unions in Europe either.

In general the whole "third-world" or "developing" country categorization is wrong.

I agree with you, but I think money spent on iPad games is nothing compared to what's wasted in trying to kill each other, bailing bankers and other things that keep funding the 1%

Given the presentation doesn't actually provide how people survive, these are some "insights" into it: - Paper money is useless (as seen in the video) so everything is done via bank tra…

>> Why does there seem to be so many people sitting around? Most of the people you see sitting around in the video are actually queuing for food. There's a huge shortage of food and you ha…

Not only the US. I've see that in many other places. Is there a place where financial literacy is part of school?