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Cake day: August 4th, 2023

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  • Finland has tuition free PhD programs for nationals of any country, Germany and Netherlands offer paid research positions where you basically are a full time student and still a part time lecturer - working hours can be tough though, since you need to balance the two. If you have some modest savings, Malaysia has some excellent universities and very cheap tuition (I’m doing my phd here and pay about 10k USD for a 3 year program) and cost of living is very low.






  • Incorrect, according to German legislation, weapons may be used to protect life and prevent harm. Courts have recurrently ruled that an attacker with a knife approaching the police or innocent bystanders are considered beyond stoppable if they are in immediate reach of a potential victim (which has been said to be in a range of 6 meters and below).

    What needs to be established now is whether the cop used unnecessary lethal force, since the guy has been hit 4 times (3 direct hits, once grazed), and at least one shot was from behind.


  • I wish that was true. But as someone manufacturing medical devices in China for the American market, I can tell you that some components can only be obtained from the US. Usually it’s some very specific sensors that are patented by US companies, so even if knowhow to replicate them exists, I couldn’t use those parts in devices I’m selling back to the States.

    What that means is that I now have to buy several components at twice their normal going rate, which brings the total price of the machine up by around 20%, and then I sell the finished product back to the US with another 84% on top, making the product more than twice as expensive for the hospitals buying them. And knowing hospital practices in the US, they’ll tack on their standard margin, so patients pay at least triple for the treatment.




  • If the car owners sold the car, they’d have cash but no car. And apparently they need a car, else why have it in the first place. So no, the money was never going to feed the poor.

    Now the owners will get compensated by their insurance and can make a smarter choice for the replacement vehicle. Tesla owners get a message, and they only one hurt is the insurer.