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Re: Lidl to Launch Rival to AWS

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Post by frenchy »

verylittlemeat wrote: post #434
unethical_ban wrote: post #424

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I don't think there is a mapping to this in English. I've studied some Spanish and German - You learn about the various verb and pronoun forms based on informal and formal "you". This is a part of the core language, the spec, so to speak. In English, there is no spec for different levels of formality. There is no universally documented way to being less courteous to bosses and policemen. Saying "sup dude" or "how's i…

Well it just so happens I am black and I've been using the word most of my life. Nigga is just "bro" or "dude" but exclusively used among black/minority communities. I realize the word nigga is A Big Deal for white people but really in our community it is used as casually as the word "like" in any given sentence. Interestingly I have even used it with black bosses before in a joking casual way.

If you're black, you're probalby speaking a particular vernacular that's at least slightly different from standard American english.

Re: Lidl to Launch Rival to AWS

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wolfgke wrote: post #339
paganel wrote: post #134

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> Salaries are off the charts Just to add another data point, Lidl is also the retailer that pays the best market salaries in the Eastern-European country where I live in (they actually included that in several of their hiring ads), and I'm talking about shop people like cashiers and the people that put things on the shelves. > They are getting into the car sales and recycle business as well. In here they've also ope…

> I agree though about the big difference between the German and US management. I have a close friend that works at the regional Lidl HQ and she got reprimanded just after being hired for having used the singular "you" (less formal) instead of the plural "you" (I'm not sure how it translates into German) when addressing herself to her bosses on the company's hallways Using "du" instead of "Sie" for adressing people c…

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Re: Lidl to Launch Rival to AWS

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Post by dunefox »

wolfgke wrote: post #339
paganel wrote: post #134

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> Salaries are off the charts Just to add another data point, Lidl is also the retailer that pays the best market salaries in the Eastern-European country where I live in (they actually included that in several of their hiring ads), and I'm talking about shop people like cashiers and the people that put things on the shelves. > They are getting into the car sales and recycle business as well. In here they've also ope…

> I agree though about the big difference between the German and US management. I have a close friend that works at the regional Lidl HQ and she got reprimanded just after being hired for having used the singular "you" (less formal) instead of the plural "you" (I'm not sure how it translates into German) when addressing herself to her bosses on the company's hallways Using "du" instead of "Sie" for adressing people c…

> To give an analogue in the English language: you wouldn't address your boss with "yo nigga".

Are you crazy? This is not anywhere close to saying "du".

Re: Lidl to Launch Rival to AWS

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Post by onefuncman »

viridian wrote: post #405
siscia wrote: post #279

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Honest question, Kubernets does not helps in closing the gap between AWS and Hetzner Cloud? I would think that an honest setup supported by k8s would, at least alleviate the need of managed solution? Are there AWS services without a competitive open source solution deployable in k8s?

Serverless? K8s is explicitly not operating in the same space as triggers and code not bound to any real instances.

https://github.com/kubeless/kubeless seems pretty healthy to me

Re: Lidl to Launch Rival to AWS

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Post by roolah »

wolfgke wrote: post #339
paganel wrote: post #134

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> Salaries are off the charts Just to add another data point, Lidl is also the retailer that pays the best market salaries in the Eastern-European country where I live in (they actually included that in several of their hiring ads), and I'm talking about shop people like cashiers and the people that put things on the shelves. > They are getting into the car sales and recycle business as well. In here they've also ope…

> I agree though about the big difference between the German and US management. I have a close friend that works at the regional Lidl HQ and she got reprimanded just after being hired for having used the singular "you" (less formal) instead of the plural "you" (I'm not sure how it translates into German) when addressing herself to her bosses on the company's hallways Using "du" instead of "Sie" for adressing people c…

> To give an analogue in the English language: you wouldn't address your boss with "yo n"

Not even close, not even close. Why would you even write this? This must be a dog whistle.

Edit: that link you posted justs lists the €600 as "this happened once and depends on income of offender", also there is no source.

In addition, the intro paragraph says

> Es gibt jedoch bei Beleidigung keinen „Bußgeldkatalog“. Vor Gericht wird der Straftatbestand der Beleidigung verurteilt.

which translates to there is no schedule of penalties but it all depends on the statutory offence. So my understanding is there was a criminal offence that included an insult (saying "Du") which was mentioned in the report but not the cause for the fine in the first place.

Re: Lidl to Launch Rival to AWS

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Post by Merem »

ahartmetz wrote: post #419
wolfgke wrote: post #394

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That is true. Additionally, this is a clear signalling that Apple targets consumers and not companies. German Apple haters scoff that this informal addressing in Apple's commercials is a clear admission that Apple's products are not suitable for doing serious work. Such kind of informal addressing in advertizing is a very double-edged sword: Some companies (besides Apple also Ikea) use this kind of advertizing to bra…

Something funny that I noticed is that German PC gaming magazines are now saying "Sie" to their readers. I guess it makes sense - most of them are adults and some of them not even very young adults these days.

Why "now"? I used to read the PC Games a decently long time ago and it was always "Sie". Same with the PC Action and Computer Bild Spiele. No clue about the Gamestar but those were basically the relevant PC gaming magazines.

Re: Lidl to Launch Rival to AWS

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Post by literallycancer »

niwork wrote: post #315
zerr wrote: post #209

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Why? Go get a remote job and triple the salary, to start with. Of course don't mention your current one. Seriously, go scan HN Who Is Hiring thread for remote jobs - for US or Swiss companies, don't bill below six-figure. For German companies, aim high five-figure. Do it now.

Remote jobs paying 6 figures? Aren't they flooded with Indian applicants? Why can I hire an outsourced Indian or Ukrainian for £10,000 PA then? Sounds weird..

Simple. It's the difference between being able to find good paying work, and relying on others to find it.

You can be located in a cheap country making thousands a day while others make that in a month. Just need to be a good at finding people whose problems you can solve.

Re: Lidl to Launch Rival to AWS

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Post by tschwimmer »

wolfgke wrote: post #339
paganel wrote: post #134

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Salaries are off the charts Just to add another data point, Lidl is also the retailer that pays the best market salaries in the Eastern-European country where I live in (they actually included that in several of their hiring ads), and I'm talking about shop people like cashiers and the people that put things on the shelves. > They are getting into the car sales and recycle business as well. In here they've also ope…

> I agree though about the big difference between the German and US management. I have a close friend that works at the regional Lidl HQ and she got reprimanded just after being hired for having used the singular "you" (less formal) instead of the plural "you" (I'm not sure how it translates into German) when addressing herself to her bosses on the company's hallways Using "du" instead of "Sie" for adressing people c…

somehow I feel like these two examples are not equivalent...
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