Dear Europe, please wake up

#1

Post by sideway » Tue, Apr 30, 2024, 5:12 PM UTC

Re: Dear Europe, please wake up

#2

Post by danielvaughn » Tue, Apr 30, 2024, 5:33 PM UTC

I have no idea whether Europeans work harder than Americans, but I do want to say that you can't extrapolate the overall work ethic of America by looking at the SF tech world. It's a very, very small (and very privileged) microcosm of the country.

Re: Dear Europe, please wake up

#3

Post by dangrossman » Tue, Apr 30, 2024, 5:33 PM UTC

I can't scroll this webpage to read it unless I plug my laptop in. Scroll events have a lag time measured in whole seconds, then the page scrolls down by either a fraction of a line or by multiple paragraphs, so I can't keep track of where I was reading. Plugging in my laptop, which changes the power mode, makes the webpage barely usable, but my cooling fans are spun up to full speed now. This is using Chrome on a Dell XPS 13 with an 11th gen Core i7 and 16GB RAM.

Re: Dear Europe, please wake up

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Post by ranger_danger » Tue, Apr 30, 2024, 5:36 PM UTC

dangrossman wrote: post #3

I can't scroll this webpage to read it unless I plug my laptop in. Scroll events have a lag time measured in whole seconds, then the page scrolls down by either a fraction of a line or by multiple paragraphs, so I can't keep track of where I was reading. Plugging in my laptop, which changes the power mode, makes the webpage barely usable, but my cooling fans are spun up to full speed now. This is using Chrome on a De…

works on my machine

Re: Dear Europe, please wake up

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Post by sjm » Tue, Apr 30, 2024, 5:37 PM UTC

These e/acc types are insufferable and if anything "SF" has been ruined by them. I know I'll get downvoted or flagged given this is HN, but there's more to life than startups and private equity[0]. Let's leave Europe alone, huh?

[0]: https://worldhappiness.report/ed/2023/world-happiness-trust-...

Re: Dear Europe, please wake up

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Post by Squarex » Tue, Apr 30, 2024, 5:37 PM UTC

dangrossman wrote: post #3

I can't scroll this webpage to read it unless I plug my laptop in. Scroll events have a lag time measured in whole seconds, then the page scrolls down by either a fraction of a line or by multiple paragraphs, so I can't keep track of where I was reading. Plugging in my laptop, which changes the power mode, makes the webpage barely usable, but my cooling fans are spun up to full speed now. This is using Chrome on a De…

same here on M2 macbook air

Re: Dear Europe, please wake up

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Post by notfed » Tue, Apr 30, 2024, 5:37 PM UTC

US here, I've never heard of those propaganda claims before.

Re: Dear Europe, please wake up

#8

Post by greenavocado » Tue, Apr 30, 2024, 5:37 PM UTC

dangrossman wrote: post #3

I can't scroll this webpage to read it unless I plug my laptop in. Scroll events have a lag time measured in whole seconds, then the page scrolls down by either a fraction of a line or by multiple paragraphs, so I can't keep track of where I was reading. Plugging in my laptop, which changes the power mode, makes the webpage barely usable, but my cooling fans are spun up to full speed now. This is using Chrome on a De…

It works with Javascript disabled

Re: Dear Europe, please wake up

#9

Post by WentFullRetard » Tue, Apr 30, 2024, 5:38 PM UTC

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Re: Dear Europe, please wake up

#10

Post by adamnemecek » Tue, Apr 30, 2024, 5:38 PM UTC

This of actually a much better article than I expected going into it.