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Re: Winnti: Hackers attacking the heart of German industry

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Post by midgetjones » Thu, Jul 25, 2019, 12:00 PM UTC

tomp wrote: post #104

oblio wrote: post #82

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> Getting double the vacation time (6 weeks instead of 3) when I moved from the US to Germany was very nice, but going back I'll have 5 weeks, which isn't too bad. I keep hearing this. Yes, you will get 5 weeks. But what about your wife, your uncle, your friends? In Germany they're all guaranteed to have the same number of days off, access to healthcare, etc. When you have kids you have a bunch of weeks/months off be…

But that's the point of US, no? It's the best country for the best people. So, the best people go to the US... (well, many at least... I'm still holding out... for now, I value European way of life but I envy US political & legal systems, in particular their freedom of speech).

This is the funniest thing I've ever read on HN

Re: Winnti: Hackers attacking the heart of German industry

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Post by nosianu » Thu, Jul 25, 2019, 1:45 PM UTC

est31 wrote: post #106

nosianu wrote: post #64

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> I'm a German soon to be CS graduate As someone who was in that position ca. 20 years ago and then moved to SV for almost a decade: I don't think I would have dare to make such a sweeping claim as you: > The German job market is precisely as described by GP As a completely new entry into the job market, despite plenty of real work experience (during the last two years of my study the study was "secondary", I managed…

Thank you both for your input. I don't want to leave Germany on a permanent basis. I'm looking forward to the German job market in 5-7 years, maybe more, maybe less, depending on how much I like it. As for well-known vs not well known: usually bigger companies have more employee protections, more career possibilities, pay better, etc. In small companies you have more power and control, and to some this makes them mor…

> usually bigger companies have

And again you make sweeping generalizations...

I worked at what was a startup whose name you likely know, during the dot com boom, you could go from not-long-out-of-university to "very important head honcho of XYZ department" going (or flying) to very important meetings with really important executives of major companies in no time. Try that at some major company. It's actually rather unhealthy - for everybody, although the drug feels good to you at that time.

Re: Winnti: Hackers attacking the heart of German industry

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Post by Faark » Thu, Jul 25, 2019, 8:26 PM UTC

robocat wrote: post #144

southerndrift wrote: post #139

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To add to this: The CDU (conservative party) turned back the decision to role out a fiber network across Germany that would have been constructed from the 80ies until the millenium [1]. If you actively burn your fields, then there is nothing to reap. [1] https://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Missing-Link-Der-Kam...

I really don't get the argument about fibre to the home being good for business. For working from home, VDSL is pretty much good enough for most working needs (from what I have seen). Fibre really shines for the consumer - especially video. We have fibre to the home in New Zealand, and it doesn't make us an IT nation, or meet any of the gushing political waffle about our IT future. It suspect the costs have a reasona…

I tend to agree and german political discourse about network development seems to generally be focused on broadband for rural areas with shitty if any internet available right now. Thus it's probably more addressing class divide than maximizing overall GDP or something like that.

Re: Winnti: Hackers attacking the heart of German industry

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Post by rb2k_ » Wed, Jul 31, 2019, 11:13 PM UTC

hef19898 wrote: post #150

esyir wrote: post #147

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Technically, even though it does to the fev sides of things, isn't this tesla?

Not so sure about Tesla having figures out automotive mass production. Cannot comment on the software side of things, but I donhave the impression that Tesla is ahead of more traditional car makers there.

They tend to be the first to e.g. introduce OTA updates, map updates over wifi/lte, ...

They are also one of the very few manufacturers that maintain their cars and even do somewhat major UI upgrades for years after the original release.

I'd say as much as they mess up, they are on the forefront when it comes to car manufacturers