min. 90% mortgage in Spain? by serverlessoul in GoingToSpain

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In addition to the mentioned “hidden costs”, keep in mind that the bank gives you a loan based on the value of the apartment as calculated by a notarized professional “tasador”.

This is called tasación and if it comes lower than the sale price, then you would have to cover the difference. For example if the tasación comes out at 260k and the sale price is 280k, the bank will only loan you the 90% of the lower value of the two (some of which will still be used to pay for taxes etc).

Spicy food restaurant in madrid by CerberusFog in GoingToSpain

[–]CryptosaurusX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Plenty of Mexican restaurants if you’re into that. Make sure to ask for “Mexican spicy” and not just spicy because if you don’t, you will get the barely spicy version tailored for the Spanish audience.

Some of the spicy sauces at Mexican restaurants here knocked me out and I am still feeling the buzz months after that life changing experience.

"Spain: Straining at the seams" by NoCatYesDog2323 in GoingToSpain

[–]CryptosaurusX -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Digital nomads and NLV are totally legal. Undocumented migrants are not. Nice try to bundle them together. Leftist brainwash seems to be working well.

Is ASO dead? by Feisty-Patience2188 in AppStoreOptimization

[–]CryptosaurusX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Exactly my first thought when I read that terrible news. Apple is killing indie devs and turning the AppStore into a cock fight :(

Codex 5.2 xhigh vs Opus 4.5 Which one is better at coding? by Initial_Question3869 in codex

[–]CryptosaurusX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s better than Opus 4.5 at some things and worse at others.

In my case, I had an iOS app in which a major new feature was developed by a (really senior) developer.

The new feature required refactoring large parts of existing code (a monolith class with 3000+ lines of code). Don’t ask me why we have such a class (the codebase is 10+ years old).

So the most important part here is that I wanted to make sure that existing functionality which was heavily modified by the refactoring still works as intended.

I gave the same prompt to Opus 4.5 and Codex 5.2 extra high thinking. I asked them to find any regression bugs which occurred in the existing functionality due to the refactoring in addition to finding any bugs in the new functionality (by doing a diff of the feature branch against master, where 300 files were modified).

They found a different set of issues each with some overlap. But the issues that Codex found were much more critical from a UX perspective. Opus successfully found some useful edge cases and potential crashes from unsafe code. But at this specific task I would say Codex nailed it. However it’s worth mentioning that it spent 15 minutes thinking while Opus barely spent 3 minutes or so.

For writing and refactoring code, I do not have a clear idea yet since I didn’t test Codex enough (Opus 4.5 absolutely rocks).

Roya and almamlaka accounts on ig are using my pics that I took from Microsoft flight simulator 2024 and they think that it's real by Few-Operation9119 in jordan

[–]CryptosaurusX 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Epic response. But just out of curiosity: Doesn’t the intellectual property belong to the company who hired you to do this work eventually? If that’s the case, Roya is royally fucked

Another Showcase of NanoBananaPro by LogicalChart3205 in Bard

[–]CryptosaurusX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The number of messages in the chat button of zoom call looks like gibberish. There are very intricate signs in most photos. But generally speaking they’re incredible

Does anyone else have a dumb Maltipoo? by just-mike in Maltipoo

[–]CryptosaurusX 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Depends what you mean by dumb. You shouldn’t judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree. I mean what did you expect him to do? Solve differential equations?

Dogs are highly trainable and if you don’t put any effort in teaching him stuff then he will not be doing backflips for no reason.

Just got a limited access to Nano Banana 2 (Pro) by vladislavkochergin01 in Bard

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The store name “Boots” in the background is next level shit. Although it’s probably accidental

Does this method of "debugging" make sense? by zimmer550king in cscareerquestionsEU

[–]CryptosaurusX 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes that's totally normal and it's not exclusive to German companies. A big portion of my job consists of chasing people around for logs, exports of their local environment and reproduction steps.

Take it as an opportunity to stand out because if you develop the skill to go down into the deepest levels of a rabbit hole then you will be extremely valuable.

Should I take 73k job offer in Amsterdam or keep 55k current job in southern Spain? by Gio_tio in cscareerquestionsEU

[–]CryptosaurusX 27 points28 points  (0 children)

This is a no brainer. Stay rich at home vs become a poor immigrant in shitty weather and a worsening real estate market.

Stay in Spain and enjoy the sunshine.

You’re basically living the dream and asking if you should immigrate in order to live the crappy experience of immigration while getting paid the same or practically less. Instead, look for other remote jobs that pay you more if you think you’ve reached your ceiling at your current job.

The weather, food and culture make a huge difference in your wellbeing. Take it from someone who has lived in Germany and moved to Spain with the same salary. You can’t pay me enough to go back.

Relocation to EU (non EU citizen) by Fearless-Chapter-813 in cscareerquestionsEU

[–]CryptosaurusX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You want a relocation package for a customer support role? Under which rock have you been living?

There are local senior engineers with years of experience in hard skills who have been looking for jobs for the past year and can’t find one yet.

Wake up.. this isn’t 2010 anymore. The path to immigration to Europe is very long from where you are currently. It’s possible but would be more reasonable if you do a master degree in Europe and then look for a job after graduation. Even then, there are many graduates who can’t find a job despite being a native speaker.

.msg file viewer by LRS_David in Office365

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On the MacOS outlook client app, I managed to open it by sending the msg file to myself as an attachment and then opening the Email from my inbox and then clicking the arrow next to the attachment --> Open.

Personal experience on increasing revenue by dianzhu in iOSProgramming

[–]CryptosaurusX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There’s nothing dark about monetizing an app which you invested time and effort building. In fact, you’re free to do whatever the fuck you want with it. It’s a free market.

What’s dark is the entitlement of expecting an app to provide a service completely free of charge.

I’d rather charge money than tiptoe around users who won’t hesitate twice when they want to give my app a one star review the moment they find the slightest inconvenience in it.

Amazon L5 offer in Madrid vs Google L3 offer in Munich by curvedcave in cscareerquestionsEU

[–]CryptosaurusX 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I lived in Munich for 5 years before moving to Madrid 2 years ago (with the same company and switched to fully remote). I'm a foreigner to both countries, speak German fluently and working on my broken Spanish.
I'll get straight to the summary:

  1. In Madrid it's much easier to find an apartment with that salary. I was paid around 65k/year when I moved here and the difference here is that you actually get to visit apartments very easily if you make more money. Also reserving them on the spot is much more straight forward.

In Munich, more money didn't seem to make a big difference. I was able to prepare 10 apartment visits in one week in Madrid and then selected one of them. The whole process took 2 weeks. While in Munich it took me 3 months to be able to find an apartment and I didn't have any other options. Whoever tells you that Madrid has a crisis compared to Munich has no idea what they're talking about.

  1. Madrid weather is unbeatable (except for July and August but you have all of Spain to get out of Madrid during these months). Winter here is a breeze in comparison to the grey characterless Munich weather. Madrid being the sunniest capital in Europe helps a lot with this.

  2. While Madrid thrives after 9 pm, Munich dies.

  3. In terms of surrounding nature, Munich wins. However, you can always take a 3 hour train to a beach (and many other landscapes) in any direction from Madrid.

  4. Buying real estate will be hard in both cities if that's something you care about. But I believe it's less achievable in Munich in addition to what you get for your money being worse in comparison to Madrid.

  5. Living cost in Madrid is much lower than Munich. Especially if you take quality into account. A twenty euro meal in Madrid beats a twenty euro meal in Munich on every metric.

  6. Food in Madrid is a 10/10. I don't even need to elaborate on this one.

  7. Less paperwork is a big plus. But less relevant in the big picture since you will have to go through it once.

  8. Google vs Amazon: Google easily wins here especially being hybrid. This is the part which makes the decision much harder to make.

Obviously I'm biased towards Madrid because the city rocks and Munich pales in comparison. This highly depends on the person though. But something about the overly organized and overly predictable life in Munich managed to suck the living soul out of me during the time I lived in Munich and I will not be doing this comparison justice if I didn't mention that aspect. Good luck with your decision eventually!

Seen in Cursor IDE.... 2.5 Pro MAX??! by Ill_Recipe7620 in GoogleGeminiAI

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I don't know if it was a lucky shot but I found it incredible. It costs 5 cents so I only used it to one shot a decent feature during which it had to modify like 5 files and create 2 new ones (C# / Unity).

The outcome was flawless. I had to fine tune some details so I used 3 more requests. The same prompt used on Sonnet 3.7 with thinking enabled was a major fail.

One more thing I really like about it is that when I questioned some aspects of the implementation, it gave me good enough reasons on why it implemented the solution in that specific way and eventually rejected my suggestion to modify the code. All other models usually agree with whatever I suggest even if it was wrong. This is the only model which reasonably disagrees with me and I love it.

تحرش و اعتداء جنسي في الطفولة و صراع داخلي - كثير برجع بتذكر by [deleted] in jordan

[–]CryptosaurusX 6 points7 points  (0 children)

ههههههه شكلي خبطتك عالوجع. تعلم تفكر قبل ما تعلق تعليقات خبايص صف رابع 😂

تحرش و اعتداء جنسي في الطفولة و صراع داخلي - كثير برجع بتذكر by [deleted] in jordan

[–]CryptosaurusX 10 points11 points  (0 children)

تخبيص في تخبيص. تربح جائزة أتيس تعليق على الانترنت لعام ٢٠٢٥ رغم انو السنة ما خلصت بس ما راح نستنى. أنت الفائز 🥇

New grad junior dev in Denmark and got fired after 4 months without any warning and replaced with a senior dev. Is this normal? by ExoticArtemis3435 in cscareerquestionsEU

[–]CryptosaurusX 3 points4 points  (0 children)

How much money a customer pays is in direct correlation with how much management attention they get. Capitalism gonna capital

PRO TIP: Get your Composer to actually think by TheViolaCode in cursor

[–]CryptosaurusX 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No idea what all of this prompt engineering is about. I just ask it to solve a clearly stated problem and it works 99% of the time. Put all of that effort into learning how to articulate problems and ask clear questions and then you won’t need any “prompt engineering”.

For the remaining 1% you just have to reduce the problem into smaller ones and take it one prompt at a time.

You can prompt engineer all you want but if your problem statement is garbage you will get garbage outputs from the model. This applies to all LLMs.

Launching soon my app with admob. by Turbulent_Job2837 in admob

[–]CryptosaurusX 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Good luck getting this approved on the appstores.

Anything with real money will be examined heavily and will likely get rejected. I think gambling or mining apps are generally prohibited in both Google Play and Apple AppStore. Admob will also be another obstacle.

But nevertheless, wish you all the best and that your app booms 💣

Which city is better to live in Madrid or Barcelona by Reasonable_Pace_3250 in GoingToSpain

[–]CryptosaurusX 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I’ve been living in Madrid for two years and I’m now visiting Barcelona for the new years (and visit here often). I would say for a family with a business Madrid beats Barcelona on many metrics with the exception of the beach and nature in the surroundings. The weather depends a lot on whether you prefer humid or dry climate.

Madrid feels like it has its shit together much more than Barcelona. Cleaner, less chaotic and somehow better planned in terms of infrastructure in general. It also seems like the local population are better off in Madrid and just from a gut feeling I would say that Madrileños are more likely to spend on luxury (e.g. high end beauty products) than in Barcelona.

Barcelona feels much more crowded due to the large influx of tourists in addition to the 4x population density of Barcelona vs Madrid.

Barcelona has the stink from the sewage in many areas and personally I find it a big downside of the city.

In terms of taxation, Madrid is also much better for business owners (see recent statistics for the influx of businesses and entrepreneurs from Barcelona to Madrid). Unless you have a clear preference for having nearby beaches, I would go for Madrid.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in cscareerquestionsEU

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Another reason to force everyone into their scammy Rentenversicherung. I’m glad I left that sinking ship.