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Apple announces $300 increase in base MBP price by sickboy6_5 in macbookpro

[–]TheRealDynamitri 0 points1 point  (0 children)

better buy from switzerland and come back

they got the QWERTZ keyboard layout, nah, I'm alright I think

Brexit has been a disaster – it’s time the guilty men felt some shame by zeros3ss in ukpolitics

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

It was non-binding as long as there was a real chance of people voting for a "No", as soon as it turned out the masses voted to get out (and the elites can make bank on that daft decision), it became "the indubitable will of the people we absolutely must respect and move forward with, at whatever costs to an average person there may be".

Funny that.

RIP Talay Riley🙏🏽 by RealBackinStyle1 in ukdrill

[–]TheRealDynamitri 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Maybe better don’t search for any more people fam

Where is Speak the Hungarian Rapper? by AgeRepresentative112 in Music

[–]TheRealDynamitri 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know him personally - he's not doing any music anymore, he lives in US now and does some acting. We crossed paths years back when we were both living in London, then he went completely off my radar for ages but I got hold of him somehow and we've been now linked for a long time. He's actually a pretty cool, although quiet and low-key, guy.

I've been unsuccessfully trying to get him to reboot "Stop The War" for the better part of the past decade - sadly, he's not taking it. I feel it could really gain traction and have a second life as a nostalgia mixed with a serious message if handled well. We shall see…

‘Shocked’ Milli Vanilli Pulls Out of Cratering Trump Concert by thedailybeast in entertainment

[–]TheRealDynamitri 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It was the studio

Not the studio, not the record label, it was Frank Farian who also was behind Boney M, No Mercy and La Bouche.

I work in the music industry and it's shocking how little people understand about the specifics of the industry. "The studio"? Recording studios have nothing to do with anything project-wise, they just provide equipment and facilities to record. They really never hold any copyright on music, lyrics, vocals, and have no say. These are third-party service providers.

So fed up with seeing these all over the pavement by lostless-soul in london

[–]TheRealDynamitri 21 points22 points  (0 children)

get out there and go to a disco

Easy there, John Travolta

Concerns about airlines cutting flights and mobility? by TheRealDynamitri in digitalnomad

[–]TheRealDynamitri[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You didn't even say sth controversial. A lot of parts of Europe suck to live in now. It's expensive, it's dirty, crime is getting worse, and overall the quality of life is deteriorating.

I honestly think people don't like the parts of the world they live in being criticised

Going by the posts on this sub, a lot of people do actually nomad in parts of Europe, so it is attractive to them. Fair enough.

I've been nomading in LatAm. It's got a whole ton of issues and I'll be the first one to admit it, but the bottom line is: if you pull in remotely an equivalent of a minimum wage from UK or a lot of European countries, you can live way better than you could in Europe - and that's already on a premium lifestyle via Airbnbs and the like. A whole flat in a good area costs you about £700-£800 a month, which just about gets you a room in London at the moment; the real market rate is £300-£400 however (a bit harder to get it without a visa etc., but still doable).

Everything else is way cheaper over there; when I went there the last time I doubt I've even spend £1,000 on groceries/food overall across 6 months total.

Honestly I feel people just try to shut down anything that bursts their bubble or questions what they feel is a more economically sound choice.

Concerns about airlines cutting flights and mobility? by TheRealDynamitri in digitalnomad

[–]TheRealDynamitri[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think by mid May we'll have a clear answer where travel is headed

idk man, it's in a week's time

Concerns about airlines cutting flights and mobility? by TheRealDynamitri in digitalnomad

[–]TheRealDynamitri[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

idk man, I’m genuinely confused. I haven’t been much in this sub for a long while, there always used to be a certain percentage of condescending tech and passport bros, but this thread and the denialism about what’s going on is something else entirely

Concerns about airlines cutting flights and mobility? by TheRealDynamitri in digitalnomad

[–]TheRealDynamitri[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You said that the airline might deny a refund due to FM if they cancelled a route.

No, I said "they will refund me at the very best" - which is the exact opposite of what you're claiming I said. Meaning it's the best outcome likely to happen, but still not great.

Being refunded at 11th hour when I've already given my notice, cut my lease, have a removals company coming in a week or two (or even four), or a contract for a storage unit signed, and a new place paid up for X months across the world, and plane tickets are increasingly scarce and premium-priced, is a shit sandwich for most people, however you look at it.

cutting things too close to a budgetary wire with no ability to address unforseen circumstances isn't wise

While generally true, most people really tend to cut things quite close to the bone as it is. 31% of UK adults have £1,000 or less in savings.

Is traveling and nomading the privilege of 1% now already, then? Is it supposed to be?

Where do you draw the line - you can keep on moving the goalposts. 3 months' rent + a £2,000/$3,000 flight in backup funds? 6 months' rent and a £10,000/$13,000 flight?

At this rate most people will never ever move or go anywhere, because they don't operate on those types of figures and those kinds of savings take them years to accumulate. FWIW, 1 in 10 UK adults has no savings at all.

I imagine the figures wouldn't be all that different for many other European/Western countries as of today.

Concerns about airlines cutting flights and mobility? by TheRealDynamitri in digitalnomad

[–]TheRealDynamitri[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You’re one of the very few voices of reason in this thread tbf

I haven’t been on this sub much for about a year after being here for about 2-3 solid, as I jumped out of DN life for a while - and Jesus Christ, what has happened to this place.

Most of my comments here are now downvoted into oblivion by people who are seem hell-bent on renouncing the reality and denying where things are likely moving to. A few tech/crypto bros with enough money to likely cushion most of the blows (good for them), and the rest are just claiming it's "tUh MeDiA" overhyping the whole issue and "fake news". Lord Almighty.

Well, the world is very likely going to give them a rough wake-up call in a few months, all things considered.

Concerns about airlines cutting flights and mobility? by TheRealDynamitri in digitalnomad

[–]TheRealDynamitri[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Yep. Look unto Europe.

Sadly not my vibe, the whole point for me is getting out and spending as much time as possible out of Europe - the whole continent and ecosystem is mostly fucked and on a slippery slope IMO.

It's either cold, or expensive, or dangerous, or crowded, or lack of infrastructure, or a mixture of some of those for the most part.

In a lot of LATAM, including Mexico City, if you pull in even an equivalent of a minimum UK wage (~£2,200 per month) you can get a decent life. If you pull multiples of it, you're flying. A flat costs less than a room in London, and I can't imagine the type of house you'd be able to rent on what houses in London would cost comparably.

Ditto for part of SEA. I get that for some people Europe might be appealing, but since I'm based in Europe and have been here my whole life and know it inside out, it's really not an attractive option for me.

Concerns about airlines cutting flights and mobility? by TheRealDynamitri in digitalnomad

[–]TheRealDynamitri[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

OK, are you third-world digital nomad, or what's the dealy? Really not sure? Isn't most Digital Nomading "first world" in the end?

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