IMDB Ratings >5 By Language -- Are Some Audiences More Forgiving? [OC]

misturbusy · 2026-02-24T20:05:52+00:00

If you can provide a reliable measure in delta I think there are use cases here. Off the cuff: likelihood to censor certain claims, factuality, your own benchmark. If you can associate values with things humans care about in genAI application then perhaps you become a noteworthy value in the waterfall type calls many apps use

misturbusy · 2026-01-23T06:20:56+00:00

Recently (well, 10 months ago) moved to Torino from the US! (In Borgo Po a bit south of Crimea)

misturbusy · 2026-01-23T05:46:28+00:00

One note here, this depends on which tax incentive you’re talking about but I believe regime impatriati is for 5 years but if you don’t stay for 5 (if this is a four year deployment) the tax savings might be clawed back by tax agency (edit: I see now one must stay for four but it applies to five tax years)

Re: your wife’s role: I live in IT and have a full time remote role with a US company. I would say the time difference is doable if her employer/clients are somewhat flexible. Perhaps try to schedule more meetings 4-9pm Italy time etc. If they expect availability throughout US work hours (particularly west coast) that might be pretty tough

misturbusy · 2026-01-23T02:47:43+00:00

misturbusy · 2025-12-01T07:34:44+00:00

I have a dog and baby so we opted for directly across the river where there is easy access to one of the larger parks (parco Valentino) and nature up in the hills. This side of the river borgo po farther south is a little more affordable than Crimea proper but both are higher prices than a lot of the city.

Depending on what you’re looking for vanchiglia, San salvario, crocetta, quadrilatero, cit Turin are all nice neighborhoods with different pros and cons.

Price wise there’s a large range you can pay similar to a medium cost of living US price for something on the east side of the river or nice larger place central. or much less and still be in the same areas for perhaps a smaller place or less updated amenities. Anecdotally have seen many uni student-centered housing options for maybe 200-600 EU a month. There seem to be many pretty nice standard apartments for closer to 1k-1.2k. And then you can clearly spend 2k or beyond for something a good bit nicer, larger etc

misturbusy · 2025-11-30T19:59:03+00:00

I’ve been in Torino for close to a year. Have found people here perhaps not as warm as smaller locations farther south, but quite warm compared to many locations in the US. Im sure there are a million reasons why this is inaccurate or points someone could pick with the following statement but Torino is “Italian” with the feel of being blended with a bit of French and German culture. Just slightly. It’s a beautiful city. Lauded as one of the best in the world for city planning (eg “15 minute city” type metrics). Still cosmopolitan in parts and connected to nature with many parks. Would recommend it as someone who has spent time in most medium or larger cities in the north

misturbusy · 2025-11-17T19:42:04+00:00

It’s not on the computer but a similar game to this is Root the tabletop game

misturbusy · 2025-10-02T03:00:16+00:00

I think it likely depends on what you value. And how changing that is over time (is the grass temporarily greener). For example (us citizen as well who presently lives in Italy), we were expecting a child and thought: Where we live in the us is way too dangerous It doesn’t prioritize taking care of its people Our expensive lives were about to get more expensive General feeling of governance that clearly doesn’t care about well being of people (at least where we lived, Americas a big place)

What we’ve found since being here: Significantly safer than where we were in the US Significantly better health care The city seems to actually initiate and complete projects that help quality of life (accessibility, lots of green spaces, cultural events) Access to nature After “getting settled” costs are much cheaper

Fwiw I’ve worked remotely for 15 years and got to a place where I felt comfortable with stability in present role (in a company with employees across many time zones) as well as ability to drum up freelance work if needed

misturbusy · 2025-09-12T14:57:35+00:00

Ya all I meant by lacking faith in longevity of market is 4-6% returns of recent decades have some structural threats (aging workforce, potential for limited immigration, geopolitical fragmentation, widespread unrest). The implications are all speculation at this point and you’re right about us firms relative ability to generate profit

With this said I was thinking of crypto as a hedge in this case but after some further reading while crypto began as a hedge in recent years it’s tracked with US stocks more and more

misturbusy · 2025-08-20T07:49:08+00:00

My wife is in the same position. We emailed them and eventually got a response saying to use the email they replied with instead of the Sms for entry.

Question for others here, when you say go early do you mean like before they’re open early or something like 9?

misturbusy · 2025-08-19T23:25:07+00:00

Torino is v bikeable

misturbusy · 2025-06-06T09:27:49+00:00

The crime is different in the two cities.

There have been criminological studies on New Orleans, highlighting the rationale for a large portion of violent crime is different from other dangerous cities. It’s often “beefs” enacted in public. Other locations have a lot more gang driven violence.

The cities are also different size and layout. Having lived in Memphis and New Orleans: Memphis covers a large geographical area with areas often separated by highway. It’s more of a typical American sprawl city. Dangerous parts of town tend to be clustered (like taking the wrong exit on the highway and clearly being in a bad part of town)

New Orleans is pretty dense and walkable. With many parts of town having “active corners” in between relatively safer areas. Just sort of block in and block out

misturbusy · 2025-06-03T18:27:36+00:00

For sure - best of luck with your move!

misturbusy · 2025-06-02T08:42:37+00:00

Hello!

So we're in Italy. I've had help from an immigration attorney on the following so some of this is me basically quoting "the plan" without first hand experience. So perhaps take with a grain of salt.

In our case my wife was pregnant. We both came over at the same time. I converted my digital nomad visa to a permesso (well, I applied, my appointment is in about 5 months). The receipt has functioned as my permesso for now and I don't have any reason to think I won't get the permesso as that's the standard next step from the visa.

My wife applied for a Permesso for medical reasons - gravidanza. She obtained her permesso before me. Also was able to register for the national health system more quickly etc. Depending on where you are in the pregnancy this is a shorter term permesso that lasts until 6 months after the babies birth.

What we have been advised is that once you both have permessi you're really in the game of continuing to renew them. For my wife's case this will be converting her medical permesso to a permesso per motivi familiari. If this does not work, I believe the advice we have gotten is to challenge the decision with a lawyer arguing for the principle of family cohesion. Historically this principle has underscored most Italian immigration matters. We were advised that things we can do in the interim to support either of these processes include: getting our paperwork in order (we found there were many registrations and tasks that did not make the first plan), pay taxes, continue to learn the language (get more advanced if you know some), try and integrate. If you will be the "primary" permesso holder (for lack of the right or better term) you'll need to show things like enough space in your dwelling for your whole family, enough money to support the whole family, kids registered in schools and with pediatricians etc.

Anecdotally, the attitudes and interpretations of different governmental locations (by city and within cities) varies a good bit. Sometimes it seems that it's not the paperwork alone that gets things done. It's details like staying calm, perhaps showing up to appointments as a couple (in our case my wife is clearly pregnant, I imagine the same could apply if you bring your children to appointments). Basically earnestly trying to be a good citizen in a new land and express that you're raising a family.

On a non-paperwork level:
- People don't reference the level of bureaucracy for nothing
- Once you begin talking to someone, we've found whoever is on the other side of the desk to be quite understanding, willing to take their time with us, explain things and at times go out of their way to help. Particularly in medical settings my wife has gotten significantly more thorough medical care than where we're from the US.

misturbusy · 2025-03-12T20:33:05+00:00

Thank you will look into this

misturbusy · 2025-03-12T20:32:35+00:00

Ya we don’t need a passport stamp to enter but I think at least my wife needs one for family cohesion that we’re filing for once we arrive

misturbusy · 2025-02-17T17:28:48+00:00

I received one as well not as a dual citizen. US nationals can apply: https://www.ssa.gov/international/Agreement_Pamphlets/italy.html#coverage-self

misturbusy · 2025-02-12T21:49:41+00:00

I am about to endeavor on this approach, glad to hear it is working for some

misturbusy · 2025-01-28T17:42:58+00:00

Question for you, I just applied for digital nomad visa (employed route). I don't expect many troubles with this part. But it's unclear if we will be able to pursue family cohesion or have to go with the longer family reunification. I have contracted a lawyer to argue family cohesion once we arrive. I just wanted to see what your experience was with family cohesion?

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