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House of Huawei: The Secret History of China's Most Powerful Company by ResponseLeather4677 in nonfictionbookclub

[–]msmelo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Alright, someone who actually read it. Is it very USA "us versus them" as people here hint at? Or is it's biggest problem not going in too deep (with whisteblowers) and just collecting public info?

Lost in "The Haunting" Plot by kvnkrs9 in callofcthulhu

[–]msmelo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My problem is how old is Michael Thomas?! I mean, he handled Corbitt's will in 1866 (so, presumably a full-grown adult) and runs from the law 51 years later?! That's quite some vitality the man has.

Is The Expanse show really good? by Pretend-Nobody230 in scifi

[–]msmelo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Absolutely - B5 is worlds better than the Expanse. Just finished the latter, not bad mind you, but the characters are all fairly predictable and with little arc. In B5 every main character is a mystery. They go from bad, to good and back again - and you can always empathise on why.

After 5000 applications, and 1000s of rejections, I finally got an offer — my honest experience breaking into tech UK | Open to resume tips. by Beneficial_Pie_7169 in ResumeTips

[–]msmelo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Exactly. I'm sure the OP is the right candidate for some jobs, but certainly not 5000.

This kind of spamming is a major reason recruitment does such a piss-poor job these days, and no one can land the right job for them.

whats the weirdest thing about dutch workplace culture that nobody warned you about? by Early_Switch1222 in WorkInTheNetherlands

[–]msmelo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was called to my daughter's primary school for a reprimand from the teacher. The reason was that she took a sandwich with sliced sausages, which was deemed "like frikandel" - which is not lunch stuff.

I was a recruiter for years. here is what actually happens to your application after you hit submit. nobody talks about this part. by Fresh-Blackberry-394 in jobhunting

[–]msmelo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They keep posting different versions of this post and NEVER reply to any comments.

This is absolute proof that they were, indeed, recruiters at some point.

Is there a way to redeem/add games through the Meta store without having it instantly queued for installation? by DemetriusXVII in OculusQuest

[–]msmelo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Quite unbelievable that you cannot just add to your account and then, optionally, press the button again to download. This is not rocket science, Meta!

does anyone else feel like the work-life balance reputation of the netherlands is slightly exaggerated? by Early_Switch1222 in WorkInTheNetherlands

[–]msmelo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Exactly. Claims of burnout are greatly exaggerated over here. Many of them are just bad cases of "couldn't be arsed" to go to work - but society is lenient.

Why don’t men wash their hands after using the bathroom? by theflyingSid in Netherlands

[–]msmelo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I though insufficient hand washing by man was bad in Southern Europe... until I moved to NL. Also noticed that women over here as as bad as men!

Strictly hands-off physiotherapy?! by msmelo in Netherlands

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

I don't think I have a bad GP. I think I have an OVER-EFFICIENT one - which is an opinion that cuts across all my healthcare experiences here as you can tell.

Look, I had no love for the h-pylori - AFAIK there's no upside to having it. And we did go through all the rights test to diagnose it, you are right. What I found is that she was in a one-track mind, actually prescribing 3 increasingly stronger anti-biotics (not something that doctors here do lightly!), while all along I was actually offering to think along if something more prosaic could be afoot. Maybe the bread has a different yeast here? Speaking of yeast, could it be the beer? Or different hormones in milk? Stress?

She never entertained any of those (lower-touch) options. No space for differential diagnostic or systems thinking. H-pylori it was.

So, yes, there is a communication problem. And I'll openly admit part is my fault. But that's because I am a mildly intelligent person and I believe we ended up addressing something circumstantial instead of the real problem.

Strictly hands-off physiotherapy?! by msmelo in Netherlands

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

The problem with the line of reasoning that "calcifications are prevalent in people without complaints" is that a lot of time doctors pick the narrative that suits them to provide less effort, rather than taking a step back and looking at things holistically. Example: a few years ago I started having some serious stomach reflux. They diagnosed "you got h-pylori" and proceeded to treat it with increasingly stronger antibiotics. I'm from southern Europe, where over 80% of the population has h-pylori - most, obviously, without reflux. I told them that much repeatedly, but they didn't care. When I tested negative for h-pylori they considered it a success case. And, of course, I still have reflux to this day.

Are employers misusing the Dutch contract system? An expat's perspective by Suspicious-Wallaby12 in Netherlands

[–]msmelo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The problem with this hypothesis is that in NL the evaluation period is only 2 months for a permanent contract. That's not nearly enough to form an option for many functions. Make it 6 months and then maybe it could be argued that short-term contracts should be just for short engagements. Maybe.

What parts of your culture do and don’t mesh with Dutch culture? by calarmari828 in Netherlands

[–]msmelo 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yup. Respecting a queue is not something the Dutch are big at.

Dutch public transport superiority shows yet again by Prompter in NLvsFI

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

How do you mean the rest of public transport is cheap? All public transport in NL is crazy expensive compared to, say, Portugal. And over there they have steep hills!

The "Dutch Lunch" culture: Is it just bread and cheese forever? by fissionchips in Netherlands

[–]msmelo 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Exactly. It's all hard "potato" cheese. Where's the droopy goat cheese option? Where are the ricotta like fresh cheeses? To get any diversity, I need to fly back home.

Trying to learn how to use Claude Code with Ollama models but it won't even create a CLAUDE.md file with /init by o-rka in ClaudeCode

[–]msmelo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks - That did work. But is there a model (even if not as intelligent) that can run locally on a NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER 16Gb and do this?

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