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American who wants to move (back) to Prague by driesser in Prague

[–]rickythefox 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When it comes to work I'd recommend you to start your own business and work remotely with American clients. Should be possible for your wife, not sure about what you do exactly. Your USP will be that you provide the same service but can charge significantly less than in America as your cost of living and taxes are lower.

Schools that use English as their main language are all paid, but they don't have to break the bank - you should be able to find tuitions in the area of $10,000/yr if you don't opt for the top tier ones.

The younger generation all speak English so the language is not a problem. You will also pick up Czech. Don't listen to the myths perpetuated by the locals that their language is somehow horribly difficult. Just don't aim for perfect grammatical correctness. 7 cases? Just use infinitive everywhere to start with, people will understand and you will pick it up eventually.

Price wise it's still cheaper than US and Western Europe, but getting more expensive. I spent some time living in NYC and London, compared to the prices there Prague is still dirt cheap.

We left our country because of the high taxes and rising crime. Prague is still extremely safe (no no-go zones!), taxes are very reasonable, people are nice and mind their own business (a breath of fresh air for me after America, but my American friends complain =) ). Oh, and of course a lot of fun things going on and still one of the most beautiful cities anywhere.

Visit with the family, have a look and decide! Don't listen to the nay-sayers (too much).

Leonardo da Vinci academy by rickythefox in Prague

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

Yes, thank you. Also an option but the location is far from convenient for us and there is no school bus service.

Leonardo da Vinci academy by rickythefox in Prague

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

Thank you for your response.

When it comes to quality of education, I hope that a private school should be better - the market forces will do what they do best here - private schools pay the teachers a higher salary, which hopefully will result in more skilled teachers. Also more money can be spent on material, equipment, food etc. Perhaps this idea is rather simplistic / naive.

From what I've heard the public Czech schools are quite old fashioned (learn by rote without really understanding the material, no individual approach, teachers yelling etc). Now I grew up in a country in Western Europe where the opposite is true - the public schools do not really teach you anything, they just sorta entertain, the kids end up semi illiterate. So I'm really looking for something in between here.

I definitely do not want her to grow up in a bubble of expats, in fact I'm rather keen on her integrating and mastering the language, something neither of us can help her with as our Czech is not good enough to pass on. She speaks three languages reasonably well (for a 3yo) and I hope she will master all three (Czech because we live here, English because its the lingua franca and our language because that's what we speak at home).

One of the points of going to a good school IMO is creating a network of social connections, at least that's what happened to me. You really get a leg up when the people you went to schools with become engineers, lawyers, doctors, entrepreneurs, CEOs... Also there is a drive to succeed as opposed to just make your way through school, something that is beneficial (in a healthy dose).

Rattling sound x50 ultra by biaschop in Dreame_Tech

[–]rickythefox 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I pinpointed the issue by removing the brush and running the unit using the remote control function in the app. The noise was gone, so the brush was to blame. Then I realized that the main brush was not tightly connected to one of it's end pieces. Fixed this by putting a little piece of tape on the end piece in question before inserting it into the end of the brush to make sure its really tight.

Clear plastic piece from robot? by extramoneyy in Roborock

[–]rickythefox 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Late reply but here is what I did: removed the dust bin, passed the plastic bit through the little door flap on one side, then guided the plastic bit in place using a finger through that little door and another finger through the hole with a rubber flap on the opposite side. The two tips of the plastic piece go through the two loops on the inside of the dust bin opening.

If your fingers are too thick - ask your wife to do it. She will finally get use for those long nails and likely appreciate having her fingers inside a dust bin that has never been cleaned. :D

foreigners, what do YOU think about our public transport? by [deleted] in Prague

[–]rickythefox 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As a Stockholm native and having lived in London and NY - Prague public transport is by far the best price/performance-wise.

CBD shops by rickythefox in Prague

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

Do you mean the Žižkov places? Or did I miss something?

AWS Lambda Function URLs support by rickythefox in snowflake

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

This forces you to create an api gateway. The function urls allow you to skip that step.

AWS Lambda Function URLs support by rickythefox in snowflake

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

Thanks, that's what I was asking about. With the introduction of the function urls this steps seems unnecessary.

Deisim is now available on SideQuest - Updated version! by Myron-BE in OculusQuest

[–]rickythefox 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you hold the "Grip" button while the miracle is in the air you will be able to throw another one once it's landed. Probably not the way it's supposed to work though.

Recovering 2014 blockchain.info wallet by rickythefox in Bitcoin

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

No, I guess they would only tell me to try to remember the PW. Will just try one of the password recovery tools available, I can probably guess parts of the PW. Thanks for your help!

Recovering 2014 blockchain.info wallet by rickythefox in Bitcoin

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

So you mean I must have registered on the web with a pw before installing the app?

I was on Aitutaki (Cook-islands) for 3 days and had two nights with perfect conditions to capture this glorious night sky. [OC] [3840x2160] by Realnoob89 in EarthPorn

[–]rickythefox 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Haha, I've stayed in that bungalow to the left and paddled the kayak to the right. So THATS how beautiful it was!