ECB

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[–] ECB@feddit.de 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Doubtful, given that Dendi is Ukrainian...

But now that I think of it, he's a Russian speaking Ukranian so maybe he WOULD be their first choice...

[–] ECB@feddit.de 19 points 5 months ago (3 children)

It has it's own challenges, sure... but english isn't even remotely close to being the hardest language to learn

The spelling is messed up, it has (like virtually every language) a bunch of exceptions to rules, but the grammar has been hugely simplified over the past 1000 years.

Not to mention that the biggest advantage to learning languages is familiarity and the fact that English is, well, everywhere makes it easier.

Sure Esperanto is easier, but for most of the world something like Japanese would be muuuuuch harder

[–] ECB@feddit.de 2 points 5 months ago

Good point, it did mention US in the title

[–] ECB@feddit.de 2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I'm going to guess you mean New Hampshire in the USA?

[–] ECB@feddit.de 10 points 5 months ago

I'm skeptical that this is at all true, but it's not about being granted the job, but rather getting past the initial HR filtering and actually getting the chance to talk to a human.

[–] ECB@feddit.de 3 points 5 months ago

Recently got back into Dota 2. It's still incredibly good!

[–] ECB@feddit.de 5 points 5 months ago

Depends on the country though as well. Its probably pretty easy to figure out for big ones like the USA, but in smaller countries its often a mess...

[–] ECB@feddit.de 1 points 6 months ago

There is literally nothing I would have wanted more as a 12 year old than to be able to walk to meet my friends or play football in the park without having to be driven around...

[–] ECB@feddit.de 1 points 6 months ago

Oh man this is so me!

I grew up in the rural USA in a pretty area with lots of space. I enjoyed a lot about it, but I didn't realise how suffocating it was until I spent a couple weeks living in a walkable city in Europe.

It was magical! The freedom I felt by being able to walk/cycle/take a bus somewhere without having to be driven! The feeling of being able to just go meet people!

Fast forward a decade or so and I moved to Europe (as an adult). Still magical! Imagine being able to walk to the bar! No looking for parking! No car payments!

I'm never going back...

That being said, I understand why many people are resistant to density. Cities that do density poorly (I.e. 99% of US cities, and many European ones) are miserable to be in. There is a reason that people visit Venice and not Houston...

[–] ECB@feddit.de 4 points 6 months ago

I went on a whim to hear him speak back in 2008 and was so impressed ended up voting for him.

Granted, this was in Vermont, so it was already 100% clear that Obama was going to win the state.

[–] ECB@feddit.de 3 points 6 months ago

I use it to run the Sky App to stream football.

The only options are a windows app or an android app (since you can't watch in the browser) and I couldn't get the windows app to work with WINE.

The android app runs fairly well with waydroid, although it occasionally runs into some hiccups.

[–] ECB@feddit.de 6 points 7 months ago

I think they mean "reign supreme" in the sense that, given the choice, most people these days would choose the bluetooth anyways.

Its just so nice to not have a cord...

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