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Which part contradicts what the engineers or scientists think?

ja työtarjouksen menettäminen yhden vastaamattoman puhelun vuoksi on harmillista.

Tuskinpa kukaan menettää työtarjousta sen takia. Jos sen sijaan ei itse soita takaisin, en ihmettele.

I have been lucky enough not to be on the applicant's seat often, but I've interviewed others. Few times someone has asked for feedback, and it is basically always the same (I will just find nice words to express it):

There is only one opening, and someone else did slightly better than you in the interview.

Is there a way to try out both and see which one the child prefers? Maybe the clubs have some open door events in the autumn?

I did karate and judo around that age. It was mostly about games and having fun. Not really about the techniques etc. Definitely not about self defense or things adults relate these kind of sports to.

It is done, but apparently district heating is not commonplace everywhere in the World.

https://cleantechnica.com/2024/05/20/waste-heat-from-google-data-center-to-warm-a-town-in-finland/

In Finland everyone can go to the tax office and see the incomes of everyone (with a ~1.5 years delay, i.e. 2023 is the latest today).

I know what my colleagues and friends make. I think the only thing it would affect is, that if I felt that I was making less than I should, I would start looking for a new job.

Finland (Suomi) basically means a swamp (suo).

If you look at the etymology, there are other explanations of the origins, but a modern person would associate the name with a swamp. I guess it makes sense with all the lakes.

I don't care about which operating system, but my hobby projects have always included things that help myself. E.g.

• Software to collect/archive/analyse real life data (e.g. real estate data from various sources).
• Scripts to parse and structure data that I need e.g. for learning other things.
• Firmware for small embedded electronics.
• Home automation.

So my suggestion is to think of something that you need, but there isn't a perfect solution yet. Although this advice comes from someone who has been working in software development for two decades now.

If you haven't programmed before, think something very very small first.

Interesting to hear news from the smaller countries too. Thanks for sharing!

Baba Is You belongs to the same category. One of my favorite puzzles.

Pre-existing models/art is something that is a huge work effort. Not to be undervalued. If one can get those for free, it can be the reason some game exists.

Take Auto Chess for example. I can imagine programming that DOTA 2 mod was an effort one or few programmers did as a hobby at first. If they would have had to either pay or network with artists to create the art and other people to do marketing, it would have been a lot more than a hobby.

One of the best games there is, but without any keyboard shortcuts, that will be annoying really soon.