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Hi All,
That's day one done! Still typing on a phone as I took a trip to the supermarket. Still not home! Well the job doesn't seem too bad at the moment.
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So shouldn't your username be glennPattonInTescos?
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Thanks Everyone for your kind words and wishes today!  
I love my new office. I will face a few scary challenges but my colleagues appear to be smart, kind and understanding. And my former employer (Ericsson) is rumoured to present massive layoffs Tuesday...
... such stuff as dreams are made on
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megaadam wrote: And my former employer (Ericsson) is rumoured to present massive layoffs Tuesday...
I never really mastered the art of predicting a staff shrinkage event, I was laid off 3 times in the 90s. Well done.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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The rumour was all over the Swedish press, so I cannot take credit it. And now in the morning it is still unclear if the announcement is today....
... such stuff as dreams are made on
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Browse 1,350+ codes in the Astrophysics Source Code Library [^]
COOL!
#SupportHeForShe
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from the link: 2nd-order Lagrangian Perturbation Theory Initial Conditions
Jeeze, people actually need libraries for such trivialities? 
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
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"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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jeron1 wrote: trivialities
What are you talking about? I hear this is on the list for the next release of Kerbal!
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No, not really - I tend to re-invent that one each time i need it. Takes no time at all. 
Cheers,
Mick
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It doesn't matter how often or hard you fall on your arse, eventually you'll roll over and land on your feet.
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I know! Lazy slobs.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Just when I was trying to figure out how to cacluclate a spiral galaxy arm angle. Thank you.
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Does anyone here have any experience of living and working in Finland? I'm in the running for a contract based out of Helsinki up there, and I'm curious as to what it might be like. I live in Zurich right now, so not doing too bad quality of life wise. Just wondering if Finland might be worth a shot for a year or two. I love cold weather, by the way.
"This new learning amazes me, Sir Bedivere. Explain to me again how sheep's bladders may be employed to prevent earthquakes"
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I believe the best one to answer that would be @mika-wendelius.
My question for you is: Do you like introvert people, sauna and vodka?
Vodka being the commonly used medicine against being introvert.
Sauna is done in the nude, as it should be. Vodka quite often aswell. 
Some more stereotypes[^] 
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"This video is not available" 
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BTW, don't get me wrong, I find that the Finns are generally awesome people, despite their common claim that all Swedes are homosexuals.
Which makes the memory of seven naked finnish guys from Helsinkis technical University, standing or rather half dancing on a jetty outside the sauna arms around each others shoulders singing a song on that theme, rather fun.
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Excellent!
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Not sure if I can add anything since Jörgen managed to compress the main things into three sentences
As an aborigine my opinions are obviously biased, but Jörgen is definitely right. We tend to be introvert and in general people don't do small talk. For example if things are going well at work, you notice it because of the silence surrounding you. But if things are going bad you probably know about it since it's going to be told straight to you. As far as I can see it's a good thing since we mean what we say and we keep what we promise.
As in all Nordic countries the summer is short, but beautiful. You might find especially the autumn and the beginning of the winter very cold in Helsinki area since, as long as the water is open, the outside temperature feels roughly 10 degrees less than it actually is. Immediately after ice is formed on the coast, the air dries and doesn't feel so cold anymore.
One awkward thing may be the amount of daylight during the year. For many people it's too much on the summertime when the sun hardly sets, even in southern Finland, and at winter time the day is short, I mean really short. When you go to work, it's dark, when you leave the office, it's dark.
I know a lot of people who have survived Finland so as far as I can see it's doable. It may take some time to get to know the people and to get used to some of our (probably weird) habits but then again you most likely also gain new life long friends.
So why not take the risk, you might even like it
Oh by the way, you hopefully like coffee!
Some links you might find useful:
- http://www.te-services.fi/te/en/jobseekers/work_finland/index.html[^]
- Employee or entrepreneur[^]
- Working in Finland - The Finnish Immigration Service[^]
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Awesome stuff, thanks for all the info! Now, to actually get the job...
"This new learning amazes me, Sir Bedivere. Explain to me again how sheep's bladders may be employed to prevent earthquakes"
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Good luck 
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"aborigine" ? Are you Sami ?
I read that the tango is a very popular dance all over Finland, and a distinctly Finnish style of tango has evolved, emphasizing the sad/lonely aspects of the tango: [^].
Interesting to think of introversion+vodka+sauna paired with tango
«There is a spectrum, from "clearly desirable behaviour," to "possibly dodgy behavior that still makes some sense," to "clearly undesirable behavior." We try to make the latter into warnings or, better, errors. But stuff that is in the middle category you don’t want to restrict unless there is a clear way to work around it.» Eric Lippert, May 14, 2008
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No, not Sami.
You're right, Tango among other dances is very popular and the Tango in Finland is usually much more melancholic. At summertime we have lots of open-air dances which are really popular. What comes to the music in overall, I guess the same melancholy can be seen how for example symphonic or melodic metal is popular here. Take for example Nightwish[^] or Sonata Arctica[^]
BillWoodruff wrote: Interesting to think of introversion+vodka+sauna paired with tango
Well, it takes two to tango
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Oct. 2016 comparison (Numbeo.com) of cost-of-living in Zurich/Helsinki: [^].
good luck ! Bill
«There is a spectrum, from "clearly desirable behaviour," to "possibly dodgy behavior that still makes some sense," to "clearly undesirable behavior." We try to make the latter into warnings or, better, errors. But stuff that is in the middle category you don’t want to restrict unless there is a clear way to work around it.» Eric Lippert, May 14, 2008
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Did Karl Marx dislike Earl Grey because all proper tea is theft?
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Not fair. Marx liked tea, his opinion though was forgotten after Trotsky's hatchet job.
veni bibi saltavi
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