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Re:Switzerland – Europe's Silicon Valley for Developers? by gherkinnn on Friday November 27, 2020 @01:13PM (#25231185)
That's from Jeremy Clarkson, innit?

Despite that quote being mostly wrong [0][1], a safety net might account for some idleness. But there's more. You might find a local variation of the Law of Jante [2], for example.

0 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_mercenaries

1 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuckoo_clock#First_modern_cuck...

2 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_Jante

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Re:Switzerland – Europe's Silicon Valley for Developers? by HPsquared on Friday November 27, 2020 @01:22PM (#25231270)
It's said by Orson Welles' character in "The Third Man" (1949). Famous quote, allegedly ad-libbed: https://youtu.be/I8RW3K3hhWU
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