Ask HN: EU devs who moved to the States for work, has it been worth it?

Re:Ask HN: EU devs who moved to the States for work, has it ... by nix23 on Sunday November 28, 2021 @03:46PM (#29372821)

Rome was NOT made by Italians (but most probably albans)...but hey they are really proud of the roman empire ;)

But do you know were the word "slave" comes from?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery#Terminology

>>Use of the word arose during the Early Medieval Period, when Slavs from Central and Eastern Europe (Saqaliba) were frequently enslaved by Moors from the Iberian Peninsula and North Africa.

So brown/black peoples enslaved white peoples, but hey the US only thinks about sold black's by black peoples only, a slave can only be black..end of discussion.

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Re:Ask HN: EU devs who moved to the States for work, has it ... by Asooka on Sunday November 28, 2021 @04:25PM (#29373196)

Well, let's not put all Blacks under the same denominator, that sounds a bit racist. As a Slav, I hold no ill will towards them acting in a way that was appropriate for the time period.

That said, I do find it ironic, that we had to remove all mentions of master/slave from our software products, so as to not offend our American customers. Again, I don't mind, but it's funny when you think about it.

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Re:Ask HN: EU devs who moved to the States for work, has it ... by seoulmetro on Sunday November 28, 2021 @05:46PM (#29373951)

You didn't have to. You wanted to. Lots of people wanted to. For no real reason other than to fit in or appease a mob. There's no "have to". You don't "have to" do much these days.

I'm not letting people's stupid actions be marked as a "have to" when they're most definitely still stupid and still neither required nor appropriate.

"I had to" rob the liquor store.

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