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2013-01-19 02:14 7895105 Anonymous (Linus_Torvalds.jpg 600x920 95kB)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus_Torvalds >Linus Benedict Torvalds is a Finnish American[2][5] software engineer and hacker, who was the principal force behind the development of the Linux kernel >Residence: Portland, Oregon, United States >In 2010, Torvalds became a United States citizen and registered to vote in the United States You know..I noticed something, I noticed that notable people choose to live in America (and become American citizens) over any other country in the world, by a large margin

1 min later 7895136 Anonymous
Yes, I would do the same, especially if I had enough money to buy real estate.

1 min later 7895140 Anonymous
It's better to be best in a village than the worst in a city.

2 min later 7895152 Anonymous
If you're skilled and smart like Linus here, the US is the best place to make money. My buddy's dad went there for the exact same reason and became filthy rich by selling tractor parts or some shit.

3 min later 7895166 Anonymous
>Oregon holy shit, we actually have somebody worth a shit living here

4 min later 7895199 Anonymous
>>7895166 there's a bit of indie rockers living in Portland, if that means anything

5 min later 7895211 Anonymous
>Life in Portland https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DErDoRX8o58 I bet he's a DJ now.

5 min later 7895212 Anonymous
Best place in the world if you make 60k+: USA Best place if poor: Canada

6 min later 7895233 Anonymous
>>7895199 >there's a bit of indie rockers living in Portland, if that means anything Not one little bit

6 min later 7895247 Anonymous
>>7895212 I heard France also has a pretty god tier security net for poor people

6 min later 7895251 Anonymous (1322493486095.jpg 680x823 51kB)
What can I say? Expats master race. >mfw people think I'm Belgian because of my flag

12 min later 7895333 Anonymous
>>7895105 >notable people I don't think he is, on balance. The US accepts a lot of academics, science and technology types. Not especially keen on brown people though, but he could not really get any whiter so happy days.

14 min later 7895369 Anonymous
>>7895251 ლ(́◉◞౪◟◉‵ლ) Morocco you so silly

16 min later 7895404 Anonymous
>>7895105 Because your country is, always was, and always will be a country founded and built on immigration. Not that hard to comprehend. Any Canucks here? I'm a plumber. What's the pay like for plumbers over there who don't want to work in oil farms or whatever other shit like that you have? Just a regular ol' plumber in a city. It's pretty good over here, I imagine it's similar there. We're pretty much the same country.

16 min later 7895410 Anonymous
>>7895333 >Linus Torvalds >Not relevant

17 min later 7895432 Anonymous
America imports a lot of academics and scientists, mostly from Asia. We also export a lot of English teachers to Asia. It's like the barter system or something.

18 min later 7895449 Anonymous
>>7895140 I don't think so, basically I'm rich in Monterrey Mexico, but I want to move to south america to be like middle class.

22 min later 7895513 Anonymous
>>7895410 >notable He would not be recognized in the street, for example. He clearly is relevant. Under the radar, somewhat.

26 min later 7895602 Anonymous
>>7895513 I probably wouldn't recognize Gates or Jobs at first glance either. Or at the very least I'd think "hey this guy looks like that celebrity"

28 min later 7895635 Anonymous
>>7895602 Actually I'd recognize Jobs. And then promptly find my loved ones in order to protect them from the zombie apocalypse.

29 min later 7895660 Anonymous (1357628927450.jpg 285x279 43kB)
>Linus Torvalds >Finnish

29 min later 7895674 Anonymous
>>7895513 I think you overestimate the reach that Linux has, especially in a city where owning a Mac is pretty much a requirement to rent a flat.

29 min later 7895676 Anonymous
>>7895251 Bernard? Dat you?

34 min later 7895789 Anonymous
The US is an awesome place to live, if you got money.

35 min later 7895794 Anonymous (1310675759912.jpg 400x300 22kB)
>mfw Linus speaks Swedish and not Suomi

36 min later 7895826 Anonymous
>>7895660 You're right, pls go to Wiki and change his nationality to Swedish-American. Jesus, I actually knew right away when I first saw this thread that some retarded knäckebröd will show up with that shit huehuehue.

38 min later 7895848 Anonymous (1352005370965.jpg 372x367 23kB)
>>7895794 >>7895660 mfw i speak savo when you don't undesrstand it, but over three billion people does.

40 min later 7895893 Anonymous
>>7895826 Lying is not good, It's better to honest about these things. >>7895848 Väinamöinen please go.

40 min later 7895895 Anonymous
>>7895848 >three billion people who? aliens ?

43 min later 7895945 Phil Ossiferz Stone
Linus joined up? I didn't know that. /looks honestly pleased

7 hours later 7900198 Anonymous (Rms_at_pitt[1].jpg 4288x2848 2206kB)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Stallman >Richard Matthew Stallman (born March 16, 1953), often shortened to rms,[1] is an American software freedom activist and computer programmer. He campaigns for the freedom to use, study, distribute and modify software; software that ensures these freedoms legally (via its license) is termed free software. >Born March 16, 1953 (age 59) New York City, United States >Stallman has suggested that the United States government may encourage the use of software as a service because this would allow them to access users' data without needing a search warrant.[60][61][62][63][64]

7 hours later 7900224 Anonymous
>>7895105 Yeah. Because 1_ America shows less levels of discrimination against immigrants than any other place in the world 2_ American standard of living is high 3_ America's visa program allows for it. I don't know any other country with as large of a H-1B visa program My parents came to the US as war refugees, and hearing the experience of people similar to me but in other countries, I definitely appreciate the US as my home.

9 hours later 7901649 Anonymous
>>7895105 US of A is a great country to live in if you have exceptional skills and/or are rich.

9 hours later 7901682 Anonymous
>>7901649 this You're probably not gonna be so well of if you're actually born in the US

9 hours later 7901705 flipbro
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Omidyar >Pierre Morad Omidyar (Persian:پیر مراد امیدیار,born June 21, 1967) is a French-born American Iranian entrepreneur and philanthropist, who is the founder and chairman of the eBay auction site.[3] Omidyar and his wife Pam are well-known philanthropists who founded Omidyar Network in 2004 in order to expand their efforts beyond non-profits to include for-profits and public policy.

9 hours later 7901717 Anonymous
oh look swedes stealing stuff. What else is new?

9 hours later 7901721 指鹿为马
>>7901682 Just have to try that much harder

9 hours later 7901766 Anonymous
>>7895432 That's a horrible trade for Asia. English teachers are fucking idiots. ...Actually maybe that's a benefit to the Asians.

9 hours later 7901799 Anonymous
>>7901682 >>7901649 No. You can be comfortable as hell even if you're middle class or working class. The trick is to not be an idiot with your money. My father was a high school drop out and already retired at 50 and all he did was work at a factory.

9 hours later 7901802 Anonymous
>>7901682 >You're probably not gonna be so well of if you're actually born in the US Bill Gates didn't have an innate ability for business, nor was he born with the knowledge to program. It is the opportunities that he was given while living in the U.S. that allowed him to be the billionaire philanthropist that he is today.

9 hours later 7901810 Anonymous
>>7895432 shit trade considering most english teachers are losers or sexual predators with yellow fever and little academic talent

9 hours later 7901819 Anonymous (549055_116530495173265_1935886905_n.png 403x403 65kB)
>rich people moving to places where taxes are low Are you surprised by this?

9 hours later 7901828 Anonymous
>>7895105 That is because USA is the greatest country in the world.

9 hours later 7901829 Anonymous
>>7895105 Because your universities and private companies pay a shitload of money and have tons of cash for R&D. They only love you for your money Ameribro.

10 hours later 7901940 Anonymous
>>7901829 This could be said of any country.

10 hours later 7901977 Anonymous
>>7901940 but other countries don't treat the rich unfairly nice while treating the poor like shit

10 hours later 7901989 Anonymous
>>7895140 >Any Ex-Yugoslav country >Not a village

10 hours later 7901998 Anonymous
>>7901940 Not in the scale of the US. My uncle left Fortum to go work as some sort asshat consultant in the US and makes twice the amount of money as he did in Finland.

10 hours later 7902192 Anonymous
>>7901977 >>7901998 I was referring to the comment about foreign people only liking the U.S. because of its money. The same thing could be said of any country. >but other countries don't treat the rich unfairly nice while treating the poor like shit Our poor get welfare, free financial advice, and plentiful health programs to assist. Inequality comes from how money is used and corruption is rampant in any country. >My uncle left Fortum to go work as some sort asshat consultant in the US Good for him. Nationalism never pays off well in this society. If you're too stubborn to leave your country for a better life, then enjoy what you have, but understand that every jab you make is just you trying to convince yourself that you made the right choice. You didn't.

10 hours later 7902205 Anonymous
>>7901998 Most white people are rich in USA. They just take many things for granted and are horribly inefficient with their money. Easy life has spoiled them.

10 hours later 7902220 Anonymous
Same for UK OP, we have many of your own citizens here.

10 hours later 7902230 Anonymous (1339566552617.jpg 358x636 39kB)
>tfw brain draining other countries

10 hours later 7902261 Anonymous
>>7902192 Okay, I think we've had a failure in communication here. I have no problem with my uncle leaving, I mean shit, even I'd leave Finland for that kind of money. I just think that consultants are over payed asshats who leech of people with their Powerpoint bullshit and "expertise".

10 hours later 7902360 Anonymous
>>7902261 Depends on what kind of consulting he does and if he provides real advice that will improve the business (lower expenses, or increase revenues). I do consulting sometimes, and I get paid very good, much better than what I made on my previous job. Sure, all my knowledge is freely available on the internet and in libraries, all you have to do is 5 to 10 years learning, doing different projects and learn from the success and failures. Most companies don't have that time, and are willing to pay premium for good advice and solutions to their problems.

10 hours later 7902369 Anonymous
>>7902261 I don't agree with this point either. There are many consultants for many things. Some are astounding helpful and productive, whereas others might no be so. That's neat that you have some blind hatred towards an entire industry, but I don't think you'll get very far making statements like those or holding such grudges.

10 hours later 7902471 Anonymous
>>7902369 I've had experiences with these gods of Powerpoint. People in my company basically use them to validate their opinions/projects as "expert proven" so they can get their projects of the ground. I do admit I am biased on the subject as I didn't bother to hire a consultant so my project was shot down and on the other hand my "rival" hired a consultant do his presentation and "won". Maybe we just have a lousy way of using consultants but I've never seen any real use coming from hiring them.

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