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Simberto
Germany11952 Posts
Because in most places where living costs are low, wages are also low. Which is not a problem if you have lots of money saved up, but which will be problematic if you just want to start a new life. If you just want to get out of the US because of politics and other policy stuff, you will probably be most happy in western european countries or in australia. Of course, a willingness to learn a new language greatly increases your options here. "Only english" is pretty limiting. | ||
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Zambrah
United States7393 Posts
Also China was relatively modern and the pay-living quality was pretty good imo, I was making less than I'd make in the US but living was so much cheaper that I had plenty of disposable income, could go out on Wednesdays for Pub Quiz night, and sometimes I could go get a fancy cocktail in Xintiandi and talk to charming bartenders. It also had public transit that was super convenient. I don't have a plan at the moment, but I'd like to start making some since frankly the coronavirus has left me relatively listless, I'd like to have a new county to live and work in, I am FAR too poor to be retiring elsewhere lol. But yeah, maybe Ill try and leave maybe not but it's something I'd like to have some potential plans set up for given the state of things. I want to leave the US for lots of reasons, but the entirety of the state of the country does appall me which is why the UK strikes a little bit of fear in me. I'm also considering going back to Shanghai, but Im not a particularly huge fan of the times when the government decides VPNs are going to stop working, and would be interested in looking at other options. | ||
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RvB
Netherlands6313 Posts
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Acrofales
Spain18415 Posts
On March 06 2021 20:32 RvB wrote: You might consider Portugal or Spain. They have lower cost of living than most of western Europe, good weather and they're democracies. It'll also be easy to travel to other countries in the EU. If you're well educated I'm sure you'll be able to get a job as well. Language is going to be a problem though. I'd classify the average level of English as poor everywhere outside of Barcelona, Madrid or the beach resorts. Spanish is pretty easy to learn though. | ||
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georgehabadasher
Taiwan23 Posts
Basically all of the good things about China without the pollution/censorship/authoritarianism. | ||
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Zambrah
United States7393 Posts
On March 07 2021 10:51 georgehabadasher wrote: If you liked China, I’d recommend Taiwan. Low cost of living and people are really friendly and helpful to foreigners. Low taxes, excellent and cheap healthcare and you can get along fine with just English if you stay in the big cities. Basically all of the good things about China without the pollution/censorship/authoritarianism. Ooo, that is a good point, I knew some people who moved to Taiwan and the pictures they sent were beautiful. Tbh Spain or Portugal sounds cool too, Spanish is 100x as learnable as learning Shanghainese was, I was basically only bothering with pinyin too, so I was basically only even learning a fraction of the written language, lol | ||
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zev318
Canada4306 Posts
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Just_a_Moth
Canada1970 Posts
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Simberto
Germany11952 Posts
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zev318
Canada4306 Posts
i was thinking of foam panels, but not sure how well they'd work for blocking sound from the outside and probably wont cover the gaps on the top and side of the door very well. i also looked at curtain/blankets, but then i'd have to also install some sort of hanger on top of the door. definitely can't just seal the door with foam spray etc. | ||
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Dangermousecatdog
United Kingdom7084 Posts
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Harris1st
Germany7362 Posts
You can't just put foam panels on the facade of your house. So it's all about closing the gaps. Uninsolated shutter cases could be a problem. For noise as well as heat. Double or triple layered window/ door? | ||
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zev318
Canada4306 Posts
On March 11 2021 23:54 Harris1st wrote: Outside of your room from another room or from outside the house? You can't just put foam panels on the facade of your house. So it's all about closing the gaps. Uninsolated shutter cases could be a problem. For noise as well as heat. Double or triple layered window/ door? noise from inside the home into my room | ||
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{CC}StealthBlue
United States41117 Posts
I thought it was impossible to escape a Black Hole? https://www.cnet.com/news/ghost-particle-that-crashed-into-antarctica-traces-back-to-star-shredded-by-a-black-hole/ | ||
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Simberto
Germany11952 Posts
Secondly, it is possible to escape from behind the even horizon of a black hole, kind of. Black holes very slowly evaporate through Hawking radiation. The reason for this is quantum mechanics bullshit. Sometimes virtual particles simply pop into existence and immediately disappear. If this happens close to/on the event horizon, it may be possible for one of these particles (i think photons generally) to be right outside the event horizon, and the other right inside. In this case, the outside photon may escape, so energy slowly escapes from black holes. | ||
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Archeon
3272 Posts
On March 12 2021 02:01 Simberto wrote: Two things here: If a star gets "shredded" by a black hole, that doesn't mean that every part of the star ends up in there. (Sadly the article doesn't load for me) Secondly, it is possible to escape from behind the even horizon of a black hole, kind of. Black holes very slowly evaporate through Hawking radiation. The reason for this is quantum mechanics bullshit. Sometimes virtual particles simply pop into existence and immediately disappear. If this happens close to/on the event horizon, it may be possible for one of these particles (i think photons generally) to be right outside the event horizon, and the other right inside. In this case, the outside photon may escape, so energy slowly escapes from black holes. Thanks for the explanation. If I get the article right the star seems to have formed a revolving disc around the BH and occasionally stuff gets slingshotted out of that disc, including the particle. The researchers theorize the TDE (tidal disruption event, the star got ripped apart) threw about half of the shattered star into space while the rest settled around the black hole in a gigantic "accretion disc" of hot, bright dust, gas and debris. The wild energies around the black hole in the disc result in huge jets of matter being shot out of the system. These jets can last for hundreds of days and could explain the small lapse in time between seeing the TDE and detecting the neutrino at IceCube. I assume that "nothing escapes a black hole" refers to no mass or light escaping the event horizon, because according to the article quite a bit escaped it's gravity. | ||
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Simberto
Germany11952 Posts
However, if the sun were suddenly exchanged for an equal mass black hole, the only change to earth would be that it would get very cold. The earth would still orbit that black hole, and we could still launch stuff away from the solar system without any problems. This would only change once we get within about 3km. (I am not certain of that number, the main point is that the event horizon of a black hole the mass of the sun is tiny) Once we are that close, we pass the event horizon, and are indeed trapped, and our light is also trapped. We would probably get ripped apart by tidal force far before we get there, but that is another topic altogether. My main point is that black holes are not some kind of magic space vacuum. They behave like anything else with mass until you get very close to them. | ||
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Dangermousecatdog
United Kingdom7084 Posts
You got a link to whatever you was looking at? As far as I am concerned, if it can reduce echoes, it is absorbing energy and that is soundproofing. | ||
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zev318
Canada4306 Posts
On March 12 2021 06:00 Dangermousecatdog wrote: You got a link to whatever you was looking at? As far as I am concerned, if it can reduce echoes, it is absorbing energy and that is soundproofing. just some stuff on amazon www.amazon.ca was thinking of using something like this to use on the top, side and bottom on my door to cover up the gaps a bit better. i think its the gaps that's letting the sound in. but i cant put these on the inside of the door when it opens. www.amazon.ca then some of these panels if the strips arent enough, maybe the sounds are going through my door itself as well. www.amazon.ca these would probably be way overboard, not to mention really in the way of getting in and out of the room. | ||
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Sbrubbles
Brazil5776 Posts
On March 12 2021 04:49 Simberto wrote: Exactly. If you are far enough away, there is really no difference between a black hole and a star of equal mass. The difference with black holes is that all that mass is in a single point, meaning you can get very close to it. And if you get very close to that single point, you can no longer escape. That is the event horizon. However, if the sun were suddenly exchanged for an equal mass black hole, the only change to earth would be that it would get very cold. The earth would still orbit that black hole, and we could still launch stuff away from the solar system without any problems. This would only change once we get within about 3km. (I am not certain of that number, the main point is that the event horizon of a black hole the mass of the sun is tiny) Once we are that close, we pass the event horizon, and are indeed trapped, and our light is also trapped. We would probably get ripped apart by tidal force far before we get there, but that is another topic altogether. My main point is that black holes are not some kind of magic space vacuum. They behave like anything else with mass until you get very close to them. This got me thinking: it's weird that the mass in the singularity of the black hole occupies no volume. That must mean that if an atom enters a black hole, there is a moment (when it reaches the center?) when its volume is shrunk into nothingness. Does this conflict with our understanding of the fundamental particles of matter? What would happen to these fundamental particles when they (lacking volume) cease to be matter and become energy? | ||
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