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SkiFire13
on Jan 20, 2025
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UK's hardware talent is being wasted
You said that UK's salaries are 2/3 of the Germany ones, but this doesn't mean that the Germany ones are 1/3 more, they are 1/2 (or 50%) more. That's pretty far from 10-15%.
bowsamic
on Jan 20, 2025
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Oh sorry, then I didn't maths properly. I always forget about the asymmetry of fractions
EDIT: Please don't downvote me for admitting a mistake
justneedaname
on Jan 21, 2025
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https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web...
SkiFire13
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No problem, it's a pretty common math/statistics trap that gets way more people than it should.
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