I try to avoid depending on US mega-corporations.

Looking at it right now from Denmark. You must have some other problem.

Taleb calls it the Lindy effect. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindy_effect

Why not go one step further and place solar panels over roads? All the space ever needed is already available!

I guess because it is a maintenance nightmare.

Space isn't the issue when it comes to power generation

Thanks! I can't stop reading.

Having worked with .Net for many years, I always had a bad feeling expanding my experience with a closed source, Windows-only platform (I liked the C# language and tooling, though). I kept looking for an open source, cross platform language with the same features and characteristics as .Net. .Net Standard and .Net Core being open source (MIT licenced), cross-platform, more performant than .Net Framework and Mono and being supported by free cross-platform tooling really gives me peace of mind in this regard.

I really enjoy C#, .Net and VS features, but man VS2017 has been broken for a while. Numerous 5 year old bugs either not fixed or coming back. (SQL Schema compare not authenticating, Intellisense not working, compilation errors not displaying in the errors window, winforms designer messing up form layout when opened on high DPI screens, slowness and freezing on medium-sized projects and decent hardware, the list can go on and on)

MS resources and focus are now on VS Code. Which is a shame because I'm sure the market for companies that pay VS Pro/Enterprise + Resharper is not small

"Nordics" covers a pretty diverse area regarding climate and quality of local timber. Most houses in Denmark (southernmost part of "nordics") are built with bricks because wood has a tendency to rot in our climate. Also, we experience almost no earthquakes.

Or because clay is cheaper than wood in Denmark.

Bricks are not just clay. Ask yourself: How does clay become bricks? Hint: it has a cost.

"Technical EM"? What about architect? Or is that title no longer in fashion?

Hint: Scandinavia is not a country. Cars are cheap in Sweden compared with Denmark, for instance.

Reminds me of what my kids are drawing.