I don’t think you can buy anything with Euros in Romania. (Officially, the plural is Euro in English. But that just sounds wrong and confusing, so I’m saying Euro for the name…
Accountants are right to oppose the “professional monopoly.”
According to Monitorul, a new bill (not yet a law) put forward by “tens” of legislators is being opposed by accountants. I might not agree with the motivation of the accountants, but…
Unreported cyber attacks? Or simple updating?
Strange things are going on in Cluj. Small shops are offering refunds, no questions asked after complaints. Food isn’t necessarily spoilt (they might be), but it is acting as if a fridge…
Computer generated adverts giving terrible job and conversation advice
Why should we comment on adverts? Well, sometimes, people seem to follow this garbage. And after I see these dumb adverts, it seems behavior in Cluj is changing. Yes, it seems some…
French films about school
We all heard about the recent education riots in France. The things they complain about, leaks in the ceiling, missing teachers, underfunded schools, were all true about Belgian and British schools in…
Romania-Sri Lanka business meeting
Of all the expats in Cluj, the largest contingent is from Sri Lanka. Why do we use the word “expats,” instead of “migrants,” “immigrants,” or “foreign workers?” Migrants implies the people are…
Are Renault’s requirements realistic?
Who buys Dacias? I don’t know how reliable my sources are, but I made some tables… dacia sales (1) Romania expats(2) Overall car sales (3) France 11115 156,700 116377 Italy 8763 880,400…
Romanian press still uses outdated way of measuring obesity
I am not doing this to defend Resident Rump. I am doing this because yet another article in the Romanian media uses the height-weight ratio as a means of telling whether someone…
Things I hate about the R programming language
University has started again, and many of you are taking courses in programming, artificial intelligence, statistics, accounting, or other fields that use the infamous R programming language. Hurrah! No, not hurrah. I…
Europe is too dependent on the internet
Now, there are certain ways that Internet connection can help us. Even before the lock down, secondary students in Britain took classes online because their schools couldn’t offer them. Teachers from other…