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MistahKoala
12y ago
If the letter received was representative of the 'fringe' 5%, I'm interested in how the other 90% read. It's quite anodyne, in my opinion.
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MistahKoala
12y ago
Maybe it's different for technical positions, but most of the low-level jobs I've ever applied for have asked for Word documents to be sent. Agencies in particular get moany about sending PDFs (presumably because they want to be a
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MistahKoala
12y ago
N00b here - why would someone use both? I've tried a couple of times to work with uBlock and uMatrix. I ended up going back to ABP each time. The 'block an ad on this page' feature is one of its best and most useful. That, an
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MistahKoala
12y ago
I'm wondering if there's anything along the lines of 'Startups* Without Borders'? *Or 'Innovators' or 'Technologists', if you prefer.
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MistahKoala
12y ago
You'd still need to licence spectrum from OFCOM. No idea about that process. I'm guessing you've had the same thoughts as me, but it looks like Vodafone and EE have had the same thoughts much sooner: http://www.the
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MistahKoala
12y ago
What kind of support does that buy you? Is it just the Apps account or other Google services, too?
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MistahKoala
12y ago
Businesses in the UK which aren't VAT-registered certainly pay VAT.
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MistahKoala
12y ago
Like I said: reductio ad absurdum .
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MistahKoala
12y ago
Remind me how citizens voted for it?
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MistahKoala
12y ago
> Best solution would be to have a common EU VAT-rate applying to all goods and services. That would appear to fulfil a long-term aspiration of the European project.
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MistahKoala
12y ago
> In theory, the EU requires you to collect VAT from EU citizens regardless of where you yourself are based. Well I'm certainly interested in how they see themselves exercising their power extra-territorially. I'm inclined towa
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MistahKoala
12y ago
Whilst I don't know the ins and outs of your business or the implications of non-EU/EEA businesses selling to member state consumers... I'm wondering how such a requirement would be enforceable, given that you are outside the
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12y ago
> respect the decisions the citizens have taken (in this case, regarding taxes) through democratic ways Except the citizens haven't taken that decision: the unelected European Commission has. We could probably go down the reductio
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12y ago
I'm unfamiliar with the nuances of sales tax rules in relation to the Crown dependencies (IoM; Channel Islands), but would one way around this be for sole traders and micro enterprises (or even SMEs, if they wish) to incorporate their
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MistahKoala
13y ago
I've been attempting to 'love' Wave for the past couple of days now and it doesn't seem to be happening. I've done the homework on double-entry bookkeeping and have tried to fit my brain into Wave's workflow. U
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MistahKoala
13y ago
And there are plenty that don't. Presumably you don't claim those women for yourself, though.
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MistahKoala
13y ago
In general, it depends on where in the world they are, and in general (if we're framing this in terms of the same women for whom a hackathon might be accessible), they are driven by characteristic/ psychological factors (Sexually
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MistahKoala
13y ago
At least Jizabel and Gawker now have something to write about for the next fortnight.
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MistahKoala
13y ago
Don't forget Labour.
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MistahKoala
13y ago
For a post-agrarian economy like Greece where ~half the population lives in Athens? Probably quite weak.
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MistahKoala
13y ago
Hardly a scandal, although that won't stop the Guardianistas tilting at their windmills. Besides, this censorship silliness has been going on for months.
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MistahKoala
13y ago
I was wondering about something similar yesterday; the feasibility of a provider truthfully indicating receipt whilst staying within the confines of the law. For a 'regular' warrant, a provider can "confirm" or "den