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by djmobley 7y ago
I wouldn’t classify UNIQLO as fast fashion. The majority of their products are unbranded essentials with far greater durability and build quality than your typical “fast fashion” retailers.
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by djmobley 7y ago
This is a poor rule of thumb. In reality these things depend entirely on the circumstances.
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by djmobley 7y ago
Lots of people competing for a small number of jobs does tend to put downward pressure on wages.
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by djmobley 7y ago
In London, authorities have been doing the opposite—removing pedestrian guard rails. One study [1] found this has resulted in a significant (56 percent) decrease in collisions resulting in deaths or serious injuries. [1] http://f
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by djmobley 7y ago
Is that £1,600/month the cost of a buy-to-let mortgage, which you would need if you planned to rent out the property? You would also need to factor in costs like landlords’ insurance, letting agents’ fees, the risk of non-payment of re
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by djmobley 7y ago
OP says he bought the car privately.
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by djmobley 7y ago
It’s called the Green Belt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Green_Belt
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by djmobley 7y ago
Contractual assurances aren’t going to help you when a company is insolvent.
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by djmobley 7y ago
Because a large number of people in society have a legitimate interest in the financial position of a company, irrespective of whether it is private or publicly listed. Cloudflare have around 75,000 paying customers (not to mention those on
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by djmobley 7y ago
The example given is approx. $5k equity from $54k of rental payments, or around 15% Obviously the rental payments will be inflated to account for this.
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by djmobley 7y ago
Of course you end up paying more than the house is worth, just as you would if you paid down a mortgage with interest.
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by djmobley 7y ago
Historically, partners in law firms haven’t had to add value themselves because they had junior lawyers to do that for them.
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by djmobley 7y ago
You claimed: "this only applies to television that is paid for by the license [...]" That is incorrect. It doesn't matter whether the content was paid for by the licence or not. If you are watching live TV, you need a licence
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by djmobley 7y ago
If what you are watching is live TV, it doesn't matter what device or service you use to watch it. It doesn't matter if you're streaming it, watching it via a service like All 4, ITV Hub, etc. If it is live TV, you need a lic
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by djmobley 7y ago
You still need a licence to timeshift. See: https://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/faqs/FAQ95
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by djmobley 7y ago
To be clear, a licence is required to watch live TV on any channel, not just the BBC.
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by djmobley 7y ago
This is incorrect advice that could get someone convicted. A licence is required if you watch live TV on any channel. See: https://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/faqs/FAQ95
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by djmobley 7y ago
Watching television without a licence in the UK is actually a criminal (rather than civil) offence, and hundreds of thousands of purple are convicted each year of the offence. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2014&#x
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by djmobley 7y ago
Seems like a good thing for consumers buying second-hand phones. That’s not to say all third party batteries (or unauthorised replacements of genuine batteries) are bad, but as a consumer it’s nice to at least be aware what’s in your phone.
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by djmobley 7y ago
The big players are apprehensive about cornering this particular market, for the reasons I stated.
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Asleep at the wheel: Japanese rental cars used for anything but driving(theguardian.com)
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by djmobley 7y ago
Because their upside is in profitable up-sells like extra insurance and additional drivers, and their downside is fraudulent rentals and renters returning damaged vehicles. Having face-to-face interactions with renters is surprisingly effec
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250 Issues of the Post Office Telecommunications Journal(archive.org)
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by djmobley 7y ago
Previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20199667
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by djmobley 7y ago
MacOS with regular PC hardware? Just build a Hackintosh. It’s far easier than I thought it would be. Pick the right parts and it will work flawlessly.
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by djmobley 7y ago
And yet, they haven’t...
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by djmobley 7y ago
Happens quite often on the Jubilee line, and whether it’s the brakes being applied or motors cutting out, the upshot is the train comes to a very abrupt stop, seemingly with no action from the driver. This is usually followed by a frustrate
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by djmobley 7y ago
At least on certain lines, if you lean on the doors, emergency brakes will be applied, regardless of whether the train is in a tunnel or not. This often happens when a train is particularly crowded and people are crammed in near the doors.
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by djmobley 7y ago
Looks like a lot of ink wasted on a visualisation which is of limited benefit to the consumer, and likely to result in lost revenue for the retailer, as people become more aware of how much they are spending on particular product categories
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by djmobley 7y ago
If the license plate is too dirty to read, give them a ticket for that instead. Penalty should be greater than for the parking infraction anyway, otherwise people would dirty their plates deliberately.

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