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by docdeek 3y ago
If they’ve got the customer data to back up the choice it sounds like a good move. Personally (n=1) most of the time I prefer the self-service checkout and the occassional problem when an item won’t scan or there’s some software screw up is
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by docdeek 3y ago
Surely You Can't Be Serious - an oral history of how the Airplane movie got made. Got it on Audible and no idea how it might work as a regular book as the audiobook has so many different cameos and narrators. Great stuff.
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by docdeek 3y ago
Ex-pat Australian who didn’t/was not allowed to vote in the referendum: Watching this play out, was reminded of the Australian Republic Referendum from a while ago now. The feeling I had then was that the population was broadly in fav
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by docdeek 3y ago
I think it is a little more than that. A chain store strategy of deliberately embracing inconsistent branding is unusual, and going as far as to brand a store with an entirely different name so as to adapt to local tastes is uncommon. Colle
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by docdeek 3y ago
Very similar to the French system: if you are a sole operator under a certain revenue threshold you do not charge and cannot get rebates on TVA; if you are a sole operator with a standard company structure, you charge and get rebates for TV
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My Hunt for the Loch Ness Monster(thespectator.com)
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by docdeek 3y ago
Indeed, though also notably Finland was a hold out on the landmine treaty for a long time, and is still not a signatory to the cluster munitions agreement. Having a border with Russia and a history of conflict with Russia is part of the rea
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by docdeek 3y ago
The number of states ratifying these agreements can be misleading, and the simple majority of states agreeing to do something doesn’t always mean the powerful have stepped up, too. States representing nearly half the world (47/48% of g
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by docdeek 3y ago
My impression was that Apollo is NOT included in the free-tier access. IT seems to be addressing apps focused on accessability for blind users and the like, not general users of third-party apps.
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WP20 and Audrey Scholars(ma.tt)
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by docdeek 3y ago
I think there’s a difference between looking at an old exam and its answers, figuring out why each was right and wrong, and learning from it, and just finding an exam online and using the answer key as your answer in a test because you coul
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Tribute of the Three Cows(en.wikipedia.org)
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Office Workers Don’t Hate the Office. They Hate the Commute(nytimes.com)
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New York Has Spent $64M on Little-Used Covid App and Costs Keeps Rising(nationalreview.com)
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Larry Page Missing as Google Founder Faces Jeffrey Epstein Lawsuit(newsweek.com)
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Liz Holmes Wants You to Forget About Elizabeth(nytimes.com)
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by docdeek 3y ago
It's recommended in France for boys and girls, and there's a big push to vaccinate your kids from 11 to 14 years old. My son got his shot the other day - 65% of the cost covered by state, remainder by top-up/mutuelle insuranc
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Strava Expands 3rd Party App Developer Program(dcrainmaker.com)
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LinkedIn’s Co-Founder Helped Fund the Suit Accusing Trump of Rape(nytimes.com)
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On Suicide(hollymathnerd.substack.com)
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by docdeek 4y ago
From experience, when working with clients on case studies and testimonials the individual concerned will often talk to the marketing team and then the marketing team will transform their comments into something short and snappy for approva
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by docdeek 4y ago
Had that happened where I live, the bystander may well have committed an offense. [1] 1: https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F34551?...
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by docdeek 4y ago
> TikTok has been fined £12.7m for multiple breaches of data protection law...The failure to enforce age limits led to “up to 1.4 million UK children” under the age of 13 using the platform as of 2020, the ICO estimated… So less than 10
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by docdeek 4y ago
It’s a downside to credit cards, as opposed to “no downsides” to credit cards.
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by docdeek 4y ago
I suspect the downside to using credit cards comes when you don’t pay (or can’t pay) the bill during the interest free period or at the end of each month.
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by docdeek 4y ago
Google says snowing on 20-30 days a year in Amsterdam: https://thingstodoinamsterdam.com/blog/snow-winter-amsterdam...
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YouTube Restores Trump's Channel(axios.com)
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Netflix refuses to pay extra tax demanded by European internet service providers(english.elpais.com)
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by docdeek 4y ago
Someone is still collecting the garbage, though, right? I think there are some current jobs people will do as hobbies in aid of others and tech will help in ways, including as you suggest, but I think there'll still be someone in that
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by docdeek 4y ago
FWIW Ukraine is not in the EU.

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