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by gib444 6mo ago
Probably intentional. Train companies do loads of shenanigans with tickets and pricing
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by gib444 6mo ago
Hah, yes, this! I will absolutely accept their flirting and let them call me a "handsome young man" in return too hah
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by gib444 6mo ago
> The only difference is they conveniently left out all the consent infrastructure we forced onto the web. This obviously needs fixing ! The only way to do it is to force you to click "Refuse" or "Agree" each and ever
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by gib444 6mo ago
Er I thought it was obvious? The statue, which is a massive dig at nationalism/blind patriotism - or perhaps any love for your own country at all... It's pretty offensive given how far the scales were balanced in the other directi
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by gib444 6mo ago
> Read this whole document before writing any code. Hm does that actually work? Edit: in a way that can be verified, and not the AI tool saying it did
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by gib444 6mo ago
Using a throwaway with 37 karma to come in and act like the HN police and pretending you know me? My friend, it appears it is you who needs to get over yourself. Do us all a favour and get back in your box.
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by gib444 6mo ago
It not being taken down yet implies state approval (4 days now?). It's on Pall Mall ffs, right near a statue of a King It's not like the wealthiest city in the UK is lacking in resources to do something about it.
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by gib444 6mo ago
Love this. Need more of this. This "don't talk to me, ever" is an absolute cancer in our society.
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by gib444 6mo ago
Funny how different our experiences are > "How are you today" → "Better, now you're here" -- Isn't cheesy, if you mean it. To me that's super creepy. It's like a cheap pickup line. It's only s
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by gib444 6mo ago
Thanks for sharing. Interesting how fuel isn't mentioned once (other comments here have suggested it's mostly to do with fuel). Only possibly indirectly via cost per air seat mile (CASM), but AIUI airlines frequently exclude fuel
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by gib444 6mo ago
> The biggest part of the move is "hiring". By that they mean outsourcing.
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by gib444 6mo ago
People are waking up to the decades of gaslighting and lies about failed immigration. It can't be stopped now. Nobody cares if they are called a "racist" because the word has been overused and is meaningless. Much of the me
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by gib444 6mo ago
> there's been a recent spate of nationalist flag flying Which spate and which nation? The one the local flags were in response to, or the local flags?
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by gib444 6mo ago
I drove such a VW. Once. I still get annoyed when I'm reminded of it! I couldn't help myself and just watched a video demo of it https://www.evshift.com/242850/how-to-adjust-the-heating-and... The actual rage
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by gib444 6mo ago
Agreed. Also why it's totally inoffensive (Though it's not in /the/ City of London. That wouldn't happen in a million years! City of Westminster is way more culturally flexible)
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by gib444 6mo ago
Utah is actually trailblazing ahead of the UK here. It was only ministers possibly suggesting VPNs would be next in the firing line and AFAIK nothing has progressed beyond that yet Yet articles about UK age verification stuff got HUGE amoun
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by gib444 6mo ago
- A qualified sorry for one particular aspect of this - It wasn't our intention - Our users asked for it [you'll have to take our word for it] - Everyone else is doing it anyway - Statement that I am reasonable and will be co-oper
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by gib444 6mo ago
Definitely a good point about CASM. Thanks for highlighting. I do see it's one of the lowest in the industry though Fuel obviously plays a big part. Guess they also got unlucky with the engines (though could they have made better choic
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by gib444 6mo ago
> Microsoft spent literal decades rehabilitating their reputation Which literal 20+ year period was that?
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by gib444 6mo ago
> Meanwhile, Spirit was dealing on the other side of the K who is also most impacted by increasing inflation, etc... giving Spirit zero ability to raise prices. Ryanair (Europe's biggest and most profitable airline) is managing it O
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by gib444 6mo ago
> meaning that flights are often longer Got any sources? I found: Europe average flight length (2024): 1,157km [0] USA average flight length (I could only find old data, 2005): 1,110km [1] (even if we index this up based on upward trends
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by gib444 6mo ago
IAG in 2025 had a record operating margin of 15.1%. Ryanair's gross profit margin for fiscal years ending March 2021 to 2025 averaged 19.1%. Some are (were?) doing just fine - in Europe at least. Sure, it's no Big Tech or banking,
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by gib444 6mo ago
Not to forget cheap housing !
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by gib444 6mo ago
Anyone who has ever seen cPanel's software engineering abilities (ie any of the source) should not be surprised by this They should have switched to a web framework long ago
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by gib444 6mo ago
No, I'd posit the average developer who pulls in hundreds of deps but now uses LLMs to effectively replace them can not build things equally well without either. Of course most devs lie to ourselves because of our ego that pulling in d
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by gib444 6mo ago
price = what_you_can_pay * just_how_much_your_problem_is_hurting_you
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by gib444 6mo ago
Lived it and got the t-shirt LOL!
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by gib444 6mo ago
> but they seem to have zero appreciation for the crushing burden of financially supporting a family for decades. It’s hard, stressful, and wears you down. Absolutely. They will though, when two parents working fully becomes a requiremen
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by gib444 6mo ago
Woah. Would you look at that - the USA jumping ahead of the UK with a VPN ban.
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by gib444 6mo ago
I feel there is a trend of not fully appreciating what fathers who spend less time with kids actually do. I think that's unfair, frankly. Many of them do things that contribute to the family in other ways. What was my Dad busy doing? F

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