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by gib444 3mo ago
Their point is that $100 in 2008 adjusted for inflation is around $155 today
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by gib444 3mo ago
Distantly related: similar to the local councils here in the UK that don't go after the obvious and prolific drug-front barbers and takeaways, because they pay business rates (local business tax) and probably employee taxes too for jus
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by gib444 3mo ago
So...how do they make the decisions? I was actually asking
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by gib444 3mo ago
> FIFA is really damaging their pristine reputation with this one. Ahahahahahahahahaha
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by gib444 3mo ago
I do wonder how the EC decides what to work on. Were EU citizens polled, and repairability of devices and appliances ranked as one of the top issues in their lives, for example? What's the process?
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by gib444 3mo ago
I'm not filled with joy about my chav ("redneck") neighbours weighing in on nuclear vs solar and climate change and national and international energy markets and power distribution... I don't have a clue either. Don&#x27
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by gib444 3mo ago
Yeah I feel like that's just a scenario that was depicted in movies/tv shows
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by gib444 3mo ago
My local library is ruined by people being anti social on purpose not using headphones and playing loud music, and the staff not doing anything because they get accused of being racist. If other visitors try to police it, which invariably e
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by gib444 3mo ago
In the UK: supermarkets selling cheap alcohol. Decline in drinking. Labour costs, energy costs, rent costs. House prices. Pubcos taking over. Just battered from every possible direction
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by gib444 3mo ago
Will the tradespeople (contractor) crowd turn up in this thread and cheer on the oil companies for making good money, damn any effect on the rest of the economy? ;)
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by gib444 3mo ago
Hundreds of millions or even billions of us work together well every single day... It's really tiring trying to engage in curious discussion on HN. Seems people just want to make attempts at witty remarks and talk past people
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by gib444 3mo ago
That's a nice story and barely a reply to my comment, not engaging at all.
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by gib444 3mo ago
Everyone should just compete with the trillions of dollars of capital floating around for AI? And it's their fault for suddenly being 'poor'? Sounds like you're assuming people are paying pennies for labour. I don't
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by gib444 3mo ago
When I reply to a comment, it's a reply to that comment. Which I don't think you even read
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by gib444 3mo ago
> AI employs unionized middle-class workers: AI is stealing cheap labor from the rest of us! What cheap labour? Tradespeople are not cheap (especially if you factor in the quality of the work). This just makes them even more expensive. M
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by gib444 3mo ago
> Trades work is hard And lots of tradespeople do very well. Many of the bigger houses round here have work vans in the drives. Many of them are landlords too with significant assets. My street is slowly filling up with rentals, mostly b
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by gib444 3mo ago
Don't move the conversation goalposts (and we don't do "gotchas" here, as you well know) And AIDS is not considered a death sentence btw. It's not the 1980s
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by gib444 3mo ago
It's particularly difficult to bring a suit against a company for their hiring and firing practices due to difficulty in acquiring solid proof. The excuse is always culture fit, if that even gets recorded anywhere...
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by gib444 3mo ago
Antibiotic resistant syphilis and ghonerrea don't sound like a fun time
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by gib444 3mo ago
PrEP is freely available in the UK and there is almost no requirement in practice of engaging in risky sex. I don't know anyone turned down for not having risky enough sex Which countries are you talking about out of curiosity?
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by gib444 3mo ago
Is that a result of poor DDD, not modelling more appropriate objects? Eg a Customer Address, Delivery Address, Invoice Address Vs just a single shared Address Or is there still too much conflict for the truly shareable objects?
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by gib444 3mo ago
UK here too. I've seen so many people fired after a work event with a free bar I'm starting to wonder if it's an HR strategy (eg to weed out the cocky sales people who would end up embarrassing the company. It's a trial
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by gib444 3mo ago
Suction cups and nylon thread is exactly the solution I need to hang my blackout material. Hadn't thought of that. Thanks!
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by gib444 3mo ago
> Was 10C this morning when I went out to walk my dog I hope you didn't get heatstroke ! XD
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by gib444 3mo ago
A patchwork of eg new paint is a good signal they're covering something up too
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by gib444 3mo ago
17c outside just to be clear, highlighting that that it doesn't serve much purpose in cooling inside the house We also have high humidity which makes 25c to 30c at night very uncomfortable for us Brits. People often forget about humidi
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by gib444 3mo ago
In various places in Europe, there are 2-16 weeks when AC is needed, and the reasons people don't have it include being gaslit about not 'needing' it; legislation/landlords preventing installation; not being able to affo
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by gib444 3mo ago
(UK here) This is all the usual advice, which works for a few days, but during a period of over a week of high temperatures, there's nothing you can do. The sun will eventually heat up every part of the house and turn it into a radiato
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by gib444 3mo ago
Surely they'll just dig into as to why he set up the feature originally?
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by gib444 3mo ago
Great way to save some CO2! It really pays to be conscious about that.

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