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by iso1210 6y ago
They've said they want to allow moving dishes What the price options looks like in 12-24 months time is anyones guess. Personally I'd love to buy 250 dishes (at full price, $2k each or whatever), but skip the monthly charge (or ha
902.
by iso1210 6y ago
Moved our dish about 20 miles today (from west london to the chilterns), get an "out of area" message and it doesn't lock on, which is a shame
903.
by iso1210 6y ago
You don't join the greens or lib dems to gain political power
904.
by iso1210 6y ago
> If 30% are voted out then that suggests more (perhaps 60%?) were at risk of being voted out to the point where it would influence their decisions. No, that's not how elections in the UK work > Which is again a big improvement i
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by iso1210 6y ago
In the UK in a landslide election, about 70% of MPs retain their seats. The only threat to the majority of Tory and Labour MPs at a given election is the threat of deselection by about 300 local party members. Depending on the country there
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by iso1210 6y ago
> In the EU, your vote impacts the selection of MEPS not just for one small district, but for an entire country’s worth of MEPs Depends on the country. Germany sure, it's a single bucket. Ireland and Belgium are split in 3, Italy in
907.
by iso1210 6y ago
Yes, this was a major regressive move compared with 2014 and the spitzenkandidat The move was caused by the democratically elected heads of government of the member nations (including the UK at that time), not by the commission. P.S. in the
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by iso1210 6y ago
Technically of course, however the monarch is "advised" by the previous prime minster, who by convention tells her the person who can command confidence the house, which is the person who will get 50%+1 of the votes. If we're
909.
by iso1210 6y ago
I suspect the poster was saying that 80 year olds in India should receive the vaccination before 50 year olds in New York
910.
by iso1210 6y ago
Commission president was decided by the heads of each democratically elected government - so Merkel, Sanchez, Johnson, Macron etc. Just like in the UK where the PM is elected by each democratically elected MP
911.
by iso1210 6y ago
How does it in the US for those covered by universal healthcare?
912.
by iso1210 6y ago
Oh that's good, you had me going for a while.
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by iso1210 6y ago
AARD code was aimed at taking out DR DOS, it wasn't the only thing they did to take out other companies. Stac electronics made some software (Stacker) which compressed your files on the fly, it was very popular in the early 90s, as it
914.
by iso1210 6y ago
Which of course fed into both the industry press and into the minds of IT managers across the world
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by iso1210 6y ago
https://ico.org.uk/media/action-weve-taken/mpns/2618524/marr... Here's marriot being fined over €20m because they decided to save money by not having a secure computer system.
916.
by iso1210 6y ago
Depends, if I could work 80 hour weeks for a year in my 20s and emerge with a 50m bonus, that would be great, nice easy retirement after a year.
917.
by iso1210 6y ago
If I get called at a weekend for say an hour or so, I get a choice - either 6 hours salary or a day off in lieu. If it's a 5 minute call I don't bother with anything official, just have a couple of hours off during the week.
918.
by iso1210 6y ago
The universe doesn't need anything, but life has a 'need' to spread everywhere it can.
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by iso1210 6y ago
By all means put your money and effort into a colony on the moon or on the bottom of the sea (very different problem due to pressure)
920.
by iso1210 6y ago
And technology used to settle Mars will be able to be used to fix problems on earth. Rich people seem to be happy to pump money into the idea of breaking free from Earth, and that's great. I'd rather have Musk and Bezos than Buffe
921.
by iso1210 6y ago
There aren't many telescopes with a >8m diameter mirror, and it looks like the largest single mirror is 8.2m Starship's payload is 8m.
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by iso1210 6y ago
Any issues with snow etc?
923.
by iso1210 6y ago
> Inflation is a tool to push wages down, you can collectively bargain against labor with inflation. And labour collectively bargains to ensure pay remains on track with inflation, so no problem
924.
by iso1210 6y ago
But you won't be kicked out of the house because the monthly repayment increased by an extra $1k a month. I was in negative equity in the UK for nearly a decade after buying in September 2007 and seeing value collapse 40% pretty much t
925.
by iso1210 6y ago
State retirement the government simply increases it (as in the UK) For private retirement you buy an inflation linked annuity
926.
by iso1210 6y ago
They aren't losing a lot of wealth, they don't have it.
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by iso1210 6y ago
He's claiming that people who go into their overdraft and credit cards every month have $100 in their bank. They don't, most people live paycheck to paycheck, their bank balance just before payday is $nothing
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by iso1210 6y ago
The point is that 8 in 10 only read headlines, and there are many headlines saying about inflation fears, which embeds in peoples subconsciousness and is then used by politicians and commentators to manipulate
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by iso1210 6y ago
My understanding of US mortgages is they tend to be a fixed interest for the entire life of the loan -- i.e. with a 25 year mortgage at 2% paying $2k a month, if interest rates went upto 10% in 2030, you'd carry on paying $2k/mont
930.
by iso1210 6y ago
> For those who will say "wages catch up". They don't catch up for people on fixed income (welfare, retirement), In the UK the state pension is pegged to increase by at least CPI or wages, there's no economic reason n

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