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by iso1210 6y ago
I didn't get that, but it's a legitimate problem. There's a chance that at some point some organization (say the Chinese government) will have enough resources to takeover the blockchain, at which point you're at the me
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by iso1210 6y ago
$5 wrench* Far easier with bitcoin than in the olden days when you had to physically transfer cash (and then have the issue of laundering it) * https://xkcd.com/538/
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by iso1210 6y ago
New Which? research shows that in the UK we actually spend less on food than previous generations did, and many popular foods are cheaper now than they were 30 years ago. In the 1950s we spent a third of our income on food shopping, but in
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by iso1210 6y ago
> If you have a steady income and significant savings Only the richest have 6 months expenses in savings. Majority live paycheck-to-paycheck
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by iso1210 6y ago
The poorest have a negative net worth, so inflation reduces their debt. The next lot have some wealth in property and pensions. Property especially benefits from inflation as the remaining mortgage reduces as a %age Now sue, if inflation is
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by iso1210 6y ago
Global stock markets drop as inflation fears prompt sell-off https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/feb/26/global-stoc... Inflation Fears Will Settle, But Only If Growth Continues https://w
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by iso1210 6y ago
A large number of sites use LE, and only LE. Perhaps this move will mean people actually update their scripts and get it working on another system
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by iso1210 6y ago
The precedent set was that the EU could arrest a citizen of the US for working for a company based in the US if that citizen happened to go to the EU on holiday. The Meng Wanzhou case had the EU being able to extradite a US citizen from the
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by iso1210 6y ago
I use ffmpeg not infrequently, but rarely to do the same thing, so automation doesn't help. Knowing how filter chains work and having access to the filter documentation is great.
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by iso1210 6y ago
Pointing out the issues of a single point of failure for the internet?
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by iso1210 6y ago
USA set the precedent when the FBI arrested Dmitry Sklyarov (a Russian Citizen) for working for a Russian company that apparently, while in Russia, broke US law. It would be like Wendys slagging off the Thai king on a billboard in Dakota, t
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by iso1210 6y ago
The banners tell me what websites are shitty and that I shouldn't visit them. That's a tangible benefit.
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by iso1210 6y ago
The companies that want to track you have turned the web into a "complete garbage heap of an experience" (apparently, sites I visit don't seem to have this problem). That's not the GDPR.
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by iso1210 6y ago
Key logging won't accomplish anything without bypassing the 2FA
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by iso1210 6y ago
> No, Swiss Franks do not pay dividends, that's why nobody is betting on the fact that Swiss Franks would be worth more in the future. They are (foreign currency reserves), hence the swiss banks charging to store swiss franks. Inde
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by iso1210 6y ago
How would keylogging my bank details cost me money?
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by iso1210 6y ago
I torrented lower decks when it came out because they refused to take my money. It was out in Sep/Oct in the states, but not until January in the UK. Exactly the same reason I DCCed voyager episodes in the 90s I've seen american T
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by iso1210 6y ago
So isn't the problem that those gifted students aren't being picked up?
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by iso1210 6y ago
I've never used a non-mac laptop without a middle button. Muscle memory and 'the way things work' works both ways. You have to jump through hoops to do basic things like focus-follows-mouse/raise on click, multiple deskt
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by iso1210 6y ago
Except not in the case of India, where the government wiped out the value of 500INR notes practically overnight
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by iso1210 6y ago
Why would I press a key to copy/paste? Highlight text, then middle click
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by iso1210 6y ago
> What is the fair value of bitcoin? It will never provide dividends or other types of future cashflows, so that aspect of its fair value is zero. The remaining part is purely speculative in that it is based on what other people will pay
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by iso1210 6y ago
> But analyzing when VAT applies and when it doesn't for every possible sponsorship reward and every country that Sponsors works in is a ridiculous overhead to put on either GH or the developer being sponsored Microsoft have a large
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by iso1210 6y ago
I've got a 3rd generation apple TV, which is EOL and apps are being slowly discontinued (no disney, youtube is going soon) However I can still watch Disney on it using airplay from my OG iphone SE (2016). As far as consumer electronics
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by iso1210 6y ago
The US has sales tax, which can vary from town to town, let alone state to state. Unlike in Europe they don't include it in the advertised price - same as service. As a rule of thumb add 10% or 30% to the price you see on the shelf&#x2
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by iso1210 6y ago
But it is payment for services -- access to the videos is for sponsors only, just like OnlyFans. Microsoft are arguably acting like Uber, and arguing that they person being sponsored is responsible for the VAT collection. On the other hand
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by iso1210 6y ago
Microsoft are taking money from hundreds of different jurisdictions and delivering it to people in 30. It's not clear if they are simply a facilitator like paypal, or a business charging customers and paying suppliers (like youtube). I
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by iso1210 6y ago
> With these services it's more directly obvious that you're getting something in return for your money. Article mentions that you have to sponsor a certain amount to get 1) early access to software 2) Access to videos The seco
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by iso1210 6y ago
You'd get better response if you gave reasons for your statement. You may be right that this test is complete trash, I suspect many people here would agree. The top comment on this thread says that Myers Briggs is complete trash https
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by iso1210 6y ago
I did an Enneagram last week. I'm doing a part-time MSc at the moment, and the last 2 weeks has been talking about these types of tests. I'm certainly on the "cynical" side in any test. My Enneagram result was even in 4

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