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by ljf 2y ago
No idea about Shein, but I was shocked how easy/good Temu return policy was. My wife bought some rugs and some prints and they were not as described/pictured. Took a minute in the app to generate a qr code, then I had it to the po
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by ljf 2y ago
Ideally they could just come to my home or workplace and swap the batteries out there while I am doing something else (if it is going to take longer than 30 mins)
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by ljf 2y ago
Off topic, but always amazed me that the Russian submarine in this film has a swimming pool (more like a plunge pool) but still seems wild. https://youtu.be/JrULRXlAlMU?si=kvh64qy64E7aqXPY
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by ljf 2y ago
You aren't comparing the same things here - if only counting Warhammer employees, then you shouldn't you only count actual fishermen (c6500 people)? For example, what about the people who work in Warhammer adjacent companies (plas
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by ljf 2y ago
Not really how I expect to have to act before I enter the 'Land of the free'.
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by ljf 2y ago
No they mean that a family member in the US gives them some of their own money, but records it to a family ledger. At some other point funds or value will be transferred, but it isn't transferred within the family for every payment. Si
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by ljf 2y ago
Single serving indeed, they don't really work for sharing. Similar for the 8 Tunnock's caramel bars...
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by ljf 2y ago
Excellent marketing if so - I already want some. I love a Tunnock's teacake - but they are pretty dangerous for me. I work maybe 3 mins walk from a Tesco Express and by the time I've left the shop I've usually eaten one, anot
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by ljf 2y ago
Also if you then saw colleagues discussing company secrets or legally privileged information on a group chat, the onus is on everyone in the chat to call that out as wrong.
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Climate crisis on track to destroy capitalism, warns top insurer(theguardian.com)
19 points by ljf 2y ago|3 comments
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by ljf 2y ago
The ultra rich benefits from the human labour they need having cheaper energy. The ultra rich are often rich off the backs many many working people below them. If they can pay them less, as their energy costs are lower - that is great for
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by ljf 2y ago
Great to hear some people are buying - I discover a lot of music through spotify (more through instagram to be honest) just wish more of the bands I like would play near me!
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by ljf 2y ago
Merch is the way to go - if you really want to put money in the artists pocket. Went to see Pete Doherty not long ago, and bought some hand typed (and signed) lyrics sheets/art from him - felt like buying something quite personal.
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Google's parent to buy cybersecurity group Wiz in biggest ever deal(theguardian.com)
1 points by ljf 2y ago|1 comments
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by ljf 2y ago
I love how humble his origin story was, and how he didn't need to drop in where he is/who he is as part of it. Amazing who you /meet/ here.
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by ljf 2y ago
On what do you based that? (Genuinely interested)
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by ljf 2y ago
The fight against Somalian pirates for example, isn't to protect the local people, but to protect American interests.
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by ljf 2y ago
As an opportunity to look at scarce things, that we are told are beautiful or interesting?
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by ljf 2y ago
I have a rg35xx to run some old emulators on, but it came with Pico-8 and a few games installed - these are some of the games I enjoy the most. The look great in the screen/size and I really need to seek out some more to install.
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by ljf 2y ago
Government run systems are alot cheaper all across Europe. So yes. Unless you are saying there is something exception about the US and profit extractions?
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by ljf 2y ago
We have free at point of need healthcare here in the UK, and still have a lot of choice in private healthcare if you want it. In the nearest city to me there are 3 major private hospitals, and if you head into London there are loads of them
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by ljf 2y ago
Who needs to cut regulation if there will be no policing of the regulations that remain?
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As countries scramble for minerals on the seabed, will mining it be a disaster?(theguardian.com)
3 points by ljf 2y ago|0 comments
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by ljf 2y ago
I have a lot of time for Gary - some of his non-economic thinking is pretty interesting too. I liked his ideas about why young people are so focused on body and beauty improvements - and links it to opportunities to excel and see real progr
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by ljf 2y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Alexander_(polio_survivor... Quote: He spent eighteen months in the hospital. At discharge, his parents rented a portable generator and a truck to bring him and his iron lung home. Be
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by ljf 2y ago
I can’t find the link now, but that chap who died a couple of years ago after living most of his life in an iron lung, had a similar story of being transported home on the back of a flatbed truck with a generator running, if the power went
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by ljf 2y ago
Id never heard of them - for others they were a Neanderthal whose remains show signs of healing and treatment for various ailments, that could have killed them. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanidar_Cave
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'Global weirding': climate whiplash hitting biggest cities(theguardian.com)
11 points by ljf 2y ago|0 comments
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Jet fuel spills into North Sea after tanker collision(bbc.co.uk)
34 points by ljf 2y ago|10 comments
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by ljf 2y ago
I'm not a long covid sufferer myself (and thankfully my wife's LC didn't involved long term loss of smell or taste, though still has left other issues), but I am pleased that the issue is still being worked on, and that there

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