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by ljf 3y ago
Similarly - I'd be happy to get all my parcels just once a week - most of the things I order aren't urgent and I'm likely to not be around to receive the parcel anyway.
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Yesterday, planet Earth took its first step over the 2.0 degrees Celsius barrier(twitter.com)
76 points by ljf 3y ago|33 comments
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by ljf 3y ago
Good for you. My point was that the 'story of America' is low tax and freedom. Low tax no longer seems to be true (or is it?) and freedom is debatable.
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by ljf 3y ago
Yes, I agree - I'd rather they flare methane and not just leak it. But I wanted to ensure that people didn't think methane just harmlessly decays away. Water vapour at high altitudes causes green house warming, as does the co2 - s
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by ljf 3y ago
Methane decays into.... Co2 and water vapour. Both have further green house impacts.
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by ljf 3y ago
Smokestack is the names for a chimney. He's saying in the past general smoke in the area means he couldn't see the chimneys or beyond, but now the site is decommissioned (and I assume other heavy industries have gone), the air qua
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by ljf 3y ago
Sorry - poorly written - I was continuing on 'in my mind, we brits pay more'
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by ljf 3y ago
Tax in America boggles me. In my mind it is all low tax, and we brits pay more. Council tax, which is the sort of local tax most similar to the one you mention is about £2k a year on a large 4 bed house - and council tax is pretty flat - th
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by ljf 3y ago
Ouch! I can only imagine - then. I grew up in a stone built farmhouse with open coal fire in the living room and an Aga in the kitchen. Those two rooms were lovely and warm, the rest of the house not so much!
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by ljf 3y ago
Wow, either your boiler is inefficient, or your house is huge! We live in a 4 bed semi, victorian and could do with more insulation for sure - and (according to my smart meter) it is a very rare day that we spend £10 on gas for heating and
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by ljf 3y ago
Indeed, lots of people on both sides of the divide think that the current spending is wrong, and I would assume many from around the world wouldn't consider our priorities 'prudent'
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by ljf 3y ago
Tax evasion
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by ljf 3y ago
Not heard of them, but Google confirmed what I assumed : https://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/23/nyregion/indian-tribes-ma...
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by ljf 3y ago
Apparently we are going to do the same thing in the UK https://www.gov.uk/government/news/prime-minister-to-create-... .
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by ljf 3y ago
I'm intrigued as to the actual mechanisms of this, especially currently. How does a person (or organisation) in Gaza turn crypto into cash or goods - given the controls that exist in everything that comes into or out of Gaza.
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by ljf 3y ago
This - to me prudently is something like prioritising: health care, infrastructure, social security, education, defence and policing. I know that many people (even just across the UK), would either disagree with this list, or with the vario
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by ljf 3y ago
All this really is is forcing any company that buys and sells crypto in this locations to do KYC/due diligence and share details with the relevant authorities. Unless you are buying privately, you've had to do the same with any se
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by ljf 3y ago
Basically that due diligence is required on crypto purchases and sales: https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/sites/d97fd445-en/index.html?i...
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by ljf 3y ago
I was talking to a very pro-crypto friend - part of my (sour grapes) issue with Bitcoin is that is actually a pretty impractical way to purchase items day to day - but he pointed out that this is more of a feature than a bug. He likened it
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by ljf 3y ago
Think it is interesting that (British linked) tax havens have signed up to this too - but I guess this is more down to them still wanting a piece of the tax action, than any ethical concerns. Original document: https://www.oecd-i
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48-nation bloc to crack down on using crypto assets to avoid tax(theregister.com)
107 points by ljf 3y ago|115 comments
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by ljf 3y ago
I'm interested that music is your hook here and ensuring artists are paid for their work (which I also agree with), but you stated before that you also use ad blockers, so how do you support those non video/audio content producers
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by ljf 3y ago
There certainly is hope - my wife had long covid back before we even heard the term or knew what it was. But she's largely recovered now, despite long covid hitting her really hard with measurable impacts (myocarditis, POTS etc.) At ti
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by ljf 3y ago
If you also run ad blockers, aren't you also claiming to be entitled to content online for free? Or do you go about supporting content producers in other ways? Do you turn off ad blocking for all the content you consume? Or do you just
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by ljf 3y ago
I last went to Vegas in 2014, and in the hotel pool bar it was $16 for a small bottle of Budweiser. I had a rather dry trip at those prices.
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by ljf 3y ago
That is how I feel in my current team/department - but I always worry that if you don't know who the incompetent person on a team is...
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by ljf 3y ago
Even in the early 90s my good rechargeable batteries (AA) only put out 1.2v when freshly charged and dropped lower than that as they ran. They also ran far shorter than duracell or similar expensive batteries. So one the voltage may have be
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by ljf 3y ago
We have had that plastic wood down for 5 years and it is perfect. 2 years ago I extended a small bit of decking and used real wood as it isn't that visible and was so much cheaper. Already two years after it looks terrible and I'l
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World shift to clean energy is unstoppable, IEA report says(bbc.com)
49 points by ljf 3y ago|116 comments
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by ljf 3y ago
A power wall 3 is 13.5kWh, many evs are 40 to 100kWh

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