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631.
by llampx 5y ago
SV Startups have literally written the book on dark patterns, I would not hold my breath expecting them to disrupt an industry and get rid of them. Going by recent threads, it is more likely that you would be cancelled as a customer and sti
632.
by llampx 5y ago
How would they upsell you on insurance and extras if you didn't have any interactions with a sales agent? Honest question.
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by llampx 5y ago
Deutschland!
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by llampx 5y ago
Seriously, I have seen this phenomenon at government offices as well. Every other appointment seems to take ages, and mine takes a fraction of the time, no matter the outcome.
635.
by llampx 5y ago
When TOSs can have any looney language in them and are by definition adhesion contracts, I don't see them as particularly sacrosant.
636.
by llampx 5y ago
This is the lamest whataboutism I've seen.
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by llampx 5y ago
Before taxes? After taxes more like six.
638.
by llampx 5y ago
Using "Swiss privacy" gets my hackles up. And what is with the website hijacking my back button? If I click on "Individual" at the top, I can't go back from that page.
639.
by llampx 5y ago
Musing: will there be a vaccine or treatment that prevents infection, either in the infected or the infectee, as a preventative measure?
640.
by llampx 5y ago
In Germany you must accept returns and give back the deposit if you sell bottles or cans that have the deposit attached.
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by llampx 5y ago
I'll believe it when I see it and when I can buy it. Till then I'm not holding my breath waiting for Toyota who's been the slowest automaker to electrify their fleet.
642.
by llampx 5y ago
Counter points: Jesse Ventura, Arnold Schwarzenegger (and of course Donald Trump)
643.
by llampx 5y ago
Where I live, restaurants have to be quiet after past 10pm both indoors and outdoors if they have outdoor tables for example on the sidewalk or terrace. I've been told off for talking too loudly in a group of 4 when sitting outside so
644.
by llampx 5y ago
I believe this is a European thing, as I haven't had such problems with renting cars in the US. Buchbinder was the worst, to the extent that everyone I know who is about to rent a car gets a lecture from me about them. It's worth
645.
by llampx 5y ago
You often can't short IPOs, at least as retail.
646.
by llampx 5y ago
Long term this kind of practice is bad for engineers the same way Wal-Mart driving other retailers out of town with low prices due to their size was bad for small businesses and small towns in the 90s and 00s.
647.
by llampx 5y ago
Not that the giants haven't tried to be a cartel when it comes to labor. Including Jobs at Apple.
648.
by llampx 5y ago
Can you use MS Teams without a MS account?
649.
by llampx 5y ago
Link has typo. Try this: https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_63
650.
by llampx 5y ago
Cute that you think everyone can find parking in front of their apartment and that the cable won't be a trip and fire hazard.
651.
by llampx 5y ago
A country gets the government it deserves.
652.
by llampx 5y ago
Its a systemic rot. Old people in this case are definitely part of the problem, but so are the young bureaucrats who just step into their predecessor's shoes and continue working as they were in the 70's. "Bitte per Fax zukom
653.
by llampx 5y ago
The media is also very pro-government so that helps.
654.
by llampx 5y ago
The time I could have most used a windfall was between 25-30. Old enough to know not to waste it all, young enough to be able to get a leap forward on life.
655.
by llampx 5y ago
> “the age for a woman to get married is 21” Worth adding here, that this phrase was meant to make families wait to get their girls married, aka "as opposed to 15" and not as in the current day, where this would be taken as imp
656.
by llampx 5y ago
I have heard here and elsewhere that their appliances are no great shakes either, that they are unreliable and made to fail in ways that take the consumer for a ride.
657.
by llampx 5y ago
For knowledge workers, proficiency doesn't go up linearly with time on the job.
658.
by llampx 5y ago
At least one service I use has already blocked @mozmail.com addresses, unfortunately. Without a more common/generic TLD this is dead in the water.
659.
by llampx 5y ago
If you don't have anything negative to say or criticism to give, some people take it as them being better than you at the task that's being reviewed. I've found it better to have more criticism at the start and then reduce it
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by llampx 5y ago
No such thing as bad publicity?

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