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871.
by nly 4y ago
Zoom performance terrible on FF for anyone else?
872.
by nly 4y ago
My heart bleeds for the poor lad. Are you telling me he won't be able to spunk $1bn/mo on fluffy vanity projects in 2023? Say it ain't so!
873.
by nly 4y ago
When was the last time Amazon issued new shares to raise funds? The stock market is a secondary market. You or me buying shares doesn't effect Amazon at all. They don't get a penny of your money when you buy shares
874.
by nly 4y ago
I doubt it will take even that long. Gone by autumn 2023, and good riddance
875.
by nly 4y ago
In the UK a large % of take home pay goes to mortgages that are running on fixed rate, short term contracts. Raising rates definitely has a cooling effect
876.
by nly 4y ago
Which is even better. They could take out equity release and spend what they borrowed.
877.
by nly 4y ago
Hosepipe bans are pretty common in the UK due to water shortages
878.
by nly 4y ago
Devs are salaried. If they're doing nothing else than the effective cost of contracting them out to Twitter is zero
879.
by nly 4y ago
Would the entire netflix catalogue fit on this node?
880.
by nly 4y ago
An alternative to borrowing to achieve that smooth cash flow is treasury savings.
881.
by nly 4y ago
"The greatest shortcoming of the human race is man’s inability to understand the exponential function."
882.
by nly 4y ago
On the other hand most people have less in savings than that.
883.
by nly 4y ago
Isn't the idea that the average life expectancy in antiquity is 40 ish years more to do with the high infant mortality rate than anything else?
884.
by nly 4y ago
The stock market is down, which makes it a good time to start buying Outside the US it's worse because of the strong dollar.
885.
by nly 4y ago
Not switching jobs is probably a mistake... The job market is incredibly tight, so it's the perfect time. Once the layoffs start it'll be harder to find work.
886.
by nly 4y ago
Why would Bezos invest in hedge funds? He's so wealthy he could lose 99.99% of his net worth and still live a life of complete luxury, safety and comfort.
887.
by nly 4y ago
The best way for the EU to 'fight' russia would be to not be dependent on it for energy. Russia can also do what it likes because of the constant nuclear threat. Russia has nukes that work, whereas the likes of the UK has a single
888.
by nly 4y ago
I doubt grandparent is actually against the principle of paying for the prior generations retirement... provided the next generation pays for ours. The unfairness comes from the current generation not being afforded the same privilege as
889.
by nly 4y ago
A SIPP is something you setup completely separate to your employment. In fact you don't even need to be employed to open one. An American 401k is a more like what we'd call a "workplace pension" here in the UK, which no
890.
by nly 4y ago
It's kind of mind boggling that they employer 114,000 people to begin with
891.
by nly 4y ago
Argh.
892.
by nly 4y ago
The comparison is being done between x_ts, which is a float, and x, which is a datetime object. Call be crazy but I think allowing this comparison to begin with is the problem. >>> from datetime import datetime >>&g
893.
by nly 4y ago
You don't need to convert them to UTC, just one to the timezone of the other, but yes. "a.is_same_instant(b)" is a lot more clear to me than "a == b", especially in a dynamic language where it might not be obvious w
894.
by nly 4y ago
Am I the only one who would expect the behavior in the top example? I don't want my equality operator doing timezone conversions. If one type has no timezone attached and one does, then you probably shouldn't be able to compare
895.
by nly 4y ago
That's fine, but at the same time you need to build up your backup strategy. That's the problem in general in our modern economy. No reserves, no resilience, no backup plan
896.
by nly 4y ago
He's already wealthy by the sounds of it.nl Pretty easy to be chill when even if your pot gets halved you're still rich.
897.
by nly 4y ago
Just because 20% or the population are in favour of abolishing the monarchy it doesn't mean they care enough to actually do it. Royalists are vocal supports, most republicans are "meh, bloody royals, what's the point of &#x27
898.
by nly 4y ago
High taxes part is interesting, since in the UK we've just had the biggest tax cuts in a generation and more seem to be in the way in the new year. Winding back the clock to stimulate growth seems to be the order of the day
899.
by nly 4y ago
If you start your career strong in your early to mid 20s and plan for it for then... yes. Not all software engineers are paid ludicrous money though, and even in places that they are paid well the cost of living can be atrocious.
900.
by nly 4y ago
I'm in the UK and RT.com loads fine.

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