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by octodog 6y ago
There's definitely local news but you'll find more locally specific programming on radio or in newspapers than on TV. On TV the ABC, Channel 7, Channel 9 and Channel 10 all have state-specific broadcasts and newsrooms while SBS ru
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by octodog 6y ago
Do you have any evidence to support your theory? The NYT recently hit 6 million subscribers (print and digital) which is a record high. Margins on digital products are lower than on print products but that's not unique to the Times and
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by octodog 6y ago
I'm curious about this. What did you find were the main benefits from using your own setup? As a not-backend person I have been enjoying Strapi but maybe I should investigate something like rails.
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by octodog 6y ago
The comparison is not between Croatia and Italy, but between Croatia and Sweden. In the case of Sweden, it has approximately 1/3 of the population density of Croatia. The fact that Sweden does not have a coronavirus hotspot as a neighb
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by octodog 6y ago
In addition to your points, another reason for "flattening the curve" is to give time for hospitals and health care systems to prepare for a spike in cases, so that every patient who needs critical care can receive it. For countri
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by octodog 6y ago
Australians trust the ABC more than any other media outlets by quite a large margin too.
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by octodog 6y ago
So because it is possible someone else may have come along and stolen it, that is a justification for the Brits to steal (and keep) it? The point is that Britain has those artifacts now and Greece/Egypt/other countries want them b
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by octodog 6y ago
Two points: - Your numbers don't indicate the number of lives saved by shutting down. It could well have been more than 600. - It seems likely that it is possible to reduce the number of suicides in such an event with better planning a
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by octodog 7y ago
Perhaps I am just dim, but I find your comment to be vague enough to be lacking meaning. The principles of supply and demand are not vague at all, but they have limitations. They are necessary to understand economic behaviour, but rarely in
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by octodog 7y ago
Except there are governments around the world that are handling this crisis well. Just because American government(s) are incapable doesn't mean all are.
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by octodog 7y ago
Wrong. It's much more nuanced than that. Surgical masks are not effective at preventing infection. They are effective at spreading infection. New data on asymptomatic spreaders means than public health authorities are considering chang
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by octodog 7y ago
This is seriously and dangerously wrong information. Surgical masks are particularly helpful in stopping _infected_ people from spreading the disease. New information and data on asymptomatic spreaders means that the CDC (and many other Wes
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by octodog 7y ago
> No incumbent President has lost reelection in wartime This is not a particularly useful thing to say. Incumbents rarely lose anyway - it's only happened 3 times since WW2. Additionally, you have incumbents like Johnson who was so
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by octodog 7y ago
This is a relatively recent area of study for the fields of international development and development economics. The UN has a World Happiness Report and there are a number of institutions that are now trying to directly measure happiness as
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by octodog 7y ago
I'm guessing most countries have laws allowing the authorities to forcibly quarantine people if they feel they are at risk of spreading disease, and similar laws for limiting public activity. Certainly they do for shutting schools and
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by octodog 7y ago
This is what the UN's REDD+ program does. The program has been running for a while now with some success but there are some major challenges: 1. The program relies on enforcement of property rights and environmental regulation so that
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by octodog 7y ago
The point is that smaller companies are less full of _people_. Less bureaucracy, less institutional inertia and more relative influence of each individual.
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by octodog 7y ago
Even if this is a systemic problem is doesn't change the underlying logic involved. It's unknown whether other models have this (or similar) issues, so you are still better off avoiding the model you know has a risk/default.
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by octodog 7y ago
Who are you to decide if that's worth it or not? Obviously if someone has decided to take that pay cut and switch companies it was worthwhile for them. You might not care much for those perks yourself but it's self-evident that so
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by octodog 7y ago
That's not a very helpful criticism. If the companies go on to fail or make mistakes it doesn't mean that their previous good work or strategy is invalid.
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by octodog 7y ago
That's a nice idea. But here in the real world financial fraud happens and it is frequently not resolved by the courts and the justice system.
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by octodog 7y ago
Surely there are other options your manager and you can look at that fall between having an open floorplan and not having one. Get them to buy you noise cancelling headphones or something.
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by octodog 7y ago
Do you know of any examples when that has actually happened? Genuinely curious, because I can't think of any.
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by octodog 7y ago
Do you use Whatsapp / Messenger regularly for social stuff? Coincidentally I was looking at my Digital Well-being settings in Android today and was told that I get over 170 notifications from Messenger a day.