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by ornornor 3mo ago
I was at a dealership not that long ago to buy a new car for someone. The seller explained us how a lease was so much better financially than outright buying. He was completely wrong on the fundamentals: basically with a lease the car compa
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by ornornor 3mo ago
Much less than it discourages its use. Tobacco lobbies are fighting price increases tooth and nail, they wouldn't if it didn't work. Countries where the price has gone up have seen decreases in on-going consumption and new addicti
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by ornornor 3mo ago
Good, making them very expensive is one of the most effective ways to reduce smoking and all associated suffering, cancers, health costs, deaths.
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by ornornor 3mo ago
You’d think that for risking jail time etc the price would be much higher.
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by ornornor 3mo ago
That’s not Africa only. When a corruption scandal comes up (bribing, lobbying), I’m often surprised at how cheap it was to buy the official. It’s often in the 10–50k eur region.
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by ornornor 3mo ago
Auto dark mode after dusk based on your location Better page flip area options Active corners that can do custom things and with layers More text layout options (although the stock kobo firmware is decent at that already) It’s a bit cumbers
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by ornornor 3mo ago
Check out this plugin: https://github.com/AndyHazz/bookshelf.koplugin I had the same problem and someone here shared the plugin, it does the job very well independently of your file structure and nesting.
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by ornornor 3mo ago
Check out https://github.com/AndyHazz/bookshelf.koplugin I had the same problem with the missing Home Screen view and that solved it: you can see all your books no matter how deeply nested they are
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by ornornor 3mo ago
Same on my kobo. The only thing I was missing was the kobo like Home Screen where it shows all your books no matter how deeply nested. But of course there is a plugin for that: https://github.com/AndyHazz/bookshelf.kopl
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by ornornor 3mo ago
Oh ok this is fine then.
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by ornornor 3mo ago
Yes
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by ornornor 3mo ago
Yet another problem of carbon credits. Just an accounting trick which ignores reality. Reality is catching up either way, even if it’s not convenient in excel.
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by ornornor 3mo ago
The French president notoriously said a few weeks ago in June during the third (!!!) heat wave of this summer “who could have predicted [it]”… that’s the level, at the highest layer which decides on policy.
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by ornornor 3mo ago
Never on that scale. This is unprecedented. France asked other EU members for help as the firefighters are overwhelmed and the fire uncontrollable. There hasn’t been an evacuation this large since WW2 (300k people displaced so far, 0.5% of
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by ornornor 3mo ago
People live there. So do animals and insects. Never mind the air pollution.
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by ornornor 3mo ago
A couch is more comfortable to sit on that an hydroponics system, all else being equal. I’d pick the couch every time.
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by ornornor 3mo ago
In a mind boggling number of companies, “productive” measures output, not value.
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by ornornor 3mo ago
I think this is reason enough. The US (and others) are turning a little more despotic and totalitarian every day. Imagine what they can do with such tools? Same reason why for example banning encryption “to save the children” is laudable bu
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by ornornor 3mo ago
Sad but true. Even Camacho was more reasonable.
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by ornornor 3mo ago
From a purely greedy/capitalistic standpoint, this strategy made sense. If Presdient Camacho can call a sport’s federation and have a penalty canceled and the administration is as rotten and corrupt as its demonstrated every day, it’s
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by ornornor 3mo ago
DeepL is pretty decent.
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by ornornor 3mo ago
Ok I give up. Let’s agree to disagree and go touch grass outside.
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by ornornor 3mo ago
That was… once, 500 years ago. The hottest summer before this year was 2023. The one before that a few years before.
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by ornornor 3mo ago
38 in daytime and 30 at night kills.
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by ornornor 3mo ago
Ah yes, the hottest summer ever. Probably nothing to worry about.
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by ornornor 3mo ago
We’ve figured out how to make reusable rockets and computers that can talk you into committing suicide. I’m sure we can figure this one out too.
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by ornornor 3mo ago
It’s a tad hot in some places lately, and getting hotter.
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by ornornor 3mo ago
I can hold a strong opinion on this matter without risking any of my own money. I own no Musk stock and never short anything. I don’t think that affects the opinion I stated in any way.
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by ornornor 3mo ago
“Shocking nobody” I would add… This is an obvious Musk scam and anyone with financial knowledge called it as such ever since it’s been on the table. Why else lobby and change the NASDAQ listing rules for instance?
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by ornornor 3mo ago
Samsung is such an evil, dishonest, cunning company. I can’t understand how their devices sell so well despite that!

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