quokwok

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by quokwok 8mo ago
Works In Progress have an odd antipathy to picture rails. Actually, picture rails are good. You don't have to fill any holes if you wish to move or remove a picture. To put up a picture rail, you can drill multiple holes laterally unti
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by quokwok 10mo ago
You're a few years out of date. You don't get charged extra for using any credit card. And clicking "I don't need insurance" is easy.
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by quokwok 10mo ago
It's easy to book a Ryanair ticket without being upsold. You select the ticket, probably add a bag for about £40, skip the car rental and hotels screens etc, then book. What's the problem?
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by quokwok 10mo ago
Thanks, that makes sense. Why isn't Ryanair allowed to prohibit use of their website by resellers?
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by quokwok 10mo ago
This is an odd story. Ryanair doesn't pay commission, so these resellers make money by charging extra fees to unsuspecting customers. I don't know why Ryanair wants to stamp out this practice (which doesn't cost them anything
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by quokwok 12y ago
If something has negative externalities, the solution is to tax the externality. E.g. a carbon tax will raise the price of fossil-fuel energy, which will make some green energy projects worth building. That's it -- job done. Subsidisin
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by quokwok 12y ago
"Tidal Lagoon Swansea Bay is thought to be seeking a guaranteed subsidised price of about £168 for every megawatt-hour (MWh) of electricity it generates over a 35-year period – almost four times the current market price of power."
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by quokwok 13y ago
I'm surprised you rate "The Spirit Level". I think it's a pack of lies, partly because of Chris Snowden's book but mainly Tino Sanandaji's many posts about it on his blog. The most devastating criticisms are 1.