ta1243

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   by ta1243 1y ago

   When I was in my 20s it would take me 20 hours work to earn 100 units 15 years later it takes 3 hours work to earn the same amount If I borrow 100 units in my 20s at 4%, it cost 4 units per year I save 20 hours work, and it costs me 4 units
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   by ta1243 1y ago

   I suspect they are referring to how you need a phone number from a provider presumably linked to the ITU to sign up to signal?
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   by ta1243 1y ago

   Thanks for what? This is the way of the world. Unaccountable mega-corporations, the feudal lords of the modern world.
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   by ta1243 1y ago

   Population is declining everywhere (or will do after the lag of the current old generation). It's a serious problem as the world will have fewer workers looking after more non-workers who are used to a higher standard of living htan be
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   by ta1243 1y ago

   If you have one phone every 7 years that is far better than one phone every 2 years even if you "recycle" it.
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   by ta1243 1y ago

   Reduce Reuse Recycle In that order. Recylcing is a last resort.
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   by ta1243 1y ago

   I run ubuntu 2404 on my 2017 thinkpad fine, although I have replaced the battery (and about to again), upgraded the ram etc, not expecting to replace it for some more years yet. My iphone 12 mini is from 2020 and is fine, so 5 years. Next i
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   by ta1243 1y ago

   "No one in New York drove, there was too much traffic" -- Fry (Futurama)
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   by ta1243 1y ago

   Most modern enterprises want things like fleet and software management. My personal kit is linux because it just works and I don't have time to faff around with windows when I'm not being paid. That doesn't work for enterpris
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    by ta1243 1y ago

    With Israel playing right into it
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    by ta1243 1y ago

    The Don in charge of the USA isn't concerned about the money goes to Hamas, he just wants his slice. Qatar knows that and can respect that.
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    by ta1243 1y ago

    > the engineers are not allowed to talk to normal people. That sounds the complete antithesis of agile to me. Is a "agile" now a term like "woke", devoid of all useful meaning
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    by ta1243 1y ago

    That tends to be the approach large companies take, and are championed for it. "It's not their fault the tax code allows them to spend $50m on accountants and lawyers to find a $5b loophole" etc.
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    by ta1243 1y ago

    > YouTube channels earn revenue from viewers with YouTube Premium. Throughout this month (August 2018), I earned approximately 55p per 1000 regular views and 94p per 1000 Premium views, so it appears that if 75% of your viewers went Prem
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    by ta1243 1y ago

    > is substantially less simply because you can't build anything on it. Why? Why can't I put a shed there?
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    by ta1243 1y ago

    So your land use is no longer subsidised?
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    by ta1243 1y ago

    Manhattan is at least as dense as London, and land values must be about the same. The market cost of parking in London far outweighs the cost of the congestion charge, so presumably that's the same in New York. Seems that renting a squ
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    by ta1243 1y ago

    > I remember than wonderful day very well - at last I could drive right up to the pump and get gas, rather than wait in line. The gas lines never returned. Not in the UK, due to a fragile supply chain. https://news.sky.com&#x
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    by ta1243 1y ago

    In centuries past apprentices would pay their junior positions, in time picking up paid work as the progressed to senior, then eventually taking on apprentices of their own (and be paid)
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    by ta1243 1y ago

    Everytime I go to the EFF fingerprint page it tells me I have a unique fingerprint. If I revisit it an hour later it tells me I have a unique fingerprint. It would be great if it would give me a hash of that fingerprint so I could compare i
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    by ta1243 1y ago

    You're coming at it from this type of tracking being an accusation of bad behaviour and the company having to admit it, like they have to admit a security breach losing personal data. That's a reasonable approach. It's also i
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    by ta1243 1y ago

    The one place in London you can't see it
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    by ta1243 1y ago

    Solar+battery is great for a few weeks locally with no power, or a couple of days nationally. It's terrible in a society-collapse way - makes you a target.
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    by ta1243 1y ago

    If it's Boeing I Aint Going
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    by ta1243 1y ago

    For 750 people I would expect something like 600 developers (qa etc) and 150 support staff, maybe as low as 500 developers, 100 for tech support, and 150 support (lawyers, accountants etc) I don't know how many people who have say &quo
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    by ta1243 1y ago

    The police - especially the US police - often appeals to high school thugs who like authoritarianism, especially when it gives them power over others. Its always been this way. Its no surprise that some government systems more strongly appe
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    by ta1243 1y ago

    Do you think that matters? The only check on presidential power that seems to exist is the impeachment process
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    by ta1243 1y ago

    Trump is hardly a bastion of health, you think he'll still be around when he's 82?
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    by ta1243 1y ago

    Presidents are immune from all charges and can pardon themselves in any case
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    by ta1243 1y ago

    I suspect the number of people who felt that firing tear gas at protesters in Washington was OK and people in a restaurant isn't OK is very small.