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by yyy888sss 6y ago
Not really, the CEO just says crazy things to drum up some publicity. He also claimed he would charge fat people more, and that Ryanair was so frugal that they didn't let employees charge their phone at work to save electricity.
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by yyy888sss 6y ago
In the UK young people can get cheaper premiums if they install a tracker which monitors speed, driving patterns etc. They've had this for decades.
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by yyy888sss 6y ago
In NSW,Australia we have "Don't be a tosser".
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by yyy888sss 7y ago
They already do this, in fact it's critical to optimise things like this in a low margin industry like airlines. Any airline that doesn't calculate the best flight paths for fuel economy will quickly go out of business.
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by yyy888sss 7y ago
Public companies aim to maximise shareholder value, however in competitive markets that usually involves improving service, having a happy workforce (higher benefits) so it all works. And putting money away for a rainy day will never be as
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by yyy888sss 7y ago
Whats the difference with banks? If a bank goes bankrupt won't someone come in and buy at a low price? The deposits in the bank wont disappear..
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by yyy888sss 7y ago
Yes but assuming bankruptcy would have actually destroyed the US economy (highly debatable) then it was a low cost measure.
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by yyy888sss 7y ago
In Australia we have Superannuation (compulsory contributions retirement fund) so actually pensioners are expected to live partly off capital gains/sale of shares. Of course their portfolios usually get more defensive (less stock more
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by yyy888sss 7y ago
I think people are just very varied. Take a graph of happiness/success over time for a bunch of people and anecdotally it can take almost any shape. I know a bunch of people who had the same specialisation as children (music) and their
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by yyy888sss 7y ago
The whole world benefits from these things. The rewards far outweigh the risks.
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by yyy888sss 7y ago
And luckily they don't need to as lower birth rates means wrld population will likely peak at 10bn. African birth rates have dropped faster than predictions.
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by yyy888sss 7y ago
In Australia we have strong consumer protection, but not for changing your mind. It's a courtesy most retailers offer but you clearly don't deserve it when you realise you don't need 2000 tools of tp.
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by yyy888sss 7y ago
Well they can only deliver so much pasta per day (the pasta factories are presumably already going full tilt) so the other option would be to massively raise the price... apparently not a popular option. You don't have to go back every
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by yyy888sss 7y ago
Manufacturer aren't stupid, they are aren't going to over invest. In Australia the the toilet paper companies just added shifts to manufacture 24/7.
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by yyy888sss 7y ago
The current hoarding issues are being addressed in Australia by all supermarkets, they are rationing key goods ( 1 pack toilet paper, pasta, handwipes etc per day) but keeping prices low. You can deal with rapid demand increases for essenti
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by yyy888sss 7y ago
Australian supermarkets are refusing refunds on all of these hoarded goods.
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by yyy888sss 7y ago
This whole problem was solved in Australia by all supermarkets rationing fast selling goods (1 pack toilet paper, handwipes, pasta etc per day) but keeping prices low.
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by yyy888sss 7y ago
"we should all agree that coal, oil and gas do not belong in the energy grid." - except fossil fuels are cheap, reliable, and energy dense. People want abundant energy to live developed lives, so until you can improve on these are
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by yyy888sss 7y ago
Looks like they both charge per min, not per kw/h. So you are at a disadvantage with a slow charging car?
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by yyy888sss 7y ago
Set the corporate tax rate to 0. US companies hold trillions in profit overseas which could be used to invest or be taxed when it's distributed to shareholders. Edit: If the rich shareholders disproportionately benefit from this then r
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by yyy888sss 7y ago
Sydney metro will go right under the CBD and through Central station [1]. The next stage planned is Parramatta to the CBD. [1] - https://www.sydneymetro.info/map/sydney-metro-interactive-tr...
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by yyy888sss 7y ago
There are groups (on Discord, Facebook) where people sell Amazon gift card codes for less than the value of the gift card. Sometimes they are real codes that have been bought with accounts that have been hacked through email phishing, and s