CaptainMarvel

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by CaptainMarvel 2y ago
The older feature of limiting charge to 80% only overnight was more useful in my opinion.
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by CaptainMarvel 2y ago
The "fresh" section in supermarkets is indeed in quotes because often it is not fresh [0] and it is not real sourdough [1]. They certainly give the impression that it is though! [0]: https://www.theguardian.com/bus
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by CaptainMarvel 2y ago
It's funny that you mention co-op and lidl.. neither of them actually have "bread fresh baked on premises including stuff like ancient grain sourdough" [0]. kwhitefoot is correct and the vast majority of bread in the UK is no
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by CaptainMarvel 2y ago
I’m not sure about that, but I can tell you that the UK has been regressing in: healthcare, policing, education, road infrastructure, rail infrastructure, immigration control and social care for the last 10-15 years amongst other things. Th
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by CaptainMarvel 2y ago
In the UK, gas has been roughly a quarter of the cost of electricity for decades. I find it hard to believe given global markets that it is more than half of the cost in more than just a few extreme parts of the world.
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by CaptainMarvel 3y ago
Thank you. I did actually come across this a few weeks ago as I semi-regularly search for new phones in my despair! It is the closest phone to what I have been after for a while. I particularly like their long software support and their sup
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by CaptainMarvel 3y ago
My tolerance for Apple's walled garden expired with what they've pulled in reaction to the Digital Markets Act. It's become blatant (to me) they are landlords of their digital empire seeking to squeeze rent from everyone. I w
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by CaptainMarvel 3y ago
I don't. This is a stark realisation that I have had over the past few years. I would once staunchly recommend iPhones for their strong security, in particular app isolation, on-device AI, and physical device security. However, over th
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by CaptainMarvel 3y ago
Wear clothes - I know that hermit crabs wear shells Make music - I know that birds sing, and a quick Google search shows whales and seals seem to make "music" as well Theorize - Depending on what you mean of course (but I agree wi
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by CaptainMarvel 3y ago
You need to look at the real incentives in a system, not pick out what you would like to happen. Large multi-national profit-focused companies are responsible for your food. (To be more precise, something like 60% of calories consumed by we
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by CaptainMarvel 3y ago
Spotify’s offline content was not been reliable for me. I am rarely offline, but recently I was taking a flight and my whole library was unavailable. I was so annoyed that I actually cancelled my subscription.
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by CaptainMarvel 3y ago
I’ve researched it and I’m reporting back. The answer is that the technology is advertised as not dazzling oncoming drivers only. Further, the little explanation of the technology I could find stated it worked by detecting headlights and ta
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by CaptainMarvel 3y ago
What about oncoming cyclists? Pedestrians?
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by CaptainMarvel 3y ago
Err… as it says on the page: - Arrow's theorem does not apply to first past the post - Arrow's theorem does not apply to proportional representation - Arrow's theorem only applies to ranked voting systems. Arrow himself said
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by CaptainMarvel 3y ago
I agree with you to a certain extent. Here's an example of a news organisation that does not take money from advertisements: https://bylinetimes.com/about/ It's part of the reason I switched my subscription t
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by CaptainMarvel 3y ago
To add to the discussion of the The Guardian, I think it is borderline. It is certainly much better than the majority of entertainment / media / "news" which is billionaire-owned. I think there are alternatives that shou
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by CaptainMarvel 3y ago
I think we actually agree a lot and I appreciate your reflection on voting systems and democracy. I agree with you that FPTP is democratic, and that you get groups who are over-represented (such as your example with SNP). I respect your poi
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by CaptainMarvel 3y ago
First Past the Post is less democratic than other systems of voting. Consider various definitions of democracy, they're usually along the lines of: > Democracy is a system of government in which laws, policies, leadership, and major
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by CaptainMarvel 3y ago
Taxes don't have to push the problem onto poor people at all. For example, the proceeds can be directly given to everyone equally which will usually disproportionately benefit poor people. So why would you say that taxes would harm poo
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by CaptainMarvel 3y ago
During a water shortage, if most of the water is being taken up by few wealthy individuals, then there are negative externalities being created: people dying, falling sick, being hospitalised, protests and violence that takes policing resou
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by CaptainMarvel 3y ago
The Conservative party won 43% of votes and 56% of seats. The Labour party won 32% of votes and 31% of seats. Despite winning only 1.34x more votes, the conservatives received 1.8x more seats. (It's even worse, the Liberal Democrats wo
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by CaptainMarvel 3y ago
It’s up to individuals to decide if they are wasting their own resources. Everyone has a different perspective. Personally, I think SUVs are a waste and should be banned, but wouldn’t that be overreaching? Individuals don’t pay for their wa
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by CaptainMarvel 3y ago
I mean no offence, but you are literally just guessing and not talking about technologies that people have in their houses. Hilarious that I’m sending your own words back to you. I worked at an energy supplier. I saw minutely energy reading
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by CaptainMarvel 3y ago
That’s not quite right. All new smart meters have the ability to report electricity usage minute-by-minute. You _currently_ have the choice to only report month-by-month, by kindly asking them to only do that. However, I agree with verisimi
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by CaptainMarvel 3y ago
It certainly does A history search. For “really useful”, I would suggest replacing it with the fzf integration. McFly could perhaps be even better.
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by CaptainMarvel 3y ago
Do you mean that the train is _as cheap_ as taking a plane? In my experience, in the UK, taking a train is more expensive than taking a flight (or driving, for that matter).
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by CaptainMarvel 3y ago
lol no - eg. Ryanair does split you up for “reasons”.
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by CaptainMarvel 3y ago
Thank you for the additional facts, I was only looking at the most recent 25 years and "debt ceiling crises" on Wikipedia.
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by CaptainMarvel 3y ago
Let’s be clear it’s not “every couple of years”. It’s “every time there is a democratic president, the republican-controlled legislative branches refuse to raise the debt ceiling”. How many times has this ever happened in reverse? Democrats
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by CaptainMarvel 3y ago
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