scarby2

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by scarby2 1mo ago
there really needs to be a configurable rules/decisions engine. I.e. i would prefer to walk everywhere, i will take public transit if it saves me more than 15 minutes total or 5 minutes per leg, evaluate this at every interchange node.
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by scarby2 4mo ago
The reason we have licencing for barbers is that existing barbers wanted it and persued regulatory solutions to protect their market. Existing police officers do not want this.
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by scarby2 4mo ago
On a corporate level it doesn't really matter as you're only taxed on your profits/losses. If we do a service swap ultimately it's just adding a revenue item with a matching loss, and these are infact quantified. As an i
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by scarby2 4mo ago
This isn't a good take. > If you do the work but undervalue it, it's likely tax fraud. A company can value it's services as it chooses. If the work is performed for $1 or $5000 the government doesn't get a say in that
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by scarby2 10mo ago
Many people live on sail yachts. They are a very economical way to live.
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by scarby2 10mo ago
> I don't know any Europeans who'd prefer to have American healthcare. Selfishly I think my American healthcare is better than anything I ever had in the UK. I can see a doctor within 2 weeks even a specialist, I can actually g
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by scarby2 1y ago
I'd take issue with your price point but agree with the sentiment I've seen victorinox fibrox knives in Michelin Star kitchens, they get the job done and are very reasonably priced ($60 for a chef's knife). Admittedly the kni
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by scarby2 1y ago
> There's no substitute for experience here. It's also a very transferable skill so it's one that used to be taught in schools but no longer is. This 100% should be taught in school, it would have been one of the most usef
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by scarby2 1y ago
I never tip before receiving the service. Always hit zero. It feels a bit weird to begin with but you get used to it and i've not been treated any differently. A tip is generally not required for coffee or to-go/counter service.
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by scarby2 1y ago
as the other commenters didn't answer the question: No, it is not true for California
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by scarby2 1y ago
> In America, at least in restaurants, employers are allowed to pay a lower minimum wage to tipped employees. So tips are an essential part of a servers compensation and should not be considered optional. This actually varies state by st
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by scarby2 1y ago
i suppose we have come to expect 4 states: - off: no power, no activity - hibernate: no power, no activity session state saved to non-volatile storage - sleep: Minimal power, RAM remains powered with the session state, can be resumed quickl
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by scarby2 1y ago
> Thier max output is only 9.6kW so it can’t do a whole home backup and the car can only run in backup mode when the grid is out. 9.6kW should be enough to backup your entire house, that's 87A... Lots of people only have a 100A supp
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by scarby2 1y ago
> unless I can find a non-competing job that pays me at least 70% plus whatever pay bump I’d expect for career advancement. This clearly depends on your role and industry. I can write code in a bunch of industries I've actually neve
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by scarby2 1y ago
With my current close friends I get included in far more gossip than I care to be and know the intimate details of past partners, kinks, fantasies etc.
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by scarby2 1y ago
It's broadly true though. It doesn't apply to all of us but as a group it's a thing. Personally it's not for me, I'm a heterosexual male but I get on far better with women and find men's spaces intimidating.
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by scarby2 1y ago
> the enablers and puppet masters are already planning and laying groundwork for when Cheeto Jesus drops dead. We've already lost the battle, let's not lose the war. Their success in some way is tied to trump right now. Nobody
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by scarby2 1y ago
works great until a group of space bats get in the way.
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by scarby2 1y ago
You mean people vocalize the QL part? I don't think I've ever said anything other than postgres
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by scarby2 2y ago
Because we have wider goals as a society that go beyond absolute freedom. However things like EV incentives don't make you less free, you can still buy whatever you want.
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by scarby2 2y ago
genocide is an intentional act. Smallpox did 90% of the work and nobody lifted a finger, at the time nobody could have forseen the effect of smallpox on the native population. After smallpox when the population of the Americas had been redu
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by scarby2 2y ago
post-war reconstruction fervor can inspire wealth creation. This is largely because there are no NIMBYs and eco-warriros sat around saying that the returning troops cant have a place to live and we cant have new infrastructure. If we can ge
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by scarby2 2y ago
is you're birth year 87? In which case you were able to save a deposit within 6 years of graduating? When i was at that stage my outgoings (rent, food, council tax, car, insurance) were probably 90% of my salary.
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by scarby2 2y ago
> None of us are rich but the system appears to be working from a sample of say 30 people aged 25 to 45 from different parts and backgrounds in the UK. I have a similar sample, all middle class in their 30's. The only ones who have
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by scarby2 2y ago
when generals was released it was the same time my high-school were encouraging everyone enrolled in specific classes to get laptops as part of a pilot program (with some of the money coming from the government). I started bringing a networ
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by scarby2 2y ago
> Sous vide is still used quietly because it's a very practical technique with good results for certain protein preparations, and there are plenty of other useful bits of craft through the book. Similarly I guess mayo didn't ex
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by scarby2 2y ago
> Then how did the universities operate before the increases? Easily. Every additional rule and regulation has a compliance cost, we've added far too many rules and regulations.
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by scarby2 2y ago
It is a factor though. Most people will commit non-violent crime for a big enough pay off. Especially one where the individuals effected are hard to identify. If my bug bounty is $10,000 and I can sell it for $20,000 then most people will t
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by scarby2 2y ago
Specific to London but there were a lot of working class home owners who bought under the right to buy schenlme who have benefited hugely from gentrification (not just from increased home prices but from lower crime, better schools etc). Al
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by scarby2 2y ago
Vox pupuli is a long running puppet related thing

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