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>That deprecated usage should be replaced before it is removed; and if we're talking about skipping multiple major versions over a long period, the replacement likely didn't exist …

The Boots theory is funny because it's absurd. It's not actually applicable to life in powerty. There is no class of items where if you are poor you spend more on it than when you'…

yes

but since they charge the same prices to holders of credit (2% fee) and debit (0.05% fee), users of credit cards are de facto subsidized by cash/debit payers in the US so as an ind…

>It's so inappropriate that in the field that's actually trained for this, they're disallowed by compact, even with extensive evidence. The field trained for this is not refraining…

set profile description telling people to call or text you if urgent

but also amazing things built by community I remember the first time someone built a dedicated server for WC3 custom games (dota) that supported players reconnecting after a dc. it…

roll to disbelieve. i think someone was pulling your leg especially the bit with samsung devices, i've had the misfortune of setting up a samsung phone for a family member and the …

how do you figure it's of little use? big difference between breaking in to loot a house you know is unarmed, versus one known to be armed and possibly keeping watch

obviously no one has issues with this scenario where both employers know. but the recent overemployed scheme where you get multiple jobs, do nothing for months while taking advanta…

hasn't stopped 'green' parties from shutting down nuclear power, so it's all a question of PR

re: 1; since payments processors compete for business, ones that can convincingly claim to reduce fraud rate can charge higher fees of the merchants

It takes pretending to be someone you're not from 'a prank' to 'fraud', and as such is actually valuable

You spent some amount of money on the car, money that you would otherwise have available to either spend or invest, when you eventually replace your car you will get less if anythi…

if it's the best offer you can get, would you quit just because someone else on another continent is being paid more?

>Costs $0 to just sit in my garage this is not true of your bought car, you're ignoring opportunity cost for the capital & depreciation

the proposed counterfactual is that BMW pays someone to brick the heating before the first sale

> Car extras are already very much a thing and always have been – the alternative is that BMW physically has to remove the heater components or disable them permanently, so as a se…

> Well, who the hell is in the teachers union if not teachers? well, union higher-ups are basically politicians, they're not usually working in the job by that point

pretty sure we've all been in school, and while it's not a great experience, you can work with it i'm pretty sure amazon's optimizing the work more so that my shitty thing gets del…

> It’s between an underpaid job, and a well paid job with less profits for shareholders and owners what reason you have to believe that is in fact the option? there are really quit…

yeah, mid management being incompetent and not noticing that the metrics are fucked up for a location i can totally believe. hopefully after some time with outlier retention issues…

I empathize with people working the tough jobs! That doesn't necessarily mean I think the jobs must be made less tough, even if I'd prefer they had better options to choose from. A…

>The choice between homelessness, starvation, and working an underpaid job is not a choice made voluntarily. and removing the underpaid job from the equation leaves someone with ju…