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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 mi…

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.

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, …

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…

Many people live on sail yachts. They are a very economical way to live.

> 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 wit…

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…

> 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 schoo…

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 n…

as the other commenters didn't answer the question: No, it is not true for California

> 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…

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 r…

> 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…

> 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 wr…

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.

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…

> 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 …

works great until a group of space bats get in the way.

You mean people vocalize the QL part? I don't think I've ever said anything other than postgres

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.

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. Afte…

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 pla…

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)…

> 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…

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 mo…