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Re: Can you buy the same ticket at a lower price if you buy it from another country?

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Post by andrewshadura »

rdlw wrote: post #36
herpderperator wrote: post #25

VPN was added in the HN title but is not present in the actual question title. The act of simply "using" a "VPN" does not make prices cheaper. Let's not abuse the term. It's about purchase location.

If someone asked whether you can drive a nail into a board more easily if you use a hammer, I would say yes, even though the act of simply "using" a "hammer" does not instantly make nearby nails go into boards. It doesn't seem like an abuse of terms, just not fully explaining what a VPN is or how you should use it in the short title.

Most VPNs I use on a daily basis don't provide access to outside themselves, and don't, in fact, have any routers usable as a default gateway, and as such are unusable for the purpose described in the article.

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Post by unsupp0rted »

nazgul17 wrote: post #216
unsupp0rted wrote: post #200

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What's selfish about not having children? To whom or to what do I owe bringing a child into the world? It's more likely the opposite: a lot of people would agree that their parents' decision to have children, particularly at a time when they couldn't afford them or lacked the mental strength to care for them and raise them in psychological safety, was selfish.

To my children, who will labour to sustain you, too, in your late life.

I don't owe having children to your children, or to you.

You can have children if you want, but I'm not requiring that of you.

If your children take care of me late in life, it's because they're exchanging their work for money. And the reason they're obligated to exchange their work for money is because that's the economic system into which their parents decided to bring them.

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Post by unsupp0rted »

effingwewt wrote: post #220
unsupp0rted wrote: post #200

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What's selfish about not having children? To whom or to what do I owe bringing a child into the world? It's more likely the opposite: a lot of people would agree that their parents' decision to have children, particularly at a time when they couldn't afford them or lacked the mental strength to care for them and raise them in psychological safety, was selfish.

Accidents happen, and now with Roe V Wade repeal even more will. Not everyone gets to make the conscious choice. Sounds more like you've given up and are using it as the moral high ground. To turn your earlier phrase- 'Sorry, I don't take advice from people who are removed from the human race.' Sounds stupid, because it is. You do what you can, I will do what I can. But don't think for a second you are better than an…

You have misunderstood: I'm not suggesting childfree people are better than people who have children.

I'm suggesting childfree people have a negligible impact on climate change compared to people who have children.

You can bring "moral high ground" into it wherever it seems applicable, but I have not done that. I've said only that it's hypocritical to criticize a person for their climate impact while simultaneously making a thousand or a million times more of a climate impact.

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Post by bprieto »

hk__2 wrote: post #133
favsq wrote: post #117

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You have been brainwashed into lowering your standard of life. You shouldn't be upset at others because of that - instead, work on yourself.

> You have been brainwashed into lowering your standard of life Destroying the planet is indeed lowering not only your standard of life, but everyone’s. Remember there’s no planet B.

Relax, the planet can't be destroyed by climate change. Hyperbole are not useful if we want to have a reasonable debate.

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Post by paulcole »

eloisant wrote: post #205
unsupp0rted wrote: post #140

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Don’t take CO2 behavior instruction from people who have children. I can fly international 365 days a year for decades. But my children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren will have 0 carbon footprint because they’ll never exist. Conversely, eat bugs and recycle coke cans if you want, but that’s a fraction of a fraction of a drop in the bucket if you’ve had even one kid.

Not having children isn't going to solve the climate crisis because the effect are at a very long term. Children have a very small carbon footprint, they only have a significant footprint when they're adults so we're talking 20 years from now. We have to reduce emissions right now, not at your inexisting great-grandchildren generation.

> Children have a very small carbon footprint, they only have a significant footprint when they're adults so we're talking 20 years from now.

This is the same reason I don’t save any money for retirement. Somebody will surely have figured things out by the time for me to stop working! I can do what I want with no consequences.

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Post by xnx »

yosito wrote: post #207
WheatMillington wrote: post #91

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I appreciate your concern about CO2 emissions and the effort you're making to reduce your own carbon footprint. It's important to be conscious of our impact on the environment. I wanted to share some of the ways I also work to reduce my carbon emissions and help address climate change. While it's true that I have taken a number of international flights over the past decade, I am very conscious of my carbon footprint…

This is an impressively thorough and considered response.

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Post by medstrom »

pimterry wrote: post #128
medstrom wrote: post #86

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Another hack is timing. Often I've taken a day off on either Friday or Monday when I'm travelling over the weekend -- the difference in cost can be as much as a day's wage.

This is a lovely benefit of remote working for me - any time I travel, I can shift the days around to significantly save on flight costs, but without losing the day's wage. I can just work from wherever I am without taking any time off. Usually saves at least €100 each way, every time I travel, and occasionally much more. And as a bonus, it's quite nice to spend a day working from a coworking space in a random city e…

What's the advantage of a coworking space over a library?

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Post by uw_rob »

xnx wrote: post #226
yosito wrote: post #207

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I appreciate your concern about CO2 emissions and the effort you're making to reduce your own carbon footprint. It's important to be conscious of our impact on the environment. I wanted to share some of the ways I also work to reduce my carbon emissions and help address climate change. While it's true that I have taken a number of international flights over the past decade, I am very conscious of my carbon footprint…

This is an impressively thorough and considered response.

Not to accuse anyone, but it's written in the style of ChatGPT.

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Post by shawabawa3 »

xnx wrote: post #226
yosito wrote: post #207

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I appreciate your concern about CO2 emissions and the effort you're making to reduce your own carbon footprint. It's important to be conscious of our impact on the environment. I wanted to share some of the ways I also work to reduce my carbon emissions and help address climate change. While it's true that I have taken a number of international flights over the past decade, I am very conscious of my carbon footprint…

This is an impressively thorough and considered response.

I'm getting a strong impression it was written by GPT

Seems overly long/verbose/conscientious for a human

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