fine_sandy_bottom

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[–] fine_sandy_bottom@aussie.zone 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

There are other cheaper boards with better specs.

[–] fine_sandy_bottom@aussie.zone 69 points 7 months ago (9 children)

If people think that an IPO means we're going to … push prices up, push the margins up, push down the feature sets, the only answer we can give is, watch us. Keep watching," he said. "Let's look at it in 15, 20 years' time."

What a fucking lame answer.

RasPi was cool at one time, but that time has long since passed.

[–] fine_sandy_bottom@aussie.zone 6 points 7 months ago

It really has, for most uses there are better boards

[–] fine_sandy_bottom@aussie.zone 2 points 7 months ago

Paywalled?

Regardless, I reject the premise.

UPS will lay off whomever they can. They don't terminate people according to political ideology.

[–] fine_sandy_bottom@aussie.zone 3 points 9 months ago (2 children)

There are special rules for labelling for alcohol given the obvious risks of consuming more than you realised.

Here alcohol must show the percentage alcohol content, but alcohol designed to be consumed as-is (without mixing) also states the number of standard drinks.

The number of standard drinks is the same as the "amount of alcohol" you mentioned.

Other ingredients like sugar aren't shown as a percentage because manufacturers don't want to show it, and it's not required by law because although there are risks of excess consumption, they're not "immediate risk to life" type risks.

[–] fine_sandy_bottom@aussie.zone 1 points 9 months ago

Not really, you can't criticise it for not being like UBI while saying it's similar to UBI even if it does not purport to be UBI.

[–] fine_sandy_bottom@aussie.zone 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

This isn't really true.

We generally don't experiment with economic policy because it's not practical.

The main impediment to UBI is not supporting data, but political will. Voters are so used to punishing poor people that UBI just doesn't resonate with the voting public. Of course that will change with the continuing encroachment of automation.

Additionally UBI is not all or nothing. You could increase it over time. If 20% of average salary is the objective, then start with 1% this year and increase it by 1% each year for the next 19 years. It will take 20 years to dismantle the other welfare systems anyway.

[–] fine_sandy_bottom@aussie.zone 3 points 9 months ago (3 children)

This was my initial reaction also, but taking a closer look the article doesn't say anything about UBI. This is not a UBI experiment.

[–] fine_sandy_bottom@aussie.zone 49 points 9 months ago (30 children)

Honestly let's have some dignity and not buy into this vapid pretentious idiocy.

[–] fine_sandy_bottom@aussie.zone 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Just gonna one up you here bro, my mrs is due this week too, but she has a son and a daughter on board!

[–] fine_sandy_bottom@aussie.zone 24 points 10 months ago (20 children)

It's gonna be a big week I think.

The warm up with the sons didn't disappoint but it seems like ivanka is less likely to perjure herself.

[–] fine_sandy_bottom@aussie.zone 7 points 10 months ago

Oh wow neither did I.

For some reason I thought it was a tiny shallow pool, like for toddlers to play in. Why would anyone even have one of those?!

A lap pool, for doing laps, makes so much more sense. I've lived in a house with a pool and it's just a huge pain in the ass. Being able to bust a couple of laps would be great though. I'd love to have this.

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