Encryption is totally and completely haram

The Twilight Zone - Nightmare at 20,000 feet, I believe

I mean, check it out just to rule out the possibility, I guess. The letter spells out how to determine whether this was the case or not - do a hand recount.

76 million, which is not 100s.

Also unironically yes - the time for being polite has passed. Braindead people should be labelled as such in public forums.

Imagine the cost of changing the entire road network over to use metric.

Here’s a zero-cost plan to migrate the road network over to metric: have a transition period where signs may be shown in either unit, then require all replacement signs to be shown as metric. Since all signs must eventually be replaced, over a long enough period of time the whole network will become metric without any marginal cost increase.

The only downside is that for a time, people have to understand both units and how they relate to each other.

As a counterpoint, I’ve bought loads of really good cycling accessories from AliExpress. It’s not impossible to buy high-quality things from China - this is after all where a large part of everything is manufactured these days - you just have to be careful not to fall for the offers that are just obviously too good to be true.

Uncapped overtime excuses bad management. I get why they’re pissed, this puts a spotlight on how bad they are at management.

Is it really valid to call permalink() in that context, since it requires &self? There’s no self in that context afaik. Can’t test it now but it looks suspicious

EDIT: Invalid since the comment was updated

Stopping your finger from bleeding by cutting off the entire arm is not a particularly good plan.

Sure, inflation is down, but the absolute condition for the average argentinian is not strictly speaking great.

It’s clear that some form of change to stop the runaway inflation was needed, but this was not the way to go

I think that would be against the terms of the policy for the types of insurance you can get here in Sweden, so basically another level of fraud. But yeah, that makes sense, you could double/triple-dip and get ahead that way.

Good, and guaranteed to be rolled back once Trump takes office.

I guess you’d still have a scratched car at that point, though. Maybe you need to combine it with a dishonest repair shop massively inflating the bill, along with an insurance company that doesn’t pay enough attention.

I’m struggling to see how this scam is actually supposed to work - if your car sustains damage, wouldn’t your insurance just cover the cost to repair that damage, meaning you are just back at square one?

Layers - get a good base layer, merino wool is the gold standard for these. You also want to get a neck gaiter, plus some merino wool socks, and some kind of cap. These will keep you warm and dry throughout most cold weather. Add more layers on top when outside, and remember to remove layers proactively if you feel yourself starting to sweat - it’s never a good idea to be wet in cold weather. The base layer will make physical exertion a pretty hot affair quite fast, so you’d be surprised how fast the sweat starts pouring.

Gotta make use of that Force Majeure-clause

ITT: People who did not read the article and just shot from the hip

Oh fuck that rules

That policy obviously needs to die a horrible death.

Barring some technical breakthrough, I am inclined to agree.

We can and should build extensive high-speed rail networks, though. This will provide intra-continental mobility at a price affordable for everyone. While gratuitous trips to the other side of the world will no longer be feasible, fast intra-continental trips can in many cases take their place. Flying can remain a niche for when it’s completely unavoidable, in which case we should be able to absorb the emissions.

Actual emissions taxing is basically a necessary step when it comes to air travel - currently, the fuel is completely tax free and that’s not great. Take all of that money and pump it directly into rail, which is the actual way forward for intra-continental travel.

It will get more expensive and less accessible for lower income people. There’s just really no way around that.