Microsoft tried nicely during the XP era. We all know how it ended. The average user shall never be trusted with security.

I’m using Linux on servers and for self hosting, but Linux on a desktop is a sick joke.

Tankies are modding many communities here as well. The solution is to fight them tooth and nail.

I find it funny that people who think like that are from countries like the US and UK where you can live without an ID/passport your whole life. Identity theft in such countries is very common, while it’s pretty much impossible in Estonia. You should be afraid of living without a digital state and a passport in your pocket.

The irony here is that the article author confirms that they break TOS of CF and he still has a Pikachu face. Reddit discussion is pretty positive that CF is right in their decision and that new provider will shut them down at some time as well.

Sodium batteries are in development for over 30 years. We were pioneering this kind of research almost 40 years ago and that’s how much time, effort and financial investment this stuff takes. It will be 10 more years to get them everywhere. Technology is not as fast as you think.

Seriously. Call a doctor.

You insane? Call a doctor maybe…

Lol ook. Do you even follow the context? Or is it too much for an American?

Lol ook. Some random American knows better than a Brit. Ofc.

The rest of Europe has some strict protectionist policies on food imports to prop up their own agricultural economies. UK is a net importer, so it gets to buy out of both the US and EU agriculture surplus.

Britain was part of EU just recently and still has the same policies for the most part. And being a net importer it means that prices should be higher. And they actually did increase after Brexit.

Fly over to the US and compare prices to Mexico

There’s no point comparing two countries so far apart in economical development. The prices in Mexico are lower because Mexican labour is much cheaper. You should compare US to similar countries like Canada or European counterparts.

Some businesses have literally never turned a profit - Lyft, AirBnB, and Reddit

You misunderstand their business model. You are not a consumer of their product, you ARE the product. And their business model is not to turn profit on intercations with you, but to milk venture capital. The side effect is that their actual profit is not treated as profit from tax perspective, so they have free money essentially.

A company with a 10% profit margin in Year 1 that sees the marginal rate fall to 8% in Year 2 can’t necessarily raise prices to increase profits, because increasing prices will cut into sales volume.

A successful management will think in decades, not years. Just like a good investor. There are good years and there are bad years, but the balance sheet must workout in the end. Also businesses has plenty of other ways to increase profits: redundancies, wage stagnation, debt, etc.

All tax revenue must ultimately come from business revenues

A business is a virtual entity. No matter how you twist it, taxes are paid by people. A business can’t pay shit, it’s just a record in the Company House.

Well, I don’t know how it works in US, but tax cuts do result in lower prices here in UK. For example, we have 0% VAT on groceries and they tend to be cheaper than elsewhere in Europe.

And no sane business will eat losses, that’s how you run out of business. So every tax penny always comes from your pocket. Always.

And it’s taxed differently and not present on these graphs.

From your pocket. Are you really that naive?

You can’t tax companies.

The rich don’t have income, they are not represented here at all.

AliExpress is a rock solid platform. You just need to know official Chinese brand accounts there. It’s just like Amazon - you order random shit there, you get shit in the mailbox. You order from a reputable branded shop there and you get a high quality item.

What would you then call sauna temperatures which range between 80 to 120?

I hate wires in general. Everything that can be wireless IS wireless at my home.