WaxRhetorical

@WaxRhetorical@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨True story⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Ugh, that sounds atrocious!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨True story⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Uh, the toilet should absolutely have a sink too. I don’t recall seeing any non-discount setups where this wasn’t the case. For example, my apartment right now has toilet and shower in separate rooms, each with a sink. Euro-based.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Whoops⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If I was ever going to just text random numbers, this is the right kind of shit to send

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The conservatives are calling basic Progressive policies "Communist".⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You said, when I talked about progressive tax:

  That’s different. That’s based purely on the amount. And I’m not just talking about salary, but compensation, including stock options, expense accounts, and other benefit packages that executives get beyond salary.

  I don’t understand what’s different then, if we both agree that the taxable base for an individual is their total compensation, not their base salary. I think we might have just talked past one another and essentially agree

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The conservatives are calling basic Progressive policies "Communist".⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, and all of these have a value that can be calculated. So tax them on the sum of their compensation + the value of the perks they receive.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The conservatives are calling basic Progressive policies "Communist".⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  edit: A possibly better option would be to tax executive compensation in a way that you don’t tax payroll. Though I don’t know enough to suggest the details with that.

  Uh, that’s easy. Progressive taxation, above whatever amount the % increases drastically.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Christa Pike at 18 years old when she was sentenced to death. She is now 50 and they are supposed to kill her this week⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  … 32 years later?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨180 Degree Rule⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  In case anyone else is confused: 180 degree rule

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Police Raid Home of 84-Year-Old Priest Who Joined Just Stop Oil Protest⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Why is it reasonable to go from “person participated in illegal protest” (which is NOT some extreme protest for an illegal topic), to “we’re going to raid their residence”? How is that relevant to the act of attending a protest. Fine or jail the person as prescribed by the (inane) law and move on, searching their home is overreach.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon questions the epidemic⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I agree entirely. Anecdotally, dating has always been easier for me than building platonic relationships.
  I think for dating the ‘rules’ are a lot more clear, so it’s easier to figure out what works and what does not. I can be fairly straightforward when dating, whereas budding friendships from my perspective and experience require a very different approach.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Disc drive needed⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m in Europe. I still remember my dad calling me on the landline after school, telling me to “turn on the TV and have fun”. To this day I don’t understand why he added the “have fun” part…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  In the EU, plenty of national ID systems exist. A world where a unified standard exists for these systems and I can just use the “EU login” standard instead of having to rely on a specific (usually American) vendor to manage my auth would be great.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I used to be an uber eats driver and lowkey⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I can’t even get two mains in Geneva for 35€ (well, CHF) most of the time 😅

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨FOR THE LAST TIME YOU'RE NEVER THE ONLY PERS- oh⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Worth the sacrifice, a croissant tree can feed an entire village

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Self sacrifice is honorable⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You generally can’t pursue someone for debt after a bankruptcy declaration, depending on the country. So if you’re 25M in debt, you go bankrupt and they can’t chase you for any more. You lose all your current assets, but at least you can rebuild a life. Still, rough path to choose.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Police Seek to Charge up to 57 People and 20 Firms Over Grenfell Tower Fire⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  9 years later? Wild

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What character is the king of plot armor?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Truly a #nofap for the sake of humanity

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What character is the king of plot armor?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Does that, uh, mean that every time he bleeds he clones himself?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨On the show Mr. Robot, just started watching I'm on episode 9, are all the hacks or whatever actually possible in real life?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  In regards to the Pi, I worked for a bank until recently that absolutely would not have discovered it. I was dealing with IAM, not network security, but the guys who were were drowning and the structures were not in place to automatically flag this, so I’m pretty sure it’d just live on… I think outside of big, solid corporate and very tech-heavy smaller firms, this kind of approach would rarely be discovered.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Your country’s definition of “of age” and my country’s definition of it is likely to differ. Easier to just implement a birthdate field than try to cover all the global legislations for these things. Especially when there are multiple conditions for “of age” in a single country. Old enough to vote? Old enough to drink? Those are often not the same.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A Baldur's Gate HBO series is in the works, will be set directly after Baldur's Gate 3 with new and returning characters⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  From afar, you get the impression that suits are in charge and if there isn’t already some “proof of popularity” of some sort, it won’t get greenlit