kungen
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- Comment on i can't handle coffee 1 day ago:
the shits
I thought that’s why we drink coffee, no?
- Comment on Priorities 1 day ago:
Whippets are also extremely addictive.
- Comment on Anon tries to understand credit scores 4 days ago:
shitty card with a very high APR
Which doesn’t matter if you pay it off in full each month ;)
- Comment on 64$ the ticket, 1040$ surcharge. 5 days ago:
You’ve got the right idea for the European system though. “Tourist tax”. It’s usually low enough that it’s not a big deal, but I was shocked when I checked in at a hotel in Greece and the receptionist wanted 5€/night from me.
- Comment on Anon tries to understand credit scores 5 days ago:
One weird thing you missed is the “length of credit” though. Let’s say you get your first credit card somewhere as a kid, and now you’re 40 and haven’t had anything else. Suddenly, that bank wants you to pay a monthly fee to keep your account open. If you get a new credit card somewhere else, and cancel your kid-card, your score is going to get hit quite a bit, no?
If you did it “correct”, you’d have 10+ different cards lying in a drawer at home to tons of different credit agencies.
It’s all an insane game that you have to play, despite the fact that it can usually be played “for free”.
- Comment on Anon tries to understand credit scores 5 days ago:
Yeah, I would consider that somewhat “acceptable” usage though. It’d be irresponsible to approve a large loan to someone who’s already extremely overindebted, for example.
Sweden’s system doesn’t have a specific number like the US, but mostly just shows economical health. How many active loans you have, income over the last few years, and if you’ve had loans go to the enforcement agency. But we have the same sickness as America: if you have had something go to the enforcement agency within the last 3+ years, it’ll be basically impossible for you to rent an apartment (as if it wasn’t difficult in the first place).
- Comment on Latitudes 3 weeks ago:
It’s Spanish, no? Philadelphia in French is Philadelphie.
- Comment on U.S. consumers are so fucked up, that they put more than $1 billion on buy-now, pay later services during Cyber Monday 3 weeks ago:
Yeah, the card issuers are already making bank from the interchange/issuer/processing fees, as well as interest if the customer eventually isn’t able to pay their full balance in time.
But if you’re a perfect person and always pay your full balance every month, there’s literally no negatives with a credit card as a normal consumer. It’s usually even a better alternative, as if something goes wrong, a credit chargeback is much quicker and easier than a debit chargeback.
- Comment on U.S. consumers are so fucked up, that they put more than $1 billion on buy-now, pay later services during Cyber Monday 3 weeks ago:
A legally required age verification will be introduced. We want this to take effect as soon as possible to prevent minors from using BNPL.
Wait, it’s legal to put minors into debt in the Netherlands? In Sweden, a minor wouldn’t be liable to pay any such invoice, as minors can’t sign any legally-binding agreements without their guardian’s consent.
- Comment on We all do this 4 weeks ago:
PARKTRONIC has existed on Mercedes for like 20+ years… how is it an unreasonable assumption that you would have such a feature if reversing impacts your stereo volume?
- Comment on We all do this 4 weeks ago:
Isn’t that due to parking assist beeps? Turn that off and see what happens.
- Comment on Have you noticed the new way of promoting horrible food by telling you it has lots of protein 4 weeks ago:
It’s called snus.
- Comment on I miss Levis 5 weeks ago:
Wrangler still makes cheap, basic jeans out of thicker denim
Used to be decent, anyways. Now the price has more than doubled in the last year, and it broke after a couple months for me. I then ordered a second pair and the same thing happened. Maybe there’s a specific variant, or they sell different qualities to different markets?
- Comment on Aeroplane 1 month ago:
(after you land)
Bold of you to assume we’re landing this in a controlled fashion.
- Comment on Anon starts his day 1 month ago:
Dysin? Did he mean Desoxyn (methamphetamine), or is the guy popping vacuum cleaners?
- Comment on haveibeenpwned alternatives / data? 1 month ago:
If I recall, the founder had some workaround for situations like you describe. I am in the same situation but I didn’t have the effort to care enough to do all that hassle.
- Comment on Dear neighbor... 2 months ago:
Solution: go to neighbor’s yard and commit arson. Then it will hopefully chirp enough to be found.
- Comment on Salary negotiations are going well 🙃 2 months ago:
Yeah, it taints the entire relationship right from the start. So when you know they’ve already messed it up, keep that in mind: it’s your best way to get a raise right off the bat if you play the same game.
- Comment on Banana 2 months ago:
Do the 16p and 14p bananas taste better than the 13p bananas?
- Comment on FCC could roll back rule requiring ISPs to list every fee, apparently, there are too many 2 months ago:
Why is it unreasonable to expect an advertised price to be accurate? If someone says your Internet will cost $30 a month, why should you accept paying anything more than that? A fair market helps increase competition, and is a good thing for all consumers.
- Comment on wax on 2 months ago:
You mean a Royale with Cheese?
- Comment on Necessary post procedure care for vasectomy 2 months ago:
Did you say thanks afterwards to the pharmacist?
- Comment on QUACK QUACK QUACK 3 months ago:
But it’s literally the same substance… weird stuff.
- Comment on QUACK QUACK QUACK 3 months ago:
How can “Dr. Oz” sell folinic acid? Isn’t it prescription-only in the US?
- Comment on Anon doesn't fit in 3 months ago:
How can he be a former meth fiend if he works as a line cook? Or did he simply get a new drug-of-choice?
- Comment on A conundrum 3 months ago:
And if it gets so bad that the bank starts losing money… no worries, the government will simply bail them out like usual!
- Comment on ISO 26300 3 months ago:
downloaded an ODT documenting
Doesn’t really matter what document format it is, I wouldn’t dare using OO anymore. Maybe they still patch critical CVEs, and maybe no one even attempts exploits because it’s basically just in maintenance mode, but you never know…
Change isn’t fun, but I don’t think that UI-wise Libreoffice is such a big leap?
- Comment on Emoji Recently Added 3 months ago:
They just had to make it purple as well, eh?
- Comment on Shrinkflation 4 months ago:
I’d totally fall for that motion picture money.
- Comment on bmw 4 months ago:
I can’t even blame Tesla drivers for not blinking, it’s awfully designed… it’ll stay blinking for too long, then if you try to turn it off by putting it a bit in the opposite direction, now you’re blinking that way instead.
