DogMuffins @ DogMuffins @discuss.tchncs.de

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Should I cut my nails this month? If only there was a list of 7 things I should consider.

You're right, but the "so-called" only becomes suspicious when it's included unnecessarily.

From OPs example if you just omit it the sentence is fine and doesn't imply that the friends are not actually friends.

In the first type of usage, "so-called" provides information that the reader is unaware of, so it's use does not imply the name is inappropriate.

In the second type of usage it's presumed the reader already knows the name, inserting "so-called" emphasises that the subject has whatever name.

Yeah, but I had thought the non-indigenous living in those communities would still be yes voters.

Wait. They reluctant to sanction him in-case he ignores them and they have to decide whether to jail him?

I hate this bitch ad much as the next guy but come on.

Ridicule her for her stupid tweets and dumb policies, just ignore what she does in her free time.

I've bought about a dozen from friends and family.

Search on eBay.

Find a seller with many of the same model. These are tech contractors offloading the laptops they just replaced under some contract - you'll get a laptop that's been sitting in some managers drawer for the last 3 years.

Next go to the contractors own website, not ebay. See what stuff they have.

I usually email them and just try to express interest in buying 2 or more laptops, ask what peripherals they have - get a dock or something. Ask about RAM or SSD upgrades, things like that.

You're helping them offload their second hand stuff, avoid ebay fees, not being a dick.

anyone who has lived in any other culture and then returned will agree

Big call. I've spent a few years south east asia. Racism and classism is deeply rooted in their cultural psyche. As a European foreigner you're the beneficiary of their preconceptions, but talk to pretty much any of them about neighbouring countries, or differing religions and you see a very different picture.

This is really interesting in many ways.

6 months ago, if you had have told me that these communities would be less than 90% yes I would've been surprised.

What a shit show.

No, that's just how it appears through the advertising revenue model.

Bear in mind this model has been actively developed over the last 20+ years. Imagine of other models enjoyed that kind of attention.

Consumers pay for ads in product costs. Access for poor people is a myth.

Yeah in the world news thread there's multiple links to the guy from Black Peoples Union doing an interview.

It's infuriating to watch for many reasons. IMO very flawed logic, and ulterior motives.

It's a false dichotomy that you need to choose between the voice "or" something better.

The voice would have paved to road to something better.

That's true, but I didn't go into that because OP didn't ask.

Here in Aus local council revenue is a function of property value.

IDK who the fuck this guy is but he's speaking my language.

Fuck the advertising revenue model.

It's insidious.

It's not influence as in "let's have a logical and transparent discussion about wfh vs on premise".

It's rumours, back channel favours, manipulating numbers, etcetera.

Bear in mind not all companies are publicly traded. Plenty of closely held companies were started by grand dad and run on rumour and here say.

There's a lot of dumb answers here.

people say that the motivation is to raise real estate prices

It's not the sole motivation and it's not even "a" motivation for some businesses.

Basically, wealthy people generally are going to have all sorts of investments. If you own any commercial property then you're going to exercise whatever influence you have to support people continuing to work on premise. That influence is often in the form of shareholders putting pressure on management.

So maybe they lower lease rates to attract new tenants.

The golden rule of commercial leasing is that you never, ever, reduce the lease cost because the value of the property is calculated directly from lease value. Reduced lease cost is reduced property value. In valuing a commercial property the lack of a tenant is not important.

tenants stuck in higher rate leases start doing the math on penalties for breaking their existing lease vs the new prices.

Generally with a commercial lease your only real options to exit are to find someone to take on your lease. If lease prices have dropped then no one will want to take on your dud lease.

Oh man. I just realised the mobile version doesn't have the picture of the classic democracy sausage.

You have to switch to the desktop version to see it in all its glory.

Come on mate, obviously there would have been demonstrated will if the referendum was upheld.

Awesome. I needed this. Thankyou.

There's a lot of this going on. "Actually progressive people voted no!"

It's not another toothless advisory panel.

It would've been a constitutionally supported advisory, with demonstrated will of the Australian people. That wouldn't be so easily ignored.