JasSmith @ JasSmith @kbin.social

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Source? All data I can find indicates the opposite. The wealthier a cohort, the lower their fertility rate. In the U.S., for example, the wealthiest have the fewest kids and the poorest have the most.

To be fair, there’s an almost zero percent chance of the key being revoked. Microsoft sells (or sold) W10 keys for peanuts all over the world depending on the market. They don’t region lock. Their current strategy is monetising services, so there’s no risk they’re suddenly going to u-turn on their decade long strategy and kick off MS users.

Worst case scenario OP has to use one of the hacks explained in this submission in a few years.

Yeah NZDUSD is a favourite for forex traders.

Thanks! To extend an olive branch, NZ's heavy reliance on primary agricultural exports does pose systemic economic risk with a very high dollar. So I wouldn't be surprised if this were the target of those in charge. They just rarely put it into their policy documents. Probably because it's very unpopular with voters.

I don't think that's a reasonable position either. And no of course I'm not arguing it. I don't think anything I said above suggests I was.

Forgive my misunderstanding but it really does look like you were arguing Labour are not responsible for the continued decline:

But you seem to be blaming their policies for problems that have been steadily getting worse and worse over the last 20 years, no matter who has been in power. No one is going to fix it.

I'm glad to read that we agree that they are, at least in part, responsible.

However, exporters prefer a low dollar because that way they effectively get paid a lot more for their exports, and New Zealand is primarily an export economy, meaning exports are how we get the money to buy things in the first place.

You're right: a low dollar does help exporters. China keeps their currency artificially low for this reason. There are economic benefits, but I'm not sure the benefit is worth the cost. Especially for the average voter. I've heard both National and Labour defend a weak NZD, but I've never seen any policies aiming to keep NZDUSD at 60-70c. Do you have a link?

I fucking love that movie and think it's criminally underrated. It's got everything! Badass pilots, sick planes, sci-fi, massive explosions, existential stakes, quality bad guys, cool shoot-outs, an awesome climax. I even love the music, but I'm sure that's controversial.

There are of course factors outside the control of the governing party, but they are not blameless. They've been in power for six years. Are you really arguing they're not responsible for anything? I don't think that's a reasonable position.

NZDUSD has had a pretty rough decade. It hit a peak of 88c in 2014 and has steadily declined to 62c now. I don't place much stock in the musings of John Key or Bill English. The bottom line is Kiwis can buy less with their money now.

Racism is never acceptable, even when one thinks they have a good reason. All racists think their racism is justified. In a democracy each person gets one vote. We don’t give people extra votes on the basis of race. Democracy is sacrosanct, and any party seeking to dismantle it is going to be rightfully voted out of power.

The current government seeks to give Maori tribes (iwi) preferential power over national water assets. It is effective control over how water is distributed throughout the country.

I don’t see how they stay in power. Their cabinet has been a train wreck of scandal after scandal. Beyond that, their policies have resulted in worse poverty, worse homelessness, worse housing affordability (Auckland is now one of the least affordable cities in the world), the largest increase in house prices in NZ history, significantly worse crime, fewer people in prison and horrific cases of murder while on home detention, a faltering dollar, failing infrastructure like basic water services and access, and a health system on the verge of collapse. The cherry on top is Labour’s dogged adherence to the wildly unpopular and extremely racist “co-governance” principles. They seek to give people greater power over natural resources on the basis of race. It’s pants on head insane.

I can’t think of any government in NZ history which has performed worse. I don’t think National will solve all these issues, but it’s physically impossible for them to do any worse. Betting odds strongly favour National in the coming election, and betting sites typically outperform polls.

I haven't heard of that. So the one time use password is used to log in and then it works fine without warnings etc?

Okay this is neat, but still:

If you use any other domain name, Caddy will attempt to get a publicly-trusted certificate; make sure your DNS records point to your machine and that ports 80 and 443 are open to the public and directed toward Caddy.

First OP needs to configure his DNS service.

Then he needs to port forward 443 (if I'm reading the instructions correctly).

I work in a position responsible for decisions like this. They do AB tests to determine if the price change results in an excessive loss of subscribers. Usually the calculation is: if(profit increase loss from churn); proceed. They only exact price increases if their tests indicate they won't lose too many subscribers compared to the increase in revenue. That's why these price increases happen little by little.

Unless I want to watch from my holiday home. Or if my kids want to watch Netflix at my ex's house. Or if I travel regularly. Or I want to regularly watch Netflix with my friend or girlfriend at their house. There are numerous reports of restrictions on all of these, so they clearly are limiting the number of screens I can use.

I think I am more annoyed by their pricing plans following this move. They are double dipping by charging more for additional screens and then preventing users from using said additional screens. They shouldn't have tiered pricing plans by number of screens if they have no intention of honouring them.

You cannot study viruses without gain-of-function research.

We absolutely can study viruses without gain of function research. It just takes longer.

As for intelligence agencies, you’re incorrect in your assumption- nytimes.com/…/covid-lab-leak-wuhan-report.html

If you're arguing that intelligence agencies are unreliable, why are you linking to a report from an intelligence agency?

I think it was five minutes for you because you're already well acquainted with the concepts and/or tool. These are some older instructions for setting up Caddy and it's not just minutes of work for the average person. The certificate part alone would take more than five minutes, and HTTPS is a must for a smooth experience for users.

It promotes the culture war which serves to divide us so we fight with each other instead of addressing the real issue: extreme inequality.

This helps but it still looks like a huge pain to me. Any time yml configuration is required, complexity always increases a lot.

They cite the letter. You don’t have to trust the source. Read the evidence for yourself.

It’s not an admission that Covid-19 was engineered. It’s an admission that the lab at the epicentre of the outbreak was engineering corona viruses to make them more dangerous.

Without data, which China has destroyed, any research such as the paper you cite is working blind. I’m sure natural origin does seem the likely theory given the precedent they cite. But our intelligence agencies are privy to more than guesses.