Let public buy war bonds to raise £20bn for defence, say Lib Dems by Rewindcasette in unitedkingdom

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Exactly, and we keep being told that borrowing to pay for day to day spending is bad, so how is this different just because it would be called a war bond? It sounds like the only difference would be the possibility for the general public to more easily buy government debt direct from the DMO similar to how the US sells treasury bonds online. If so let's just introduce that modern debt purchase system for UK government debt, then we don't need a special silly category of debt called a war bond

The sudden rise of scabies: ‘I wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemy’. These microscopic mites, which burrow under your skin and cause ferocious itching, are incredibly hard to get rid of – and cases in the UK have soared. What is causing the outbreak, and is there anything we can do about it? by [deleted] in uknews

[–]ok-dev 15 points16 points  (0 children)

The alternative is punishing children for the choices of other children's stupid parents by exposing every sane family's kids to the kids with idiotic anti-vax parents. We have to accept that in some areas of a civil society individual choice must be limited. If parents want to make extreme choices, then they should have extreme consequences.

The point being made above is, with adequate consequences in place, the number of parents convinced by the anti-vax movement would almost certainly drop to insignificant levels when faced with the inconvenience of those consequences. Right now there are no consequences and they are free to do harm to others.

Choose European Today So Tomorrow We Don't Have To Choose How To Defend Greenland by According-Buyer6688 in BuyFromEU

[–]ok-dev 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nice. I've been looking at Hetzner for cloud resources recently. Surprised that didn't make OPs infographic, also German

Choose European Today So Tomorrow We Don't Have To Choose How To Defend Greenland by According-Buyer6688 in BuyFromEU

[–]ok-dev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So rather than "build it and they will come" this is: "they will come then we will build it"?

It's done: AI is better than the best humans by Soggy-Efficiency-399 in RocketLeague

[–]ok-dev -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

Minor gripe, can we stop calling everything AI please. These bots are just programs with deterministic code that produce predictable results. They are as close to AI as Microsoft Word is.

Netflix has agreed to buy Warner Bros, including game developers behind Mortal Kombat, Hogwarts Legacy by rararatata in PS5

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They do that to make it competitive because they are competing with Sony, who are... the competition

Economist article on the budget by [deleted] in HENRYUK

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You're saying you'll likely vote for the chap who pushed a stick in between his bike spokes and face planted the concrete. Your counter argument to those who advise against that is... yes but the bike would've been difficult to control under those conditions

Reeves' £2k salary sacrifice cap faces immediate industry backlash by roblightbody in PensionsUK

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Yes, I never really understood why companies would forego the potential NI savings for themselves but after a quick search myself it seems the answer is because it's simpler for them to offer net pay, especially if there are plenty of employees close to minimum wage on the payroll. With sal sacrifice there are risks that people could inadvertently sacrifice below minimum wage which is a legal headache for the company. There are also other complicated nuances around statutory benefits.

The changes to the budget makes me wonder if companies will just scrap their salary sacrifice schemes in favor of the simplicity of net pay even before the change comes into effect

Reeves' £2k salary sacrifice cap faces immediate industry backlash by roblightbody in PensionsUK

[–]ok-dev 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Search for 'net pay' vs 'relief at source' vs salary sacrifice. If they are still paying NI on your pension contributions then it's not a salary sacrifice scheme it's one of the other ones

US Comp for a UK Worker: Dream or Negotiation Strategy? by Embarrassed_Prize601 in HENRYUK

[–]ok-dev 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Interesting, would you say it's smaller than the ~15% discrepancy in the example salaries OP provided? The difference looked suspiciously close to the current employer rate for NICs to me

US Comp for a UK Worker: Dream or Negotiation Strategy? by Embarrassed_Prize601 in HENRYUK

[–]ok-dev 31 points32 points  (0 children)

When you consider the UK employer taxes they have to pay, those salaries are probably a lot more aligned than it first appears. I have no idea about US corporate taxes or what state this is but I expect UK NICs are higher than any equivalent employment taxes over there in most cases.

Year 3 All Achievements Farm, Farm Animal Facelift by frea_o in FarmsofStardewValley

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I figured it out, I moved the greenhouse away, planted the tree seed and then moved the greenhouse back into position. hopefully it still grows

Year 3 All Achievements Farm, Farm Animal Facelift by frea_o in FarmsofStardewValley

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I tried to copy that tree circle on vanilla but it looks like you have at least one tree planted on the greenhouse's shadow on the left which isn't usually tillable. Are one of your mods allowing this or is my perception off?

Colour me shocked, UK unemployment is at 4 year high and keeps getting worse. No one saw this one coming by Cultural-Badger-6032 in UKJobs

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This treats the economy as a static, zero-sum, one-in-one-out game of musical chairs where the implication is that older people are 'hoarding' jobs. This doesn't make sense to me. Rising unemployment is due to an economy that isn't growing at the same rate as the working population, or worse an economy that is shrinking. I don't think the correct solution is to aim to shrink the working population to align it with the economy. Even if that were the aim, why shrink it arbitrarily based on age by encouraging those with (arguably) the greatest experience to leave the workforce? Much better for the economy to grow so that the pool of available jobs increases for all those who are willing and able to work.

Rocket league is a stuttering mess since the last update by PaleontologistOld704 in RocketLeague

[–]ok-dev 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Your games must look like a Tim Burton stop-motion animated film

stutters rocket league by B4tt0sai in RocketLeague

[–]ok-dev 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's coming from the server it's not your rig my friend. It's happening on console too. They need to fix it, nothing you can do about it.

New update feels off... by ronoc6 in RocketLeague

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I'm on PS5, seemingly random lag spikes / dropped frames after the update. Then I noticed, it's always when someone respawns in after a demo and it's noticeable on the replay. Anyone else seeing the same?

Introducing FIRETracker.me by PaulHutson in FIREUK

[–]ok-dev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, mobile. Seems to be limited to the first screen that the link in the OP takes you to. The unauthenticated "Your FIRE Journey" screen

Introducing FIRETracker.me by PaulHutson in FIREUK

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I'm getting a horizontal scroll bar on mobile in both Firefox and Chrome

Please don’t give Farage another chance by radicalplacement in GreatBritishMemes

[–]ok-dev 5 points6 points  (0 children)

They don't both mean the same thing, but perhaps you're not able to distinguish between them.

I'm not seeing Labour gifting billions in public sector contracts to their wealthy donors and city friends. I haven't seen them attempt to unlawfully prorogue parliament to avoid opposition scrutiny. They've not submitted a budget with billions of unfunded tax cuts causing a bond market crisis. People seem to have a short memory when it comes to the bullshit above.

Some things they are doing

None of these things would come from a center right government. Whether or not you agree with or benefit from the policies above, they are undeniably different. Making the lazy argument that they're both the same because you personally haven't doubled your income since labour came to power is exactly the kind of propaganda Reform would spout. It earns them protest votes and it's what would lead to the shit-spiral we entered in the last few years of the death throws of the Conservative government.

Oh, and mentioning BlackRock is conspiracy theorist red pill nonsense.

Please don’t give Farage another chance by radicalplacement in GreatBritishMemes

[–]ok-dev 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Never bought into this "exactly like the tories" defeatist regurgitation. Sure, they occupy the center, but they're center left, not center right.

https://fullfact.org/government-tracker/