burningmatches

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[–] burningmatches 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The chart in the article shows debt repayments as a share of revenues, so it's already a net result.

However, roughly a third of our "debt" is owned by the government through the Bank of England, so I'm not sure how the UK would compare if such payments were netted out (or if the figures are already net of that)...?

[–] burningmatches 30 points 1 year ago

The Home Assistant community is very responsive and can help with this kind of stuff if you can't find the answers you need just from searching around.

https://community.home-assistant.io/

[–] burningmatches 33 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's even worse than that. X is used so widely in trademarks that it's guaranteed to attract lawsuits. Facebook had to settle several claims over the change to Meta, and the use of X is a much bigger problem than that. And Musk is so dumb that he'll probably try to fight them and end up paying a fortune in legal fees anyway.

Edit: Relevant article: https://www.reuters.com/technology/problem-with-x-meta-microsoft-hundreds-more-own-trademarks-new-twitter-name-2023-07-25/

[–] burningmatches 4 points 1 year ago

It’s illegal to park in front of fire hydrants so you’d want a self-driving car to know that. However, I think Tesla is pretty much the only company using cameras for self-driving cars (rather than lidar/radar), so not sure this is the real reason for the captchas. Knowing where hydrants are would be useful for Google Maps too.

[–] burningmatches 2 points 1 year ago

No way you took them yourself…

[–] burningmatches 19 points 1 year ago

The cipher used by Mary Queen of Scots in the 1500s was just broken this year. It’s a good example of how communications were secured back in the day.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/codebreakers-discoverand-decipherlong-lost-letters-by-mary-queen-of-scots-180981613/

[–] burningmatches 3 points 1 year ago

Except in all those situations where this is absolutely not the case (says science). Even in the first few shots of the video, you can see the guy out of the saddle in his (presumably) easiest gear, because it’s too steep to sit and spin at 150W. Because obviously.

[–] burningmatches 3 points 1 year ago

Withnail and I

[–] burningmatches 3 points 1 year ago

Dan’s guilt-free low-carb treats don’t seem to be working.

[–] burningmatches 1 points 1 year ago

An MBA is a post-graduate degree.

[–] burningmatches 1 points 1 year ago

Lots of people with arts degrees earn good money.

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