burningmatches

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[–] burningmatches 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It’s Andrew Hunter-Murray from No Such Thing As A Fish and Helen Lewis.

[–] burningmatches 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It’s usually around 50 years old.

[–] burningmatches 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It’s a Norway spruce.

[–] burningmatches 3 points 11 months ago (2 children)

You got some of the words right.

[–] burningmatches 2 points 11 months ago

True, you don’t see producers selling fake “parmigiano reggiano” in the US (why bother when most Americans only know it as parmesan anyway). But the EU couldn’t stop them. It’d more likely be a matter for US regulators if they consider it deceptive.

[–] burningmatches 10 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (6 children)

Those European rules don’t apply in the US. You can also make parmigiano reggiano in the US.

[–] burningmatches 2 points 1 year ago

The BoJ measures inflation to help it manage the economy. It’s not a political tool. As an individual, changes in your cost of living are personal to you. You don’t need the central bank or the government to tell you about it.

Obviously, the BoJ isn’t focused on individuals. It wants to see what’s happening across the whole economy. Through research that is freely available, it has determined that the index provides a more reliable signal when volatile fresh food prices are excluded (because the things that typically cause these prices to change, like the weather, don’t reflect a broad shift in the economy).

You’re wrong that energy isn’t included. That sentence is referring to a different (“core-core CPI”) index, which is higher at 4% because energy prices have gone down. Japan’s energy problems are as result of the post-Fukushima shift from nuclear, largely a result of public opinion.

Put simply, CPI isn’t a measure of “cost of living“. It’s a tool for central bank policy.

[–] burningmatches 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sensodyne Pronamel is SLS free and has fluoride.

[–] burningmatches 14 points 1 year ago

A huge amount of the pollution comes from farmers burning stubble. The solution to that isn’t complex.

[–] burningmatches 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Louis talks about this exact issue on his Hot Ones interview.

[–] burningmatches 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It’s difficult to monetise data if you source it illegally (except in China maybe). Nobody reads the ToS anyway so it’s not like you need a backdoor.

[–] burningmatches 14 points 1 year ago

It’s not being sold off. It’s an investment. Raspberry Pi has suffered from supply shortages that could be mitigated by entering into a partnership with Arm — and which would help further its charitable goals. Sales were down by more than a quarter in 2022 due to shortages.

And Arm isn’t the only minority shareholder. Sony, which manufactures its boards in Wales, also owns a stake.

These aren’t unusual commercial decisions to secure manufacturing and supply, and therefore maximise the dividend it pays to the foundation, while retaining majority control.

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