Comment Re:Iron clad solution (Score 1) 65
There are lots of insiders - both in russia itself, and especially in the occupied territory which russia considers its own.
There are lots of insiders - both in russia itself, and especially in the occupied territory which russia considers its own.
I don't like Trump in general, but I like the part when Putin says "we have nukes, we are going to test one", Trump's response is "we also have nukes and are going to test one".
While the US can afford to run nuclear tests, russia really can't. Their economy is already under massive strain due to the war and associated sanctions, trying to simultaneously engage in an arms race with america could result in economic collapse similar to what happened to the soviet union.
Because what use do you have for cash at home?
And if you're going out somewhere, you can visit an ATM on the way.
And even if you are going out, how often do you actually need cash? The vast majority of places will accept cards, mobile payments or bank transfers etc.
I guess this cash delivery service only works if you're poor, if you're rich they're going to steal it.
Retail stores don't float around, they know the taxes which are applicable to the location of each individual store.
It needs to be inconvenient and convoluted enough that clueless users can't be tricked into doing it via phishing.
There are plenty of Android games already in existence which would run natively.
Well there's the point, the company doesn't care because they can make it your problem.
Introduce government regulation to make it the company's problem and these things would be solved for the benefit of everyone.
Why pay for you to drive to work? Are you working while driving?
You're carrying out an activity solely for the benefit of the employer that you wouldn't be doing otherwise and you're unable to use the time for your own activity - you are working.
I'm fairly sure the $80-100k salary you make at the office is perfectly fine... the $9 a day ($0.45/mile, 30 miles) you make on the drive to work isn't going to add a whole lot.
Those who live closer or work remotely don't have these costs.
If you assume that there are 252 working days in a year, then your commute costs you $2268 annually, which you have to pay after tax. Many people pay significantly more for commuting, and earn less than $80k.
If you didn't commute daily then you might not need a car at all, or could reduce the number of cars in the household.
For example the following figures published for the UK, where most people commute using public transport:
https://ifamagazine.com/averag...
These costs are paid from people's post-tax salary and the tax rates there are higher than the US.
Another goal should be to make companies put proper thought into where they locate their premises if they need one. Currently they will just gravitate towards the business districts where there are lots of offices but usually very little in the way of affordable housing and extremely congested travel routes at peak times. They don't care about the high cost of housing or the high cost (both time/money) of commuting because that becomes the individual employee's problem. If you make it the company's problem then they will start doing something about it.
Or just calculate taxes in advance and display the full price including taxes on the shelf. You can easily adjust the price of the item so that once tax is added it comes out to a round figure.
Most countries do this, so the price you see is what you actually pay.
Ryanair does not fly to the americas, they operate purely in europe and the immediate vicinity like north africa, they have no obligation to comply with laws outside of the countries they operate in.
Go to https://brew.sh/ - this is legitimate software for macos and the installation instructions are basically "paste this into a terminal".
It downloads a shellscript from github, and executes it.
There are quite a few legitimate programs like this, which trains users that this is normal.
Same on macos and linux, it's not a windows specific fault.
In fact there is a lot of legitimate software which provides "paste this into terminal" instructions, for instance homebrew on macos (https://brew.sh). This then goes and retrieves a shellscript and executes it with no validation.
This is a general purpose computer fault. The fact is general purpose computers are not a suitable tool for the masses, they are highly complex tools only suitable for those who know how to use them safely. Most people would be much better off with an appliance.
No they don't know what it is, so when given instructions explaining how to invoke it they don't question them.
The problem here is that many legitimate companies do in fact send unexpected emails containing links, or make unexpected calls without proving their identity (and even asking you to).
All of this trains users to expect such actions, and makes them more susceptible to the scams.
If you do practice basic precautions and question these companies for their poor practices they will often push back and call you paranoid.
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