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CertainlyWorse
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2mo ago
Agreed. I think Trump came off as less unhinged to the normies by waiting his turn. He didn't need to do anything because Biden sunk himself. Kamala can't talk off the cuff in a credible way as far as I've seen so the same strategy might pay out.
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2mo ago
I'm a big fan of speed dating, but it's not for everyone. I've got friends that were happy to meet girls out at bars but for some reason shied away from speed dating or otherwise didn't get good results.
Meetup singles groups are another good alternative where you can vet potential partners in real life. I always find in real life opportunities to be better as you don't risk wasting time investing hours pre-meet only to disqualify them the instant you see them in person..
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2mo ago
Part of the Tinder starter pack along with chloroform, rag and breath mints.
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2mo ago
I don't have anything to add here, but I had a flashback to a bad Tinder date. Halfway through a coffee the girl accused me of lying about my height, because 'her brother is my stated height and I'm shorter than him'. I said we should go find a measuring tape straight away and see who was wrong. May as well have thrown some gas on a fire. Kept accusing me of lying but wouldn't let me prove her wrong so I just shrugged and left.
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2mo ago
New Zealand is a great place to retreat to in the event of a global economic collapse, but its a terrible place in terms of personal income tax. If you're at the billionaire level and just take loans out against your assets instead of 'earning income' then this probably won't bother you.
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2mo ago
A location independent business has no local resources that can be nationalised. Dubai is more of a tax friendly base (at least until it isn't). Sure if you own property, that could be confiscated in the worst case scenario.
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2mo ago
The other option is start a location independent business and move from the declining West to Dubai or some other Special Economic Zone. I can't really see anything else that will have a major personal impact, but it's not really feasible for those that have put down roots.
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3mo ago
This is a fairly standard slice of life for a conscientious ethical white collar professional working in Australia (and probably much of the West). There's a fair bit more to say about the ATO, which as far as I know is inscrutable and unaccountable in the way the OP has said.
OP, the world won't end and neither will your career. This won't fall on you. You're predicting (and wisely planning for) the worst case scenario which will never eventuate. Senior professionals not training or preparing juniors under them is unfortunately business as usual. You've done the best you can with what you have in terms of time, resources and knowledge. Rest well. If the client comes after the company, they won't come after the junior.
Also, well done on covering your arse by saving correspondence and secreting it away on your private servers away from the company. In my career, I've never needed to use a security blanket like that, but I've heard stories and so I still think it's best practice for any white collar professional getting directed to do something they are not comfortable with.
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3mo ago
No, there's still a small mental drain.
Best thing is to go for a walk or other wise do a mundane thoughtless task.
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3mo ago
Gandalf says no.
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3mo ago
From an outsider's perspective I think that there's a lot of mask off going on with the political response to the current situation. The panic is telling because they've ostensibly overreacted, but this doesn't leave them anywhere else to escalate to unless they want to go down the 'V for Vendetta' path.
The migrant to GDP path has failed. There needs to be a correction back to sanity, but how and when that happens is really up in the air.
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3mo ago
For all the issues I have with the uni > PR pathway, it does seem to be a good mix of cash injection into the Australian economy with university as an IQ/conscientiousness screen. My big issue is the rubber stamping of international students through the kayfabe of 'group assignments' with native students which waters down the later screening.
An alternative to the 'golden visa' that is often used is a 'business investment' visa which gives you eventual PR for investing in the local economy. This has the downside of creating a whole subsidiary ecosystem of local companies that keep a bunch of businesses on their books to sell to prospective immigrants. How it works is that you go to a local agent who is fluent in your language of choice. They sell you a Chinese restaurant/grocery store. The business is not incredibly profitable, but doesn't always make a loss. After 3-5 years showing financial statements you get PR and then sell the business back to the agent to be recycled for the next immigrant. Business investment falls afoul of Goodhart's Law.
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3mo ago
Don't mean to 'directly' shit on Harris, but the government needs to have supply driven policies. I don't really care which flank they're from, it needs to come from this side, even at a cost to housing prices through increased supply.
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3mo ago
Yes within reason, if you live in a modern construction with a concrete slab under you. You should be fine with a setup like this as long as you don't start powerlifting. I don't intend to ever lift more than 100kg/220lbs. If you're really worried and have timber floorboards you might want to do some research on maximum weight, but its really unlikely to be problem.
Also you need to make sure that you have some floor protection if you're in a rental (see my flattened cardboard even though its a bare concrete slab). Ideally you would use rubber tiles (~1m x 1m x 10+mm) for a permanent fitout. Things can be mitigated by using rubber coated plates like I'm using the picture and also by making sure you don't ever drop the bar unless its an emergency. This is both to make sure the flooring doesn't get damaged and also that you don't annoy your downstairs neighbors.
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3mo ago
My understanding is that the Commissioner was directing his comment generally at people overseas breaching UK's online laws regarding hate speech and incitement. Which seems like massive overreach and ultimately an empty threat.
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3mo ago
I think it's good general opsec to change handles over the medium to long term (6 months to 2+years depending on your risk tolerance). It's not just about posting spicy opinions, but the fact that the internet is forever and you don't know what advances in technology (AI scraping), the social landscape (authoritarians getting into power), and even your personal views and desire for privacy changing in the future. Swapping handles and being reasonably careful about dropping too much identifying information is just a good practice to get into and well worth the 5% of the time you'd like to share something but can't because it might let people/AI connect the dots.
My handle here is too similar to one I used on another forum, but I've since used a tool to overwrite past comments to cover my tracks. Even so I also wonder if I'm not being paranoid enough.
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3mo ago
I think it's just demand driven. Home gyms are cheap compared to ongoing gym fees so buyers are willing to pay more. The plates also keep their value as long as they're functional, which is years and years unless treated badly or left exposed to the elements. Even with cosmetic damage they are perfectly functional. They're just heavy things to be lifted. Once purchased there is rarely a need to buy more.
I sold a similar home gym about 5 years ago when moving long distance. I had bought it for $US450 and sold it for about $380 after 3 years of use. The buyer rang the same day it was listed and picked it up an hour after his call paying in cash. It wasn't an opportunistic reseller, but a young guy with his girlfriend looking for a home gym.
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3mo ago
I don't have anything to add but I really approve of a thread like this. So much of the internet world is about tearing things down and not building things up.
Ok, I'll half arse this. Here is my recently built 'home gym'. I sourced this from multiple suppliers and got it for a reasonable price (<US$700).
This is 'project complete' so don't need any support. I strongly recommend others to build home gyms for convenience and lack of ongoing costs. They work best for introverts, although I don't know where I'd find one of those around here.
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3mo ago
The only scenario in which it would perhaps go the boy's way is if he was hot, in which case he doesn't need to do that to attract girls anyway.
I found friendzone advice is often better reframed as 'Things I would like a man I already find attractive to do'.
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3mo ago
I've been following the BBC and noticed themes from the govt's pre-planned counter-terrorist response to civil unrest throughout their reporting. The fix is in.
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3mo ago
Some school activities that are called "volunteering" are not really voluntary; the word "volunteering" is used in reference to "volunteer work" i.e. the children are not paid for their labour, but if they do not do the work they are punished.
I've heard this referred to as being 'voluntold'.
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3mo ago
From a cursory glance, Russia imprisons western nobodies on trumped up charges just to have something to trade in these exchanges. Bad incentives to keep trading for them.
On the back of revelations that the IBA banned Khelif mid tournament some time ago and that Carini has now issued an apology, the IBA is gifting Carini a US$50k payout as if she had won a gold medal..
This is after the IOC recently discredited the IBA for banning Khelif 'without due process mid tournament':
These two athletes were the victims of a sudden and arbitrary decision by the IBA. Towards the end of the IBA World Championships in 2023, they were suddenly disqualified without any due process.
“According to the IBA minutes available on their website, this decision was initially taken solely by the IBA Secretary General and CEO. The IBA Board only ratified it afterwards and only subsequently requested that a procedure to follow in similar cases in the future be established and reflected in the IBA Regulations. The minutes also say that the IBA should ‘establish a clear procedure on gender testing’.
“The current aggression against these two athletes is based entirely on this arbitrary decision, which was taken without any proper procedure – especially considering that these athletes had been competing in top-level competition for many years.
Nothing about whether Khelif has XY chromosones. Entire statement is 'the IOC developed guidelines and followed those guidelines therefore it's irrelevant what genetics Khelif has as all people have the right to compete'.
Who is running the IOC's media account? It's worth going through all the statements by IOC against the IBA recently.
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3mo ago
Vipassana has 'pay it forward' 'free' 10 day meditation retreats around the world. I've been on a couple in my life and found them very rewarding. You basically vow to follow Buddhist precepts for the retreat including: Vow of silence, no eye contact, vegan diet, harm no-one (try not to step on ants etc), and living to a regimented schedule of meditation, eating, sleeping. I found it very rewarding and definitely noticed how the modern lifestyle impacts you after resetting myself back to lifestyle homeostasis.
Going further down this line of reasoning, anything less than electoral officials bringing a mobile voting booth and ballot box to your front porch would be "supression". At some point voters should make the smallest of efforts to enable themselves to vote for the sake of practicability and in support of election security.
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