We declared war on Germany, and the German state that was involved in that conflict no longer exists.

It might be worth a shot trying to get Germany to pay for it, but regardless, we just need to muck in and get it done.

The costs are only 1/2 of a flag referendum. Let’s get on it!

The costs of an oil spill isn’t just financial…

Gunning for those Men’s Rights votes.

David Seymour - the man who’ll defend a neo-nazi’s right to free speech one week, and gag doctors from speaking on health issues the next.

Also they never sold it in many countries.

Not only do they cost more, the greater surface area means your cold drink warms up faster.

Neat.

I bought a Tesla years ago before Elon completely removed the mask.

No way I’d buy one now, but I also don’t want to sell it early and lose a tonne of money.

The Tesla board should intervene and remove him, but they won’t because he’s stacked it with yes men like his brother.

Words are great, but we really should be committing more support for Ukraine.

Seymour is saying the government is useless at owning things.

I’m saying the government owning state owned enterprises provides an additional revenue stream for the government coffers that doesn’t rely on taxes.

The fact that SOEs are run like any other corporation, just with the government as the shareholder, means they’re just as effective as any other corporate entity.

So Seymour is wrong.

???

State owned enterprises are run like corporations but pay dividends to the government as shareholder. Eg, Kiwibank, NZ Post, Kiwirail, what’s left of the power companies etc.

It’s no worse than anywhere else to be honest and mostly limited to older people.

Counterpoint: The more revenue the government earns from state owned enterprises, the less of a burden there will be on taxpayers.

That desktop app really is super hot garbage.

I’ll hold out for the Pro Max Ultra

Linus is really, really shitty at responding to criticism. I don’t think it’s malice, it just didn’t occur to them.

He should just be upfront and say “you know what? We should have done better here”. That’s it.

It must be weird being so old. I’d presume once you hit 80 you’d sort of stop planning for the long term. To still be around almost 30 years later…

Defence force staff are currently working to rule which is causing all sorts of problems. Eg taking their allotted breaks which leave critical parts of the org offline for 30 minutes or so (so they’re having to pull in officers to cover the gaps). It’s hugely disruptive and I assume very effective as a negotiation tool.

BUT. If the organisation can’t function with the staff taking their legally mandated breaks, the understaffing is just being exposed by the workers who have been plugging the gap, unpaid, until now.

That work to rule can see your pay docked is utterly insane.

The entire Polity series is great, but my favourite parts are always when we follow a Prador perspective.

Look at Mr Moneybags over here with a positive bank balance…

For music? You could use Bluetooth, or attach an SSD full of music. Or simply hotspot to your phone and use the built in music apps.

Personally I think $10 per month for unlimited data (audio and video streaming) is a steal.