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marzipanWhale··on “No Tax on Tips” Includes Digital Creators, Too
Why would you want to spread tipping culture?
marzipanWhale··on I couldn't submit a PR, so I got hired and fixed it myself
This, but with 24 hour clock.
marzipanWhale··on Working from home is here to stay
I agree with you. When I work at home I'm barely half as efficient, and I get depressed after a couple of days. My brain is just not wired for it.
marzipanWhale··on Europe to End "Salary Secrecy": Employee Salaries to Become Public by 2026
You can see the following three numbers:

Wealth, Income, Calculated tax

Here's what it says for me (I've censored some stuff with ):

Born: 19** Wealth: 5** *** Postal code/area: **** Income: 4** *** Tax Municipality: *** Calculated tax: 1** ***

marzipanWhale··on Europe to End "Salary Secrecy": Employee Salaries to Become Public by 2026
Norwegian here.

This isn't really an issue, as far as I can tell. I feel in general most people get paid fairly, so if you're doing the same work as someone else the pay won't be that different.

I've always shared and talked salary with my coworkers, both when I was earning the least and the most of my coworkers. When I earned the least, they helped me with how to approach my boss for a raise; and now when I'm the best paid, I help my coworkers get what they deserve.

marzipanWhale··on Crypto 'mixer' convicted of money laundering on Bitcoin Fog
I've used bitcoin in the past and never saw the reason for mixing. I don't really care if people track down my purchases. Anonymity is not why I use bitcoin.
marzipanWhale··on YouTube: The End of the MrBeast Era
I'm not sure why, but Youtube has still not recommended any of MrBeast's videos to me. Am I really that far from his target audience?
marzipanWhale··on European crash tester says carmakers must bring back physical controls
I got rid of my last car many years ago when cars still had casette players. What kind of controls do you really need in a car? I realize that a lot of cars have built in GPS now, but in my opinion all controls that require typing or looking at a screen should be disabled until the car is stopped.
marzipanWhale··on JPEG XL Is a Stupid Name
To be fair, it does support eXtra Large dimensions.
marzipanWhale··on Text editing on mobile: the invisible problem
I know about this in Swiftkey, but since I'm using more than one language, this action is used to change languages instead. It's unfortunate because moving the cursor is very useful.
marzipanWhale··on The Anti-Ownership eBook Economy
Oh, that's neat. Thanks for finding this.

Edit: I don't really care if I lose it, though. I just won't tell Amazon if I do.

marzipanWhale··on The Anti-Ownership eBook Economy
I haven't needed to do it.

I think it's because I download the file for my old Kindle Keyboard 3G, so I probably get a file without DRM. Not sure. Calibre "just works".

marzipanWhale··on The Anti-Ownership eBook Economy
When I buy ebooks on Amazon I always download them and put them in Calibre. I have also sent copies to my brother. The article states that this is impossible, but Amazon literally has a "download" button. (Although they hide it well)
marzipanWhale··on How to quit cars
Thirteen years ago I got rid of my car when I moved. I've lived in two different countries and three different cities with a population ranging from 80k to several million. In those thirteen years I've never wanted to buy a car.

I don't agree with you that public transport sucks. But it does suck in some situations.

But when I need to buy some furniture or transport luggage? I'm privileged enough to be able to ask parents and siblings to borrow theirs.

And just to use your own phrasing: Nothing beats getting on the bus in the morning, zooming past the traffic in the dedicated bus lane, reading a book, and having to walk a shorter distance than the people who drive to work have to walk from the parking lot.

But I understand that I'm lucky. I had the opportunity to buy an apartment so that I have a great bus route to work. I have the opportunity to borrow a car when I need one. The weather is warm enough most of the year that I can bike everywhere I want to go. I live five minutes walking distance from a grocery store.

And although electric cars are great; (If I did buy a car I'd probably buy something like the Renault Twizy) they are still cars. They still get stuck in traffic, they still need parking lots. They tear more on the road system due to the increased weight of the battery. The real way forward is to put people in a positition where they don't need a car for most errands. Walkable cities, bike infrastructure.

marzipanWhale··on How companies use dark patterns to keep you subscribed
Nitpick alert:

> In the EU, regulators like the Norwegian Consumer Council have been focusing on dark patterns and their harms since 2018 [...]

Norway is not in the EU.

marzipanWhale··on Europe’s Longest Bicycling Tunnel Opens in Norway
I yearn for the day when I can use my swan pedal boat to go to China to pick up my aliexpress shipment.
marzipanWhale··on Python Dictionaries
I really like Raymond Hettinger's video on Python dictionaries: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npw4s1QTmPg
marzipanWhale··on Uber Eats' Swapped Order Problem
If someone called me 'tiny boots' I'd just assume they were comparing me to Caligula
marzipanWhale··on Europe pushing for lunar time zone
I assume this is due to time dilation, so it's not a limitation of the clocks.
marzipanWhale··on Chokuretsu ROM Hacking Challenges Part 1 – Cracking a Compression Algorithm
This reminds me of the project I started trying to translate Heiretsu. I have twice given up on how to unpack and repack the script.
marzipanWhale··on Australia's weird little time zone (2008)
I recently learned that Morocco observes daylight saving time all year... Except for Ramadan. So sometimes they use standard time in winter, sometimes in summer.

Seems to me it would be annoying for the populace, and downright nightmarish for software developers.

marzipanWhale··on Boeing's 737 Max Software Outsourced to $9-an-Hour Engineers (2019)
Not related to the content, but I find it interesting that the article is using ー (Katakana-Hiragana Prolonged Sound Mark) instead of em dashes (—)
marzipanWhale··on The Old Reader
I've been using selfoss since Google Reader shut down. It's nothing special, but it's been running without problems for many years now without any issues

https://selfoss.aditu.de/