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The number of figures is pretty irrelevant when you factor in cost of living.

1. Find a job with an employer who will sponsor your visa. 2. Buy a plane ticket.

They don't and the pay is fine. Don't act like a d** and you'll be fine.

They're great while things work. If shit hits the fan, there's no support.

They didn't mention that so I assume they're more generally referring to the claims made in the article.

Interestingly, the guy who presents the counterpoints starts by saying he didn't read the book.

> And I have not read Count Down yet, though it's on my to-do list.

This if often claimed but there seems to be no evidence for it. If anything, all efforts to change humans using social techniques have failed. Take gay conversion therapy, for instance. It just doesn't work. There is no evidence for it. We just can't mold ourselves using social pressure -- because it's really down to biology.

Well, at the current rate of decline, it could.

> what is the actual relationship between lower sperm count and fewer children? I mean, you have maybe 2-3 children and millions of sperm, surely they are not linearly related.

Indeed they are far from it. If you "only" ejaculate a few million, you are practically infertile. Even with reproductive assistance like IUI, the chance of conception is something like 1% at a level of 2 million sperm post wash (i.e. when they've selected the most viable sperm).

If anything there are already too many guidelines.

(1) Try to be nice. (2) Don't be an a*hole.

Looks like it. Also from the article:

"One study published in 2017 found that sperm levels among men in Western countries had dropped by more than 50% over the past four decades after examining 185 studies involving close to 45,000 healthy men."

By the same line of reasoning, your customers could be faulted for believing you had a contingency plan.

> Our sites have been down for 3 hours now, and you're blaming someone else?

Well if the issue is at Google then maybe "blaming" isn't really the right word. No need to be rude.

I might as well make the same argument for your sites.

- Your sites have been down for 3 hours now, and you're blaming someone else?

> As a general rule, if you’ve served your time, then you’ve repaid your debt to society and should no longer be punished.

If you served your time, you spent the amount of time in prison that the judge decided you should spend in prison. That's it. There is no repayment. There does not have to be any reparation, remorse or consistency to the punishment.

> Having employers apply extra-judicial punishment to those how have already been sentenced and and served their time is kinda barbaric

You probably don't want the pedophile repeat offender to work at your daughters kindergarten. He has no right to be there and he is unsuitable. Not getting a job is not punishment.

There may very well be, but intelligence agencies don't want to expose their capabilities.

So you put this as a question but there is an implicit statement that "you consider this broken". That statement is from you though and not me. I don't seem to be a part of that conversation.

"The emails suggested that the firm was seeking access to records about its staff and customers from a police database holding millions of names and the personal information of criminals, victims and even witnesses."

Wait... is this about protecting criminals?

That's not the same thing..........

> You'd rather install the website as a native app so that it has even more device access and then allow it to send notifications to your phone?

I can always chose not to install an app.

> Is that really a cleaner, less intrusive UX for...

Imho it's a security question. I don't care if it's clean or less intrusive, the browser should be a sandbox.

mdma

Edit: Seriously though...

Try to be helpful by chosing to see problems as something you and other people are solving together and focus on the solution. For example, rather than saying or thinking "this is wrong" or "you are wrong", think "we could improve this by...".

This has to be genuine. People sometimes lecture to make themselves feel smart. I mean _actually_ be helpful.

> But that would simply mean that the lawyer is culpable for the criminal charges since it's their responsibility to know the law and ensure that their recommendations comply with the law.

It would if giving inaccurate was a criminal offense, but it isn't.

Otherwise anyone could ask their lawyer to write them a note and use it as an excuse / a defense against criminal charges.

I don't care what the branch is called, but people should never give way to harassment. That only emboldens the people who do it.

> Now a group of people has proposed a different convention that they like better,

Umm, no, they were pressured into it. That also means the reason they're doing it is pressure, not liking it.

> and it's gained traction.

It didn't "gain" traction. It was forced on people by various means of pressure.

Microaggressions aren't a well defined concept that actually exists.

Dammit UK...

Imho, the licensing agreement creates a barrier for purchase while likely providing little protection because much of it is likely not enforceable in practice.

The target market for any product is people who buy the product. However much they value the work, want exclusivity etc doesn't factor in.

The font is beautiful. The license is unworkable.

How should an organization keep track of the number of users working with a font? It's an expensive and practical problem that's outside the core business of any company. Even with the most expensive package, there is still a cap and that's a at 1500 USD which is a steep price considering the competition is free.

Then we have the license agreement. First it's too long. Yes seriously. Getting company lawyers involved makes sense when doing something risky, expensive or complicated like hiring from abroad. Not for using a font or buying a cup of coffee. There is nothing complicated about these transactions. It's made complicated by the agreement.

Skimming through the contract...

> you undertake to keep all copies of the Font Software secure and to maintain accurate and up-to-date records of the number and locations of all copies of the Font Software

Expensive and practically difficult in a small organization and even worse in a bigger one.

> These terms are governed by English law and you can bring legal proceedings in respect of the products in the English courts.

Well that's great, now we need an _English_ legal team.

This is a fantasy.

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