May also be good to benchmark against attrs which also seems to be similar to what you want to do.
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I think true free marketers are about fair competition, and few would argue that legislation is necessary.
Allowing one company to benefit by illegal behaviour distorts the market and thus goes against the principles of free markets.
> Overall, there is no evidence of a significant increase in spending on private providers or widespread privatisation of services in recent years. https://www.kingsfund.org.uk/publications/articles/big-elect...
They voted for a very anti-immigration right wing party.
I booted in 5 minutes before the start of the game but it was unwatchable due to the fact that Windows updates were running at 100% for the first half an hour
[1] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/oct/07/ireland-poised... [2] https://www.revenue.ie/en/personal-tax-credits-reliefs-and-e...
There is a lot of chat about how horrible and stupid and crazy anyone who voted for Brexit was.
For me this has the effect of shutting down any debate whatsoever, and making HN just another group-think forum destroying the main reason why I come here and read.
You may strongly disagree with the ruling party - that's fine, but the politicians advocating their ideas are by not means stupid (Kwarteng has a PhD in economic history from the University of Cambridge, Truss read Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Merton College, Oxford). Rachel Reeves the shadow chancellor for that matter has a MSc in Economics from the London School of Economics.
All of these people know far more about economics than I do and for the most part whether I agree with them or not, I believe that they do have the best interests of Britain at heart; and I would say being "devoid of ideas" might be due to the circumstances in Britain and the world being pretty challenging with there being no easy answers. It doesn't take looking much beyond our borders to see that other countries' leaders are also struggling to deal with difficult circumstances (Olaf Sholz is leading a very divided Germany; Macron is being challenged by both extremes; Italy looks to be electing a pretty far-right leader).
Let's try to keep the name-calling and insulting to a minimum - it really doesn't help anyone, nor is it going to convince anyone of the rightness of your cause.
I really don't think that most people budget with worst-case scenarios in mind, so that even middle to high income households can be hit hard by a lack of disposable income.
[1] https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-economy-autos-fin...
Presidents should be able to remove judges whose decisions go against the national interest polls 42% democrat and 29% republican. Does this reflect the current status quo and how much would it change if it was a democrat majority supreme court?
Likewise 42% of republicans vs 31% favoured strong unelected leaders, but how would this change if the republicans were in power?
https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2016/nov/06...
Acknowledging the institution was wrong would be the first step to changing the culture.
https://www.edie.net/single-use-plastic-bags-down-97-in-supe...
I've been using vim for the past 20 years. Mainly because I haven't figured out how to exit it.
To be clear we do own another car which is an old Skoda Octavia Greenline also bought for cash. Its efficiency is pretty incredible even if it is a 'dirty diesel'.
I imagine myself trying to cast a spell like that and having to go through fifty iterations to even begin to start doing the right operation without killing the person; and even when fully trained making tons of error while doing it complete with much swearing and cursing.
I then start imagining how a spell academy would create tests for spells to test of unexpected consequences on the patient etc...
It's amazing how much complexity is hidden in a simple spell in fantasy.
I hear this bandied about a lot, but do you have any evidence to support this claim.
"In 2006/2007, 2.8% of NHS spending went to private providers, rising to 4.4% in New Labour’s last full year in government and 4.9% in the first year of the Coalition. About 7.6% of NHS revenue spending in 2015/16 went on purchasing care from private providers.12 In the three years from then to the Covid-19 pandemic, private spending flatlined, with the combined non-NHS spend of Commissioners and Trusts being under 8%.13 The Chief Executive of the NHS predicted in 2015 that the proportion of NHS work going to the private sector would be unlikely to increase beyond ‘the margins’.14 He has been proved right." https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/01410768211049...
From what I've read Labour was also responsible for the privitisation of healthcare.
Not that I'm personally opposed to some privitisation in a sensible manner, but the privitisation debate just seems to be some form of political attack with little grounding in reality.
There is little justification in the modern world for driving a SUV.
I have absolutely no need of anything bigger and my car has all the comforts I require. I was also able to buy it for cash.
I've never quite understood the desire to own a large car with all its concomitant costs.
Sounds like a horrendous collision.
I think I've forgotten how I lived without a constant stream of information. I'm seriously tempted to get a dumb phone to remove temptation to browse when I have a few minutes to spare.
The stupid thing is for all my reading, I don't feel any wiser or even knowledgeable. At the same time I think I'm less able to engage in normal conversation.