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#3320181 13-Dec-2024 17:28

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If a service station can't sell petrol it's secondary income streams won't keep the lights on. They will disappear anyway as the primary reason for customers to visit the disappears.

It's not a dairy that sells petrol as a sideline, the investment and cashflows don't work that way.

Correct but many have a garage attached which doesn't rely on petrol sales. Those business are affected by this silliness.

I've usually seen such garages run as a separate business with separate staff. They're physically attached but it's just a lease arrangement.

Either way, if the petrol side of the business goes under, the garage side is not going to step up and pay for tanks that aren't in use.

I also have a feeling that if RUCs appear on petrol, you'll see a return to high EV and diesel sales, both of which would be bad for rural petrol stations.

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#3320475 14-Dec-2024 16:03

Game "Nightreign" announced, with the announcement video saying to go to nightreign.com for info.

nightreign.com:

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#3320589 14-Dec-2024 17:57

These lunatics Conspiracy theories overwhelm Reserve Bank submissions - Newsroom

"Voices of Freedom"

Those idiots are everywhere. And they are dumb.

"According to its summary of the survey, the result was overwhelmingly negative, with more than 80 percent of respondents saying they did not agree with the central bank’s reasons for investigating digital cash, and just over 10 percent saying it was important to have cash in a digital form.

A quick analysis of the written submissions shows many linked digital currency to what they allege is a global agenda driven by the World Economic Forum to erode freedoms and exert control over the population.

Submissions referred to many other fringe beliefs, extending into digital identity legislation, surveillance, and 15-minute cities. Links were also made to the Chinese Communist Party’s social credit scheme."

These are stupid comments. If they are worried about privacy, I have some news for you. Try using a bank and find out what information they already have about you. Or talk to the IRD.

Digital cash won't change it.

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#3320590 14-Dec-2024 17:59

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These lunatics Conspiracy theories overwhelm Reserve Bank submissions - Newsroom

"Voices of Freedom"

Those idiots are everywhere. And they are dumb.

"According to its summary of the survey, the result was overwhelmingly negative, with more than 80 percent of respondents saying they did not agree with the central bank’s reasons for investigating digital cash, and just over 10 percent saying it was important to have cash in a digital form.

A quick analysis of the written submissions shows many linked digital currency to what they allege is a global agenda driven by the World Economic Forum to erode freedoms and exert control over the population.

Submissions referred to many other fringe beliefs, extending into digital identity legislation, surveillance, and 15-minute cities. Links were also made to the Chinese Communist Party’s social credit scheme."

These are stupid comments. If they are worried about privacy, I have some news for you. Try using a bank and find out what information they already have about you. Or talk to the IRD.

Digital cash won't change it.

By the way. All these crazy people at the top are doing is manipulating the masses for their benefit. They want people in fear because that's how they control the narrative. The constant talk about "others" and "losing your rights" and then... You get the stupid you see in America these days. Or the tinpot dictators you see in other countries.

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#3320606 14-Dec-2024 19:03

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These lunatics Conspiracy theories overwhelm Reserve Bank submissions - Newsroom

"Voices of Freedom"

Those idiots are everywhere. And they are dumb.

"According to its summary of the survey, the result was overwhelmingly negative, with more than 80 percent of respondents saying they did not agree with the central bank’s reasons for investigating digital cash, and just over 10 percent saying it was important to have cash in a digital form.

A quick analysis of the written submissions shows many linked digital currency to what they allege is a global agenda driven by the World Economic Forum to erode freedoms and exert control over the population.

Submissions referred to many other fringe beliefs, extending into digital identity legislation, surveillance, and 15-minute cities. Links were also made to the Chinese Communist Party’s social credit scheme."

These are stupid comments. If they are worried about privacy, I have some news for you. Try using a bank and find out what information they already have about you. Or talk to the IRD.

Digital cash won't change it.

Cash under the mattress types, quite possibly? Are they opposed to all cryptocurrencies too, or just the government-issued variety?

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#3320668 15-Dec-2024 07:50

In the US, buying a last minute flights was enoug hto get you flagged as a drug mule in the US.

Only mentioned in passing, if a legal amount of undeclared cash, less than $10,000, but still a large amount is discovered, it's usually confiscated and it's "guilty until proven innocent." Cash can be confiscated even before you have a chance to declare it, in random searches.

U.S. DOJ suspends controversial airport search program after InvestigateTV reporting

older video with more background

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#3320674 15-Dec-2024 08:38

For a "computer company", the Dell website is a slow trainwreck. Everything takes ages. Every page load is painfully slow.

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#3320773 15-Dec-2024 13:36

kingdragonfly: Only mentioned in passing, if a legal amount of undeclared cash, less than $10,000, but still a large amount is discovered, it's usually confiscated and it's "guilty until proven innocent." Cash can be confiscated even before you have a chance to declare it, in random searches.

Even worse is the use of RICO (anti-racketeering) statutes in the US to seize people's funds. The way it works is that local sheriff's departments are given a quota each year for how much money they have to bring in by seizing assets under RICO. They could go after drug dealers and the like but they have lawyers, guns and money to defend themselves, so it's much easier to go after suspicious people who I'm sure are criminals by nature of being black or hispanic, carrying cash. So anyone stopped by police for some reason and found with cash can have it seized by the police. Examples of this are buyers at (used) farm equipment auctions which are often cash-only, or one notorious case where a black cleaning lady from NY bought a retirement home in Florida and paid for it in cash, which was seized by the police. They then have to go to court to prove it's legally theirs, which given that they don't have access to lawyers, guns and money (the police having seized it) they typically can't do.

There have been attempts at reform of this use of RICO for state-sanctioned brigandage over the years, usually in response to particularly egregious cases, not sure if they finally reformed it or not.

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#3320975 15-Dec-2024 20:19

Packaging for a spray-on product.

What it says: which materials it works on, what distance to spray it from, don't breathe it in, etc.

What it doesn't say: what the product actually does.

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#3321035 15-Dec-2024 22:08

Behodar:

Packaging for a spray-on product.

What it says: which materials it works on, what distance to spray it from, don't breathe it in, etc.

What it doesn't say: what the product actually does.

Did you buy it without knowing what it does? Here ya go. Or maybe someone else bought it for you? 😀

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#3321049 16-Dec-2024 07:27

eracode:

Did you buy it without knowing what it does?

I bought it for project A, under recommendation. I do have a general idea of what it does, but I wondered whether it was suitable for project B.

A trip to the chemist is not required.

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#3321353 16-Dec-2024 16:14

In the US the most bizarre, and well known, Christmas song in the US has the title "Grandma got run over by a reindeer". The song is really old, 45 years old, but it actually happened in real life this week

I think eggnog is well-known to older people. It's a horrible alcoholic drink, served at Christmas only. Also at Christmas, fruit cakes. Commonly used for replacing missing bricks in walls, and a replacements for the metal lead or steel.

Actual event:

The very old song from 1979 "Grandma got run over by a reindeer

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#3321438 17-Dec-2024 04:44

Just saw this ad on the NZH website. What an amazing product! - it’s smaller than a wine bottle, is battery-powered portable, and can cool a room with ice-cold air in minutes. It can replace conventional AC units. But wait, there’s more: It costs virtually nothing to run, has 6,000 5/5-star user reviews and costs only A$89 after a short-time-only 50% discount.

I’m gonna rush out today and get all my family members one of these each for Christmas as stocking-fillers.

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#3321439 17-Dec-2024 05:11

Well I'm sold. Good to know someone's finally standing up to Big AC and that french b*stard Carnot.

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#3321531 17-Dec-2024 09:49

TV3. The series is about a woman homicide detective. She's blind and solves the cases with the help of another woman.

The "start" of the series is listed as a guy. Not even the main character.

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