[-] geophysicist@discuss.tchncs.de 26 points 2 weeks ago

The talking shit on socials is a feature not a bug

[-] geophysicist@discuss.tchncs.de 35 points 2 weeks ago

Just because you have a big country doesn't mean you can claim most functioning rail system. USA has the most km of track, but if you adjust to per capita it's 20th. That is a better judge

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_rail_transport_network_size

[-] geophysicist@discuss.tchncs.de 31 points 3 weeks ago

It's clearly designed to be big and impressive and "look at all the expensive help we are providing" while not actually aiming to resolve the situation. It's a distraction

[-] geophysicist@discuss.tchncs.de 25 points 3 weeks ago

The Windsors hide behind a technicality. The crown corporation is rich, not the family.

[-] geophysicist@discuss.tchncs.de 27 points 1 month ago

How much could a banana cost? 10 dollars?

[-] geophysicist@discuss.tchncs.de 30 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Well I think the stupidity of the proposal is summarised here:

There is also some doubt about the safety case for a ban. In London, which has the highest number of floating bus stops in the UK, statistics for 2020-22 showed that of 623 pedestrians injured after being struck by a bike, 0.6% of them – four in all – were hit at floating bus stops. None of these incidents appeared to have happened at a designated crossing point. Over the same period, 11,400 pedestrians and 15,000 cyclists were injured after being hit by motor vehicles.

[-] geophysicist@discuss.tchncs.de 34 points 3 months ago

and then wait for the baggage at the other end? no thanks! carry on luggage I get to walk straight out no waiting

[-] geophysicist@discuss.tchncs.de 33 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

India should be doing something about this. Why should the rest of the world be the ones to solve everyone else's shit all the time?

[-] geophysicist@discuss.tchncs.de 32 points 6 months ago

And in 2024, Spotify will stop paying out songs which get less than 1000 streams in a year. Which means for me, as an artist in the early stages of my career, I am going to get paid nothing. I could get over 1000 streams on all my songs in total, but still get paid nothing. I could get 999 streams on a song one year and 999 streams on it the next year… and still get paid nothing.

As the author states in the previous paragraph, Spotify pays 0.003c per stream. I don't think the author has done the maths. 1000 streams equals 3c. He's complaining over not getting paid 3c as if that will fund his career

[-] geophysicist@discuss.tchncs.de 36 points 6 months ago

You wouldn't have your sentence increased from a fine to a prison sentence for trying to appeal against it though. Let's not pretend that the legal system in Dubai and UK are similar

[-] geophysicist@discuss.tchncs.de 35 points 9 months ago

So a user issue 2.50 to buy a gold, then the receiver can cash out 1.00. So Reddit aims to make 1.50 for every gold awarded

Absolute scam

[-] geophysicist@discuss.tchncs.de 25 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

To see a list of all communities on an instance. Unless I'm being dumb, I don't see this feature yet. And a subscribe button next to each community in the list

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