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  2. Comment on Cloudflare down again in ~tech

  6. Comment on Living wage calculator in ~finance

    AugustusFerdinand
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    Explanations are found in the FAQ and Methodology pages. The latter having the calculation you're looking for:

    Explanations are found in the FAQ and Methodology pages. The latter having the calculation you're looking for:

    Generating an hourly living wage
    To transform value generated in Step 3 into an hourly wage rate, we divide the worker's earnings by 2,080 hours, which assumes that the one working adult is employed full-time at 40 hours a week for 52 weeks a year. This hourly wage – or the living wage – is the minimum a full-time worker must earn to support the costs of their family's basic needs and taxes in the county in which they live.

  7. Comment on 2025 Spotify Wrapped is now out in ~music

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    20,712 minutes (which makes sense as about halfway through this year I switched to YouTube Music), 3,063 songs, 1,772 artists, 41 albums, 284 genres Top genres: Alt Rock Prog Metal Gothic country...

    20,712 minutes (which makes sense as about halfway through this year I switched to YouTube Music), 3,063 songs, 1,772 artists, 41 albums, 284 genres

    Top genres:

    1. Alt Rock
    2. Prog Metal
    3. Gothic country (no idea what the hell this is)
    4. Hip Hop
    5. Goth

    Top Songs (which makes sense and is one of the reasons I mostly left Spotify):

    1. We're All Gonna Die - Nothing More
    2. Comedown - Bush
    3. Spit - Wargasm
    4. Girl All the Bad Guys Want - Bowling For Soup
    5. ohh la la - RTJ

    Top Albums

    1. Dark Piano Collection III - Juan L Otaiza
    2. Your Ghost - Secret of Boris
    3. Humans are Scary - Secret of Boris
    4. The Divide - East of Anthony
    5. The Lion's Head - Sarayasign

    Top Artists

    1. Secret of Boris (666 minutes)
    2. Metallica
    3. Juan L Otaiza
    4. Tub Ring
    5. Cleopatrick
    2 votes

  11. Comment on United Kingdom electric vehicle owners to face pay-per-mile tax in ~transport

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    Old comments on old, now deleted, post about a similar topic - https://tildes.net/~misc/wum#comment-6hxe - same applies there that I mentioned this would likely be coming for EVs and a mileage...

    However, mileage readings will be based on in-vehicle odometers, which the government acknowledges can be subject to tampering, or "clocking". It recognises that the introduction of the tax "may increase the likelihood of motorists choosing to clock their vehicles", and said it was looking at ways to mitigate this.

    Old comments on old, now deleted, post about a similar topic - https://tildes.net/~misc/wum#comment-6hxe - same applies there that I mentioned this would likely be coming for EVs and a mileage check is the easiest way to do so. That said, odometers are pretty impervious to tampering these days and the cost of finding someone that can "clock" it is going to be greater than the cost of just paying the tax in the first place.

    8 votes

  12. Comment on Japan unveils human washing machine, now you can get washed like laundry in ~tech

    AugustusFerdinand
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    Be even more dangerous. Babies are at risk of just falling over and being in danger, every toddler I've ever known seems to be actively trying to kill itself in new and creative ways every day.

    Be even more dangerous. Babies are at risk of just falling over and being in danger, every toddler I've ever known seems to be actively trying to kill itself in new and creative ways every day.

    23 votes

  13. Comment on Are there any current Kagi extended trial codes? in ~tech

  14. Comment on Are there any current Kagi extended trial codes? in ~tech

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    Also interested! Been spending the last couple of months de-googling as much as reasonably possible and Kagi is on my list to try next. Currently using Startpage.

    Also interested! Been spending the last couple of months de-googling as much as reasonably possible and Kagi is on my list to try next. Currently using Startpage.

    4 votes

  15. Comment on How to Make a Killing | Official trailer in ~movies

  16. Comment on How to Make a Killing | Official trailer in ~movies

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    I'm sure the answer is "fashion" and I'm just not one to understand it, but why is the lady at 40 seconds in a dress that looks half finished?

    I'm sure the answer is "fashion" and I'm just not one to understand it, but why is the lady at 40 seconds in a dress that looks half finished?

    2 votes

  18. Comment on What's the best pan money can buy? in ~food

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    TL;DW as this was honestly 15 minutes (well 7.5 in my case as I watched on 2x speed) that could have been condensed into a single sentence in an article and a table of results: Fully clad pans...

    TL;DW as this was honestly 15 minutes (well 7.5 in my case as I watched on 2x speed) that could have been condensed into a single sentence in an article and a table of results: Fully clad pans

    Stainless clad if just wanting durability, stainless and carbon steel clad if you want to get a semi-non-stick surface through seasoning without PTFE/Teflon.

    22 votes

  20. Comment on Google must double AI serving capacity every six months to meet demand in ~tech