Article is paywalled. My guess would be that it's about if people are going to offices less, they'll also be eating fewer overpriced sandwiches and buying less coffee so many of the city centre...
Article is paywalled. My guess would be that it's about if people are going to offices less, they'll also be eating fewer overpriced sandwiches and buying less coffee so many of the city centre snack and drink outlets are likely to close. A decent number of fairly low-end jobs will go, but I'm not sure whether the environmental and health benefits from having fewer commuters, not to mention the money people save while working from home being spent on other things will balance it out in terms of the general well-being of the country (if not the people previously slinging expensive wraps and fancy coffees).
As an aside, £33/month for the cheapest FT subscription. Fuck me. For that I'm going to want them to send someone around to my house to read the stories aloud to me.
There's are extension for Firefox/Chrome to bypass paywalls. Github link. It's very unethical and whatnot but can be handy when someone shares a paywalled linked. It isn't much use for me, as...
There's are extension for Firefox/Chrome to bypass paywalls. Github link. It's very unethical and whatnot but can be handy when someone shares a paywalled linked. It isn't much use for me, as almost all news sites in India provide unrestricted access.
My subscription (digital only) costs £278.20, which makes it ~ £28.20, or roughly 77p per day. I had a lot of hesitation about buying a newspaper, let alone something that expensive. However, it's...
As an aside, £33/month for the cheapest FT subscription. Fuck me. For that I'm going to want them to send someone around to my house to read the stories aloud to me.
My subscription (digital only) costs £278.20, which makes it ~ £28.20, or roughly 77p per day.
I had a lot of hesitation about buying a newspaper, let alone something that expensive. However, it's one of the few news sources that I genuinely trust to actually report on news with as little hyperbole or inflamed lanaguage as much as possible. Even the opinion pieces (this one that just got linked) isn't even that vitrolic and has careful balance and nuance. I remember the first time I actually read the FT, it was like a Wikipedia binge but with detailed research instead of cited sources.
The one above it is about £400-£500, and that's for people who are really into their business and/or news. Had it not been for the current state of the world and worrying about economics etc, I would probably give that one a shot too just to see the extra insights. Either way, if you can, I strongly suggest people have at least one paid newspaper outlet of their choosing if they care about the quality of news.
As a general rule I try moderately hard to avoid news. There's nothing I can do about most of it and all knowing about things achieves is to make me worry about stuff I can't change. But things do...
As a general rule I try moderately hard to avoid news. There's nothing I can do about most of it and all knowing about things achieves is to make me worry about stuff I can't change. But things do slip though. I do read things here and there. The FT is a little conservative for me but not enough that I don't click on it (unlike, say, the Telegraph), and like you say, they're not exactly screaming about their politics. Probably conservative enough that I wouldn't want to pay for it though.
Also I am very not interested in economics so it's a bit out of my area. Although that said, I would probably pay for a subscription to The Economist if I had time spare to read it (and money spare to pay for it).
I don't have any authoritative info, but to the best of my knowledge it's just a marketing decision on the part of the FT. It lets people discover their articles through search and Google News...
I don't have any authoritative info, but to the best of my knowledge it's just a marketing decision on the part of the FT. It lets people discover their articles through search and Google News while still keeping the paywall relatively strict and pushing any serious reader to subscribe.
The implementation detail that allows the open redirect to work is something that I would imagine affects such a vanishingly small amount of their traffic that they're happy to leave it open and save a developer headache!
Please don't post the entire text of articles in a comment. Like @skybrian and @blitz said, that's copyright infringement and has the potential to cause legal issues for the site.
Please don't post the entire text of articles in a comment. Like @skybrian and @blitz said, that's copyright infringement and has the potential to cause legal issues for the site.
One of my emergency backup income ideas if mine/wife's jobs vanish in the coming years is a hot chocolate van. Really high quality hot chocolate (from actual chocolate, not powder), non-dairy...
One of my emergency backup income ideas if mine/wife's jobs vanish in the coming years is a hot chocolate van. Really high quality hot chocolate (from actual chocolate, not powder), non-dairy options, assorted add-ins and toppings and of course there's only one tune it could possibly play to announce it's presence
I've done zero actual business plan work on the idea but I think it could have potential.
When I worked downtown in my city, we had a husband-wife duo who made fantastic green chile, breakfast burritos, and tamales that would swing by all the offices and stores around us daily selling...
When I worked downtown in my city, we had a husband-wife duo who made fantastic green chile, breakfast burritos, and tamales that would swing by all the offices and stores around us daily selling them for a buck each, sold out of a truck/insulated carrier they'd bring inside.
I forgot just how much I missed them after I stopped working at the store down there.
Article is paywalled. My guess would be that it's about if people are going to offices less, they'll also be eating fewer overpriced sandwiches and buying less coffee so many of the city centre snack and drink outlets are likely to close. A decent number of fairly low-end jobs will go, but I'm not sure whether the environmental and health benefits from having fewer commuters, not to mention the money people save while working from home being spent on other things will balance it out in terms of the general well-being of the country (if not the people previously slinging expensive wraps and fancy coffees).
As an aside, £33/month for the cheapest FT subscription. Fuck me. For that I'm going to want them to send someone around to my house to read the stories aloud to me.
There's are extension for Firefox/Chrome to bypass paywalls. Github link. It's very unethical and whatnot but can be handy when someone shares a paywalled linked. It isn't much use for me, as almost all news sites in India provide unrestricted access.
Oh is it? Apologies, I didn't realise! I've put the article text up now, I assume this is permitted by Tildes rules?
No, it isn't. Somebody's gonna come along and ask you to take it down soon, or do it for you.
My subscription (digital only) costs £278.20, which makes it ~ £28.20, or roughly 77p per day.
I had a lot of hesitation about buying a newspaper, let alone something that expensive. However, it's one of the few news sources that I genuinely trust to actually report on news with as little hyperbole or inflamed lanaguage as much as possible. Even the opinion pieces (this one that just got linked) isn't even that vitrolic and has careful balance and nuance. I remember the first time I actually read the FT, it was like a Wikipedia binge but with detailed research instead of cited sources.
The one above it is about £400-£500, and that's for people who are really into their business and/or news. Had it not been for the current state of the world and worrying about economics etc, I would probably give that one a shot too just to see the extra insights. Either way, if you can, I strongly suggest people have at least one paid newspaper outlet of their choosing if they care about the quality of news.
As a general rule I try moderately hard to avoid news. There's nothing I can do about most of it and all knowing about things achieves is to make me worry about stuff I can't change. But things do slip though. I do read things here and there. The FT is a little conservative for me but not enough that I don't click on it (unlike, say, the Telegraph), and like you say, they're not exactly screaming about their politics. Probably conservative enough that I wouldn't want to pay for it though.
Also I am very not interested in economics so it's a bit out of my area. Although that said, I would probably pay for a subscription to The Economist if I had time spare to read it (and money spare to pay for it).
For FT links specifically, they allow access if the referrer is Google, so you can just use a redirect. For this article, it'd look like: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&url=https://www.ft.com/content/d8eb62ef-a1cb-4597-867b-15a79dbdcd5d
Huh, that's useful to know about. Happen to also know why that's the case? Some deal between the Google and FT companies?
I don't have any authoritative info, but to the best of my knowledge it's just a marketing decision on the part of the FT. It lets people discover their articles through search and Google News while still keeping the paywall relatively strict and pushing any serious reader to subscribe.
The implementation detail that allows the open redirect to work is something that I would imagine affects such a vanishingly small amount of their traffic that they're happy to leave it open and save a developer headache!
Is this the full text of the article? If so you probably shouldn’t post it since it could make problems for Tildes. I stick to quoting excerpts.
Please don't post the entire text of articles in a comment. Like @skybrian and @blitz said, that's copyright infringement and has the potential to cause legal issues for the site.
I for one am a big fan of the coffee van, taco truck, and all similar vehicles driving round for lunch and such.
One of my emergency backup income ideas if mine/wife's jobs vanish in the coming years is a hot chocolate van. Really high quality hot chocolate (from actual chocolate, not powder), non-dairy options, assorted add-ins and toppings and of course there's only one tune it could possibly play to announce it's presence
I've done zero actual business plan work on the idea but I think it could have potential.
Depending on climate it would be seasonal. You'd have to pivot to something summery in hot months, like frozen yogurt or smoothies.
I was sort of hoping it would do well enough that I could take summers off, but also yes, fair point.
Milkshake van!
Great idea! You could take that to festivals as well :D
When I worked downtown in my city, we had a husband-wife duo who made fantastic green chile, breakfast burritos, and tamales that would swing by all the offices and stores around us daily selling them for a buck each, sold out of a truck/insulated carrier they'd bring inside.
I forgot just how much I missed them after I stopped working at the store down there.
Thanks!