It’s not so much about profiting from the situation but maximising your options.

You don’t want to cash in your 401k and buy gold, but if you have some investments then buying physical gold with 5% or 10% is not a terrible idea.

In a holocaust type situation an ounce of gold in the right palm at the right time could buy passage for an entire family.

We may not have the gold standard anymore but I can assure you that gold remains a stable store of wealth.

It’s also not going to be easier to buy.

Banks are much more reluctant to loan, jobs are harder to keep.

Yeah what the fuck is with that.

It’s a very twitter centric view of the web. If you’re not on xitter you’re “shutting out a significant portion”.

The thing is, it’s not simply that Musk has an ideology that is disparate from my own, he has an agenda that is egregiously contrary to the stated values of the Debian project.

You’d consult with the community over a new logo or blog layout maybe, but on whether to assist Musk in his far right agenda there’s not really any decision to be made honestly.

Oh but look at this deleted draft PR release that was committed that doesn’t really say anything spicy and was later sharpened up to reflect the intentions of the author.

Searxng all day baby.

It’s regressive in the sense that poor people spend more of their money on goods and services that include VAT.

It’s also “broad based” in that wealthy people spend more money (in total) on things, and the vendors of those things collect the tax.

For example, if a company in Australia sells a $11m private jet to some asshole, that asshole just paid $1m in taxes.

Said asshole may well pay no income tax by virtue of their ability to disappear taxable income through complex business structures.

From what I read it doesn’t cover h5n1 but being vaccinated against the other flu variants obviously prevents you getting both h5n1 and some other preventable illness at the same time.

You’re dead right though, getting a flu shot is a good way to be prepared.

General preparedness for h5n1 has been in the back of my mind for a while but your comment has motivated me to tick a few things off the list.

I’ll order up some masks, sanitiser, and TP.

I had a flu shot a few months ago, but probably due for a covid top up.

You probably already know this but for clarity it sounds like the flu shot won’t protect you from h5n1

Voters usually have a pretty good idea of whats happening but it’s part of a general malaise of misinformation.

Yeah they “should” be, but I don’t really think it’s practically possible to implement and enforce a rule like that.

I would have no quarms about profiting from these idiots

This isn’t the reason.

The switch is more likely to attract a toddlers attention. Some have little red lights even. It would be false sense of security at best. You can get those plastic blank plugs to stop your kid putting a fork in there.

The switch is so, if you kid is being electrocuted by putting their fork in the toaster, you can turn it off at the wall without having to touch the electrified kid.

I started with gitea but found it difficult to backup. I’ve been using gogs for a while now and find it minimal and easy to administrate.

what do you mean you often switch apps ?

I’ve never waited 45 minutes for a Dr but if I did I wouldn’t go back.

What agenda could I possibly have regarding your inability to navigate minor every day interactions?

You don’t have any God damned facts. You seem to think your Drs receptionist is involved in a conspiracy to manipulate you into refusing treatment and paying a no-show fee.

You should probably get that looked at.

I’m incredulous. That’s an absurd claim.

What is their motivation to lie about it?

But when gen z gets old they won’t be self interested like every other generation since forever /s.

Sadly, I think you’re right.

It’s absurd that the wealthiest people in the world are making all the decisions that effect the rest of us, especially when they’re using that control to influence the rest of us through social media.

I think the only solution is a revolution where wealth is redistributed, probably through violence.

Bezos and Musks assets should just be nationalised. Give them pensions of 10m a year or something in return.