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vor 5 Monatendiscuss

The OP goes on to genuinely talk about the advantage of being able to leave when they desire (usually only attending day 1), and the observation that their leaving early was worthwhile, as they were first in line to access the car parking area —- so it would seem very much to not be /s.

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vor 8 Monatendiscuss

Hear, hear. Couldn't have put it better myself. 73.

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vor 8 Monatendiscuss

> It's not a stressful job

Ignoring the tremendous amount of route training, rules, regulations, etc. — plus if they're delayed (generally through no fault of their own), they're worrying about the per-minute fines levied for delays to the service, and whether they can make the time up. That aside,

— try reporting that comment to any driver who has suffered a fatality... someone appearing on the tracks in front of them and there is no way whatsoever for them to stop in time.

Many drivers end up having to give up their careers after experiencing a "one-under", and don't get back into the cab.

It can be a lot more stressful than you think.

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vor 10 Monatendiscuss

You legitimated Hamas when Starmer recognised a Palestinian state

- *in the middle of a war* - nearly two years after October 7 - while Hamas still have hostages

...it ABSOLUTELY legitimises them, and rewards them for their attacks on October 7 and beyond.

Sounds more like you're "dehumanising the entire Palestinian people" by calling them a dog... and accusing Israel of "euthanising" the Palestinian people.

Hamas' literal goal — which you've conveniently decided to avoid commenting on — is the destruction of the only Jewish state in the world, and the destruction of the Jewish people.

If Netanyahu wanted to wipe Hamas from the face of the earth with no thought for civilians or collateral damage, the IDF could've turned Gaza into sand and glass on October 8.

Yes, how Netanyahu and his government have acted is wrong... but have you gotten daily emergency notifications from incoming Hamas missiles and drones? Have you ever had to live in the only country in the world that literally requires an Iron Dome defence system to protect it from attacks from Hamas and their ilk? Where buildings and public streets are literally required to have strongrooms and shelters as places of safety, and people can have to take shelter from attacks on a daily basis? — and this was going on long before the current war. In the 90's, when Hamas were just getting on their feet, it was Hezbollah firing rockets at Israel... then, when Hamas got its numbers and weapons up, Hezbollah supported _them_.

What's disgusting is you making such an asinine comment without evidently knowing the history or experiencing life in that area of the world, on either side of any manmade line in the sand...

A Palestinian state shouldn't be recognised with terrorists at the helm — that's like deciding to just give annexed parts of Ukraine up as "New South Russia". Hamas need to be removed from terrorising and controlling the local population and acting as an oppressive so-called government... and the Palestinian Authority should be installed as the legitimate government for a Palestinian state.

When you award that status to a proscribed terrorist group (which Hamas was made in the UK in 2001, nearly a quarter-century ago, FYI), while they are the active aggressors of this war, given October 7 —— and while they still hold hostages and oppress their own supposed people — it legitimises them more than anything else.

Mind you don't get arrested supporting PA in Westminster... getting an S13 charge under Terrorism Act 2000 wouldn't look good... but then you've ignored facts and missed the point altogether with your own disgusting rhetoric.

Speaking of disgusting... it's Russia's speaking slot at the UN today. Do you think there will be a mass walkout when their representative goes to the podium to speak? I suspect if there isn't, there's some rather antisemitic hypocrisy going on...

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vor 10 Monatendiscuss

"After the deadly offensive by Hamas against Israel in October 2023, Ismail Haniyeh, who replaced Mashaal as head of the Hamas political bureau in exile, again invoked religious rhetoric. “Today, the enemy has had a political, military, intelligence, security and moral defeat inflicted upon it, and we shall crown it, with the grace of God, with a crushing defeat that will expel it from our lands, our holy city of al Quds, our al Aqsa mosque, and the release of our prisoners from the jails of the Zionist occupation,” he said." [1]

Excerpts from the Hamas Covenant [1]:

"Article 8:

Jihad is its path and death for the sake of Allah is the loftiest of its wishes."

"Article 15:

The day that enemies usurp part of Muslim land, Jihad becomes the individual duty of every Muslim. In face of the Jews' usurpation of Palestine, it is compulsory that the banner of Jihad be raised."

Hamas' *literal* goal is the extermination of Jews and the Jewish people. That's literally genocide.[2][3]

[1] https://www.wilsoncenter.org/article/doctrine-hamas

[2] https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/englis...

[3] https://opil.ouplaw.com/display/10.1093/law:epil/97801992316...

...now don't get me wrong — I don't side with Netanyahu or what his government have been doing — but that doesn't change the fact that Hamas' goal is the eradication of the only Jewish state in the world, and it's people — actual genocide.

The attacks on October 7, 2023 were much more than a "hate crime" as you mistakenly claim... and your whataboutism is just immature, and isn't conducive to actual discourse.

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vor 11 Monatendiscuss

Non-paywall link: https://archive.is/yMt9Q

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vor 2 Jahrendiscuss

Let's take (over) 65,000 starts distributed since 2000 on the Carl's friends site[1] - and call it 65k for rounding.

That's 65k starters, with your negative unhelpful comment assuming $0.05 / 5¢ "profit" per starter.

That's 325,000¢ - or $3250 USD "made" in nearly a quarter of a century.

That "profit" discounts 24 years of:

- PO Box rental - web hosting - domain fees - labels and bags for starters to go out in - envelopes, if the one provided isn't suitable or sufficient - electricity for refrigeration and freezing of starters - ingredients for feeding and maintaining the starters

$3250 over 24 years gives a mean of $135 per year -- obviously this will fluctuate from year to year, and costs have risen since the early 00's -- likewise there have probably been more requests as the internet has grown more popular, and the word of Carl's friend spread further.

If you think ~$135 (or even ~$100 on a slow year) is sufficient for everything above -- never mind the time and work donated by the growers and keeper of the mail box -- then you're very much mistaken.

Furthermore, if you think they're being "paid" for their work out of that, your misanthropic and "negative nancy" response, is sorely mistaken.

Of course, all of this presumes that every item is international shipping, and paid for in the "substituted" two $1 bills, or IRC.

1. For US domestic shipping, they just ask for a 63¢ self-addressed and stamped envelope [2]

2. For your profit-implying "they want you to pay them" comment, see:

"Requests sent outside the US require $1.55 US postage *or* substitute two U.S. one-dollar bills or an IRC (International Reply Coupon)" [2]

Note the "or" part -- it's a choice, not a mandate.

Firstly, you can send them what it costs, $1.55, as you like - via PayPal, cash in an envelope, whatever. Their "two $1 bills" option is handy for places like Canada which may have US note currency -- and the IRC is useful in places that don't have US currency in regular circulation.

Secondly, many places don't actually sell international reply coupons any more. While the UPU mandates their acceptance and swapping for postage, they don't mandate the sale of IRCs [3]. For example, Royal Mail (in the UK) hasn't sold them since December 2011 -- therefore requiring the use of PayPal, finding $2 in bills somehow, or sending the $1.95 in change.

If you think Carl's friends have somehow become massively rich over the past quarter-century by checks notes mailing out carefully-maintained 1847 sourdough starter, likely at a loss... please let us know how you've worked that one out.

[1] http://carlsfriends.net [2] http://carlsfriends.net/source.html [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_reply_coupon

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vor 3 Jahrendiscuss

While what could well be the panel used in this is cheaper[1], there's obviously consideration due regarding whatever device is driving the panel, making the frame/mount, and coding the software to drive it, etc.

You may be able to get a larger panel for the same sort of price[2], but there's something to be said for having a finished product that's fundamentally plug-and-play... which is arguably a different market to a "buy the components and make one yourself" crowd.

[1] https://www.waveshare.com/product/displays/e-paper/7.5inch-e...

[2] https://www.waveshare.com/product/displays/e-paper/13.3inch-...

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vor 3 Jahrendiscuss

From the creator:

"It’s not open source and you need the backend for it to work."

They alluded to open sourcing the software/API if the business ever goes under, but obviously that'd not guaranteed.

Such a shame, I'd be willing to pay more for a product that was actually open.

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vor 3 Jahrendiscuss

"Application" depends purely on enforcement and the discretion of (a) the arresting officer, and then (b) the justice system further down the line.

You can't deny that the WoD and cannabis prosecutions in particular have disproportionately targeted African Americans and other minorities.

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