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·l’année dernière·discuss
The US pays much more for drugs than any other country. I guess one possibility is that no one has any leverage and big pharma is able to charge Americans more because they're richer. But the more popular theory is that countries can negotiate better prices than individuals can (yes, technically insurance companies can negotiate prices, but they seem unmotivated to drive any costs down). It seems the previous administration thought the government can negotiate lower prices: https://www.cms.gov/inflation-reduction-act-and-medicare/med....
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·l’année dernière·discuss
I always wondered why almost all the kids bikes sold in Canada have coaster brakes. I actually thought all kids bikes had coaster brakes until I saw some at Decathlon with hand brakes (turns out it's a French company).
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·il y a 2 ans·discuss
Not mine. I just happened to hear about it from a colleague recently.
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·il y a 2 ans·discuss
An even more recent one from Google: https://github.com/google/minimalloc
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·il y a 2 ans·discuss
"minimum standard of 2 meters that was still in place when Paris 2024 plans were approved; but below the new World Aquatics minimum of 2.5 meters."

Although the recommendation has been 3 meters for a while.
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·il y a 2 ans·discuss
Zelenskyy seems to have risen to the occasion.
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·il y a 2 ans·discuss
What I mean is this movie is so bad it will ruin it for the next "Coyote" movie, so they don't want anyone to see this movie. Maybe the only compromise that works is to put it in a time capsule and not open it for 100 years.
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·il y a 2 ans·discuss
There is some value in not having a "Coyote vs. Acme" film released this year (either by Netflix or the Library of Congress) because they could try to make a profitable version soon but people may not give a new version a fair chance if a really bad version was released recently.

They presumably value that option more than whatever Netflix et al. offered.https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/9/24067496/coyote-vs-acme-am...
p0ckets
·il y a 3 ans·discuss
I think your first proposal addresses the root cause.

But the second proposal - forcing municipalities to write options with unlimited potential losses - is silly. The whole point of the zoning authority is to say "it'll be best for the neighborhood in the long run for there to be some retail shops here", and it makes sense whether you're talking about a lot or the first floor of a building. If the development isn't profitable with the ground-floor retail requirement, then just don't build it.

Some sort of option might work, but it would have to be something like: the municipality can choose to rent the space for a fixed price if it's vacant for long enough. This encourages the landlord to rent it for some higher price.
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·il y a 3 ans·discuss
According to the article: "all charges that providers impose at their discretion, i.e., charges not mandated by a government." So they wouldn't need to include your school excise tax.

If they charge different fees depending on address (again, not taxes) then it seems like the intended effect to provide the actual price the consumer will pay.
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·il y a 3 ans·discuss
That's basically what Audi has (at least in some older models): it's a scroll wheel that also works as a d-pad. It works pretty well with Android Auto (no experience with Apple Car Play). Mazda also has a similar-looking interface.

But it seems those two companies are moving towards touchscreens due to market demand.
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·il y a 4 ans·discuss
I shall invoke Godwin's law, and compare this to IBM supplying Nazi Germany with computers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_and_World_War_II

Do you honestly believe that the right thing for IBM to do was honor German contracts after the USA and Germany declared war on one another? If so, would German bombardment of American cities change your mind?