That’s splitting hairs. Premium ≠ Best in all components. And the iPhone 12 and 13 have sold pretty well by all reports so the screen size is the only differentiator feature wise. (And battery which is unavoidable)
In Ireland the legislation enabling government restrictions for covid expired, and the government who enacted that legislation have to desire to renew it. So it's not always extended ad infinitum.
— Most apps nudge you to accept tracking before the dialog comes up. Probably influences some users
- A lot of people probably don’t even read the dialog properly.
- a lot of people who have apps like facebook installed are either unaware of the tracking stuff or don’t care
There are carbon taxes being implemented and on the whole i think they are good. But combined with the current spike in energy prices, they are hammering some people.
You are giving this Conservative government far to much credit. Their entire track record in government is full of poorly thought out sweeping changes. (See the entire Brexit process)
What matters is how much pressure it puts on the health system. There are 3 things to consider here:
1. how many people end up in ICU (which for Omicron we don't know yet), and at what point ICU becomes overwhelmed in a given region. Once the ICU capacity is exceeded, the mortality rates for bad cases goes way up.
2. How many illnesses unrelated to Covid go untreated due to load on the health system, and subsequently how many excess deaths this causes.
3. After 5-6 months, a lot of vaccine immunity starts dropping off. A regions capacity to get booster doses delivered makes a difference here.
The chances are, if it's inhospitable to dining outside, it's a road[1] or a stroad[2], not a street[3]. And its not snobbish to want places that are a little more friendly to people.
I used to agree that these things take a long time, but since the pandemic my local council in Ireland has acted very quickly to build excellent bike infrastructure and curtail car access to village spaces [1]. Many roads got changed to one-way, to make way for segregated bike lanes. Pre-pandemic, there was dallying for years over building this stuff, but now its there, and the world hasn't imploded for motorists, and local businesses and residents are 99% very happy.
Of course when local government doesn't have the will it won't happen, but if they do, it can happen very quickly.
Thanks. I would have thought this also, but then when my team was hiring this year, the interview questions were quite closely linked to our tech stack (which wouldn't have been my preference). Even though we also can end up moving tech stack entirely, between projects.