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It's just a turn of phrase that means you got 100% beaten without challenge.

Agreed.

They said that about radio. They said that about TV. They said that about computers. They said that about dumbphones. They said that about smartphones. They're now saying that about apps.

A few of the consumer broker apps have a 'practice mode' with a few tens of thousand of virtual practice cash to use with the price reacting to real market data - you could do this in real time!

Well our UK tax bands are marginal tax rates.

So you pay zero on the first £12,570 of earnings. Basic rate of 20% from £12,571 to £50,270 of earnings. And then 40% on £50,271 onwards.

(We have additional rate over £150,000 of 45%).

It's important to remember you don't pay a flat %age on your income. It's worked out as a precentage of income you earn inside the thresholds

You also need the rest of the machine to put it in.

Can't just buy a gpu and plug it into a wall outlet.

It probably is true but as with all cost/currency comparisons you can't really look at the raw pre-tax figures in isolation to know if someone has more buying power doing the same job in one country or another.

Everything from the price of broadband, pint of milk, loaf of bread, healthcare, car costs, etc etc contributes to someones buying power vs their salary

You're looking at the solution. Not validating the problem.

Think about the problem horses/cars were solving. It's clear people 'wanted' that problem being solved just by how prevalent horse-as-utility were.

I've often said:

"I see your [bet] and raise you [x]" - would that be accepted?

This might work for you, but from my outside perspective that seems incredibly dystopian and depressing.

When do you see friends? When do you exercise? When do you go out to eat? Watch a film? Play video games?

Seems like that entire routine is about maximising your time working.

I'd rather be somewhat inefficient at work if it means I can have a balance which means I enjoy my life.

>No, but I mean all cars for some time now have to include anti-collision radar as standard,

The way these work is by tracking other moving objects around you rather than stationary objects you are approaching.

It'll track another car to see if it emergency brakes or changes lane too close to you, but it won't track a parked car on the road that you side swipe or head into etc.

Do you have a link to that tank/weather study? I've never heard of it, sounds really interesting!