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Comment · 3 years ago
It's the rate that women are getting pregnant. Circumstances and societal conditions can certainly curtail and slow the willingness of otherwise capable women to have families.
Comment · 4 years ago
Probably. Otherwise, it wouldn't keep happening.
Comment · 4 years ago
The EU's a bit bigger than the UK by a fair margin.
Comment · 4 years ago
Chicken and egg problem. Cars are necessary because businesses/places to work are far apart, but they got to be the distance they were because cars are around. The US is a huge place, there was plenty of space to go around and the current situation is what follows from it.
Comment · 5 years ago
Big difference also is, sadly, one this is immediately visible and tangible versus a vague "security" diagram and document.

Noone wants to get hurt in a fire, but noone really gets "hurt" when security is compromised.

Comment · 5 years ago
English being a mess may be one of its charm points. Many languages in a trenchcoat, full of flavor and exceptions to its own rules and a headache to learn.
Comment · 5 years ago
Sounds like what caused the mindshare death of Tumblr.

Pivoting away from the core reason you make money even if it's not the intended use case seems like a great way to cause the death of your company.

Comment · 6 years ago
They're only useful for cosmetic and extra quests and the like. You can just straight up ignore them and not lose out on anything.
Comment · 7 years ago
Hardly anyone doing the same job gets the same salary, with notable exceptions.

I certainly didn't make the same amount of money as my coworker at my old job.

Comment · 7 years ago
>Almost nothing is an emergency situation requiring your elevated tone of voice or physically rushing towards them.

Those are of course situations where immediate action IS necessary. It's a judgement call, but the point seems to be that if it's not a mortal danger, then don't overreact.

Comment · 7 years ago
"Brah, you started a new workout routine nearly every other month and haven't stuck with it. What makes this time different?"
Comment · 8 years ago
I would say they're so much ahead because they're so far behind.

True, in the US consumer rights are largely a joke, but on the same token doing business in the EU seems to be a huge regulatory mess for corporations both abroad and internal and it's quite hard to imagine any company in the EU reaching the heights of Microsoft or Apple, or even seeing more adventurous and risky endeavors like Tesla.

Pros and cons to both sides of having such rules. I'm certainly on the side of believing pro-consumer rights, but the lack of them may not be entirely a bad thing from a macro economic standpoint either.

Comment · 8 years ago
>Right now, advertising is not part of Journal’s revenue plans, but that could change.

That's unfortunate, but at least it's honest. Looks neat otherwise. I can get Google-like search to my personal life right now using, well, Google. Is an option for an individual subscription based service an option being considered?

Comment · 8 years ago
Amazon has incredibly poor quality control depending on what you're buying.

On the other hand, if you buy something retail, you can A. see it yourself first and B. have a physical store you can return it to.

Comment · 8 years ago
That's a big crux of the issue. Why should a teenager spend X amount of hours on a volatile schedule to get a pittance of money that quite literally gets eaten up nearly as quickly as it comes in? McJobs have been a recurring joke for years, and now that minimum wage cannot actually pay for a living, what's the point?

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