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Usually KFC but I just got some nuggets from them today and WTH, they are as thin as cardboard now.

If CGNAT is causing issues for your self hosted servers Tailscale is like voodoo for getting them to work. It almost makes it a non-issue…

My story is completely opposite. My Mazda was just out of warranty and had a fault with the brake booster. It was fixed free of charge, no…

Worth it for not to having to deal with a Chinese company when it comes to support

Right now I'm seeing the cost price for the vaccine is north of $100 per dose. Maybe that will change come October.

Who says we don't already

MAS is a pretty average airline but I wouldn't compare Turkish to them. In economy you can see the cost cutting in the meal portions and…

A little bird told me that someone 'archived' Spotify's entire library a little while ago. It's a 300TB file if you have the space...

Games on PC have the option to be distributed outside of Steam. Games on PS must go through the official Sony store. If the Steam overlords…

Some of them are 'how to create a course advertising how to pay off your home loan in 7 years ' and use the money from the suckers that buy…

Germany, the most successful country of all the Europeans is a social democracy.

I actually think it's pretty good legislation. Could be better but it is achieving its policy goals. Consensus seems to be that the new tax…

My answer is democracy is worth it if we pick the candidate that has the country's best interest at heart. The government realised no…

We weren't at the negotiating table so in hindsight we can say this or that should have been done, but the deal we have is what was…

Pretty much every developed western country is a social democracy. So kinda most of the successful countries are socialist except the USA.

Typical conservative. Life is black and white to them. Politics like life isn't just black and white. The government was looking for change…

It pays for $80 asthma inhalers that cost $10 over here.

EDIT: My bad. Indexation of CGT is on cost base. So you only pay CGT on inflation adjusted gain. Hold an asset for about 10 years and…

If it's purely salary, yes I can. I just did. California is a place in another developed country with a similar standard of living. The…

If you moved to say California on a US$150k salary, after state taxes, you would actually be paying the same amount of tax as in Australia.…

OP is in the top 5-10% of earners yet describes themselves as 'accursed' and think they're middle class? Nothing wrong with being rich but…

Those were actually good things for our society. For anyone who doesn't already know, Australia is a social democracy. We are probably the…

But they haven't touched your super. They haven't done anything. You've fallen for the rage bait.

So many overreactions in this thread. They were literally sitting around a breakfast table brainstorming ideas and now everyone in this…

It hasn't happened yet, no one outside of the government knows if it will. Whatever happens it will still be more favourable to invest…

Super is held in private institutions. All the government can do is change the laws around taxation and distribution of the income, it will…

The positive is that if you're in your 20's right now, that $15k will be worth about $150k when you retire.

KL and Penang are definitely worth a side trip. There's more to see in Malaysia. If you like local, hawker style food, that kind of food is…

Who doesn't want super stable internet with low latency and maximum speed? If you can afford it then just do it once and do it properly…

If you are serious about upgrading and are able to make changes to your house, get an electrician to install ethernet cable and run access…