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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Still use it for marketplace. If that decoupled from Facebook I wouldn't need it.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago (5 children)

Nah, they've just been really slow about testing it. It's range is actually pretty impressive, but it requires very high energy superchargers on testing routes.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 days ago

I see Facebook is leaking.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

But the price increase kinda is a symptom of the underlying issue. For reference, the reason that subway subs were $5 for a long time was that the company was trying an advertising campaign to grow the brand, which it did amazingly well (honestly, far too well). However, those were not sold at a sustainable price, but whenever the company tried to raise the price it was perceived very poorly by the market. So they kept the price low for a long time, and eventually had to raise it but due to inflation (and decreasing the sub size to compensate for the low price before that), but the price increase was pretty drastic to most of the customers who often stopped going there.

In other words, the company kept the price down artificially to keep their stock price high, and foisted a lot of the actual costs onto the franchisees, of which they had tons. Which is obviously not a sustainable business model, and it's why less people go to subway anymore.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 days ago (4 children)

Maybe if the issue wasn't soo widespread, but the manufactured over abundance has tipped the scales enough that simple statements of sugar/sodium being bad for you (even if not entirely correct) are a step in the right direction.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 week ago (2 children)

They were never actually meant for identification, just got pigeonholed into that role because the government couldn't get support for a national citizen ID or the equivalent. We absolutely need something, but every republican will scream that, "it's a way for the government to track us and limit out freedoms!" and it will be shot down.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

But bad traffic.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

My father has had two heart attacks. The first was a pretty standard one by heart attack standards, required a stint to be put in and two days at the hospital. The cost was ~$40k and after insurance we were left with I think a $4-5k deductible (pretty good county employee insurance). His second one luckily (ha) happened while on the job and required another stint to be put in (he got amazingly lucky, as it was a widow maker of a heart attack) and was covered under his works insurance.

For reference, I'm healthy and in my late 20s, I pay ~$250 a month through my employer's health plan, $25 for an office visit, $500 to walk through the doors of the ER, with a $3k in network deductible ($6k out of network). Believe me when I say you are amazingly lucky to have the NHS.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago

Latest news, CEOs nationwide have generally volunteered to give up their salaries! And work entirely tip based for their services in whatever industry they are in...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

$2.60 for half an hour of riding. While that might be cheaper than an Uber, why wouldn't they try lending scooters to lower income individuals instead at cost over a larger period of time, leaving the charging to the end user? Seems that would cheaper for both the user and compared to whatever tax breaks they would be giving to attract the scooter rental companies.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

As someone from the Southeast US, I got some bad news for you....

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Because Democrats are mostly pretty sane and generally normal. Most Republicans are pretty delusional, but some are just bonkers and very weird about their beliefs (not completely sure, but I think a somewhat apt analogy might be to the AfD party in Germany, as several of the same talking points are shared between both).

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Mushroom ID help (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

Found growing in a pot with a hibiscus plant, not entirely sure how it got there but the recent excessive rainfall has made it fruit.

 

Went on the Blue Ridge Parkway this week, and had a blast! The Parkway feels amazing with the top down, and all of the curves make for some interesting driving.

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Best Hat (lemmy.world)
 

I recently took a trip down the Blue Ridge Parkway, and I got something I though y'all might enjoy along the way!

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