jmcs

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

At least the glass was fixable, the microplastic on the other hand...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

Sometimes shit like that makes me think software engineers should do a world wide strike on preparing for 2038, and let the Epochalypse happen.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago (7 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

It should work in the same circumstances as the new Tux logo of doom works.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago (3 children)

That needs a working kernel. Maybe Linux can be made to fallback to a cool frambuffer image if things aren't too broken, but with windows good luck.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago

Russians are world champions on driving tanks through muddy soil. Or at least trying to.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 days ago (17 children)

That's not how it works. The 45% doesn't apply to your entire income, only to the part above the threshold. For example, if you work in Germany, you only pay 45% on what you earn above €227k, and you'll always pay 0 taxes for the first €11k.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)
[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (20 children)

You don't understand how progressive taxes work. No one is punished for earning more. Even if you reach he maximum rate, the maximum rate is only coming out of your disposable income (unless you are a complete idiot living no only above your means but well above what's reasonable).

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

In this case they are easy to appease. Just replace the woman the courts have ordered to be set free with the attorney general. They can even charge more since the piece of shit will need special accommodations.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 week ago (7 children)

The OS getting fully bricked because of a third party software update is still very much a OS level fuck up.

 

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