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Re:Estonia saved its citizens 820 years by moving public ser... by Avamander on Wednesday November 30, 2022 @01:46PM (#33805565)
An hour or two each year? That's a lot of wasted time. Especially if you add it all up across the country.
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Re:Estonia saved its citizens 820 years by moving public ser... by 0xffff2 on Wednesday November 30, 2022 @01:55PM (#33805729)
0.02% (i.e. 0.0002) of your waking hours wasted doing taxes every year? That really seems like a lot?
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Re:Estonia saved its citizens 820 years by moving public ser... by Avamander on Wednesday November 30, 2022 @01:56PM (#33805757)
Yes, because I spend 10 minutes a year.
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Re:Estonia saved its citizens 820 years by moving public ser... by 0xffff2 on Wednesday November 30, 2022 @02:11PM (#33805980)
So what? I waste far more time every year browsing Hacker News than I ever have dealing with government bureaucracy. The difference between 0.02% and 0% is indistinguishable in reality.
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