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retetr on Friday October 02, 2026 @07:52PM
from the self-post dept.
Contract law is currently being abused in the U.S. see (Disney says man can't sue over wife's death because he agreed to Disney+ terms of service)[https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/disney-says-man-cant-sue-wifes-death-agreed-disney-terms-service-rcna166594]
If the average individual can't even keep up with current (regional...
Unrelated, but is this a case of the Pareto Principle? (Admittedly the first time I'm hearing of it) Wherein 80% of the effect is caused by 20% of the input. Or is this more a case of diminishing returns? Where the initial results were incredible, but each succeeding iteration seems to be more disappointing?
We didn't start the fire, it was always burning since the world's been turning...
Your comment made me think of the Terry Pratchett book "Going Postal" in which a conman is put in charge of the post office and quickly realizes what you said: selling stamps is free money. One of my favorites from his later discworld books.
If you're in the U.S. and a "government agent" told you to use iMessage, you are 100% being scammed. No way they would accept anything less secure than a fax message or a document portal that looks like it was set up in the 90's.
I can't speak for Waitrose specifically, but luxury brands will definitely do a comprehensive analysis of the surrounding area before opening a store. In the US at least, the equivalent is looking for the closest Starbucks or Apple store.
Can someone explain. From their definition it looks like the credits and debits column in their example transaction table is flipped e.g. the first "debit" to the cash (debit normal) account increases the value, while the "credit" to the equity (credit normal) account also increases the value. (edited for spelling)