ShouldIHaveFun

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago

In the US it is the big corporations that control the government.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

In Switzerland we have a tax when selling a house on the value it gained since you bought it. So if you buy a house for price X and you sell it for more than that, you will be taxed on the price difference. Even if the price difference is just because of market fluctuations.

This is probably a better solution against flippers, since only those making money by increasing house values are taxed. The tax can then be made more or less aggressive as needed.

Edit: here are some more explanations about how this tax works https://www.ch.ch/en/housing/homeownership/taxation-of-real-estate#are-you-planning-to-sell-your-house-or-apartment

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Try to measure the length of the sticks

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

No linux client and needs a credit card for the free trial. It should be avoided

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

If your computer is always running it may never take longer than five minutes. But try to leave your computer shut down for a month or more. Then updates accumulate and it can take really long to make them.

[–] [email protected] 43 points 11 months ago (8 children)

You do have to reboot to use your new kernel after an update. But it's just a normal reboot, not the whole blocking installation process like in Windows.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Even old blind people who can't pass driving tests use Uber or Lyft, because public transport simply isn't safe or suitable enough for them, especially during grocery runs.

You are assuming a car centric city here. In a walking and transit oriented city, it is safe and suitable for blind people to be independent and move by themselves. Only cars make the cities unsafe and the lack of transit makes it unsuitable to use something else than a car.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (11 children)

How do disabled people who can't drive get their groceries in a car centric city?

If you can drive a car, you can probably also drive an electric wheelchair. This should be sufficient to take public transit or go to a nearby store.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

You mean like this ETHZ professor? https://people.inf.ethz.ch/troscoe/