Have you tried various sources of water? I can usually taste the difference between various bottled waters, let alone tap water from different places. Maybe you don’t like the local tap water.
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No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Why is classy and fancy being called "Old Money aesthetic"English
2·7 天前Old money isn’t about money, but class.
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No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Is Vladimir Putin a good and professional leader?English
2·9 天前He was an improvement on Yeltsin and he was popular. However, his grasp on power beyond term limits have been a net negative on the country.
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No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Apparantly there are some rural places in China that have never seen a white person... So... are there like places in the US I can go where they never seen an Asian person before?English
121·9 天前Not likely. Chinese migrants in the USA went everywhere to start various small businesses. It is the reason why there is that Chinese family running two grocery stores in Sinners. Chinese families would be rare, but they would be everywhere.
Your best bet is the rural Mountain West or Appalachia, but even then you’re likely going to find some Chinese people living there.
To add on what you said since it was the most complete answer, the first credit cards didn’t start with a magnetic chip but had raised numbering that cashiers would emboss the numbering onto a carbon copy slip. The shop would keep two copies of the receipt and the customer would keep the third.
The switch to magnetic swipe on North America took a while because it required a phone connection to verify the card number. Europe switched to chips earlier than North America in part because a lot is stores didn’t have the required phone/data connections for continuous use, so the chip was developed to be used in cases where there wasn’t any connectivity with the card reader.
HobbitFoot @thelemmy.clubto
No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Let's say hypothetically I wanted to leave the US permanently;English
14·12 天前Australia and New Zealand have a points based immigration system that you can check online. That would be the first place I’d look.
I think he’s credible as a witness for what he’s seen. He seems believable, but I haven’t looked into any criticism of what he’s said.
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Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•Why do people have issues with OnlyFans Models and Porn Stars.English
471·12 天前One modern issue is that sites like OnlyFans has caused is a unique type of spam as various models spam in a lot of places in order to build their audience.
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Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•In your opinion, is space exploration necessary?English
13·12 天前Looking at the list of government expenditures, I don’t see space exploration as problematic as other things we are spending money on.
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No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•How should a news article website financially sustain itself?English
11·12 天前By turning the content into advertising.
Regarding the Electoral College, the only thing I have an issue with it is that most states chose winner take all and the Senate is counted for votes. If the electoral college votes were given out as a percentage to each state’s popular vote, it would make the system work a lot cleaner.
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No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Do people in real life actually care who dates who and who is in or out of "people's leagues"?English
4·12 天前A lot of people do as a way to judge a person’s rank in society. The attractiveness of a person’s spouse is a common metric for how successful someone is. So, if a highly attractive woman is slumming it with a man who appears to be well below her status, it is confusing for a lot of people.
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No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Do we know how much apps would cost if we had to replace ad revenue with subscription fees?English
1·13 天前And it is also bundled with an ad-free music service.
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No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Do we know how much apps would cost if we had to replace ad revenue with subscription fees?English
61·13 天前Linux is subsidized by a consortium of major tech companies supporting a common code base as it is cheaper than relying on one vendor.
Signal is run by a non-profit group which is funded by various grants.
Mastodon is a combination of above, the code being subsidized by a consortium of developers and individual servers funded by various means.
To just say “it is free” ignores the economics of why they are free.
HobbitFoot @thelemmy.clubto
No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Adult costume for Frozen themed children’s partyEnglish
7·13 天前But who gets to play Gunter?
It will get given out every time FIFA needs to mollify a corrupt official that will impact their work.
“Opposition Leader” is only a role in parliamentary systems where the leader of the second party has that role.
Typically, legislative “minority leader” positions fill a lot of those roles that an opposition leader would, but it isn’t official.
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No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Why don’t tech bros wear suits?English
2·15 天前Wearing a suit isn’t the only way to show power.
Tech used to dress up to the same standards as other professions in the 60’s, with their rules for conformity. Some engineers realized that they were too good to need to conform, so they dressed down, daring their bosses to fire them. Given how valuable the good engineers were, they got to keep their jobs even though they didn’t fully conform to the dress code.
It became a statement of power. Meetings would often be decided on the person worst dressed because they were the valuable tech decision maker.
Fast forward to when Facebook is trying to get its IPO and Mark Zuckerberg is going into meetings with financiers dressed in jeans and a T-shirt. The financiers were all wearing suits, but Zuckerberg didn’t need to because they needed him more than he needed them. Zuckerberg didn’t need to dress up for bankers, bankers needed to dress up for him.
The only time Mark Zuckerberg wore a suit as part of his work was when he was testifying in front of Congress. Why? Because Congress had power over him and that power made Mark dress up.
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Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•Imagine the US holding a "Cost-of-living crisis" protest of 100+ million. Even the army and police protest. You are tasked with making *the* list of demands. What would be on this list?English
12·15 天前In context, Trump won 2024 with only 77 million voters. If you can get 100+ million to show up, that’s enough to demand control over Congress and the Presidency.



What would you do if he wasn’t your dad? What if it was another employee that made a mistake like this?
Even though he is your dad, he is also your employee in this case. If your relationship with him is healthy, this should be something you two can work through in both family and in business.