Something sociologists know (and the general public doesn’t) is that most people don’t actually hold very firm political beliefs. They just follow political directives from people they trust—in large part, to seek social status and acceptance.

Stigma is a powerful tool in shaping ideology.

a nation is an imagined community amd native English speakers live in the Greater USA now in the internet age

Ah dohn make them rules, pardner

coffee bars - the payment companies wiring in 'Murican tipping

tourists know no different, ching-ching shops keep 'em

I have a small old lappie I might put it on ;-)

is BeOS still a thing? Luved BeOS me

you should join

ecvs.co.uk

its very soothing, but you have to be in the mood to be soothed

you can roast gnocci too - good for curries

Pete Tong would make a better chair of the Fed than some of Trump's boyo's TBQF

its in the preview but not the article :-( FML

you need to go into more details into the kidney/tail thing

so very true - I think the depth of the crisis will only become clear after the AI bubble bursts...

yeah Ouji or GTFO

used it on and off for years - generally the word/excel stuff is fine - you will never get macro compatibility in any of them

Impress is the real problem because any prezzo's will bork on opening in Powerpoint - but increasinging I share prezzos as PDFs as people want to look at the on phones etc

Me nephew shifted me elderly Pa to Linux so there really isn't an excuse beyond it was on it when I bought it

It made me go and change the settings on Libre Office to resemble Office More (and Libre Office does actually look a lot less ugly than it used to...)

So I guess I better actually move then - should get off windows too - it is doin ma nut - is it finally the year of Linux on the desktop?

True, had to dredge him up myself, and me bubble boy

And its very much forgotten that the Adam Smith Insititute in 1979 wanted the bank-issued notes in Scotland (Bank, Royal Bank, Clydesdale) to become free floating currencies with an unmanaged exchange rate between and amongst themselves as well as with Sterling

The thing is folk like Thiel want the end of the traditional Fed and its replacment with crypto and other 'free' currencies

The fact that they declare fiat is dead but price everything in fiat makes me laugh tho