This is nearly how it works in Canada. I grant access from my accounting software to my Canada revenue agency account and pretty much just verify it’s correct and fill in some of the non registered investment stuff which happens to be mostly with the institution whose software I use anyways.
The software is free. It even checks my wifes to optimize the returns.
How does that work for businesses and investments? In the UK I don’t have to do anything for taxes with my job, but if the investments in a rental property, or something like that, are over £4000 I have to do the forms.
They give you something to sign. For the majority of people, they just say “Yeah, sounds about right” and they confirm it.
For people with added complexities, they’ll do what they already currently do and add in the details you’re talking about. It’s literally win-win all around except for the tax soft company CEOs.
What the fuck is it with all these comments taking the horrific news of a 6 year old being stabbed 26 times in a hate crime… and they respond with some witty “gotcha” comments against the other side? Like am I crazy? Did anyone else get that vibe?
Anyway so…
On Saturday, Israel’s military
Ah. Just when I was wondering why they even bothered to write and publish this tragedy that so often gets ignored … yes that’s right! That shit is trending!
I’m sure a good portion of them are from the Hexbear community that many have defederated from. I’m glad for defederation because I don’t have to see their toxic, disrespectful comments. People who want to leave defederation up to individuals must not be familiar with the Paradox of Tolerance.
Here’s the problem I have with the whole wack-ass federation system:
Those Hexbear trolls could just make accounts on other instances and keep messing with people without consequences.
Most major Lemmy instances aren’t heavily moderated and the ones that are are only modded to serve the emotional whims of the mods and admins, and not for the benefit of the users.
The whole ass structure still has a hierarchy and therefore is still problematic.
Except other instances don’t allow hate speech and behavior like Hexbear admins do. Their whole instance is dedicated to trolling and spreading hate and disinformation. So they really can’t just go anywhere and act like they do.
That’s not gonna stop them. They can arbitrarily make as many accounts as they need to do it, and just bounce from account to account one comment at a time if necessary.
Most people have at least a few alts on other instances simply by virtue of instance shopping. Meaning most people already can evade bans.
Once again your interest in the subject has nothing to do with the subject themselves and everything to do with you. It’s not about what’s best for the community but what is interesting and relevant to you.
And it does, because I am the one who has been calling out popular instances for this crap since day one and have been banned repeatedly for it. To which you don’t bat an eye because who cares what happens to an inebriated pachyderm? Instance admins would never abuse their power to protect their feelings or cover up their wrongdoing with you. You’re kind and sober, after all.
Ask yourself where it is you’re going to go when .world admins ban you for criticizing them, or other innocuous shit like your political speech, or simply because they don’t like you. .world controls the vast majority of Lemmy’s userbase so what happens to you and any followings you build then? What will happen when major protests erupt next year and they censor people like fucking Reddit did?
All I can do is warn you. And once again you’ll refuse to listen to me because you’re too busy, how did you put it? Making it all about you and your hurt feelings from my words instead of displaying the humility and wisdom required to do what’s right. And the one who will pay the price for it is you.
That’s not gonna stop them. They can arbitrarily make as many accounts as they need to do it, and just bounce from account to account one comment at a time if necessary.
There’s a finite number of servers though that they can create accounts on.
The admins of those servers would notice someone spamming account creations just to make comments and bypass bans.
What you’re describing is not a federation issue, it’s a server admin issue.
If they have that much spare time then let them. They can rule over lemmy and the rest of us get to enjoy the actual world while they’re tied up screaming at their keyboards.
I usually agree with this sentiment, but I honestly think Hexbear users have had better takes than the other average user on this. It’s generally not the hexbear users I see trying to justify violence in this case. Mostly they’re against it. I have plenty of issues with hexbear, but at least be accurate with criticism.
Check my comment history. I’ve had many arguments with them. I’m not from hexbear, but in this one situation they have been mostly better than the average Lemmy user from what I’ve seen. They’re almost all anti-violence in this situation in my experience, though some are more violently anti-Zionist which is pretty fair considering how many die because the Zionists can do it without consequences.
Lol. Just because I defend them once after critiquing them dozens of times probably, you tell me to go there. You’re as bad as they are.
My instance isn’t defederated from them though so I’d have no reason to. I wouldn’t care if it were defederated really because generally they’re annoying assholes. I guess you guys have that in common.
They didn’t demand evacuation back then. They invaded, killed a bunch of people, declared victory, then left (obvious oversimplification). This time, they ordering the civilian population to leave seems to be an indication they expect to invade, murder stragglers, then annex the land once it’s empty and leveled. It does seem to go along with the rhetoric of “exerting a price they’ve never dreamed of”.
I mean, it mentions that the parents were from the West Bank.
“Wadea’s mother and father had moved to the United States 12 and nine years ago, respectively, and their son was born here, Rehab added. They were from a village in the West Bank, he said.”
Must be rough being a fancy lad born into extreme wealth originally derived from racist opportunist parentage, always getting your way, always having and taking license to hurt others for your own gratification because you can just hide behind a team of attorneys to protect you from the consequences of your own actions.
BREAKING: group of people whose only chance of getting elected is relying on the Electoral College not thrilled about the idea of abandoning the Electoral College
It’s also people who brush off inconvenient information because a guy hates all the people they hate and they wish they could have a huge platform to say what he says.
There are multiple things. Part of it is that they never hear of news like this part of it is that "there’s no way he did all of that, the fake news/dwu state/globalists are making things up, because they are scared of him. And for the remaining: “yeah, dauber he did it, but democrats are already doing it/would do it if they had a chance”.
Gotta say the investigative journalism on this one left a lot to be desired, like investigating and journalism. Anyone can write “hey I saw this thing on Instagram, might be real might not thanks for the click.”
Things would have to seismically change in the tech/business world for me to trust any company enough to put something in my brain. That said, if I was forced to buy one the last two I would consider letting near my brain are Musk and Zuck
Escape from Sobibor has brief nudity. We watched it in my middle school. Like the whole ‘bloc’ (they divided the grade into four of them) watched it, so bordering on 90-100 kids. Somehow, we’re not all depraved lunatics. A few of us are, but I’m guessing that has more to do with those violent video games I keep hearing about.
I remember in 7th grade watching a video which included real photos of the corpses from the Holocaust. Some were naked. I can remember the disclaimer that my teacher sarcastically provided, clearly annoyed that he had to, saying “Look, there are some truly disturbing images in this, but it is important to see them and understand what happened. You’re going to see naked bodies, and if that’s the part you can’t handle, well… I don’t even know what to say to you.”
The Dominion lawsuit was fascinating because it showed all the behind the scenes discussions and made it very clear exactly how much Fox knows is utter bullshit on their programs. Seeing them just blatantly admit that they have crackpots on as “experts” regularly and that they’re fully aware that they’re spewing lies is just really disgusting. Even more so when their own hosts talk about how unhinged these people are and how it’s going to get them in trouble only for Rupert to tell them to shut up and stick to the lies being pushed.
They’re cosplaying being a freedom warriors in this culture war. Keith Olbermann talked years ago about how Fox commentators just casually spoke to him as if they didn’t believe what they were spewing on air. They didn’t. It’s all a game or performance art.
Keith Olbermann was great until he himself went on to spewing garbage constantly. I found it funny that he spent way to much time posting dogs for adoption when he finally came back after the MSNBC meltdown
Some conspiracy minded people deny that viruses even exist. I’ve had more than one person tell me that it isn’t vaccines that helped get rid of polio and small pox etc it’s increased hygiene and such. If you start with a conclusion you can either make facts fit the lie or ignore reality altogether.
These cunts will have a bunch of hibbedy-fibbedy-wibbedy-kibbedy to wave that off, too. When you don’t actually care about the particulars, evidence - however conclusive - is immaterial.
They get away with lying only because they haven’t been sued by it. The times they have, they surprisingly changed their tune (like the voting machine fraud)
Representatives for the Consumer Healthcare Products Association, a group that represents OTC drug manufacturers, did not offer any new evidence to counter the FDA’s claims that the drug is ineffective during their presentation Monday.
The group instead said that if oral phenylephrine were not available over the counter, it would be a significant burden to consumers.
But it doesn’t work! Consumers are literally using something that’s no better than the naturopathic bullshit found in the next aisle over!
MAN I hate corporate lobbyists. Outright lying to try and save face.
Yes, I NEED this shit like 2-3 months of the year due to a severe winter cedar allergy. I can barely function without a strong decongestant and having to show my ID and jump through hoops at the pharmacy to get it instead of just grabbing some off a shelf is so frustrating.
Sure hope there’s going to be education available alongside the psychedelics for sale acquisition. It’ll help people learn about set and setting, etc., but most importantly, education and prep will mean less bad trips and less idiots running their mouths to the anti-drug crowd.
So this isn’t aimed at allowing the sale yet. This is just to remove the penalty of possession, this is the first step in being able to do studies on micro doses and therapeutic levels. And yes mushroom shops.
Comically enough possession of Psychedelic mushrooms isn’t a charge in Florida. They had a ruling a while back that stated a standard person wouldn’t know how to tell the difference between a mushroom that was and was not containing psychedelic properties. Thus it is illegal to sell, deliver or etc but if you have a zip loc bag of a few mushrooms in your pocket they in theory would have to let you go because they would have to prove your mushroom swiss burger was intended to get you high vs just being enjoyable. Now if you have 10 1 oz bags of mushrooms, you will have a hard time arguing you didn’t have intent to sell.
As the article mentioned, recreational sales is still illegal. You’re just not going to jail if you’re over 21 and get caught with few caps on you. It also kicks off some efforts to study the drugs for therapy.
It’s also following in the footsteps of major CA metros who have been piloting this for a while.
If California is anything like Massachusetts then it’s a bit more complicated.
Over there several towns and cities have decriminalized and it’s on the state ballot much like California, but cannabis dispensaries in those towns and cities are already “gifting” mushroom chocolates and such to customers.
The law says they can’t sell it yet but they still manage to get it into the hands of paying customers
You haven’t heard anti-drug people cite anecdotal stories as a reason to continue the war on drugs?
People who misuse or misunderstand a drug, take too much, or mix it with other substances are the D.A.R.E. crowd’s favorite thing to point as supporting evidence.
Example: Take a small dose of PCP or a simulant, it can be fine for someone knowing the risks and weighing them against their needs. Take too much of PCP (and be predisposed to violence) and you’ll end up doing crimes, or in the hospital for serotonin syndrome.
So let’s say violent Vince takes too much of a drug and ends up assaulting people on the street. He ends up in the news and we all get to hear forever about why PCP turns anyone who tries it into an invincible cannibal zombie.
There are easy ways to have a bad time using psychedelics (like not picking a controlled environment, not being prepared for that your trip will take some time). Knowing these things ahead of time/being prepared matters quite a bit in terms of your ability to have a safe, pleasant trip.
This sort of knowledge, sort of like “you shouldn’t plan to operate heavy machinery after drinking that cough syrup or those 7 beers” is key to responsible use- and it’s the irresponsible users that become the poster children for the ‘ban everything’ crowd.
The ambulance apparently chose not to pass on the right in the lanes that were moving because of policy or something like that. I know where I live stopping where you are at is what you are supposed to do, so this one really seem slide it might be misleading anti self driving sensationalism.
It still has a long way to go, but stopping for emergency vehicles really sounds like it was working as designed to follow the laws.
Passing on the right drastically increases the likelihood of accidents for almost everyone involved. The (effective) blind spot on the left side of a vehicle versus the right side is tiny.
And while I won’t rule out different regions having different laws: To my knowledge, basically every single variation is “Pull off to the right side of the road unless the ambulance is right behind you and trying to turn right”. Just stopping where you are is a good way to force the emergency vehicle to slalom through traffic and increases the likelihood of degraded care (or even injury) in the back.
Which adds on to why an ambulance should generally not try to pass on the right. If a vehicle is stopped right in front of you, something is wrong. That means they are likely to open a door, suddenly accelerate and try to move over, etc. Its a decision, but it is one that adds delays. And even a slight delay can be fatal if you are at the point where you actually need an ambulance.
A human increases the odds of an accident drastically. Especially when they suddenly “come out of nowhere” while someone passing legally is trying to shift back right.
In this case? Someone is already clearly ignoring the rules of the road (if not the law). There is no guarantee they don’t end up sideswiping the ambulance, opening their door randomly, etc. Which results in more injuries… likely including the paramedics themselves.
Don’t they also send a signal of some kind, like a strobe at a particular frequency among their lights, that can be detected by (some) traffic lights to override them and turn them green? Maybe driverless cars should be able to percieve and react to this?
“Well, another lanes was moving so it could have gone around, also, if the patient had just taken an med flight helicopter this wouldn’t have happened.”
Like so what another lane is moving. Would the ambo have to back up and do a K turn to get around the glitched car?
Be interesting to see exactly what the traffic patterns looked like. There’s the set of driving regulations that generally say we should make way for emergency vehicles, but not if it requires ignoring another regulation. For example, if you’re stopped at a red light and an emergency vehicle approaches from behind, law says you wait for the light to turn green, then proceed when safe. Real drivers will run that light, hop a curb, make an illegal u-turn, etc. to make space, and nobodies going to get ticket for that, but it they are technically still violations.
I also think the comparison shouldn’t necessarily be against a typical driver, but a novice one, who doesn’t always respond correctly to an uncommon situation.
If ambulances were able and allowed to push other vehicles out of the way, then there would be a chance that Americans would leave a corridor in traffic jams to keep from getting shoved aside.
Definitely. Now that I think about it, a separate vehicle to do the shoving would save the patient from getting bumped around.
But then, there would need to be more ambulances following along to pick up people who get injured because all the imaginary cars getting shoved out of the way are occupied.
People get out of the way for emergency vehicles where I’m from. I’ve seen what you’re describing in NYC and I don’t really like being grouped with them.
I think the person above is referring to the law in Germany (and maybe other EU countries?) where if traffic slows to a stop on a highway everyone pulls to the side (right lane to the right, left lane to the left) to leave a corridor down the center just in case an emergency vehicle comes. It’s called Rettungsgasse.
This topic has come up at work several times. What’s funny is each time it does everyone gets excited about the possibility of it happening to them on a critical call.
Our ambulances are built on 4x4 capable F-350 chassis and we’re all union firefighters/medics. It feels like the 21st century version of “car blocking a hydrant”.
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