Heres me living in Aus reading these comments saying this is normal, thinking its insane. We just pull up to the bowser, wave to the cashier and start pumping petrol. People would be livid if they saw a $150 auth charge. The petrol station would be getting dragged in the news.
The Sopranos final episode immediately springs to mind
Heres some studies if you want to do some reading:
Impact of Universal Health Care Coverage on patient demand for health care services in Thailand
Parenting? Caretaking? Guardianship?
With the current cost of living issues most people are having and cutting back on non-essential spending, you will really need to push the visibility of your work on social media.
Try and find a niche to exploit that’s not over-saturated and be realistic with your pricing. If you identify a niche, maybe reach out to popular/highly visible members of that community and offer to do custom avatar/banner work.
Maybe after you raise the visibility of your work, offer a heavily discounted limited time promotion or something.
Also might be worth checking out some freelance art jobs
Just spitballing ideas here
There’s inflatable covers that supposedly do an ok job if the storm isn’t too crazy.
…am I the only one who read that as “NewGrounds” at first?
Not torrents but #ebooks on IRCHighway has never failed me
Thats only a short term solution, global warming will negate those benefits.
Southern ocean currents just reversed and will likely cause rapid warming of water temps.
Southern Ocean circulation reversed
Southern Ocean current reverses for first time, signalling risk of climate system collapse
France and Switzerland just had to shutdown their nuclear reactors due to the water sources they use for cooling being too warm.
France and Switzerland shut down nuclear power plants amid scorching heatwave
My understanding is that traditional AI essentially takes a bruteforce approach to learning and because it is hardwired, its ability to learn and make logical connections is impaired.
Newer technologies like organic computers using neurons can change and adapt as it learns, forming new pathways for information to travel along, which reduces processing requirements and in turn, reduces power requirements.
This. Ive been going through 1 pair of $200AUD boots roughly every 18 months. Just bought a new pair for around $250.
There are studies linking appearance and personality:
Why It’s Surprisingly Easy to See People’s Personalities in Their Faces
Is There a Link between Physical Appearance and Personality?
Anything gilt in gold. Its a poor mans idea of wealth
Something to keep in mind is that after 30 male testosterone starts to decline and decreased testosterone can result in carrying more weight around the mid-section and may make it harder to lose.
Might and Magic 7: For blood and honor
You could try a nutritional supplement like carbohydrates or protein;
Don’t even have to go that far, just change your DNS to a non-Australian one. Anything that turns up from a “top 10 dns providers” search works.
Credit card doesn’t leave the wallet till I go in to pay. There’s no way for them to magic the charges onto the card.