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At first glance the idea has merits.
"access to the money may be linked to financial literacy requirements..."
What's that mean?
The world media is doing it's best to scare the shizen out of mum and dad investors, claiming Gold and Silver prices are in free fall, they report the drop in $ terms because the $ number is big, For gold reporting a drop of 10% / ounce isn't as dramatic as reporting a fall of $500/ounce.
As a percentage it's nothing unusual, the problem is dressed up by the media because of the record price per ounce, they'll report a record drop in $ units for sure, but as a percetnage it's nothing unusual and has happened before. Of course panic selling takes place from small investors, the price drops, and the same coorporate Clark Kents who cried wolf are the ones buying on the cheap.
Also, an ounce isn't an ounce. Put the figures into standarised units, use $/gram or $/kilogram, because metric units are the same in every market. An ounce might be a Troy Ounce or some other Ounce, and the media is known for cherry-picking the units to maginfy the effect.
I'm a Windows desktop oldie, just prefer the larger screen and keyboard.I'm predominantly a PC person too, simply because my arms aren't long enough, if I can reach the screen it's blurry!
I'm not sure what was wrong with the old one.I think the main problem with the old site was the growing cost to maintain it, the problem with all this technology is the minute you let it age it becomes expensive to keep functioning and secure. It's like a boat with a hull full of holes, keep patching and eventually you have no hull left and you're floating on a raft of patches. It's not dissimilar to our own website's problems.
Seemed pretty reliable and easy to understand.
The problem with the new site isn't really the design, once you get your head around the Favourite Locations concept it works pretty well. It could be a bit easier for new users to navigate, they needed a better onboarding experience. To me the main problem was that the high cost of the replacement basically gave people political ammunition to rally against change.
I have to work with arrange of age groups across the technology sector, my older segment is anchored in the desktop experience, we think of web experiences in terms of a keyboard and monitor first. Pretty much everybody under 40 thinks about phone first, some of them have no interest in the desktop and will sit at a workstation reading from their phone. To the oldies it looks like the youngies are bludging, the youngies think the oldies are Luddites.
Yep Trump got in because Americans doing it tough got desperate enough to try any alternative and again he promised simplistic solutions to difficult problems. I think it was John Lennon who said in reference to the TV band "The Monkees"people will buy anything if you market it well enough or words to that effect..
What's wrong with the Monkees
The LNP only need to get half a clue and a more effective leadership and that One Nation vote will disappear.thats how Trump got in.
That's a challenge that appears beyond them at the moment.
The One Nation support is largely a reflection of the MAGA vote in the states.
Hanson pushes that theme and connection.
Around 20% is about the mark.
We're trailing a bit behind in Australia and some still think those policies are a recipe for success.
Not here.
And around November, not there either.
Don't underestimate an up yours vote.
The LNP only need to get half a clue and a more effective leadership and that One Nation vote will disappear.
That's a challenge that appears beyond them at the moment.
The One Nation support is largely a reflection of the MAGA vote in the states.
Hanson pushes that theme and connection.
Around 20% is about the mark.
We're trailing a bit behind in Australia and some still think those policies are a recipe for success.
Not here.
And around November, not there either.
I'm neither here nor there on EV's.
I see them as a way forward, but not necessarily the way forward if you get my drift. I am not an early adopter of any technology so have kept my distance (we have bought 2 vehicles since 2008, and both are Petrol cars, one of which was bought 2017, the other in 2024 to replace a 2008 car that probably had another 5 to 10 years in it, but became cost benefit to ditch in favour of something else, because that car was in need of more maintenance than I liked.
The main reason not to go EV, was more cost vs benefit at the time. The car I bought was cheaper than the average good EV, and we didnt need to put a charging station in for it which made petrol win. I also liked the shape of the car I bought, over what was on offer equivalent. We gravitate to what we like the look of generally, be it food, scenery, choice of partner, etc.
I have no feedback for the validity of EV. I can only talk about rechargeable batteries in power tools, and solar panels for xmas lights and I have mixed fervour for them. I find the battery powered tools to either be under powered, or unable to last the duration required to get the job done but thats not really a true comparison. Xmas lights get stored for 10 months of the year, are made from NiMH and usually sit there and degrade in the process which limits their longevity.
Ive switched to plug in lights purely because they are brighter and more reliable, but the solar ones have their use cases such as range and isolation.
Anyway, thats my two cents. I had the Tesla's as a rule, but its more bout Musk, and his business model than anything else. Subscriptions in general annoy me.
Trump is apparently offering Greenlanders 10,000 to 100,000 to switch the country to the USA
If I was a Greenlander and he made it a million I'd do it in a heart-beat.
Then I'd move to Canada
The above is really the guts of it right ?
In Test cricket you defend the good balls and score off the bad balls, in the shorter formats you are trying to score off every delivery.