Robin Burchell
@rburchell.bsky.social
Organiser of pixels and herder of cats. Formerly Australian, now nationality-confused. All posts are my own opinion, no refunds for bad quality shitposting.
I found it got pretty karmic. Season one ended really well.
August 2, 2025 at 9:57 PM
I found it got pretty karmic. Season one ended really well.
Suddenly I hear the sound of a million GPUs crying out in fear
July 18, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Suddenly I hear the sound of a million GPUs crying out in fear
A custom QPaintDevice might help at a guess.. though PDF can have text embedded as paths, so maybe not.
April 16, 2025 at 4:05 PM
A custom QPaintDevice might help at a guess.. though PDF can have text embedded as paths, so maybe not.
Or another way to put it: the answer lies outside the graph, no?
Cost of living is rising, wages are stagnating.
So while they may pay proportionally less tax than their income band did a decade ago - that won’t help much overall if the cost of living has significant risen over the same timeframe?
Cost of living is rising, wages are stagnating.
So while they may pay proportionally less tax than their income band did a decade ago - that won’t help much overall if the cost of living has significant risen over the same timeframe?
March 31, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Or another way to put it: the answer lies outside the graph, no?
Cost of living is rising, wages are stagnating.
So while they may pay proportionally less tax than their income band did a decade ago - that won’t help much overall if the cost of living has significant risen over the same timeframe?
Cost of living is rising, wages are stagnating.
So while they may pay proportionally less tax than their income band did a decade ago - that won’t help much overall if the cost of living has significant risen over the same timeframe?
Monkeys paw curls: FrP?
March 20, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Monkeys paw curls: FrP?
I think someone already beat you to that (RIP, fn)
March 13, 2025 at 4:28 AM
I think someone already beat you to that (RIP, fn)
Decent quality, at least? I started getting some proper sleep recently and even though there’s less of it, it feels fucking amazing.
Hope you get your zzzs anyway.
Hope you get your zzzs anyway.
March 12, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Decent quality, at least? I started getting some proper sleep recently and even though there’s less of it, it feels fucking amazing.
Hope you get your zzzs anyway.
Hope you get your zzzs anyway.
much obliged; you may proceed about your business
March 5, 2025 at 7:44 PM
much obliged; you may proceed about your business
What is that, an upload for ants? 🐜
March 5, 2025 at 5:48 PM
What is that, an upload for ants? 🐜
Yes, such an approach would lead to stockpiling, but it also allows time for domestic production to ramp up, and everyone else's supply chains to adapt to that..
March 4, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Yes, such an approach would lead to stockpiling, but it also allows time for domestic production to ramp up, and everyone else's supply chains to adapt to that..
... and they also give a (long!) lead time to allow for shock resistance, which hopefully helps avert catastrophic price rises and the economic devastation that entails (both to consumers and employers).
March 4, 2025 at 8:27 PM
... and they also give a (long!) lead time to allow for shock resistance, which hopefully helps avert catastrophic price rises and the economic devastation that entails (both to consumers and employers).
The difference compared to the US is that they're picking a specific thing to slap tariffs on (rather than being a shotgun approach) ...
March 4, 2025 at 8:27 PM
The difference compared to the US is that they're picking a specific thing to slap tariffs on (rather than being a shotgun approach) ...
Again, that's kind of focusing on the US disaster though. Ignore that, and hypothetically say, a country decides "ok, we need to encourage domestic steel production for national security reasons, so starting 2035, we'll stick a tariff of n%"
March 4, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Again, that's kind of focusing on the US disaster though. Ignore that, and hypothetically say, a country decides "ok, we need to encourage domestic steel production for national security reasons, so starting 2035, we'll stick a tariff of n%"
When used sensibly, they can be a tool to guide and protect domestic market competitiveness. To keep critical industries intact. Right?
March 4, 2025 at 7:50 PM
When used sensibly, they can be a tool to guide and protect domestic market competitiveness. To keep critical industries intact. Right?
On the other hand, there’s a lot of people that are very dismissive about tariffs in general, and I think that’s a bit short sighted. Yes, they are effectively a tax, but they’re *not* necessarily a tax on the consumer, though they will be when used abruptly, in the US way.
March 4, 2025 at 7:50 PM
On the other hand, there’s a lot of people that are very dismissive about tariffs in general, and I think that’s a bit short sighted. Yes, they are effectively a tax, but they’re *not* necessarily a tax on the consumer, though they will be when used abruptly, in the US way.
All very good questions that I don’t have answers to without looking at specific scenarios. I’m certainly not defending the US approach here, I think that applying them universally at such short notice is monumentally stupid.
March 4, 2025 at 7:50 PM
All very good questions that I don’t have answers to without looking at specific scenarios. I’m certainly not defending the US approach here, I think that applying them universally at such short notice is monumentally stupid.
Oh I expect they go hand in hand. 🤣
March 4, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Oh I expect they go hand in hand. 🤣
Being popular sounds tiring
March 4, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Being popular sounds tiring
Not going to answer questions as to whether this was a big or small win
March 1, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Not going to answer questions as to whether this was a big or small win
I got out of bed today
March 1, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I got out of bed today