And only if you have a salary sacrifice pension scheme and can choose your contribution amount.

is there a /m/theydidthemath ?

Anyone taking bets on how long until Just Stop Oil is classified as a “Terrorist” org?

By the way, we also sell robot bank guards. Best way of stopping bank robbing robots. Would you like to buy some?

I recommend this podcast episode on the subject: https://timharford.com/2022/08/cautionary-tales-south-pole-race-3/

Care to educate me?

Who’s Monica? Is she a friend of Nick?

Really annoys me when people counter with “but they can volunteer to pay more if they want”. How about dropping taxes on the rest of us then and let us volunteer to pay the amount we like? No?

They are scared of pets (mostly dogs). (Just wtf)

Ok, that’s a new one for me

In what way? I think usually these sort of designs rely on using some as yet undiscovered super strength material to hold them together. Other than that they are just a big Engineering problem. The Physics is sound.

I use a site called MyNoise which has a ton of white noise soundtracks. My favourite soundtrack for sleeping is called “rice fields” and consists of frogs, cicadas and water sounds. If I’m struggling to sleep I go “ok, froggy time” and put this on. Works 99% of the time.

Whoa, you summoned him

I does create friction for the person who has to enter it into the checker though

Instead, the Trump administration called on the UK to give parents “robust tools” to manage their children’s privacy settings and account controls, as well as requiring platforms to offer a healthy online experience “rather than outright bans”.

Slightly worried that I agree with the US Gov on this…

Its really hard to train an AI to be factually accurate. What you end up training is an AI that does its best to appear to be factually accurate.
Robert Miles has a great video here on the subject: https://youtu.be/w65p_IIp6JY

People who downvoted this: Was it the opinion on hummus or on peanut butter that you disagreed with? I must know!

As well as the obviously horrible implications for trans people, the other predictable outcome of this is that cis women who don’t look feminine/conforming enough will face shaming and violence from people who will see it as their right to enforce this ban.

“But not all screen use is equal.”

I think this is key. Curated, age-appropriate, educational content vs engagement-maximizing, algorithmically selected slop. Parents need to be in control of what kids watch, not tech companies.

Bee-Militarized Zone

Bre-admission. Got to include the hyphen or it sounds like a mission for bread