[-] JoshuaFalken@lemmy.world -1 points 4 days ago

From what that article says, this fee is only charged to a PayPal balance. I have no clue who's keeping a balance in a PayPal account, but it's not like they're going to charge someone's payment methods.

Not defending them, I just find it surprising that they have any customers this could even apply to.

[-] JoshuaFalken@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago

Not sure why people are beating up on @nxn@biglemmowski.win for saying his opinion. Different people value different things.

I think I can answer your question though. Buying a console is a plug and play experience. Building a PC is not. Not everyone has the time, the patience, or the technical experience required to purchase compatible components, assemble the machine, and install the various software.

Anyone that's ever bought a prepared meal has overpaid in comparison to acquiring the ingredients, prepping them, and cooking the dish. It's worth the price to do so because I sure as hell don't want to spend time making a bowl of French onion soup.

[-] JoshuaFalken@lemmy.world 48 points 1 week ago

This article doesn't specify, but based on the previous 25% offer, I'm guessing this new and improved proposal is also structured over four years.

New information to me is that the union initially sought a 40% increase. Kind of silly to think that when 90% of your workers decline an offer - any offer - that adding an extra few percent will get you an agreement.

I wrote this before when the union declined the 25% bump, but it bears repeating:

If Boeing were to pay the 40% the union is looking for upon returning to work, and committed to annual salary increases that were double whatever inflation is moving forward, they would have 32,000 employees that would never strike the rest of their careers.

[-] JoshuaFalken@lemmy.world 36 points 3 weeks ago

“Ireland does not give preferential tax treatment to any companies or taxpayers,” stated a spokesperson from the Irish Ministry of Finances.

I wish the media would eviscerate these people like they used to.

[-] JoshuaFalken@lemmy.world 52 points 1 month ago

Not exactly related to this article but, I looked this judge up on Ballotpedia, and found this funny little tidbit.

Judge Merchan handed the Trump Organization a $1.6M fine in that tax case a couple years ago. The District Attorney for Manhattan, Alvin Bragg, said:

"While corporations can’t serve jail time, this consequential conviction and sentencing serves as a reminder to corporations and executives that you cannot defraud tax authorities and get away with it."

What a head of cabbage. As if a couple million dollars is anything to these corporations. These fines need to be double digit percentages of revenue before they get viewed as anything other than a line item on the expense report.

[-] JoshuaFalken@lemmy.world 33 points 1 month ago

This is a contributing factor to why we transitioned from 'global warming' to 'climate change'. It isn't about getting hotter - it's about how the effects will be wildly inconsistent across the globe, both in terms of geographic region and severity.

[-] JoshuaFalken@lemmy.world 35 points 1 month ago

You are right and I agree with you. I quickly wrote that comment and I doing so failed to get across my sarcastic quoting of Republican senator Ron Johnson. I have edited the comment with the appropriate correction.

[-] JoshuaFalken@lemmy.world 44 points 1 month ago

Yet another Trump appointee swinging her undeserved gavel to keep hundreds of millions in the pockets of big business.

[-] JoshuaFalken@lemmy.world 40 points 1 month ago

An umbrella arbitration clause like this, if it were argued at court, surely would only be held up for cases related to Disney+. At least one would hope. Having such an agreement cover entirely separate arms of a company is ridiculous.

[-] JoshuaFalken@lemmy.world 113 points 2 months ago

Imagine how amazing you would feel as a child to have a possession of yours put on display at a museum. Even if it was temporary, you'd remember that for the rest of your days.

[-] JoshuaFalken@lemmy.world 56 points 5 months ago

“The most powerful person in the world could go into office knowing that there would be no potential penalty for committing crimes,” Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said. “I’m trying to understand what the disincentive is from turning the Oval Office into the seat of criminal activity in this country.”

Hard to make any disincentive when the ones running for office are in the twilight of their lives. If only there were any choice to the matter.

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