In the UK there is a point between 100 and 125k where the tax levels of being in that region make it more financially prudent to do pension salary sacrifice or a similar scheme. You should still take the pay rise obviously.
Edit: To illustrate it I think the marginal tax rate jumos to ~60% or something like that between 100-124k. but then moves back down to 47% after you earn over 125k for some reason.
I think male chicks get treated worse than humans when they are identified at the factory farms
I think Kinghorn would be a better fullback than Smith, and would also like to be able to swap between Smith and Russell at 10 if required during a game. In terms of the general 10 question I'd like to see each of them starting at least once (maybe Russell would start twice depending on how many Scotland players there are in the backline since he is familiar with working with them).
Agree on dropping Duhan for Lowe. I suppose now you mention the all nations inclusion it would be classy to include Wales especially after Scotland got the cold shoulder a few tours ago.
This list is also missing Tuipolotu which is a shame - glad it's just a fun article based on stats and not the final list!
I enjoy how old your picks are for the more modern games too! HoMM3 is a stone cold classic.
Interesting experience. My partner who we suspect has ADHD always used to be up all night writing essays on the deadline in uni too.
Wishing death upon someone because they are a libertarian (or hold whatever other opinion you disagree with) is trashy
Was working at TK Max (TJ Max outside the UK) at the changing rooms as a part time job as a student. Supposed to be checking for defeated tags or people stealing.
Some dude came in and then rushed out a few moments later, casting the clothes into a basket and leaving the shop. I went to go check for defeated security tags and it turned out he'd masturbated in there and cum all over the walls.
Management showed no interest in pursuing the culprit and handed me a stack of paper towels. It occured to me that he'd probably been thinking about me cleaning it up when he cracked off, while I was cleaning it up. Pretty gross.
Finished my shift, went to the manager and told them I quit. In hindsight should have just left the moment I realised what happened.
Bundee Aki or Sione Tuipulotu? Jac Morgan or Tom Curry? The analysts at Opta have crunched the numbers to produce a Lions XV based on autumn performances.
Wife and I spent 6 months trying to find her set of keys to our old flat and it turned out they were behind the sofa
Here you go https://www.dailystar.co.uk/tech/gaming/lib-dem-leader-challenges-keir-34179838
Edit: typically people use the archive links to avoid paywalls, annoying ads or giving traffic to the daily mail
Yeah that was exactly the reason I voted for Ed over Layla back then.
I'm just getting tired of his capering now. The election is over!
I think many things that solicitors do could be easily replaced with AI since it's just parsing the contents of documents and then writing a few templated summaries.
Lib Dem leader challenges Kier Starmer to a game of FIFA and will dance on TikTok every day until he accepts
WTF is this shit Ed? I think I'm going to revoke my membership. Voted Labour last time anyway so my heart hasn't really been in it this year... At least I was able to vote against Layla Moran becoming leader a few years back.
He's got such a hate boner for Kier Starmer that I'm kind of intrigued. Starmer is the most boring, beaurocratic politician you can find. I can't understand what's triggered this latest Musk mania.
I'm a millenial but one of my most conservative friends has parents who are total left wing hippies. Sometimes kids end up rebelling or defining themselves in opposition to certain aspects of their family members.
No, I am a follower of Wittgenstein's notion of "language games" where all language is socially constructed by groups of people participating in a self-perpetuating linguistic context. It is an objective phenomenon as words which have no meaning to another person cannot exist.
I find the authors concerns about security to be at odds with their enthusiasm for flatpak and systemd. Personally I don't think containerised applications get as much attention from package maintainers or security audits. Systemd is also expanding into every area of the OS including recently offering a sudo alternative which is basically creating one massive attack surface.
It's over, Drake. Just take the L and move on.
Will put a disclaimer here that it's not going to be for everyone but I use emacs for pretty much everything.
It's a competent code editor with a lot of plugins similar to vscode. It has email, web browsing and IRC built-in out of the box. One of the best of the bundled packages is org-mode which is a fully featured note taking application that can export to HTML and latex. Then there are a wide ecosystem of packages like music players (emms) and visual git interfaces (magit) you can install too. It can even work as a WM!
Before we get into a text editor holy war I still use vim for quick edits.
+1 for scoop. I've got a windows PC that I keep around for certain programs I can't use with wine and scoop makes it bearable.
A carve-out for the UK on the new levies would represent a major win for Sir Keir Starmer’s government
Wazza - Welcome to Edinburgh
lmao I used to walk to work through lochend from meadowbank to the shore
Officers were given stop and search powers to help prevent disorder during a Bonfire Night which saw missiles thrown at police.
Videos on WhatsApp showing neds trashing cars and setting off fireworks through letter boxes of random houses. There’s a police helicopter over Niddrie. This is basically a riot every year! Authorities need to clamp down on this somehow.
Images circulating online have not yet been verified.
It comes after the magazine was bought by GB News backer Sir Paul Marshall earlier this month.
Why is Labour so puritanical?
Public health minister Andrew Gwynne is considering ‘tightening up the hours of operation’ for pubs
This is spectator so they are taking the most extreme right wing viewpoint on Labour's recent policies to improve the nation's health. I disagree with how they characterise it for the most part but they do seem to put their finger on the kind of authoritarian impulses inside the party. Definitely think the author misses the mark with their badly thought out/unsupported angle about it being patronising class politics.
I was too young to take in much when John Major was in power but remember New Labour with Blair/Brown very well. They were also keen to make similar kind of policies that were - for lack of a better phrase - nanny state-ish. I found it interesting thinking about that legacy.
Should also mention that both parties tend towards these types of policies. I suspect the civil service are keen on them and they test well in focus groups.
Article is paywalled so will post it in comments.
Digital Underground (feat. Tupac) - Same Song
If Digital Underground were able to make more consistent albums then they'd be my favourite group ever. The best tracks are unreal but then the skits, etc. drag the whole thing down on repeated listens.
‘Crucial’ medical documents have not been disclosed, according to a complaint signed by former players including Steve Thompson and Mark Regan
This could have major repercussions for the game as we know it. The RFU has already reduced the amount of contact allowed in the grassroots of the game. Will the product we all love survive a legal tsunami if this ends in a court ruling?
I always wonder if you could get players to sign away their rights to sue but I'm pretty certain that would not be legally enforceable, alongside being totally exploitative.
"Every summer, they fill up your beaches. They drink all your beer. They make a mess of your plazas," said the front page - which was reported as a hate crime.
I find The National frequently embarassing as a Scottish person. Enjoying seeing them squirm here.
She was also caught running 5km and 10km races.
This is upsetting to see. I've got a friend with MS and I hope she is not prevented from claiming assistance if (or when) she needs it due to this case causing more stringent checks on claimants.
At least this lady got the jail.
Wes Streeting has reportedly indicated that the Labour government will make the Tories' emergency puberty blocker ban permament.
I think Wes might be right here but this is going to cause consternation amongst groups who were hoping that Labour might take a more liberal approach to LGBT issues than the tories.
SMTV:V Hype Thread
My copy is arriving on Saturday - it seems that the days of ordering on Amazon and occasionally getting games a day early has passed.
I was a fan of the base game and I don't think the story was as bad as some people made it out to be. However I am excited for the new story that they are promising with the Vengeance route. Getting hyped up seeing the positive reviews coming through!
I have been replaying SMTIV:A this week in the run up to the release to keep me occupied. Had taken a detour into the Devil Survivor series most recently so it has been nice returning to the mainline gameplay.
What are you all thinking about the release this week? Any hopes for the new title? Fears?
Kunisada - Kabuki Actors in the play Ise Ondo (1850)
Apologies for the slightly skewed picture. I actually own this artwork. A close family friend has been collecting 19th Century Japanese woodcuts his entire life, and he gifted this one of a wedding scene to my wife and I when we got married.
More details about the work. The artist Kunisada lived from 1786 to 1864 and he shared a studio / teacher with the (perhaps more famous) artist Kuniyoshi. This work was published by Hayashiya Shogoro in 1850.
The work depicts a Kabuki theatre scene; traditional Japanese theatre. Actors are playing the roles of Aburu-ya Oshin and Fukuoka Mitsugi in the play Ise Ondo. In this scene the couple are getting married.