Um paid parking permits?

most distros have something, yeah, generally called [something] monitor

The point of sanctions is to make it harder to run a country, part of that is making the citizens angry with the government

They don't target Russians outside of Russia, and do target non-Russians in Russia, because they're meant to actually be somewhat effective rather than just inciting hate

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Yeah, the opening weekend I think is an indication of how good your marketing was, and sustained performance is an indication of how good the actual film is

US is part of the NANP which means they have their own system for beyond +1, which is shared with Canada and half the Caribbean, and so they were given the whole of +1 rather than +10, +11, +12 etc. all resolving to the same thing, or +10 being for about 10 different countries while +11 was for one

Then the Soviet Union wanted a single digit too, which is why Russia and Kazakhstan share +7

I find it's harder as a pedestrian than a driver... You're mostly aligning yourself as a driver and looking for pedestrians/cars coming but they can come from either side regardless of what side you're driving on... For pedestrians though the side you look at first is switched so there's a very real chance you just step out into traffic

In some cases yes, however in others where there's speedbumps in the road and not in the bike lane, with the bike lane protected to stop cars avoiding the bumps in them, the bikes (35kph) move faster than the cars (25kph)

It's not every bike lane but a significant number

It's milk chocolate (coated at least)... I've tried alternatives and frankly white, dark and flavoured vegan chocolates are good enough but there's nothing close to or as good as milk chocolate so at this point it's like saying "boycott steak because it's not vegan"... It's a fact, sure, but not a reason against it for people who aren't already vegan, and vegans are already boycotting it away, so it's a reason for nobody?

That said the fair cocoa point is very valid.

Exactly right with regards to China, less so Mexico...

If you're making fun of the US for being pro-free market but not here, surely it makes sense for them to tariff imports the same amount that their production is subsidised, or to subsidise the same amount as everyone else to at least approximate the free market

Is it Spotify that arrange the cut for artists or the label though?
I don't know but I'd think it's the labels as it's too much for Spotify to negotiate per-artist?

When food companies use slave labour or cut down old growth forest for intensive farms do we get mad at Walmart/Tesco/Carrefour for having a normal margin on what they buy from the food companies (which may or may not leave enough for the products to be sourced sustainably, but that's a separate argument as the food companies would likely take a higher margin over keeping the same one and making their food more sustainable if paid more) or do we blame the food companies/their suppliers?

Just drive via the eurotunnel... If they're not gonna let you fly then... don't fly?