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**... some shipments were incorrectly labeled as coming from the remote islands instead of their correct countries of origin. **

I even put it in bold.

tl;dr: They're claiming that it was to "prevent countries with tariffs from shipping through there to avoid tariffs."

The United States alleged the islands exported more goods to the United States than they imported, an allegation that appeared to be calculated from incorrect trade data. An analysis of U.S. import data and shipping records by The Guardian indicated some shipments were incorrectly labeled as coming from the remote islands instead of their correct countries of origin. According to export data from the World Bank, the US imported US$1.4m (A$2.23m) of products from Heard Island and McDonald Islands in 2022, nearly all of which was "machinery and electrical" imports.[39]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heard_Island_and_McDonald_Islands

Reminds me of Asimov's Foundation.

That math process for adding the two numbers - there's nothing wrong with it at all. Estimate the total and come up with a range. Determine exactly what the last digit is. In the example, there's only one number in the range with 5 as the last digit. That must be the answer. Hell, I might even use that same method in my own head.

The poetry example, people use that one often enough, too. Come up with a couple of words you would have fun rhyming, and build the lines around those words. Nothing wrong with that, either.

These two processes are closer to "thought" than I previously imagined.

The one I got earlier today pleaded:

My dad just lost his job and I have no money for tuition next semester. Please help me raise money so I can keep going to school! Donate anything you can to these bitcoin and litecoin addresses <3

I don't think it's anything more complicated than trying to scam money from people.

If you have a Voodoo card laying around, it might be worth some money. They were used in some coin-op arcade games.

And the article only refers to airlines in east and southeast Asia.

Oh, I definitely wouldn't say that "no contact" should be the only option. I think McD's has taken it a bit too far; you still can order from a person at a register, but it's pretty much an afterthought now.

But I do think that having those no contact options available for whoever wants to use them, for whatever reason, is a positive thing. If I'm having a particularly bad bout of social anxiety, just sitting at a table and eating my cheeseburger "like a normal person" can be very grounding, but it might not be something I'm able to do if I have to talk to a person to place my order.

Culver's has started doing tableside ordering at some stores. Go in, sit down, scan the QR at the table. Takes you to a website where you can order and pay. They bring your food to you. It's amazing, especially for those "I need a cheeseburger without having to talk to anyone" times.

Yeah, this opinion piece reeks of "buyer's remorse" for having paid a premium for hardware that has the Apple logo on it, and then being mad that it's very locked down. That's been Apple's thing forever, you kind of can't blame anyone else for your purchase decision at this point.

For most people, the hardware and operating system are "one thing," inseparable. Most people are not installing a different OS on their hardware, even if it is possible and relatively simple for people who are technically inclined. Does that mean that most people are "locked in"? Not really, not from their perspective. They bought "the thing," and "the thing" either works for them or it doesn't.

So we have this author lamenting that "the thing" he bought doesn't work for him the way he'd like, without recognizing that if he had specific needs from "the thing" that it doesn't provide, he failed to sufficiently research "the thing" before purchasing it.

That'll buff out.

Careful now, spez might see this post and ban you from reddit for it.