@matigo Hmm.
I'd need to find a use case for it.
@matigo Just two issues with getting a new refurb:
- I only work from home now, so the Mac Pro is all I need, for the most part.
- Basically every model even in 2019 might have some keyboard issues due to the butterfly design. I'm too picky about my keyboards to accept that.
Bought my Macbook Air refurbished in 2014. 6 years on, it finally says "Service Battery".
It has served me well…
@hazardwarning I'd argue that anything that isn't a diary (lived experience) might be considered appropriation. Surely, any imagined worlds (or characters) that have any resemblance to reality are the result of taking things perceived in the real world and running it through the distortions of the mind.
Would be a shame to lose all fiction…
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@matigo It's comforting to see the international support, I must say; at the same time, it would be quite ineffective for any one country (even the US) to go solo against China, so realistically this is the bare minimum needed to put any pressure on anyone.
Have reached the end of my tether with a colleague who, instead of responding to emails, takes a photo of the email, uploads it onto WhatsApp, then sends his comments on WhatsApp.
I could have zero items on my todo list and still have no time for that kind of idiocy.
@matigo This is true.
From what little I can find (though I'm appalled there isn't an easily accessible formal list), Canada doesn't have an extradition treaty with China, but does with HK.
So one can only hope that if HK loses its special status, that everything related also gets reconsidered internationally.
@matigo If that happens then I will renounce my HK/Chinese citizenship. That's why I'm working on keeping my other passports valid.
@matigo Well I am a Canadian citizen so that would be the most straightforward path. I don't really fancy living in a Vancouver, but that's where I have the most family so it would be my first stop.
However, my third passport is the British National Overseas — currently one of the less useful booklets in the world, but Dominic Raab and Boris Johnson have committed to making it more useful regarding right of abode/citizenship in the UK if the things keep going down the same path. London is an attractive place to live.
Currently looking at tax implications for me opening a bank account in Canada and just holding a minimum deposit there. Also looks like there are a few UK banks (like Monzo) which don't require you to have residency in the UK, or even UK ID, as long as you can provide some UK address for them to send you a card; I'll try to open one in the near future (once the BNO passport gets renewed) and also keep a minimum deposit.
I won't be moving my assets out just yet (I don't have the energy to handle capital gains declarations etc. for multiple jurisdictions, nor do I want to pay tax if I can help it) but it will give me great peace of mind to have at least one bank account elsewhere that I can transfer everything to, when it comes to it.
It has always been "when", not "if", for me. The agreement expires in just 27 years; even with the amount I drink, I'll probably still be alive at that point. Even when things were just dandy here, I had long committed to shifting my assets starting from 2040 and fully leaving by 2045. This has been on my mind for almost a decade now — a shame that the timeline seems to have been fast-forwarded so much, but it may be a blessing in disguise. Never hurts to prepare yourself earlier.