Things you always wanted to know the answer to [Vol. 5]
Discussion
Alickadoo said:
Should I have the 'Find My' app up and running on my iPhone?
This is prompted, of course, by the sad story of Michael Mosley.
It's not necessarily the app you need, that's for if you want to find your devices or someone else.This is prompted, of course, by the sad story of Michael Mosley.
You just need to turn on Location Sharing with someone else, and they will be able to 'find you' (not just within the find my app, but within the messages app etc etc)
Obviously this will mean that the person will be able to track your every whereabouts 24/7 (this may not bother you).
I use it daily with my kids.
mickythefish said:
why are the Tories saying they can do tax cuts, it is impossible without adding more debt?.
a) they know they aren't going to get elected so can say whatever they wantb) it is possible if they save money by cutting more public services
c) like most politicians, they are lying b
ds 
audi321 said:
Alickadoo said:
Should I have the 'Find My' app up and running on my iPhone?
This is prompted, of course, by the sad story of Michael Mosley.
It's not necessarily the app you need, that's for if you want to find your devices or someone else.This is prompted, of course, by the sad story of Michael Mosley.
You just need to turn on Location Sharing with someone else, and they will be able to 'find you' (not just within the find my app, but within the messages app etc etc)
Obviously this will mean that the person will be able to track your every whereabouts 24/7 (this may not bother you).
I use it daily with my kids.
When I was working my wife could check if I was on the way home to plan dinner. Same with picking family up from the station. I can check if the train is near before setting off to the station.
As you say the downside is you're tracked 24/7.
My father refuses to have it on his phone, even though he's 80+ and his hobby is walking in the country/hills. At some point he will have a fall and we won't be able to locate him.
mickythefish said:
why are the Tories saying they can do tax cuts, it is impossible without adding more debt?.
Keeping within the spirit of the thread rather than go down the NP&E route.....The theory of debt free tax cuts is rooted in the idea that increased productivity means more money flows through the economy. It's only when money flows that tax can be collected. So if any party has a plan to increase productivity they are then able to state the claim that should that be the case, taxes will be cut because more tax is being collected from more money in the economy even if the rate of tax is lessened.
So to judge a Party's claim on tax cuts, you first have to examine how they plan to increase productivity.
One way to do this is to reduce the tax burden so more people have more money to spend. Two ways to achieve that: reduce public spending so the need for tax decreases, or borrow to make up the shortfall whilst productivity increases.
So to judge a Party's claim on productivity, you first have to examine how they plan to deal with the shortfall in tax needed to stimulate that growth.
That's because the theory of debt free tax cuts is rooted in the idea that increased productivity means more money flows through the economy...... etc.
StevieBee said:
Keeping within the spirit of the thread rather than go down the NP&E route.....
The theory of debt free tax cuts is rooted in the idea that increased productivity means more money flows through the economy. It's only when money flows that tax can be collected. So if any party has a plan to increase productivity they are then able to state the claim that should that be the case, taxes will be cut because more tax is being collected from more money in the economy even if the rate of tax is lessened.
So to judge a Party's claim on tax cuts, you first have to examine how they plan to increase productivity.
One way to do this is to reduce the tax burden so more people have more money to spend. Two ways to achieve that: reduce public spending so the need for tax decreases, or borrow to make up the shortfall whilst productivity increases.
So to judge a Party's claim on productivity, you first have to examine how they plan to deal with the shortfall in tax needed to stimulate that growth.
That's because the theory of debt free tax cuts is rooted in the idea that increased productivity means more money flows through the economy...... etc.
A debt ridden country cannot increase growth that is proven. This election really is a joke no party talking about the massive cuts needed for the country not to go bust. Anyways The theory of debt free tax cuts is rooted in the idea that increased productivity means more money flows through the economy. It's only when money flows that tax can be collected. So if any party has a plan to increase productivity they are then able to state the claim that should that be the case, taxes will be cut because more tax is being collected from more money in the economy even if the rate of tax is lessened.
So to judge a Party's claim on tax cuts, you first have to examine how they plan to increase productivity.
One way to do this is to reduce the tax burden so more people have more money to spend. Two ways to achieve that: reduce public spending so the need for tax decreases, or borrow to make up the shortfall whilst productivity increases.
So to judge a Party's claim on productivity, you first have to examine how they plan to deal with the shortfall in tax needed to stimulate that growth.
That's because the theory of debt free tax cuts is rooted in the idea that increased productivity means more money flows through the economy...... etc.
BigGingerBob said:
Defcon5 said:
It will have been safely encased in a rock and only spent a few days on the beach before you found it
I get that but it's essentially a rock, pyrite I think this is, and a rock wouldn't fall to bits in the garden. Or would it? Where this fossil is placed gets lots of sun.Why is the murder of Shawn Seesahai not being reported as a racially motivated crime ?
all the evidence points to it.
BBC, Guardian, all other press outlets being strangely coy on this.
Wonder why, with the Stephen Lawrence murder so fresh in our collective consciousness
it's a bit baffling, you'd think that someone being hacked to death for nothing more than having a
different skin colour would garner more outrage from the media.
all the evidence points to it.
BBC, Guardian, all other press outlets being strangely coy on this.
Wonder why, with the Stephen Lawrence murder so fresh in our collective consciousness
it's a bit baffling, you'd think that someone being hacked to death for nothing more than having a
different skin colour would garner more outrage from the media.
mickythefish said:
A debt ridden country cannot increase growth that is proven. This election really is a joke no party talking about the massive cuts needed for the country not to go bust. Anyways
I think folks are quick to forget the vast sums spunked during lockdown. Everyone at the time said we'd be paying it off for the rest of our lives, and it's inevitable cuts would have to be made. How that'll change under any other party I don't know. We're in debt to the eyeballs because of a couple of years profligacy, the money has to be paid back somehow...trackdemon said:
mickythefish said:
A debt ridden country cannot increase growth that is proven. This election really is a joke no party talking about the massive cuts needed for the country not to go bust. Anyways
I think folks are quick to forget the vast sums spunked during lockdown. Everyone at the time said we'd be paying it off for the rest of our lives, and it's inevitable cuts would have to be made. How that'll change under any other party I don't know. We're in debt to the eyeballs because of a couple of years profligacy, the money has to be paid back somehow...trackdemon said:
I think folks are quick to forget the vast sums spunked during lockdown. Everyone at the time said we'd be paying it off for the rest of our lives, and it's inevitable cuts would have to be made. How that'll change under any other party I don't know. We're in debt to the eyeballs because of a couple of years profligacy, the money has to be paid back somehow...
Bankrupt councils still giving away millions in golden handshakes. Might be a good start considering the government is loaning them money constantly. Also civil service pensions. Maybe even taking MPs 2nd homes and more remote working. Stopping the NHS emergency loans merry go round.But really it will be benefits and civil service. But will never happen as they have a big vote.
mickythefish said:
A debt ridden country cannot increase growth that is proven.
"debt ridden" is an abstract and emotive phrase.Debt is often necessary to increase growth. A company may be struggling to meet demand which is limiting its growth. So it borrows money to take on new staff and invest in new equipment. It increases its capacity, takes on more work, makes more money and grows. The same thing applies to a nation. The difference is that the pay-back comes much later, over a much longer period of time and is not always obvious as to the attributable gains that have been made as a result of the borrowing.
Debt-free is obviously the ideal but is wrong to suggest that debt is holistically bad.
(Just to be clear, I'm responding on the basis of political neutrality. Scrutiny of the qualities or otherwise of the government's approach to debt can be found in NP&E)
audi321 said:
Are 2FA codes truly random? It’s amazing how many times the numbers are nice to remember (like 484950) or something similar.
Humans are very good a pattern recognition, so I'd expect they're random (or technically pseudorandom as computers have to use an algorithm to generate them so it's not truly random unless they're using an external seed) and you're just seeing patterns.Apple had to deliberately un-randomise thier random play option on iTunes as it would occasionally play several songs by the same artist so people complained it wasn't random.
Edited by RizzoTheRat on Wednesday 12th June 10:52
RizzoTheRat said:
Apple had to deliberately un-randomise thier random play option on iTunes as it would occasionally play several songs by the same artist so people complained it wasn't random.
Yes, I had a similar issue on a little app I wrote years ago where it would generate a phrase by randomly picking a word from each column and applying it to a template. You know the kind of thing. I had to mark each word as used, when I used it, so it wouldn't be selected again for a while, as otherwise people complained that it kept using the same words.
audi321 said:
Are 2FA codes truly random? It’s amazing how many times the numbers are nice to remember (like 484950) or something similar.
Six digit numbers have the characteristic of fitting more than one rhythmic meter. 484 950 or 48 49 50 or 4 8 4 9 5 0 etc, and each digit will only be one of ten. Four digit numbers (for example) have fewer rhythmic meters.I've just randomly generated some:
545690
764343
273209
363542
To my mind (financial background) they are all as memorable as each other. I tend to block them into threes, but sometimes will respond to a different pattern:
545 690
76 4343
273 209
36 35 42
My phone number is, like yours, 5 digits followed by 6. How do you recite your number? I do 5, 3, 3, but in France, phone numbers are given in pairs, so mine becomes +44 then 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 amd it's just as easy to remember either way because of the rhythm.
So I don't know if 2FAs are truly random, but even if they are, six digit numbers are intrinsically memorable.
NB: I'm pretty sure somebody explained this all to me many years ago, but it's entirely possible I've made it all up.
Doofus said:
To my mind (financial background) they are all as memorable as each other. I tend to block them into threes, but sometimes will respond to a different pattern:
I often remember sequences by other things those numbers represent. But that can cause knock on issues, eg. 306737 two memorable sequences of three numbers, but later I'll be asking myself was the first one 309 or 205, and was the second 747 or 757 
I do similar to remember the Alt codes* for £ (Alt-156) and € (Alt-0128), but often find myself trying 147 or 126
* annoyingly my work keyboard doesn't have either £ or € keys
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