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Post by lukasz on Feb 10, 2024 11:47:36 GMT
notesfrompoland.com/2024/02/08/polish-mint-creates-worlds-first-flying-coin/Just something really silly but I do want one! I've never actually 'bought' a movie on a digital service, as I've never been that confident how long I'd have access to it. (the fact I'm overseas and often using services in other countries makes that more risky of course). Subscriptions, yes. Digital rentals, yes. But if I actually buy it then I've stuck to physical. Not for games of course  I did also buy a couple of very cheap albums on Google Play Music before they shut that down. I'm not really sure if I still have access to those on youtube or something, but given that I can get any album on spotify I haven't really missed them. I bought stuff on iTunes but given how difficult it is to use it on pc or Android i consider those items lost. Babylon 5 two seasons and Episodes season 1.
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Post by baihu1983 on Feb 12, 2024 14:55:16 GMT
Why
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Post by geefe on Feb 12, 2024 16:36:46 GMT
Don't start. Leicester has that shadow over it. Just make like his namesake and have the cunt fall onto some pitchforks, repeatedly.
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Post by skalpadda on Feb 12, 2024 21:03:14 GMT
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Post by Chopsen on Feb 12, 2024 22:01:36 GMT
Här exploderar rutschkanan indeed. Out of all the rutschkanan I've seen, that is the most exploderar.
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Post by geefe on Feb 12, 2024 23:47:35 GMT
Genuinely thought of The IT Crowd when I saw the headline
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Post by lukasz on Feb 13, 2024 0:50:25 GMT
I guess using liquid methane for waterslides to save few bucks wasnt the smartest idea |
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Post by Blue_Mike on Feb 13, 2024 20:42:30 GMT
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Post by Bill in the rain on Feb 14, 2024 6:40:04 GMT
The Body Shop is pretty big internationally and operates in a lot of countries. I wonder how connected the UK business is to the other countries, and whether the entire thing is in trouble or just the UK.
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Post by X201 on Feb 14, 2024 7:10:05 GMT
Separate companies.
Same principle as when Toys R Us and Blockbuster went bump
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Post by Dougs on Feb 14, 2024 7:59:14 GMT
Much like with Game, I could never understand why there were 2 or 3 in every high street. I always assume it's a tax dodge (although could be the same as Game where they had leases they couldn't get out of)
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Post by Danno on Feb 14, 2024 10:10:55 GMT
- It's FRP. They're pretty reputable. - Ex-employees will get statutory redundancy pay from the govt www.gov.uk/your-rights-if-your-employer-is-insolventAny additional amounts owed including holiday pay, PILON and the discrepancy between their full entitlement and what the govt pay out goes into the pot. Ex-employees are preferential creditors, so get paid after the IP's fees and secured creditors (i.e. the bank), but before creds like suppliers, the council, the phone bill and such. It's not all doom n' gloom for them, although much depends on whether anyone wants to take it on as a going concern. I think Lush have already denied any interest |
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Post by simple on Feb 14, 2024 14:53:19 GMT
Much like with Game, I could never understand why there were 2 or 3 in every high street. I always assume it's a tax dodge (although could be the same as Game where they had leases they couldn't get out of) I don’t know about anyone else but I bought my mam a lot of generic gift sets for her birthdays during the 90s there. Quite possibly every birthday once I was old enough to be buying gifts myself. |
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Post by freddiemercurystwin on Feb 14, 2024 15:30:10 GMT
Yep, a safe bet for mum though not set foot in one for about 15 years I think, seem to recall they're prices seemed to go a bit silly at some point.
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Post by Ulythium on Feb 14, 2024 17:20:41 GMT
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Post by muddyfunster on Feb 15, 2024 9:15:13 GMT
Nice to see Jackie Weaver's authority finally being acknowledged.
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Post by simple on Feb 16, 2024 0:54:11 GMT
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Post by Bill in the rain on Feb 16, 2024 2:56:22 GMT
Nice to have a bit of positive news for a change. Greece Legalizes Same Sex Marriage. www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-68310126Church not happy, but hopefully it'll go the way of most countries and after it happens it'll turn out not to lead to the downfall of families and become more of a non-issue. |
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Post by Bill in the rain on Feb 16, 2024 5:41:01 GMT
Other gamesy news that I can kinda identify with: www.bbc.com/news/technology-68304967Switch having so many Nintendo exclusives slightly skews things for us, but the main games we've been playing over the past few years are Fortnite, Minecraft, etc.. and it's really nice to be able to pick up whatever device isn't in use and carry on. When I can't do that I really miss it. "I want to play PoP but it's on the console and someone's using it, I'll just carry on on the PC... wait, I forgot I can't! Why?!' Be interesting whether the big firms embrace it, or push back against it. |
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Post by dfunked on Feb 16, 2024 8:20:12 GMT
Don't Ubisoft games do cross save now? Thought they'd started doing that around Valhalla.
Of course you need to buy it twice to fit in with your example, which is a bit shit.
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Post by Bill in the rain on Feb 16, 2024 8:57:21 GMT
Don't know, but there are quite a few cheaper switch games that I already have on Steam and it wouldn't be a big outlay to buy again.
Of the top of my head I have Rayman Legends, Doom, Quake, Portal1+2 etc.. Though I doubt many of those have crosssaves.
Maybe it's more likely for games with significant online presence, like Fortnite and Minecraft.
I can dream..
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Post by simple on Feb 17, 2024 19:11:25 GMT
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Post by Bill in the rain on Feb 18, 2024 5:23:14 GMT
It's turning into a metaphor for the UK  |
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Post by Ulythium on Feb 18, 2024 15:33:08 GMT
Show jumper under review for competing in mankini
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Post by freddiemercurystwin on Feb 18, 2024 16:06:41 GMT
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Post by simple on Feb 18, 2024 16:30:56 GMT
Nice to see some Olympic calibre recognition for old fontgeek.io
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Post by baihu1983 on Feb 22, 2024 11:37:58 GMT
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Post by dfunked on Feb 22, 2024 12:20:33 GMT
Looks like something one of the Onion copycat sites would run with.
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Post by askew on Feb 22, 2024 13:27:26 GMT
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Post by geefe on Feb 22, 2024 13:34:29 GMT
Christ. With anything like that I just say "ok I'm going to hang up and call back the central branch" or contact your bank.
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I've never actually 'bought' a movie on a digital service, as I've never been that confident how long I'd have access to it. (the fact I'm overseas and often using services in other countries makes that more risky of course). 
