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There are no write-in candidates in Finland. You don't actually write his name on the ballot. "Independent" or "unaffiliated" is probably closest. It's like if someone in the US collected enough names in every state to appear on the ballot without running as a D or an R, except it's a lot easier logistically when you only have to collect 20 000 names in one country of 3-4 million voters instead of worrying about 50 different arcane processes. It's like one of those numerous nonsensical "Both sides are bad" projects that pop up every single electoral cycle, except this one was concocted by a major party candidate to bolster his non-partisan credentials. He's endorsed by his actual party anyway and he was going to win in a landslide anyway.
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RichardA posted:Sharks and rays are quite different from "normal" fishes. For example they don't have bones. Late to the party, but there is no such thing as a fish
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That's right. It's really a ghoti.
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Fat Samurai posted:Late to the party, but there is no such thing as a fish Calling bullshit. I've been fishing. By definition anything caught while fishing is a fish. A fish is a fish. A jellyfish is a fish. Rocks are fish. Seaweed is a fish. At least one of my fingers is a fish.
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I've been bit by fish so I believe they exist.
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Bill Dance's hat is a fish 
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Son of Thunderbeast posted:Bill Dance's hat is a fish And by the principles of Synedoche, so is the entire University of Tennessee.
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Apologies in advance for the request-- I was just thinking about that horrifying 21st Century Skills education visual metaphor that uses the over-labeled bicycle, and I remembered that somebody posted an *expanded* version of it, where the new author had added even more components. Does anyone have that handy? Please and thank you  yessss thank you! vvvvvvvvvvvvvv Sound Mr. Brown has a new favorite as of 19:00 on Dec 6, 2017 |
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These? https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3745614&pagenumber=117&perpage=40#post474967120 https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3745614&pagenumber=117&perpage=40#post474956499 Also, just remembered, that weird business chart posted a while back: Reminds me of Kaplan's "cultural thought patterns": 
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English: Yew fukkin wot mate? A straightforward language.
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This was posted in yospos to make the argument that gas prices are much less volatile than crude oil prices: ...yeaaaaaaah.
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your normal 26 to 146.6 axis
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Maybe I’ve crazy but I think for the purpose of comparing volitility the axis make sense? Both are on the same scale of 100% to 600% of the lowest value so you can compare the relative sizes accurately. That’s not to say that it wouldn’t be better to just graph the volitity directly though.
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I just like how in the new system patreon generates its share of the pie out of thin air.
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There wasn't a flat fee before now was there? poo poo this is bad unless enough people cough up a stink metaphorically.
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I am glad webcomic artists will now get less money.
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Paladinus posted:I am glad webcomic artists will now get less money. This, also leftist podcasts.
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SerialKilldeer posted:These? You have no idea how accurate the Swedish model is. Goddammit 
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If your business can be upended by a flat fee of 35c per monthly subscription, you shouldn't expect your business to survive for very long.
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steinrokkan posted:If your business can be upended by a flat fee of 35c per monthly subscription, you shouldn't expect your business to survive for very long. most patrons donate a buck or two a month (since if you donate more than a buck or two a month to a podcast or webcomic then imo you belong in jail for being a weirdo or sex pervert) and so the people who use patreon rely on volume of low donation subscribers. Doubling the amount of fees on these (in the case for $1/mo) hurts.
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Foxhound posted:You have no idea how accurate the Swedish model is. Goddammit Should we have a meeting about your concerns regarding this post? I think we should have a meeting. I'll also consult our crisis management team just in case we decide to start team counseling to get over your post-traumatic feelings over the Swedish negotiation processes.
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Der Kyhe posted:Should we have a meeting about your concerns regarding this post? I think we should have a meeting. Let's think on it over the weekend and sit down on Monday to discuss if we should call for a meeting with the crisis management team after we run the idea by some other people. Anyway, time for fika.
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For those curious about the corporate spin: (bolding mine) Dear creator, In order to continue our mission of funding the creative class, we’re always looking for ways to do what’s best for you - creators. With that, we’re writing to tell you of a change we’re making so that all Patreon creators take home exactly 95% of every pledge, with no additional fees. Aside from Patreon’s existing 5% fee, you may notice that your income on Patreon varies because of processing fees every month. Your patrons may not even be aware that you actually take home a lower percentage of their intended pledges because of it. Our goal is to make your paycheck as predictable as possible, so we’re restructuring how these fees are paid. A new service fee of 2.9% + $0.35 will be paid by patrons for each individual pledge starting on December 18th. This streamlines fees for both creators and patrons to ensure that you pay no more than 5%.
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SerialKilldeer posted:These? Israeli isn't on here, but if it was, it would start out in normal text and get bigger and bigger until it was screaming at you in all caps.
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This is the least surprising thing ever. They’re bleeding cash, and need revenue faster than they can grow their base. They should have done what charities often do: give a checkbox to cover the processing fees if the donor wants to.
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Not sure if this one's been posted before but its a recent favorite of mine (found on amazon site)
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vektuz posted:Not sure if this one's been posted before but its a recent favorite of mine (found on amazon site) Huge if true.
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Sentient Data posted:For those curious about the corporate spin: (bolding mine) This is hilarious because by my math one would need to donate $16.67 for it to be true that they keep 95%.
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With the Patreon fee charge, notice also that it says service fee per pledge. This isn't like Paypal or cards where every pledge is a new transaction with its own fee, Patreon batches all of your pledges on each payment method (so if you have 10 pledges for $1, you'd see one $10 charge, not 10 $1 charges), but is still charging you fees as if they were all separate transactions. It's absolutely misleading.
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KillHour posted:Israeli isn't on here, but if it was, it would start out in normal text and get bigger and bigger until it was screaming at you in all caps. do you not know what semitic means i mean, even the graph they use to demonstrate it is pretty much literally what you're describing also, israeli isn't a language
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Funny rather than awful, from a cognitive science paper I'm reading: 
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Who the gently caress keeps the bathroom door closed when there's no one in it
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UZR IS BULLSHIT posted:Who the gently caress keeps the bathroom door closed when there's no one in it Kim et al.
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Subjunctive posted:This is the least surprising thing ever. They’re bleeding cash, and need revenue faster than they can grow their base. They should have done what charities often do: give a checkbox to cover the processing fees if the donor wants to. Well they’re really going to be in trouble when everyone migrates to d.rip
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UZR IS BULLSHIT posted:Who the gently caress keeps the bathroom door closed when there's no one in it I do to keep my cat out of it
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UZR IS BULLSHIT posted:Who the gently caress keeps the bathroom door closed when there's no one in it Anyone who wants it to dry out after a shower?
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Jerry Cotton posted:Anyone who wants it to dry out after a shower? Maybe if you have an exceedingly effective exhaust fan. Otherwise the opposite is true.
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Platystemon posted:Maybe if you have an exceedingly effective exhaust fan. Nah, that's just a popular misconception. Research shows that keeping the bathroom closed is the quickest way to dry it out assuming you have a) proper venting and b) proper heating. So it won't work in the UK, for instance. Probably not in Gun Crime UK either because their houses are also poo poo.
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