They (ONS) define disposable income as “the amount of money households have available for spending and saving after direct taxes have been accounted for. It includes earnings from employment, private pensions and investments, as well as cash benefits provided by the state”, so not exactly post-tax income, but £36.7k corresponds to about £48k gross. I completely agree that a couple earning min. wage should not be classed as high income in the UK, but I usually overestimate how much income a typical Brit actually has.

Median post-tax houshold income is £36.7k. Suggesting the amount of people in a high-income houshold is about half, which is still a lot, but not as much as I thought.

I didn’t notice anything on feddit.uk

Finished Nier Automata. Really loved it. I think it’s one of those games that still isn’t compatible with Switch 2. I don’t have a Switch 2 (yet, maybe for xmas), but surely it will get fixed eventually?

Took me a while to work what the connection between him selling his house and these roller skates was

I used to use this all the time on the old google keyboards (as well as swipe up to capitalise), but I think I’ve become used to press-to-hold that I’m not sure I’ll use it any more. I’ve turned it on for now, though.

I was personally planning to vote Green, but I’ll make a firm decision much closer to the time. I don’t imagine my constituency will have much visible support for Reform, but I also wouldn’t be surprised if we end up electing at least on MS under the new system.

It’s worrying and a bit surprising to see the rise in popularity of Reform in Wales in the polls, but I’m still believing/hoping right now that they wouldn’t be able to form an absolute majority with an alliance, and so won’t be able to do much damage.

What do you think of the new voting system and the new number of MSs?

Myanmar’s military government bomb small protest against them, with victims including children

Relevant Gary’s Economics video from a week ago: https://youtube.com/watch?v=mcu03c2dZQI

I just watched this, and I have come around to him

I’m pro-Green but I’m not sure about this guy yet. But he might not even be leader by the time of the next general election.

Carswell hit back against Afzal’s comment - not to deny inciting racial hatred but instead to note that he cannot be prosecuted because he now lives in the US.

“I live under the protection of a free Republic where free speech is protected and your courts have not held jurisdiction in 249 years, Mr Afzal,” Carswell declared.

I thought Tizen was cool, though I never used it.

Is it possible to choose an exit node? Because if the exit node’s in UK, it presumably doesn’t help with the geoblocking aspect.

Games, posters, and singles in the basement. Albums on the ground floor. DVDs and classical upstairs. It was fun just to look through stuff, but I think I did actually buy all my music and a lot of my game boy games from HMV.

Technically IP law covers patents, trademarks, copyright, and designs (sometimes also called design patents). Patent protection is 20 years (plus a little bit extra under certain conditions. Trademarks is indefinite in theory. Copyright (in many jurisdictions) is 70 yrs after death or 50 yrs for certain works (e.g., music recordings). Designs, I’m not really sure.

A lot of OLEDs can’t hit 400 nits, though, right? [Edit: maybe not for sustained brightness, but peak brightness they can?]

In his previous video, he said that if you don’t play in a dark room, the second setting for paper white should target 250 or 300 nits instead of 200, so if you play in a lit room, you should be using more clicks for the second screen (but I don’t know how many).

Didn’t know about Syria’s flag change

This is so engrossing. I’ve made it to chapter 77 while “working”. What a story.