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I'm opposed to a general minimum wage, I think it disregards specificity and differences between people. There are huge differences in the personal individual situations of people, for example if they have to pay rent or not, passive income, living in the same household, family members of the owner of the business, etc. Minimum wages generally announce the end of small family businesses, as well as freelance jobs, and that's not a good thing. A general minimum wage is not something that is a must have for a welfare state. Switzerland for example does not have a minimum wage. Another bad side effect of a minimum wage is that it does automatically transform low performers into jobless bums and criminals. Because as the minimum wage rises, so does businesses' requirements for employees to perform to justify their employment. Expect less "security" staff paid for sleeping through the night on their post and more petty thieves and scammers. Better ways to ensure proper wages are paid are issuing official advisory guidelines for salaries according to qualifications, unionizing in some jobs and sectors, and, of course, the government leading by example, especially in schools, hospitals and the police.

it seems you are no better than Putin supporters

I'd even go further and say it's not really relevant if Biden is physically completely fit for office or not, because it's a team that gets elected, and there is still the vice president, Kamala Harris. In these times, with menacing China and Russia, it's better to elect a functioning team than a loose cannon autocratic single person program.

true. but it's not criminal negligence nor gross negligence. he just drove his truck as anyone does in Thailand, not keeping a safe distance when overtaking is something all drivers do, even the good ones occasionally. justice is not revenge. part of justice is considering how big a fault was, not just the outcome.

priorization. if you start slapping the book at everyone for everything, people will just not care and accept the situation as a lottery - as it is now - nothing will change. they should start with mercilessly enforcing a handful of rules and enforcing the rest too, but in a balanced manner. in that way, it would be possible to slowly improve the situation. destroying individual people's lives when genuine accidents happen will not help the situation in any way and will create more criminals.

in theory, yes. in practice ... you know how it is on Thai roads. if they tackled the most serious problems on Thai roads, 90% of deaths would be avoided, and this doesn't even rank in the list of most serious problems. they should fine and suspend the driver in a way that doesn't destroy his life. it's not worth nor would it be balanced making an example of him while millions are still driving through red and in the wrong way on streets.

any VPN vendor solution runs the risk of getting recognized by websites you visit, because multiple services maintain lists of known VPN server IP address pools. setting up a private router for VPN is the safest approach.

in theory, there is. both routers could use an IP-to-IP protocol that does not use encryption, for example GRE or another IP tunnel protocol. in practice however, I'm pretty sure no consumer-grade router firmware supports this, because nobody wants to run unencrypted traffic over public IP routing. I don't know if custom router firmware such as tomato or DD-WRT support it. In any case, you would then have to overwrite firmware on both routers to test it. I wouldn't be able to assist, because I've never done that, and I also advise you against it.

okay, so it's simple really. the person in the USA must use a router that supports VPN. For example an ASUS, there are many brands and models which support this. https://www.asus.com/support/FAQ/1008713/ that turns the ASUS router effectively into a VPN server. dynamic domain service such as dyndns can be used to make the router reachable through a public URL such as "yourdomain.dyndns.com". after that, you need to install the VPN client on your computer, for example OpenVPN. after you connect over OpenVPN, your computer will appear on the internet using the private US home IP address. regarding security issues, every instance that gives external access has the risk of being compromised. the risk is limited however, especially if the router is not configured to give LAN access to the VPN client, but only shares the internet access, which is, I believe, the default configuration. check the router to be sure, delete any Open VPN -> LAN static routes if present. so, if friends & family do not consider you to be a potential security risk, I see no reason to not give you Open VPN access. performance-wise, I think there won't be much of an impact, except maybe on very weak routers with very weak internet connection/bandwidth. Your own bandwidth will be limited by your Thai international routing anyway, so the resulting 15-20 mbits should IMO be handled easily by the router. some providers choose to block Open VPN ports. to circumvent such a port block, you can set the OpenVPN port to 443, both on client and router, which should work if your friend/family does not already run software using that port with that dyndns address. 443 is the standard port for exncrypted HTTP traffic, so no network provider can block it if they want to keep the internet running.

A VPN like I suggested would be indistinguishable from a US based home computer, because it would use the home computer's router.

the following source material will help you to find the answers to your interrogations yourself: Sensationalism in Media https://reporter.rit.edu/news/sensationalism-media Why sensationalized news stories are damaging to society https://www.thewilkesbeacon.com/opinion/2019/04/16/why-sensationalized-news-stories-are-damaging-to-society/ https://academy4sc.org/video/sensationalism-breaking-news-watch-this-video-now/ Sensationalism Explained https://fairygodboss.com/career-topics/sensationalism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensationalism

gutter press sensationalism appealing to the lowest divisive hate instincts - and they make money from it.

let's not forget the Daily Mail's role in that.

yes, so ? it's not a service you will find for free

setting up VPN access to the friend's home router seems simpler and doesn't require their computer to be on.

Firefox has a useful feature "user profiles", for which timezone, keyboard, language, etc. can be set differently.

I use Private Internet Access. https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/ it's the cheapest I could find, and I have been using it for 6 months, heavy duty. I'm pretty impressed with their service. the downside is that from the pricing I suppose it's a service provided by the NSA, but I don't really care.

There is a simple solution to your problem, if you have friends in the USA, just ask them to setup a VPN for you on their home router. Use DynDNS if their IP address is dynamic.

one patriot battery costs one BILLION and a single missile 3 million, (known) range 100 miles. one wonders if one billion could not buy more useful hardware for Ukraine,

I understand where the poster you replied is coming from, his remarks were a bit one sided though. Of course the CRV is to blame, but the Yaris is equally to blame, from the published photo it seems very clear that not only this wasn't a U-turn spot, but there are continuous lines and zebras on the ground indicating crossing there is totally prohibited. And behind the continuous lines were the opposite lanes, also carrying traffic, which the Yaris would have needed to cross to reach the side road. Making a turn there was reckless driving. all victims RIP.

a bit of research about the crimes mentioned in the pro-Ruzzia spun Sputnik piece will shine a very different light on many of these stories. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Odesa_clashes#Trade_Unions_House_fire the rest are episodes of an independence war that could be compared with a ten times longer list of crimes and more serious crimes against the state committed by the Ruzzians.

in the meanwhile... Poll: 85% of Ukrainians believe victory in war with Russia requires liberating all territories, including Crimea and Donbas. According to a recent poll conducted by the Rating Group, 9% of Ukrainians said they would consider a victory in liberating territories controlled by Ukraine before Russia's full-scale invasion started on Feb. 24. https://kyivindependent.com/news-feed/poll-85-of-ukrainians-believe-victory-in-war-with-russia-requires-liberating-all-territories-including-crimea-and-donbas

ah, it's the Daily Mail, it must be true ???? well, at least that there are coup rumors ... as we read in the Sun .... oh, wait. ????

no mention of a coup though.

it's "The Sun" ... it must be true.