That's the point

Shopping centres might do that or offer other incentives maybe like paying for advertising costs or something. If the shops are owned independently like the article's example then it's a bit harder because they need to cooperate.

Rent is definitely a factor along with interest rates but the article talks about it "The key reason why is to do with how retail properties are valued, which comes down to what the asking rent on the property.".

The issue is that if you were getting 1000/wk and then the tenant left you now have a temporarily vacant property if you lower the rent and get someone back in at 600/wk now your property valuation is 40% less which matters a lot for loans.

It's also worth noting that commercial leases are often much longer so they might be waiting for a rebound in the market before renting it out.

Unfortunately this can lead to death spirals in a lot of areas.

The fuel tax is at a federal level which is why it's allowed. We just need the federal government to eventually institute something or get states to collect it.

See https://www.levels.fyi/?compare=Microsoft&track=Software%20Engineer

Don't use it if you don't like it.

They must have accidentally included the X's.

Will make the refugee camps look like paradise.

Yeah that's definitely true too. Though those surveys were done way back when the national support was much higher.

Didn't most of the remote Indigenous vote yes? It seems like it was more likely the adjacent non Indigenous communities that voted the other way.

Was actually going to give her a bit of credit if she was talking about social economic status but she's actually talking about regional vs cities.

Hadn't read the actual letter. It would be interesting to know what the specific request they have is.

"Thierry Breton, the European commissioner for the internal market, said in a letter addressed to Musk on Tuesday that his office has “indications” that groups are spreading misinformation and “violent and terrorist” content on X, and urged the billionaire to respond within a 24-hour period."

Sounds like it's just a strongly worded letter.

I feel like if Gnome Shell is crashing enough for this to be a problem then it crashing is the actual problem.

These guys could have just bottled tap water with some standard treatment and would have been fine.

Do people not keep the same number when they change phone companies?

Pretty sure they were gunning for insurance fraud.

There are slot limits that regulate that. This is just a policy to benefit domestic airlines while encouraging flights to airports other than Sydney and Melbourne.

I don't see how not voting will help the situation

They say "barely lacks any features" which I think they mean it's full featured. I feel like Transmission and rTorrent are good clients for their niche though.