Notices by Ben Aveling (benaveling@mastodon.ie)

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@simon_ashdown @selzero

Also, people keep saying Trump is stupid, but where's the evidence for that? People keep pointing to things he does that are very obviously bad for people he should care about and very obviously does not care about, and, honestly, that isn't evidence that he's stupid.
@simon_ashdown @selzero

That the system is impossible to navigate without error is a feature, not a bug.
The inevitable errors go unnoticed, so long as no one in power has reason to notice them.
They get the immigrants they want, and an easy way to get rid of people they don't want.

The aim of a police state is to make it necessary to commit crimes to survive. The police choose which crimes to enforce, and which not, and that gives them power over people.

@pluralistic

This. Also note that none of these icons are arbitrary. In most cases you could drop the text and keep the icon. @nikitonsky @tbortels

@mhoye Leopardstown

@globcoco @aral It's at least partially an overreaction to the real estate boom and bust. Things used to be way too "here, have money", and they've overcorrected.

The amount you can borrow is up to 4 times gross income for first-time-buyers and 3.5 times gross income for other buyers.

e.g, a first-time buyer couple with a combined income of €100,000 can borrow up to €400,000.

A second and subsequent buyer with the same income can borrow up €350,000.

https://www.centralbank.ie/consumer-hub/explainers/what-are-the-mortgage-measures

@cohomologyisFUN @goatsarah @stavvers but it might not be…