GJim

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by GJim 5d ago
> a large number of people are required to use those services for their job, so they can get money, so they can put food on the table. You mean 'influencers'? Nothing of value has been lost. > Worse these companies ingrain
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by GJim 5d ago
Yes. It will. Though presumably you would prefer the alternative; that such companies are unrestrained in what they may do and the population at large must simply bend over and grab their ankles with both hands?
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by GJim 5d ago
> It's automated, algorithmic enforcement; and when it's wrong (or someone exploits it to be wrong, like this), you're powerless to do anything. Ahem... In the UK/EU Let me introduce you to article 22 of the GDPR Th
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by GJim 5d ago
Oil is a global market. Oil prices will rise in the USA just as much as they will in the EU.
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by GJim 8d ago
> recent events have clarified how much Israel and Saudi (and Bahrain, Jordan etc) are real defense priorities for the US. And why might that be? Presumably because the USA decided to start a pointless war in the middle east?
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by GJim 8d ago
> UK has provided significant technical assistance and missiles but the war really is not in the public conversation Good God! If there has been a "lack of conversation", it is simply because not sporting Ukraine would be utter
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by GJim 8d ago
> I am looking forward to the day when problems 5000 miles away from my home are no longer treated as my problem. The USA does not live in a vacuum. I think you will find global events 5000 miles away ARE your problem, and mine, whether
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by GJim 8d ago
So why don't you use it? Surely you ordinarily cook up at least once nice meal a week; eat it using the nice dinner service and bring a little elegance to your life (and who cares if you break a plate or two, it died doing what it was
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by GJim 8d ago
> Here in NH it's either once or twice a year Good god! Why on earth would you make it difficult to dispose of hazardous waste safely? Here in Blighty, the local tip (sorry 'recycling centre') is open throughout the week a
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by GJim 8d ago
> It's about the nukes Is the right answer. For all the jingoism being spouted, it would be nice if somebody had a whisper in Mango Mussolinis ear as to why NATO and the post 1945 order was formed, and who benefits from it (hint:
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by GJim 9d ago
"just a joke" Right.
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by GJim 9d ago
> green hydrogen plants. Splitting fresh water (salt water is a non-starter) for hydrogen is a rather energy inefficient and expensive process. > People still use miles? In maritime world, yes we do; nautical and statute. > do blat
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by GJim 9d ago
> methanol Currently made from crude oil in a CO2 emitting process from a finite fossil fuel resource. And yes, whilst methanol can be distilled from wood/crops (a more expensive process), this simply cannot scale, especially if hum
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by GJim 10d ago
Victim blaming. Nice.
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by GJim 10d ago
> My tungsten wedding ring You do realise that in the (admittedly unlikely) event that needs to be cut off in the Emergency Department, they wont have a chance?
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by GJim 11d ago
It's the weigh I like it.
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by GJim 15d ago
Good Lord! I can only suggest that your education system was in a state of failure.
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by GJim 15d ago
Yes mate. Because staring at a screen on zoom call is a suitable alternative to free social interaction and scientific relationship building.
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by GJim 15d ago
> Hell, Greta Thunberg crossed the Atlantic on a sailing ship. I need to attend a scientific conference in the USA next month. Please can you kindly tell me how I can also sail across the Atlantic to get there? (As an aside, my employer
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by GJim 15d ago
If you are worried about 5 Volt electric shocks (!), I presume 'electromagnetic hypersensitivity' is also something you worry about?
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by GJim 16d ago
Thanks. Though surely to say a system or process is 'retarded' means something is holding it back? To equate this to a derogatory term for a learning disability (worthy of self-censorship!) is, frankly, bizarre and rather smacks o
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by GJim 16d ago
> Hitting a tied up animal until it breaks is clearly a violent affair, I think you will find it isn't a real animal.
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by GJim 16d ago
> the supposed injustice Mercator has perpetrated upon Africa over the centuries Centuries of injustice! Good god. I simply fail to understand such a choice of words.
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by GJim 16d ago
Are you saying that as a kid, you never had a globe in your geography classroom? Seriously?
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by GJim 16d ago
> In 2026, crypto scales and its extremely cheap. And is helping fry the planet. No thanks.
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by GJim 17d ago
> the R-word ??
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by GJim 17d ago
> My point is that the satire doesn't work "If you have to explain satire to someone, you might as well give up" -Barry Humphries
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by GJim 17d ago
> Floppies were always on the verge of dying all the time, even in the 80s and 90s THIS! Gen-X here..... 3.5" Floppies were notoriously unreliable, even good quality branded discs had a fairly high failure rate. Were were always car
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by GJim 19d ago
> Nobody who wants to bootstrap a business wants to deal with any of this. It's an enormous time sink I doubt anybody wants to deal with fire safety inspections either. Though I'm quite sure you will change your mind when your
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by GJim 19d ago
> The problem is that it applies to small organisations, even non-profits, that do not trade that information which is proportionately a much bigger burden. Eh? Collect only the personal data you need (with permission) and keep it secure

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