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by GJim 2y ago
Crazy isn't it. A natural disaster (largest earthquake in Japans modern history) kills a sports-stadiums worth of people and causes massive infrastructure damage with over 2000 bodies never found...... .....yet the only thing the west
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by GJim 2y ago
A study that made very questionable assumptions. Links here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiation_effects_from_the_Fuk... Regardless, even if deaths were in the 100's, the deaths per GWh remain safer than that
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by GJim 2y ago
> a horrific disaster in Japan Deaths due to radiation from Fukushima: 0 Deaths due to the 2011 earthquake and tsunami (the one that hit Fukushima): 19,759
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by GJim 2y ago
> He never drank alcohol in his life. It was a distinct advantage, especially in undergrad. Social death in Blighty. Our kid spent three years getting rat-arsed in the SU bar (like everyone else) and graduated with a Geoff Hurst in Physi
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by GJim 2y ago
Lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch'intrate Dante's words on the gates to hell; almost always translated as "Abandon all hope, ye who enter here". However, Clive James (yes, that Clive James), translated it much better as:
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by GJim 2y ago
'German soldier of WW2' does not automatically equate to 'Nazi'. Such binary thinking misses much nuance and is very unhelpful.
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by GJim 2y ago
Once again, an intelligent post such as yours has been lazily downvoted simply because somebody doesn't agree with it, and they can't be arsed composing a coherent rebuttable. This leads to unpopular ideas being buried, groupthink
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by GJim 2y ago
> Elon has absolutely earned his reputation. I think you will find that is exactly what the Royal Society have concluded!
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by GJim 2y ago
> moving back to our 6mbps * Mbps
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by GJim 2y ago
Wind has been producing 29% of our electricity over the last year in Blighty. Source: https://www.energydashboard.co.uk/historical It's currently 16:31 GMT, and the 'live' feed says 17.8 % of the UK grid is c
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by GJim 2y ago
Your post has omitted the punchline.
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by GJim 2y ago
Speak for yourself!
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by GJim 2y ago
> you only expect to use them in a worst case scenario I'd hardly call ordinary sporting or pest control as "worst case scenario". Indeed, your comment betrays your nationality!
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by GJim 2y ago
An increasing number of HN users are now lazily downvoting things they disagree with, simply because they can't be arsed composing a coherent rebuttle. This leads to unpopular ideas being buried, groupthink and a lack of intelligent di
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by GJim 2y ago
> entire cities could be leveled before I let anyone hurt my kitten Allowing that kitten to live will cause untold suffering for other small mammals. You have the power to stop that suffering!
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by GJim 2y ago
> When paper letters were still written, did you enclose a copy of the original letter when you answered it? The point of bottom posting was you never left the original text intact, but trimmed it to show the relevant details you are rep
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by GJim 2y ago
No. Bottom posting replies was the default in all early email and USENET clients..... Then MS Outlook came along, which was the first email client to break convention and default to top posting (i.e. putting the cursor at the top when reply
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by GJim 2y ago
A: Because it messes up the order of things. Q: Why is top posting bad?
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by GJim 2y ago
It looses NCAP points because it doesn't have lane assist..... a technology many consider of highly questionable benefit. Euro NCAP is a very crude tool.
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by GJim 2y ago
American perceptions (like yours) tend to be very literal and absolutist. Nobody in Sweden will have difficulty with this wording!
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> They send almost everything they can outside of nuclear weapons We are doing no such thing. Unfortunately.
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by GJim 2y ago
> it was a law written by people who don't understand tech On the contrary; data protection law was written precisely by those who understand tech and the dangers of companies using it to gather and share your personal data. It&#
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by GJim 2y ago
> Forcing me to make an informed decision where I don't care about the result The UK and EU have decided _society_ cares, about the dangers due to unregulated sharing of personal data; hence the law requires informed consent to do
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by GJim 2y ago
OP should not be downvoted for asking genuine questions and concerns. This type of downvoting on HN is getting silly and needs to stop. (And a thanks to those who did respond to OP with the advice he is not in GDPR violation. Frankly, a wor
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by GJim 2y ago
> we accept it as a fair trade. For it to be a fair trade, you must fairly ask permission for my personal data! That is the very essence of the GDPR!
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by GJim 2y ago
You <------> The Point No "cookie banner" is required UNLESS you are using cookies to track me or personally idetify me.... in which case, you must ask my explicit consent to do so. Blame the parasitic adtech industry wanti
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by GJim 2y ago
Setting a browser preference is not giving explicit opt-in informed consent to handle my personal data (for that is what this is about) on a case by case basis. That is what the law requires. Blame the unnecessary gathering of personal da
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by GJim 2y ago
> I am kind of frustrated by the widespread misunderstandings in this thread. SV and the advertising industry thrives on those misunderstandings. Put simply, there is no need for "cookie banners" unless those cookies are being
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Is the right answer. It's stunning the number of people on HN (a tech news site!) who don't realise there is simply no requirement for "cookie banners" UNLESS you are using those cookies to track me or personally ident
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by GJim 2y ago
I believe Xitter (pronounced 'shitter') is the preferred satirical term, and one that many deem to be an accurate portrayal of the sites user experience since it was taken over by Mr Musk.

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