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by Nursie 1y ago
> Biased. I don't think that bit's biased, myself, George Osborne literally threatened a punishment budget before the referendum. He may not have used those words, but everyone else did and he did come out telling everyone th
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by Nursie 1y ago
Sure, let me try to give you some context. The mainstream political parties in the UK since the 70s were pro-EU, though with some muttering at the fringes. Among the general public there was a bit more ambivalence. Anti-EU sentiment was gen
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by Nursie 2y ago
Here in Australia there's a farm thats almost 80% the size of Belgium... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Creek_Station
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by Nursie 2y ago
One of the rules I came up with while driving the coast of Aus a good while ago was just "always fill up". Oh and also "carry a jerry can of spare fuel" The first bit came after one day when I skipped a servo and then it
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by Nursie 2y ago
> What does it say that people who voted "yes" without a clear plan of action already on the table? The UK government explicitly refused to make a plan of action. It turned out to be a foot-gun moment. The leave campaign was no
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by Nursie 2y ago
> how well considered the idea was. Part of this is down to the politicians who were running the show - David Cameron, the prime minister at the time, thought the referendum was a good way to put the issue to bed - you've had your v
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by Nursie 2y ago
> As an American, is that the generally-accepted viewpoint now? That Brexit was a mistake? As a Brit who left the UK about 4 years ago but still keeps up on UK issues and news, I think this is overplayed. Sure, polls have showed the resu
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by Nursie 2y ago
See also - A number of fans of "The Man in the High Castle" series on amazon a few years back were expecting it to somehow be a redemption story for the actual chief nazi .
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by Nursie 2y ago
> "Stablecoins" or whatever the hell they're called seem like a wickedly efficient way to move money between businesses and countries without paying large fees or having to wait for clearance. This seems to be 'regula
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by Nursie 2y ago
> 96% of shoes tested positive for coliform bacteria, which is commonly found in faecal matter This is given to us a a shocking statistic, but it reminds me of the Mythbusters toothbrush test. They were testing whether you should keep yo
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by Nursie 2y ago
I love being barefoot. But doing it 95% of the time for several weeks during the covid lockdowns showed me that apparently I need footwear in my life or I start to experience ankle pain. Getting older sucks I guess :)
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by Nursie 2y ago
It's not a defense particularly, it's just that it's not the same sort of experience. The old popups were so bad I was regularly killing the browser process just to make them go away. Now there's a lot less they can do,
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by Nursie 2y ago
From a quick web search, while it supports installing firefox plugins they may not all work as expected due to limitations/differences in the browser APIs, and ublock origin fails to work properly as a result. So IMHO mozilla are proba
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by Nursie 2y ago
Firefox on iOS is a safari wrapper. They do what they can, but they can’t support extensions the same way the Android browser does. It’s a real shame Apple continues to block it from being full-fat.
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by Nursie 2y ago
It’s inferior AFAICT because the API is more limited, and it looks an awful lot like the world’s biggest ad company (Google) has arranged that specifically to be less effective for ad and tracker blocking. It’s a good reason to use Firefox.
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by Nursie 2y ago
At least, generally, they no longer open hundreds of windows above or below the current window, which may or may not have browser control bars, may ‘warn’ on exit etc etc If a page wants to cover itself in noise and dialogues, sure it’s ann
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by Nursie 2y ago
It’s not universal though - they don’t work for me, I don’t want or care about any of the “value add” in a feed. I don’t want reels, I’m not there for suggestions. Clearly I’m a minority as I’m sure they have research saying it does drive e
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by Nursie 2y ago
Not really, no. Not at the same level. If I order a $2 item from aliexpress with free shipping, like some baseball caps I just found, nobody is paying the $10 postage fee it would cost just on shipping to send one within Australia, in Chi
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by Nursie 2y ago
While the west has gone this way, there also seems to be a strong undercurrent (at least here in Australia) of "we can't afford to have kids (yet)". As housing has moved further out of reach of young people, some don't s
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by Nursie 2y ago
> The real high earners will be the ones who can deliver live, unassisted art that showcases their skills with instruments and their voice. We already have so many of those that it’s very hard to make any sort of living at it. Very hard
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by Nursie 2y ago
> If you’re a consumer, I’m not sure why you’re not singing praises of this arrangement. You misunderstand my point a little - As a consumer, I want access to that pricing! Why does it cost me tens of dollars to post something across my
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by Nursie 2y ago
Because it's subsidised or effectively subsidised by treaty - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Postal_Union AFAICT it means that postal costs are only paid in the originating country, and receiving countr
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by Nursie 2y ago
Yeah the outcomes here are insane - Here in Australia I can order a $10 (AUD) item from aliexpress and get free shipping from China. But as a consumer or small busines, if I want to send anything bigger than a letter within Australia it&#x2
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by Nursie 2y ago
Ah, Brian Eno. I played with a piece of music software of his many years ago now, mid 90s it was. Can't remember the name of it but it was an early attempt at sort of generative music. Simple concept - choose a few basic settings like
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by Nursie 2y ago
Isn't he legally immune for anything done in the course of his duties? You'd need pretty solid proof he was colluding with others to place trades, and not just running his tariff policies as he saw fit with advanced notice given t
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by Nursie 2y ago
> "If you’re struggling, you're working class. If you succeed, you were never working class." That's not what I've been saying at all, and IMHO that's pretty disingenuous. It doesn't absolve anyone of a
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by Nursie 2y ago
How is that classist? If someone is a professional, they are engaged in a middle class job on a middle class income. Unless you consider “working class” to be something that is indelibly stamped on someone’s soul at birth… Being a professio
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by Nursie 2y ago
IR35 didn’t take it away at all, it still thrives unless you’re skirting too close to employment. Contract software is still a huge thing in the UK. It certainly needs reform, but it hasn’t killed the contracting sector. Far from it. It’s s
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by Nursie 2y ago
London does pay more taxes, but it also disproportionately sucks in the nation’s talented youth, investment etc. The government could and should make an effort to spread growth around more.
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by Nursie 2y ago
There is no such thing as a working class professional! It’s clear we’re talking past each other. I disagree that IR35 has had a specific effect on social mobility, but am happy to leave the conversation here!

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