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by agurk 8y ago
Germans are well known for their propensity for cash, in part due to their strong desire for privacy. Often they will take cards, but only something like their indigenous GeldKarte[0] which tries to be as cash like as possible. [0] https:&
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by agurk 8y ago
Assuming Sweden is the same as Finland and Denmark then it's even better than the UK for not needing cash. The only DKK and EUR I need are for buying a bus ticket if I've forgotten my pass - and there's even an app for that.
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by agurk 8y ago
That raises an interesting point that was not covered in the plot of Threads - the strategy behind the nuclear exchange and how it played out globally. You're certainly right, that at one stage the plans the Soviet Union had for the UK
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by agurk 8y ago
I haven't seen The War Game, but that's the ending from Threads (and Wikipedia lists a different ending for The War Game). Threads is an interesting film from the 1980s, with a very bleak tone about the prognosis after a full scal
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by agurk 8y ago
I have a close friend who's a psychiatrist who's dealt a lot with suicidal people. He has described that there is a whole group of people who want to die, but do not want to kill themselves. They often aren't (fully) aware of
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by agurk 8y ago
Here in Denmark I haven't seen cans joined together using plastic rings - Carlsberg or any other. The common format for six cans to be plastic wrapped as a whole unit. As there's a deposit on cans they're normally collected,
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by agurk 8y ago
A CATOBAR setup was included in the designs at one stage but later scrapped for cost reasons. Building a carrier with a ski-ramp is a lot cheaper. The disadvantage is as you point out, severely limited types of aircraft for operations. The
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by agurk 8y ago
I've taken an oximeter with me on flights before, and can give a data point of n=1 to say this isn't the case. My oxygen % decreased initially with altitude until it stabilised around 90-92% (at ~10k feet, IIRC). It sat at this po
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by agurk 8y ago
I gave up on all-in-one firewall/router/wireless AP units recently and now have a more complex setup I'd only recommend to those who enjoy setting these things up and learning. For the firewall I've got pfSense (FreeBSD
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by agurk 8y ago
Interestingly a barber in the City (of London) I occasionally go to started accepting Amex recently. I had asked them the first time I used them (back in 2008) why they didn't accept Amex and it was for the high rates. When I asked why
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by agurk 8y ago
And as a taxi driver once told me in Helsinki there are four seasons in Finland - Autumn, Winter, Spring and Construction. Even when the visibility is optimal they'll likely be tearing up the road anyway.
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by agurk 8y ago
To nitpick the quote is actually "democracy is the worst form of Government except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time".
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I know it's common for commercial properties (bars, restaurants) to use it in Japan to show when they stay open past midnight. I remember being intrigued the first time I saw opening times described like that, and never seen it elsewhe