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by arethuza 1y ago
I read Erich von Däniken's Chariot of the God when I was 8 or 9 and eventually became incandescently angry when I eventually realised it was all made up... On a more positive note I read Catch 22 when I was about 13 or so and I thi
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by arethuza 1y ago
Here in Scotland, the first sunny day in spring over 10C and you start seeing people in t-shirts, shorts and flip-flops...
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by arethuza 1y ago
No - on both occasions it was the same scenario - descending from a peak in bad weather and picking the wrong ridge to descend - I was confident I "knew" which was the right ridge and with the app I use bearings for the right rout
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by arethuza 1y ago
The only two times I have made bad navigation mistakes in mountains were in the weeks after I started using my phone and a mapping app - the realisation that using my phone was making me worse at navigation was quite a shock at the time
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by arethuza 1y ago
Worth noting that there is also the village of Dull in Scotland - twinned with Boring (Oregon) and Bland (Aus). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dull,_Perth_and_Kinross
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by arethuza 1y ago
I walked past there the other day (on the Fife coastal path) and wondered what the shabby building was - I had assumed it was an abandoned light industrial unit.
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by arethuza 1y ago
"Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. We have a small problem. All four engines have stopped. We are doing our damnedest to get them going again. I trust you are not in too much distress." https://en.w
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by arethuza 1y ago
But that is spilt milk under the bridge.
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by arethuza 1y ago
That makes me think about this gentleman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDGHKyB3T_U
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by arethuza 1y ago
Nitpick: It was "peace for our time" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_for_our_time
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by arethuza 1y ago
It's also highly biocompatible so good for things like bone implants.
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by arethuza 1y ago
Seems like a good excuse to mention the Commando Memorial near Spean Bridge: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commando_Memorial
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by arethuza 1y ago
A lot of the rail infrastructure in the UK is older than that - e.g. I use the Forth Bridge quite a lot: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forth_Bridge
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by arethuza 1y ago
I had assumed that if there was a full nuclear exchange that of course both sides would target nuclear power stations in enemy territory - like anyone would be sticking to "rules" in that scenario?
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by arethuza 1y ago
For a real "doomsday" weapon you don't even need a delivery mechanism. "When you merely wish to bury bombs, there is no limit to the size" For a real life example - Teller's Sundial design.
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by arethuza 2y ago
That comparison has a lot of criticisms, for example: https://bjgp.org/content/54/503/415
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by arethuza 2y ago
We have one of the combined Brother last printers and scanners with ADF - don't use it very often but incredibly convenient when you need it.
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by arethuza 2y ago
The descriptions of the "Serious FYT Suits" that the Culture has are pretty cool but as most Culture tech is basically magic they probably don't count.
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by arethuza 2y ago
Loads of people do things that might result in a visit to hospital - my wife was hospitalised after a climbing accident (with a mountain rescue team and separate helicopter based team), I've been treated for cycling accidents and becau
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by arethuza 2y ago
Interesting to note that C.S. Lewis and Tolkien met Arthur C. Clarke and a BIS colleague in a different bar - must have regarded it as neutral territory: 'Needless to say, neither side converted the other, and we refused to abandon ou
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by arethuza 2y ago
I had missed that it also used to be called the Eagle and Child.
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by arethuza 2y ago
I wonder if Ellison will also buy the Eagle in Cambridge - which also has an interesting history: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Eagle,_Cambridge
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by arethuza 2y ago
Thanks - that's exactly how I felt after watching a view videos - I came away feeling a bit disturbed - largely because the things I watched were very wholesome but also very private.
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by arethuza 2y ago
As Aneurin Bevan said: "Illness is neither an indulgence for which people have to pay, nor an offence for which they should be penalised, but a misfortune the cost of which should be shared by the community."
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by arethuza 2y ago
I live in a rural area of Scotland and I don't really have a problem with headlights - 99.9% of drivers dip their full beams when they are aware of you. Now if we could only get people to indicate correctly on roundabouts.... - that&#x
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by arethuza 2y ago
We used to have two Burmese cats and although they were from the same litter they had completely different personalities.
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by arethuza 2y ago
You'd still be allowed "wild experiments" - just not where they could harm people.
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by arethuza 2y ago
The important bit is that if you screw up badly enough then your professional qualification is removed and you can't do that type of work any more. [NB I am frequently reminded of this point by my wife who is a solicitor].
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by arethuza 2y ago
The bit that I find incredible is that each one of the victims was told that it was just them and it hadn't happened to anyone else....
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by arethuza 2y ago
From what I can see "software engineering" for the most part isn't really "engineering" in the sense that a PE or CEng would recognise?

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