arethuza

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by arethuza 2y ago
Isn't a probation period a contractual thing? I don't think there is any legislation defining it? I've certainly had employment contracts (a long time ago) that didn't include it.
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by arethuza 2y ago
Don't most of the rules around protection from unfair dismissal only come into force after 2 years?
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An unearthly spectacle – The untold story of the biggest nuclear bomb (2021)(thebulletin.org)
92 points by arethuza 2y ago|154 comments
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by arethuza 2y ago
Also worth thinking about the plans that were in place by the Nazis but never fully implemented due to the defeat by the Allies: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generalplan_Ost
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by arethuza 2y ago
C.W. Lemoine, who is a former military pilot, did a fairly detailed video going through the mishap report: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjewU9uN9Iw&t=13s
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by arethuza 2y ago
As a wise man once said, "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence"...
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by arethuza 2y ago
One of the "quirks" that really caught me out once was the fact that VB6 doesn't do short-circuit evaluation of logical operators....
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by arethuza 2y ago
Pretty much every city in the world is like that - tell someone where you live and they'll assess you as to wealth/class?
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by arethuza 2y ago
It probably didn't help Edward II that he had Robert the Bruce in Scotland to fight who was most certainly an actual stupendous badass but even he was employed on condition that: "if he should give up what he has begun, and agree
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by arethuza 2y ago
There were different kinds of kings though - before a certain point in the history of most countries kings had to actively fight and wage war to achieve and maintain their positions. Over time this became more of a position where the king w
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by arethuza 2y ago
They aren't even going to be embarrassed - Ukraine will get a peace deal forced on it and Russia will declare a glorious victory and that will become the history that everyone remembers .
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by arethuza 2y ago
"usually faster but not necessarily better" Here in the UK my wife and I have between us spent a fair bit on private medical care over the last year - in the case of my wife for cataract operation on both eyes and in my case denta
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by arethuza 2y ago
Reminds me of the quote by Gore Vidal: "There is only one party in the United States, the Property Party … and it has two right wings: Republican and Democrat."
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by arethuza 2y ago
"There's a huge difference between invading a NATO member and invading a non-NATO member." In practise, doesn't that depend on what the US decides?
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by arethuza 2y ago
If Ukraine falls then the Baltics will be next - I can see Poland, France and the UK attempting to help but I suspect this would ultimately fail leading to the breakup of NATO. EU either breaks up or becomes much stronger...
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by arethuza 2y ago
Isn't "Dune" said once in both of the Villeneuve movies?
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by arethuza 2y ago
One of the points I took away from that book being that "H-bomb" weapon design is as much about fission as fusion - most designs being fission-fusion-fission with most energy coming from the latter fission stage.
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by arethuza 2y ago
I'm waiting for some Google developer to say "More than a quarter of the CEOs statements are now created by AI"... ;-)
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by arethuza 2y ago
"Look where the sun is" Well, maybe that was another problem with Scotland... ;-) No wonder they built a few walls and retreated south....
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by arethuza 2y ago
Well if you liked "The Making of the Atomic Bomb" I can strongly recommend the follow up "Dark Sun" that covers both the Soviet atomic bomb program and the development of the H-bomb by the US.
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by arethuza 2y ago
"An hour was defined as one twelfth of the daytime" That must have been fun for the Romans here in Scotland - an hour would be roughly two and a half time as long in winter as in summer!
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by arethuza 2y ago
From what I can see the lowest cost 208 is petrol - which is ~£23K and the electric models start at ~£30K. https://offers.peugeot.co.uk/choose-your-peugeot/configure-2...
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by arethuza 2y ago
Note that was my reaction 35 years ago - not necessarily what my old cynical self would necessarily think today...
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by arethuza 2y ago
I wonder if people think Milan cathedral also looks scary?
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by arethuza 2y ago
Having visited Cologne for the first time about 35 years ago while inter-railing I was completely in awe of the building - I am a atheist but my impression was very much "The people who built this really believed". I was so impr
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by arethuza 2y ago
Yeah - I really meant to only copy the first part of the quote - I agree that it is a bit unfair to Kennedy who I think did as much as anyone to stop the Cuban Missile Crisis becoming a hot war.
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by arethuza 2y ago
Whale oil lamps - I suspect those didn't smell too good....
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by arethuza 2y ago
Having worked with some very intelligent people my own personal theory is that they forget that they don't have expert level knowledge in everything and actually end up making some pretty silly mistakes that far less smart people w
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by arethuza 2y ago
When it comes to "charismatic leaders" I like this quote from Frank Herbert: "“I wrote the Dune series because I had this idea that charismatic leaders ought to come with a warning label on their forehead: "May be dange
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by arethuza 2y ago
And the prequel A Deepness in the Sky is even better with very alien aliens (and a neat way of hiding that alien-ness from readers) and some very nasty antagonists with truly terrifying technology in the form of "focus". Mind yo

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