arethuza

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   by arethuza 2y ago

   The "enterprise solutions" part?
2. 662.▲
   by arethuza 2y ago

   I suspect that just indicates that it wasn't just the missiles that were causing the failures...
3. 663.▲
   by arethuza 2y ago

   Write instructions for use of your countries nukes on handwritten letters in sealed envelopes and put one copy in each submarine!
4. 664.▲
   by arethuza 2y ago

   The Soviets did have a "Fractional Orbital Bombardment System" (FOBS) for a while: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fractional_Orbital_Bombardment... It's main advantage being that it could attack the US fr
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   by arethuza 2y ago

   Th UK Trident 2 missiles are literally the same missiles used by the US submarines operating in the Atlantic - both sets of submarines are supplied by a shared pool: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UGM-133_Trident_II How
6. 666.▲
   by arethuza 2y ago

   So that's how the Culture got started!
7. 667.▲
   by arethuza 2y ago

   SAM 26000 must be one of the most historic aircraft in the world - being the place Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn in after the assassination of JFK: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VC-137C_SAM_26000
8. 668.▲
   by arethuza 2y ago

   Actually - the UK not Britain - the latter leaving out NI?
9. 669.▲
   by arethuza 2y ago

   Doesn't that pretty much describe the 2007-2008 financial crisis?
10. 670.▲
    by arethuza 2y ago

    The US is apparently retaining components of some large H-bomb designs for "potential planetary defense purposes" - wouldn't that be a "good" function? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B53_nuclear_
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    by arethuza 2y ago

    I've long since concluded that YouTube's ads are merely a way of persuading me to upgrade to Premium. Given that they actually seem to be pretty good at recommending content to me I am mystified by why the ad selection is so awful
12. 672.▲
    by arethuza 2y ago

    Wouldn't that also include JSON for the other 47% of the time?
13. 673.▲
    by arethuza 2y ago

    A recent favourite of mine was trying to find the odometer reading on my humble Skoda - couldn't find it on any screen, nothing helpful in manual. I eventually realised that the odometer and the speed setting for the cruise control sha
14. 674.▲
    by arethuza 2y ago

    Possibly also fire fighting - which is also on the list...
15. 675.▲
    by arethuza 2y ago

    I wasn't joking - I've been in two top floor flats in the UK in older buildings (central Edinburgh) that had ceiling plaster collapse due to roof problems.
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    by arethuza 2y ago

    "This tradition came into being as a direct result of the heroic actions taken by Admiral Meux and his crew during the Boar War." Those must have been impressive boars if they needed guns that big! ;-)
17. 677.▲
    by arethuza 2y ago

    Whereas the traditional warning sign in older UK buildings is for you to know about a problem with your roof by having your ceiling plaster collapse when you least expect it!
18. 678.▲
    by arethuza 2y ago

    I couldn't tell from the article if they meant the roof joists or the rafters.
19. 679.▲
    by arethuza 2y ago

    It might be because slate/tile roofs are the most common roofing materials used in the UK and insulation is usually (in my experience) laid between the joists?
20. 680.▲
    by arethuza 2y ago

    What I meant is that "trader" is a pretty generic term in the UK and doesn't imply that you work in finance and isn't PC related.
21. 681.▲
    by arethuza 2y ago

    "Tradey" very common in the UK as well.
22. 682.▲
    by arethuza 2y ago

    Indeed the status of working for yourself and running a business is known as being a "sole trader": https://www.gov.uk/become-sole-trader
23. 683.▲
    by arethuza 2y ago

    Far are ye fae?
24. 684.▲
    by arethuza 2y ago

    An interesting example is "weans" vs "bairns" for children... first time I heard the former I had no idea what people were talking about. "Weans" seems to be a shortened form of "wee ains" and "b
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    by arethuza 2y ago

    I'm originally from a small fishing village in north-east Scotland and used to speak a very broad dialect called Doric (loons, quines etc.) I'm pretty sure this is fairly different from the "Ulster Scots" you mention.
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    by arethuza 2y ago

    What became Scotland pretty much originated with the kingdom of Dál Riata that stretched between Ireland and Britain and there are a lot of legends and myths that tell of strong connections between the two e.g. Deirdre of the Sorrows htt
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    by arethuza 2y ago

    About 20 years ago I was visiting SF for work and, in a moment of weakness, let someone else book me a hotel - they booked me into a rather rough hotel on Geary. When I got into a taxi at the airport the driver said "Do you really want
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    by arethuza 2y ago

    Speaking of concentration of naval power I'd have loved to have seen the surrender and the German fleet in the Firth of Forth in 1918 - between both sides there were 43 battleships, 14 battlecruisers, loads of cruisers and 170 destroye
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    by arethuza 2y ago

    I had an implant done recently and I got the impression that the device used to install the implant although being held by the dentist was actually monitoring its position & orientation very carefully.
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    by arethuza 2y ago

    Thanks - once I knew it was there it was easy to spot.