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by dazc 4y ago
You should get your licence and own a car for a year - just a cheap one. Then see how enthusiastic you are about public transport and taxis. Fancy a day at the beach, a trip to see friends/relatives, just a day off for the hell of it.
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by dazc 4y ago
I'm already rolling with it, I don't bother searching for answers to complex problems anymore because it's a waste of time.
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by dazc 4y ago
Bear in mind that Google doesn't make money from users who are reasonably tech savvy, have adblockers running and are also of the mindset that they would never click on an ad anyway. Folks have been complaining about search quality for
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by dazc 4y ago
True, it could have a more significant impact.
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by dazc 4y ago
It is all relative I guess? I lived in Spain for a while and noticed how out of season produce was very expensive and there was very little of it. In the UK we expect to be able to buy everything all year round and cheap. Nobody stops to th
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by dazc 4y ago
Conservative Govt has proven to be a disaster and people will vote in Labour out of frustration despite knowing they will almost certainly do worse. Not optimistic for the next ten years or so.
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by dazc 4y ago
Brexit was 6 years or so ago. Then we had 3 years of trying to reverse it, then Covid, then Ukraine and, to top that, a Govt that decides fracking for gas is unacceptable and then goes and imports fracked gas from the US. Maybe best to sum
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by dazc 4y ago
I'm not sure how this cartel like behaviour works in the UK where every major supermarket has its own range of competing products - and then there is the likes of Aldi that is 90% stocked with brand lookalike knock offs? There are curr
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by dazc 4y ago
In Britain you can be based in any other country and still get a fair hearing in the courts, even if you are claiming against a British business. I'm not aware of anywhere else in the World where this is the case.
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by dazc 4y ago
Is laying rail across a desert that hard?
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by dazc 4y ago
Good idea.
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by dazc 4y ago
The comment wasn't meant to be taken so literally, the point was that almost everything is paid for by someone else.
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by dazc 4y ago
As a rural tax payer I'm paying for some city dwellers to sit around all day doing nothing. All the benefits you enjoy as a result of living in a modern society have been paid for by someone other than you.
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by dazc 4y ago
Cities/local authorities, etc should be proactive in searching listing sites for obvious breaches, they shouldn't be reliant on private companies/individuals to hand-over information they are incentivised not to hand-over.
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by dazc 4y ago
It's just a press release
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by dazc 4y ago
I'm against giving money to charities in principal as the money is often wasted, used inefficiently and, in some cases, enables people to continue to make bad choices in life. However, I do donate to a small charity in the UK that prov
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by dazc 4y ago
I don't know what the situation is now but I do recall, circa 6 year's ago, a Dutch colleague being very impressed with my cheap laptop and asking where she would get one. I remember searching various Dutch retailers to show her h
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by dazc 4y ago
'Don’t they understand that this is what drives people to Macs and Chromebooks (and nerds like me to Linux)?' Maybe that ship has already sailed and they know who their core market is?
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by dazc 4y ago
You learn by making mistakes. Amen
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by dazc 4y ago
OK, I'm not sure it's going to make that much difference since 20 mph zones tend to be in residential zones, typically rat runs. This indicates to me that high volumes of traffic are more likely the cause of congestion rather than
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by dazc 4y ago
20 mph zones are increasing journey times significantly for what reason then?
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by dazc 4y ago
Except you can now buy a used Tesla for around the same price and know what you are getting. The days of a VW badge being an assurance of quality and reliability are long gone.
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by dazc 4y ago
Not sure what the point of this is other than a suggestion that 20 mph zones are increasing journey times significantly? The author acknowledges that 20 mph limits are rarely enforced and mostly ignored; and also concedes that congestion h
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by dazc 4y ago
'Duolingo Max is a new subscription tier above Super Duolingo...' I don't think this is going to enthuse anyone who's already regretting subscribing to your video game?
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by dazc 4y ago
I would also welcome legislation since their robots operate on public pavements which were originally designed for human beings to safely walk on without having to navigate around motorized vehicles. I would start with banning these things
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by dazc 4y ago
Maybe, but the reason there are rules and regulations relating to many everyday activities is that when people make decisions about their own lives those decisions can result in negative impacts to society as a whole. OK, I think not having
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by dazc 4y ago
Poor housing has detrimental physical and mental health benefits, I'm not sure many people would find this such a dubious statement?
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by dazc 4y ago
I have no finger prints, worn away, I am far from unique. So, technically, I don't imagine it being that easy?
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by dazc 4y ago
There are lots of small airports where there are Border Patrol staff but I don't think they are counting people in and out as part of any organised and uniform system? Take, for example, recent industrial action where striking staff we
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by dazc 4y ago
Because there are health and safety issues that some adults are happy to overlook whilst society, eventually, picks up the bill.

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