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by dazc 4y ago
Not a good one, I imagine. My drive to work each morning involves travelling on a stretch of rural road which is about 6 miles long with no boundaries stopping animals such as cows, horses and donkeys wandering into the path of speeding car
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by dazc 4y ago
> To try and reduce eating to something we have to do misses the immense emotional, cultural, community, and individual value we derive from it. OK, but what about the people who's enjoyment of food leads to ill health, loneliness a
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by dazc 4y ago
When I think back to such experiences I tend to remember how annoying other people were rather than the event itself. As a consequence I rarely go to concerts, the theatre or the cinema any more.
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by dazc 4y ago
I was just thinking the same. I live 10 minutes away from the coast and have just enjoyed a few hours sat by the beach where most people were sunbathing, paddle boarding, taking a dip, etc. I didn't notice anyone gazing at their smartp
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by dazc 4y ago
Considering this is Network Rail, I agree, the opportunity to answer a lot of obvious questions has been seriously overlooked.
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by dazc 4y ago
Your religion, political affiliation, taste of porn, etc could also be on a server somewhere too.
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by dazc 4y ago
The behaviour of facebook and google for the past ten years suggests that revenue from tracking based ads must be multiple times that of plain old contextual ads, hence the continued push down this path? You don't suddenly decide to st
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by dazc 4y ago
The UK media likes to sensationalise everything in order to avoid reporting boring everyday events (what used to be called 'news'). There is a video on the BBC news site right now explaining why it's so hot. Something to do w
729.
by dazc 4y ago
There was a time when I would have agreed with you but we have now past the point where the average driver can be trusted to drive in a manner that does not unnecessarily endanger the lives of others.
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by dazc 4y ago
/anecdata I can't recall ever seeing a classic car involved in a road accident. Modern BMWs, on the other hand, quite the opposite.
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by dazc 4y ago
Then how do you impress impress random people that don't know you?
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by dazc 4y ago
Maybe at some level I'm not aware of? I was of the understanding that just about anyone could get these deals.
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by dazc 4y ago
Some companies allow you to request a higher limit, I suppose one could do that multiple times? Some firms are obviously less responsible than others.
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by dazc 4y ago
> Were they letting the baby sunbathe or were they just walking somewhere holding the baby? Guy was walking with unclothed baby over his shoulder, back fully exposed.
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by dazc 4y ago
> It could even be used as a factor in the site’s search rankings. They did that for a while without considering the obvious downside - the incentive to mass blacklist your competitors.
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by dazc 4y ago
> ..'there's a chart of gift effectiveness that more or less screams at aunts, uncles and grandparents to simply not bother with material gifts and to give cash instead' As an uncle to so many nephews and nieces that I hav
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by dazc 4y ago
Just returned from the beach where my friend noticed a parent carrying a baby totally exposed to the bright sun. He said (to me) that baby should be covered up and I said I'll let you go and tell its parent then. He decided not to
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by dazc 4y ago
Credit card companies carry out some due diligence as to the borrower's ability to pay whereas a lot of these BNPL providers do none at all. I earn over 100k yet my credit card limit is 4k. Someone with no earnings at all can, in theor
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by dazc 4y ago
The only people who really know are not saying anything. If your site is doing OK than any change is going to be a risk.
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by dazc 4y ago
John Mueller makes a lot of remarks that are 'off the cuff' and contradicts himself to the point that I don't him seriously.
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by dazc 4y ago
Pre-2017?
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by dazc 4y ago
Roaming charges didn't exist before brexit then?
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by dazc 4y ago
An important lesson to learn in life is that most people couldn't care less what kind of car you drive and those who do are not worth worrying about.
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by dazc 4y ago
Boris used to be a journalist, don't forget. It's funny how some of these 'off the cuff' remarks end up becoming Govt policy sooner or later. Like when stuff is leaked weeks before any official announcement as a way of s
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by dazc 4y ago
A nation of shopkeepers has become a nation of buy to let parasites.
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by dazc 4y ago
The problem being that many of these scams are perpetrated against a generation whose instincts are to to trust any message or call that claims to come from an organisation they are are familiar with. As an example, an older friend called m
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by dazc 4y ago
Guessing only the .to was available, for what should have been obvious reasons. He would have been better off starting with some randomword.com and building his brand around that - no fear of mis-spelling and a whole lot cheaper.
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by dazc 4y ago
These kinds of things often end up with unintended consequences, as others have said, people may just end up smoking more. Scotland recently introduced a minimum alcohol pricing policy and it seems the affect this has had on alcohol consump
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by dazc 4y ago
> Especially if you get into procedures like crowns you are probably talking multiple visits. Crowns and such can be done same day now, I have recently discovered.
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by dazc 4y ago
> 'It should be said that much of current inflation is due to the disruption of the British supply chains that was caused by Brexit.' I work with a UK retailer and, from what I see, supply chain disruption is 99% China. And, th

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