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2y ago
Here it's simpler, you fill out the form on your phone, take a picture on your phone and then the passport arrives in the post. Then you eventually sign it after a bored border official passes comment.
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It's left up to personal judgement of a civil servant. The law isn't code, it doesn't need to exhaustively define every rule. Issues with definitions are dealt with by the courts or by contacting your MP.
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> there can be a problem with who/how decides what is code. Blocking names that look like code is part of a defence in depth approach, it's not a standalone silver bullet.
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Oh, I've re-read and you just mean there are two fast paced roundabouts that are close by and they both have two lanes around them. That wouldn't raise an eyebrow here in the UK, it's very normal for highway junctions to have
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2y ago
Like the Magic Roundabout in the UK? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdx9nlgk97eo
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2y ago
WordPress.com allows plugins on the business and e-commerce plans. Sites with plugins are hosted in isolated environments. This has been the case for years and years.
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2y ago
If you watch a football (English premier league) match then you'll see that not only are there gambling ads at the side of the pitch, but the players are running around wearing gambling adverts.
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* https://thephp.foundation/ one of three platinum level sponsors * MySQL doesn't take sponsorships afaict * https://mariadb.org/about/#stakeholders one of several silver sponsors of MariaDB
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2y ago
> Cannot upload own themes or plugins at WordPress.com You can, just not on the free plan, or the two cheapest paid plans.
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> "Their annual health assessments". Is that something everyone, or maybe every student, in the UK has? No. It's badly phrased in the article but the annual health assessment is something being done as part of this researc
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2y ago
In most of the globe it is cheap.
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2y ago
You don't have WiFi in your apartment complex? I agree with you with content changing being one of the many downsides of relying on streaming services. I just think that most people are willing to accept the trade off.
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2y ago
I'm sure there's still a large number of people downloading mp3s and other files to permanently store. But really, how often are people offline? For me it's only when I'm on a flight, and I can prepare for that by using
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2y ago
Use / for a slash and use // for //italics// and make *bold* match.
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Relatedly, one of the claims made about the Pirahã people is that they have no words for left and right in their language, instead they orient themselves relative to the river bank.
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2y ago
Probably used a ferry just like lots do today.
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You could buy third party guns that had pedals though. I had one that also came with a cool realistic moving thing at the top that made cool shooting sounds when you pulled the trigger....and gave you a massive headache after a while.
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2y ago
Do Panthers carry off their prey to eat? It seems surprising that there aren't regular reports of farmers finding sheep that have been half-eaten.
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> you can't "dual license" GPL code. Yes you can, and lots of very popular open source software have done so, including Mozilla, MySQL and QT. RMS also says it is fine: https://www.fsf.org/blogs/rms&#x
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He's a big figure here in Chesterfield too. He spent the last ten years of his life here. He was here to build the midlands railway. When he dug the clay cross tunnel he struck coal and iron which started a boom for neighbouring villag
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3y ago
Given everyone has a phone in the pocket and a huge chunk more have a watch on their wrist, what need is there for a "main clock" for the kitchen to be something so awful?
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3y ago
You don't even need Klarna, the Apple website offers 0% 24 months financing for iPhone in the UK.
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3y ago
Why would we want to?
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They announced last October that it wouldn't be released in 2023 but there's been no further details released. https://www.konami.com/games/genso/rem/1_2/us/en-us/
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3y ago
That escalated quickly.
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Definitely a thing in the UK, it's how the Oxford English Dictionary says it's pronounced (noting that it's different in the US). I have heard too many people say "jally pea no", but the most frequent pronunciation
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3y ago
How representative do you think your knowledge is of the web browsing public?
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3y ago
In a similar kind of vein is the bridleway between Hayling Island and Langstone. You can see most of it at low tide, and there's a post marking it on one side. It's marked on ordnance survey maps as a bridleway too. The only probl
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The import/export is built-in to WordPress. It's under Tools in the menu and you can read more about it here: https://learn.wordpress.org/tutorial/tools-import-and-export... The file format is called wxr, if
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Wasn't that also a thing with the first Obama election? Before that, 2000 had Gore vs Bush and the Florida recount. Is it escalating?
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