elthran

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by elthran 10y ago
> I'm registered as a "No Party Preference" (NPP) vote-by-mail Could you explain this to a Brit? I'm interpreting your statement as when you register to vote that you have to indicate which party you prefer - is this
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by elthran 10y ago
Is there any change here, or is this just the fairly common repost of this?
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by elthran 10y ago
For me, the rule of law must trump all - the moment we sidestep that, it's the moment an already unfair (for the common man at least) legal system instantly becomes unacceptably weighted towards the state, bad policing and loss of the
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by elthran 10y ago
What you're saying pretty much already exists in the UK, to a certain extent. Automatic speed cameras that trigger sending a penalty notice, with details on how to pay the fine, and how to appeal the charge.
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by elthran 10y ago
I think this was my favorite quote of the entire campaign - definitely the one that made me despair for both the political and common classes
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by elthran 10y ago
Are you really trying to say that all academies are corrupt? I fail to see how not being controlled by a LEA means that you are straight away in the hands of corrupt big business/the man/the illuminati/whoever you think these
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by elthran 10y ago
For me, the downside of populism is that the political insiders and wealthy elite just so happen to be the people who actually understand how economies and governments and international agreements work. The common man may think he knows eve
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by elthran 10y ago
> 2) Regulations always get more strict over time. Eventually everything will be banned (knife, pepper spray...). In UK it is illegal to carry a screw driver on street. Not completely true. It's not illegal to be carrying a screwdri
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by elthran 10y ago
I think the argument that is made is that it's stopping phones becoming thinner - which looking at the size of the jack on my Nexus 5X, I can believe. However, personally, I'll live with a thicker phone if it means I can have a la
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by elthran 10y ago
Yeah, seems to be the general French modus operandi
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by elthran 10y ago
Those stats made quite interesting reading - what I felt is missing is the reason /why/ there is such a high multiple-card ownership rate? I personally have a single debit card, and a single credit card, as do most people I know -
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by elthran 10y ago
Are there any Americans here who are able to explain why the US is so backwards when compared to European countries? Visa and Mastercard and the banks all offer Chip and Pin services here in the UK, and have done for years. I can understand
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by elthran 10y ago
Agreed - definitely doesn't help makes the situation any clearer
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by elthran 10y ago
The Alaska/hunting point is a good one - I fully agree here. I think what a lot of people disagree with is the laws allowing possession of an AR-15 assault rifle and it's kin
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by elthran 10y ago
Belgium tried to uphold its neutrality in WWI - Germany invaded and ransacked the country anyway. I definitely feel that played a part in allowing Germany in WW2
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by elthran 10y ago
Believe it or not, some under 18s actually have their own money and can buy their own tickets.
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by elthran 10y ago
I enjoyed this - my enjoyment was doubled when I looked at the URL
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by elthran 10y ago
Yeah - my jaw hit the floor, followed by me rereading the paragraph to see if I'd missed some satire here
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by elthran 10y ago
Elon Musk hates them!
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by elthran 10y ago
IANAL, but yes - from wikipedia trademark page "The law in most jurisdictions also allows the owner of a registered trademark to prevent unauthorized use of the mark in relation to products or services which are identical or "colo
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by elthran 10y ago
To be picky, it's valve's management model, their business model is just to be a marketplace/hat vendor, allowing transactions on other people's work. I'm long past the point of viewing them as a company selling sof
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by elthran 10y ago
This. You only have to take a look at what the internet did to Microsoft's learning chatbot to see why humans are a good idea.
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by elthran 10y ago
> He comes across as he's trying to avoid the issue by playing with words Sounds like standard courtroom behavior to me
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by elthran 10y ago
£30
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by elthran 10y ago
I'm not enough of a fool to think that the BBC scrapping all these "inefficiencies" will cause the license fee to be reduced...or even stay the same
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by elthran 10y ago
> The BBC does not exist to provide generic content that pleases the masses The BBC produces Eastenders. I can't think of a better example of generic content that pleases the masses. Then throw in all the late morning/early aft
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by elthran 10y ago
If one insurer offered this, then no. If the majority of insurers I would be likely to use offered it, I probably would - after 3 years I've broken even, and I'll definitely be needing home insurance longer than that. This latter
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by elthran 10y ago
Not having been in this situation, and (potentially relevant) being in the UK, are the family/patient really allowed to administer drugs like this? It seems to me that administering potent drugs such as morphine would be controlled by
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by elthran 10y ago
So a man could legally turn up to work in a skirt (where that is an option for women)? Not judging - I'm just curious as to how far the rules reach, I don't even know how this works in the UK
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by elthran 10y ago
> two birds duct-taped together That's an oddly specific case - is this just a humorous idea, or an actual UFO explanation from real life?

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