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   by gadders 2y ago

   Maybe someone should start a monthly HN post like the ones for vacancies :-) >>Male/SF/32/Seeking.... etc etc
2. 692.▲
   by gadders 2y ago

   >>In the EU the size of the state is often bigger than 50% of GDP. That's a terrifying statistic. It doesn't sound very sustainable.
3. 693.▲
   by gadders 2y ago

   Apparently so are most of the male conditions that require ICSI IVF.
4. 694.▲
   by gadders 2y ago

   It's like one long Reddit post. Very cringe.
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   by gadders 2y ago

   "ChatGPT - please make Waterloo station into a Doom WAD."
6. 696.▲
   by gadders 2y ago

   Well, only if you think the IRA/Sinn Fein should set UK foreign policy. We could have implemented an (EU-requested) north/south border in Ireland. Or not implemented one at all.
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   by gadders 2y ago

   I don't think we will be making much of anything in the UK until energy prices come down, which is unlikely to happen with little new nuclear coming on stream and fracking new North Sea oil being banned. The good news is though that if
8. 698.▲
   by gadders 2y ago

   >>By the way, well done Norway. I wonder how well it correlates with the oil price.
9. 699.▲
   by gadders 2y ago

   Mine was done under sedation and inserted under my pec (for protection as I lift a lot) with the wires fed into my heart (I assume).
10. 700.▲
    by gadders 2y ago

    Lotus Notes v3 still has better email search that Outlook now.
11. 701.▲
    by gadders 2y ago

    I worked at Lotus, and then in banks doing Lotus Notes apps. It really was super simple to create a simple line of business app with minimal coding, proper security, workflow etc.
12. 702.▲
    by gadders 2y ago

    Lotus tried to license VBA but Microsoft wouldn't let them. VBA and Microsoft are pretty close though.
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    by gadders 2y ago

    Reminder for April Fools Day next Year: Get Dang to do a post saying HN is moving to a discord server.
14. 704.▲
    by gadders 2y ago

    Please rewrite HN as an SPA using the most bleeding edge alpha JavaScript frameworks you can find.
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    by gadders 2y ago

    If anyone is interested, you can find the US's assessment of the tariffs imposed on the US by other countries here: https://ustr.gov/sites/default/files/files/Press/Reports/202... EG: &quo
16. 706.▲
    by gadders 2y ago

    I've never worked in Sales but that would send me round the absolute twist.
17. 707.▲
    by gadders 2y ago

    I would say one area of vulnerability would be the request that mis/disinformation (broadly defined as stuff they disagree with) be suppressed.
18. 708.▲
    by gadders 2y ago

    Needs to also model when to increase targets when it looks like Sales are in danger of hitting them /sarcasm
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    by gadders 2y ago

    I don't think you can be classically liberal and also not be in favour of free speech.
20. 710.▲
    by gadders 2y ago

    Certainly on culture war issues they are far left.
21. 711.▲
    by gadders 2y ago

    Yes, partially created to save taxes or a forced sale.
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    by gadders 2y ago

    I believe I am right in saying that every editor of the Guardian has been privately educated, apart from the last one.
23. 713.▲
    by gadders 2y ago

    Yes, but you are unlikely to get 700k additional, new babies born in a year.
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    by gadders 2y ago

    The Aluminium Cricket bat was controversial in the 70's: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ComBathttps://en.wikipedia.org... I guess other (banned) examples would be the LZR swim suits ( https://en
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    by gadders 2y ago

    >>Perhaps through sheer numbers the GDP goes up, but the net value is debatable. GDP is going up, but GDP per capita is currently declining.
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    by gadders 2y ago

    >>Yes, the composition of our population growth has changed, but we've had constant population growth (more or less) for decades. I think if you look at Net Migration, the jump is very sudden: https://www.statista.com&
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    by gadders 2y ago

    I fell arse over tit at a London tube station and requested the CCTV footage under the GDPR. Got a lovely full colour DVD of me stacking it.
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    by gadders 2y ago

    "The Mueller Report Vol I firmly establishes that the Russians sought to interfere in the 2016 election, they explicitly preferred Trump over Clinton and aimed to help him by 1) hacking her campaign and 2) spreading misinformation on s
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    by gadders 2y ago

    "Extremely aligned in their goals" - absolute horse shit. And believe it or not, Trump can't control who Russia chooses as their candidate. The UK Labour Govt had Kamala as their chosen candidate and campaigned for her to win
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    by gadders 2y ago

    That says "Obstruction of Justice" not "Colluding with Russia".