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901.
by gadders 2y ago
A friend of mine at a city brokers with a rooftop garden told me that one of the traders released some rabbits there. You could sit on the trading floor and look up and see them stretched out on the glass atrium roof sunbathing.
902.
by gadders 2y ago
>>Although the wall is long gone... You can still see chunks of the wall: https://livinglondonhistory.com/londons-ancient-roman-and-me...
903.
by gadders 2y ago
FYI - he's published an update: https://diamondgeezer.blogspot.com/2025/01/a-sheepish-apolog... tl;dr; - he missed a small zoo near Waterloo Station.
904.
by gadders 2y ago
It's Charing Cross: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charing_Cross#:~:text=Since%20... .
905.
by gadders 2y ago
"Hi everyone. I want to inconvenience hundreds of people because of my minority political beliefs."
906.
by gadders 2y ago
I think time served is an appropriate sentence for what he did. I think life with no parole was far to harsh.
907.
by gadders 2y ago
Good. For a lot of people the validity of the pardon depends on who is issuing it.
908.
by gadders 2y ago
Original story here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9626985 I wish we could run some sort of sentiment analysis to see who was pro and anti the sentencing then vs now.
909.
by gadders 2y ago
Did you say this about Biden pardoning his whole family for their crimes, or just the ones Trump issued?
910.
by gadders 2y ago
"So, first, calling it “censorship” is misleading, because it’s just how you handle violations of your rules, which is why moderation is always a better term for it." Got any sources that don't go in for such blatant gaslight
911.
by gadders 2y ago
Biden left yesterday though?
912.
by gadders 2y ago
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czxlpjlgdzjo "Mr Zuckerberg also said his firm briefly "demoted" content relating to Joe Biden's son, Hunter, ahead of the 2020 election, after the FBI warne
913.
by gadders 2y ago
He did, and has said so publicly: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czxlpjlgdzjo
914.
by gadders 2y ago
Yes, Zuckerberg admitted that this is what used to happen under Biden recently on a podcast,
915.
by gadders 2y ago
You're never going to be 100% precise for every day, but you should be able to be roughly correct in aggregate and the fact of recording what you eat makes you more conscious of what you put in your mouth.
916.
by gadders 2y ago
How old are you?
917.
by gadders 2y ago
You might not agree with these policies, but they are defensible, sensible policies and not that much different from polices and statements under Obama.
918.
by gadders 2y ago
The Project 2025 that he disavowed? Do you want trying arguing with facts rather than some evil figment of your imagination?
919.
by gadders 2y ago
So I was correct then.
920.
by gadders 2y ago
I'm British. My grandparents were probably bombed by yours. I'll admit he's not one for showing decorum. I don't see any ideological constructs pushed by Elon that are remotely similar to those pushed by the Nazi party.
921.
by gadders 2y ago
"It has also been pointed out that Dorsey does not bear sole responsibility for Twitter’s sale. However, he is complicit and he profited handsomely from the sale and all of its harmful consequences. The sale left the platform at the di
922.
by gadders 2y ago
Haha. That's you characterisation of the ADL? Pretty sure their funding comes from donors rather than the government.
923.
by gadders 2y ago
LOL NO: https://nypost.com/2025/01/20/us-news/adl-says-elon-musks-aw...
924.
by gadders 2y ago
This is so tedious. Is HN going to be 4 years of this witless Trump Derangement Syndrome?
925.
by gadders 2y ago
The difference after today is that you will at least know who is making the decisions. Previously you had a mentally unfit president with decisions made by VP/Jill Biden/The Cabinet/Bureaucrats/Who Knows?
926.
by gadders 2y ago
>>A doctor is also a kid who got full A grades as a high school graduate. Yes, because the number of med school places in the UK is limited by the government (because they have to fund the extra cost of the course over what students p
927.
by gadders 2y ago
>> Only London's financial sector pay was globally competitive - but now with Brexit's rules fully locked in even that sector is slowly losing its talent and customers to Europe and beyond. Citation needed. No-one wants to l
928.
by gadders 2y ago
To be fair though, they work for it. A consultant I saw recently did a full day with the NHS and they 3 - 4 hours of appointments in the evenings privately at a different hospital.
929.
by gadders 2y ago
>>"Engineers: Your brain's worth billions. Build empires, not apps." Pay engineers billions, then, not CEOs, VCs and shareholders.
930.
by gadders 2y ago
Fundholding GPs don't do badly. A lot get 6 figures if they are partners in a surgery. I think most Doctors etc need to wait until they're consultants until they make decent money. But I'm like you - fell into banking due to

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