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by gadders 2y ago
Pen and paper for work meetings. Simplenote for other personal notes and lists. Quite like workflowy though.
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'Once-in-a-century' discovery reveals luxury of Pompeii(bbc.co.uk)
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by gadders 2y ago
I think you do yourself a disservice. Luck always plays a part but for this piece: >> So the people I was surrounded by were affluent, crime was low, the people I interacted with were not plagued by social issues and that became my ne
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by gadders 2y ago
That's quite a story, Quinzel. I'm glad you're in a better place now, and I wish you all the best for you and your child. Have you thought of mentoring or speaking to young people from a background similar to yourself? I thin
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by gadders 2y ago
Do other taxes go down to so that the overall tax taken across the economy is the same? The last thing the world needs is for governments to take more of people's money in tax.
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by gadders 2y ago
Why do you think it's a weird idea? It's a strategic asset as much as oilfields are.
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by gadders 2y ago
These are actual videos that teachers have put on tiktok themselves. Some of it may be performative, but even the fact that they think putting something like that on tiktok is a good idea, speaks to their professional qualities.
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by gadders 2y ago
I think a lot of home schooling is a culture war issue as well. A quick look at Libs of TikTok will show some of the teachers that some parents would like to avoid.
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by gadders 2y ago
Yeah, Coventry is rough. This is a good anecdotal overview for anyone interested: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Watch-My-Back-Geoff-Thompson-ebook/... Having said that, your experiences weren't a million miles from min
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by gadders 2y ago
They are mostly gone from the UK, but Kent has a fully functioning, state-funded grammar school system.
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by gadders 2y ago
It's 100% of PE-owned companies.
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by gadders 2y ago
Nathan Barry (now CEO of ConvertKit) and Brennan Dunn had some stuff on this a few years back. You could try googling their articles?
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by gadders 2y ago
tl;dr; - My left-wing social media bubble is compromised and there is a risk I may hear opposing view points. Please everyone watch as I performatively delete my accounts. Honestly this is the tech equivalent of putting your hands over your
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by gadders 2y ago
I read this article once: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/12/07/bacteria-on-th... " The tumor had spread to his brain stem and was shortly expected to kill him. Muizelaar cut out as much of
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by gadders 2y ago
If they don't want to participate in democracy, that's on them. It's not hard to get ID. Instead lobbying to make the voting process less secure, why not help people get ID instead?
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by gadders 2y ago
Anyone else remember when Steve Pavlina trialled polyphasic (30 minute nap every 4 hours) sleep for a year or two? https://stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/10/polyphasic-sleep/ I just checked the dates and it
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by gadders 2y ago
Given the amount of money floating around in the Olympic system, it's ridiculous that athletes don't get paid properly. Leaving aside the whole drug aspect of the Enhanced Games, at least they are committing to pay athletes proper
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by gadders 2y ago
Post the email address I dare you :-)
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by gadders 2y ago
The documents provided by Elon Musk to Bari Weiss, Matt Taibbi etc when he took over Twitter.
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by gadders 2y ago
There was always a political component to it. The Twitter files told us this. It's just the political component is going the other way.
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by gadders 2y ago
Grabbed it - not sure it disagrees with either of us. "There are lots of very smart people doing fascinating work on cryptographic voting protocols. We should be funding and encouraging them, and doing all our elections with paper ball
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by gadders 2y ago
I get up when I want except on Wednesdays when I get rudely awakened by the dustmen. I put my trousers on, have a cup of tea and I think about leaving the house. I feed the pigeons, I sometimes feed the sparrows too. It gives me a sense of
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by gadders 2y ago
Going through the list: * child hunger - Global rather than US-focussed. * veteran support - OK * censorship - Ish. The campus free speech stuff looks OK, but there is the usual culture war "book banning" by preventing sexually ex
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by gadders 2y ago
The Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust looked into it in the UK as well in the early 2000's and from their Exec Summary: - There have been at least 42 convictions for electoral fraud in the UK in the period 2000–2007. - Greater use of postal
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by gadders 2y ago
I'm sure that's what they claim. The bonus profits are just a coincidence. Nosecco, though, is pretty reasonably priced (£3/bottle last time I looked) so kudos to them.
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by gadders 2y ago
This is what pisses me off about non-alcoholic products. They don't take all the duty out of the price of the new product.
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by gadders 2y ago
I think it is hard for political parties to investigate anything. You would need law enforcement for that. It is also my understanding that most voter fraud challenges in 2016 were dismissed due to lack of standing, before the facts were co
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by gadders 2y ago
The obligatory XKCD: https://xkcd.com/2030/
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by gadders 2y ago
No evidence yet . I guess we might find out more in the next 4 years when it is investigated properly. If you want to put elections beyond doubt and make everyone accept the result you should have voter ID and paper ballots. The public hol
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by gadders 2y ago
Yeah, this is more like a democrat wish list, donating to help polices that the electorate didn't want.

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