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by growlist 7y ago
Have to say our leaders, the EU and globalism in general seem to be looking decidedly worse off: many leaders are following rather than leading; the EU love-fest has disintegrated into closed borders and selfish refusals for assistance; and
302.
by growlist 7y ago
The acceptable solution is for society to adapt. That includes everyone accepting their lives will change, and rich people in particular accepting they'll be poorer for a while. And if we have to move to a war footing to stop people dy
303.
by growlist 7y ago
I don't think the 'I must have argan oil and lime caviar in my next shampoo because the advert says so' need is qualitatively the same as your clinical need though is it? If anything I'd say that indicates the failure of
304.
by growlist 7y ago
> No-one should be deciding for others what should be important. And yet, Greta Thunberg.
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by growlist 7y ago
Oh come on! Hundreds of minor variations on the 'round blobby SUV with redundant angular surface forms' style; thousands of different variations on 'fat and water emulsified together with a dash of scent' for making your
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by growlist 7y ago
There's a technology race on, and Tesla are clearly pretty aggressive in pursuit of innovation. I don't think the possibility of them having a lead over German companies as regards batteries is far-fetched at all.
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by growlist 7y ago
More and more in Brighton (i.e. London-on-sea).
308.
by growlist 7y ago
> making everything miserable about cars for decades well at least we used to have some diversity in design - these days it's mostly variations on the shapeless blob theme. Yes I know, safety regulations etc etc...
309.
by growlist 7y ago
Only as long as you remain employable and work is on offer.
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by growlist 7y ago
Wish I could do this near where I live in the UK, but even non-arable land etc. is getting stupidly expensive. Apparently this is a big unresolved issue with the recent drive to plant more trees.
311.
by growlist 7y ago
Some things are more important than money. Edit: it's also worth pointing out that the blame for much of the cost can be laid at the door of the EU and EU-philes in the UK for working to subvert the result of the referendum. It seemed
312.
by growlist 7y ago
> If you got hosed in 2008 you're still way up Except for the fact that the money isn't worth what it used to be.
313.
by growlist 7y ago
And now there's also a million Syrian refugees heading to southern Europe. What next?
314.
by growlist 7y ago
I've been in disbelief at stock prices for a long time - but where else can pension funds etc. go?
315.
by growlist 7y ago
Think about all those people that felt wealthy based on their portfolio, and were putting money into the economy as a consequence. They don't feel as wealthy now.
316.
by growlist 7y ago
It's just an interesting contradiction to me, and I also find it interesting how upset some people seem to get when I point it out. Yet it's unarguable: all else being equal everybody (without issues) should celebrate their friend
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by growlist 7y ago
Err...
318.
by growlist 7y ago
People have been renting out rooms, houses etc. for a very long time. When I was a kid you could call up the tourist board or various organisations for a list of people renting out rooms in their house. Other than a new delivery medium, exa
319.
by growlist 7y ago
Eugenics: taboo everywhere apart from the dating market, wherein it is celebrated ("what a catch!").
320.
by growlist 7y ago
Doubtful. I've worked in the UK for more than 20 years, and the only time I've ever heard this usage is within outsourced IT providers in India.
321.
by growlist 7y ago
A post on HN is a bit different to the mind-melting full-spectrum 'there's no such thing as men and women guyz!' etc. subversion efforts afoot.
322.
by growlist 7y ago
Whilst Project Fear was all completely based in reality I suppose?
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by growlist 7y ago
> few benefits of Brexit ...in your opinion. Please don't forget a majority of voters in the UK voted for it, and their opinion likely differs from yours about the benefits.
324.
by growlist 7y ago
And if it could be made carbon negative with sufficient carbon fixing measures etc., would you still be against it?
325.
by growlist 7y ago
The CO2 emissions argument is easily resolved: just price tickets high enough that journeys can be made carbon negative.
326.
by growlist 7y ago
> fair split And what about the billions extra that the developing world is predicted to add to global population?
327.
by growlist 7y ago
> biggest losses economic losses
328.
by growlist 7y ago
What next?
329.
by growlist 7y ago
Ships are often full of asbestos, hydraulic fluid, poisonous bilge etc., not to mention this one has been floating around without upkeep so might be structurally dubious. It's not as simple as 1. Climb onto ship 2. Fire up blowtorch 3.
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by growlist 7y ago
Exactly. I'd say there's a fair chance that anyone playing about with this type of hardware will want to be tweaking fairly low-level config etc. of the type that's hidden in Windows anyhow.

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