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1. 361.▲
   by growlist 7y ago

   Nice to see some Esri-powered apps getting some exposure.
2. 362.▲
   by growlist 7y ago

   RR have a good background in this tech, having manufactured the reactors that power the UK's nuclear deterrent: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolls-Royce_PWR
3. 363.▲
   by growlist 7y ago

   I don't disagree.
4. 364.▲
   by growlist 7y ago

   Well... https://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/2018/08/04/bbc-wouldnt-d... https://metro.co.uk/2018/07/05/monty-python-actor-terry-gill... https://www.dailymail.co
5. 365.▲
   by growlist 7y ago

   God forbid they should be allowed to make a decision free from the influence of leftist propaganda!
6. 366.▲
   by growlist 7y ago

   Let's not forget the impact of immigration pushing up prices.
7. 367.▲
   by growlist 7y ago

   I personally know of someone that suffered permanent short-term memory loss from a terrible crash in an original mini. A woman pulled out in front of him without looking properly, his car was pretty much completely destroyed, and he was luc
8. 368.▲
   by growlist 7y ago

   HL was a delicious escape from studying for me whilst at uni, which consumed pretty much all my other waking hours.
9. 369.▲
   by growlist 7y ago

   Worth pointing out that the current political climate at the BBC would render Monty Python impossible to make today, and apparently this is considered progress.
10. 370.▲
    by growlist 7y ago

    What's incredible to me is how this could be allowed to happen. Are the higher echelons of these industries staffed by charlatans? Has something changed in the engineering culture? Did greed override diligence and if so, how was this a
11. 371.▲
    by growlist 7y ago

    Don't get me started on the potholes. There are some traffic lights near me which need patching every month or two in the winter. Can they not just engineer it to lift in a new concrete slab each time?
12. 372.▲
    by growlist 7y ago

    Indeed. I'd rather not drink milk at all than drink skimmed milk.
13. 373.▲
    by growlist 7y ago

    Sometimes there's no option, because enterprise policy mandates that you have to port that uncommented, spaghetti code, dependent on archaic Win32 calls, written by amateurs VB6 image processing application to something modern like .NE
14. 374.▲
    by growlist 7y ago

    I'd venture that the overly systematised, euphemism-happy coldness of the medical establishment is part of the problem. PTSD actually means being upset for a very long time. A clump of cells actually means a baby (but we can't say
15. 375.▲
    by growlist 7y ago

    I think it depends on the lateness as well though. Sometimes the baby dies in the womb and this is discovered before birth, yet the mother still has to go through a full labour, all the while knowing it's for nothing. Pretty horrible.
16. 376.▲
    by growlist 7y ago

    There's a community element to it as well via YouTubers restreaming it. Everyday Astronaut even had tracking cameras set up this time! It does feel like something special is happening. I don't think the wider public are really awa
17. 377.▲
    by growlist 7y ago

    > I don't see how that benefits anyone Putting London money into a poorer economy that really needs it, rather than back into London, which doesn't?
18. 378.▲
    by growlist 7y ago

    And what about your knees?
19. 379.▲
    by growlist 7y ago

    How do you mean? Very, very few launches would have been screened live in the UK, where I live.
20. 380.▲
    by growlist 7y ago

    > So no, this is no amazing thing. Putting the legal aspects to one side, do you not think it's amazing? If not, what would it take to impress you?
21. 381.▲
    by growlist 7y ago

    I always loved this game on Amiga. Flashback too.
22. 382.▲
    by growlist 7y ago

    > Did you ever get asked by your teacher to write a story about anything? I always found that totally impossible. You could have written a story about writing a story.
23. 383.▲
    by growlist 7y ago

    I love this idea - caught gently with the ship immediately turning back for home, like something out of James Bond.
24. 384.▲
    by growlist 7y ago

    Being able to watch regular (SpaceX) rocket launches live - including deployment of satellites in orbit and landing of boosters - free, for entertainment purposes, is in my opinion one of the most amazing things going at present. As a demon
25. 385.▲
    by growlist 7y ago

    Full self-driving cars would be cool, but even a good satnav + cruise control and lane assist gets you most of the way there. Apart from smaller roads, the car almost drives itself.
26. 386.▲
    by growlist 7y ago

    In my experience it's the more conservative/less fashionable/less well remunerated entities that care about certs. They serve as something of an insurance policy for managers that don't trust their ability to discern goo
27. 387.▲
    by growlist 7y ago

    Something that brought home to me the dubious benefits of the smartphone and social media was noticing how many young women - even teenagers - are now getting lip fillers, resulting in a ludicrous trout pout. Do they honestly think this loo
28. 388.▲
    by growlist 7y ago

    This idea is in the game Elite Dangerous, and you can go and look at them: https://elite-dangerous.fandom.com/wiki/Generation_Ship The lore is quite amusing and poignant. Many of them met a sad end in one way or anoth
29. 389.▲
    by growlist 7y ago

    > known eugenicist who wants to reduce the population of the world I suspect in a generation or two the fear of eugenics will be seen as quaint, because we'll all be editing our genes to improve them. I also don't see anything
30. 390.▲
    by growlist 7y ago

    I'm talking about BBC news.