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by growlist 7y ago
It's crazy just how little of the Earth we are crammed into though. I'd imagine we could branch out a little more, giving people more space, if it were properly managed. More settlements, but make all the space in between untoucha
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by growlist 7y ago
> Monty Python's pratfalls aren't funny Does the guy running behind Graham Chapham in the Holy Grail knocking two coconut halves together to mimic a horse count?
573.
by growlist 7y ago
Jeremy Clarkson mentioned a study on Top Gear years ago that showed (as I recall it) that a new Jeep Wrangler would, all things considered, have lower lifetime environmental cost than a new Toyota Prius, the gist of it being that all the hi
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by growlist 7y ago
We still have some of this in the UK: Rowan Atkinson (Mr Bean), Lee Evans (There's Something About Mary).
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by growlist 7y ago
I know it's not physical, but: 'Austria? Well g'day, mate!'
576.
by growlist 7y ago
This is definitely my experience - breathing diesel exhaust now makes my lungs immediately tighten up in a way that didn't used to happen. Perhaps I'm just getting old though.
577.
by growlist 7y ago
Try following a diesel versus a petrol as a cyclist. There are estimates that the push for diesel is directly responsible for tens of thousands of excess deaths in the UK, for example.
578.
by growlist 7y ago
Perhaps the lesson is that decentralisation leads to better outcomes?
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by growlist 7y ago
Wondering if those active filters I've seen in the past might be an idea - isn't it the case that exhaust pollution is only half of emissions, with the rest coming from brakes and tyres? The US was right to be suspicious of diesel
580.
by growlist 7y ago
Try cycling on Marylebone Road for a real choker!
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by growlist 7y ago
Agreed, but lower cost access to space could also change the game itself. If launch costs are 1/10 or 1/100 what they are now, your bespoke $100m absolutely-cannot-fail-at-all-costs satellite can similarly be blown away by satelli
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by growlist 7y ago
Well let's be generous and also include Portugal and Spain for good measure, both of which have seen an entire generation's prospects suffer massive harm due to EU (eurozone) policy. It's always funny to me how blithely the d
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by growlist 7y ago
No. I'm saying that the idea that the European model is the solution is simplistic at best.
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by growlist 7y ago
This made me think of disparaging comments from ESA about SpaceX: 'Asked about how the Ariane 5 compares to lower-cost alternatives on the market today, such as SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket, Stefano Bianchi, Head of ESA Launchers Deve
585.
by growlist 7y ago
The responsibility comes from the top. Here's a thought: how about swingeing restrictions on advertising?
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by growlist 7y ago
> that is really callous and unmerciful compared to other places in the world like Europe, which has a level of public spending that many view as unsustainably high? Edit: plenty of economists are saying this! It's hardly a controve
587.
by growlist 7y ago
The most depressing thing at the moment is that people with a bare minimum of knowledge, interest and competence with technology are infiltrating and being given desirable jobs because they meet HR's perceptions of a good employee, rat
588.
by growlist 7y ago
When I feel myself lapsing into grumpiness at the mundane nature of everyday life I sometimes manage to help myself by attempting to picture the theoretical ideal life I am not living, and then reflecting on the absurdity of wishing things
589.
by growlist 7y ago
Or perhaps it's no coincidence that Labour courts the Muslim vote, and simultaneously appears to tolerate anti-semitism.
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by growlist 7y ago
You're not aware of Corbyn's history as regards Ireland then.
591.
by growlist 7y ago
Labour are going to get absolutely smashed.
592.
by growlist 7y ago
...because the extension is a cynical tactic to attempt to hurt the Conservatives' popularity. Suspect either of Corbyn or McDonnell are terminally unpopular with the public though, but they'll roll out their voter fraud tactics a
593.
by growlist 7y ago
This is the funny thing about NI - it's portrayed as a catastrophic loss for UK prestige if Ireland were to unite, whereas there are plenty of politicians, civil servants etc. that would be happier if it were no longer the UK's pr
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by growlist 7y ago
> So "only deal" is always in the context of "respecting UK red lines". Many other deals were on offer, including Norway etc. No true Scotsman
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by growlist 7y ago
Because Labour is looking like such an election winning machine right now: 'Louise Ellman quits Labour party with fierce attack on Corbyn ...the Jewish MP attacked the Labour leader’s record on antisemitism, saying: “Under Jeremy Corby
596.
by growlist 7y ago
That's of no consequence to what I said. The opposition cannot run for ever.
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by growlist 7y ago
It does matter, because those that reject it will at some point have to justify themselves to the electorate in a General Election, of which currently the opposition are running scared. Edit: and what's more to remind everyone - over a
598.
by growlist 7y ago
True. The enterprise sometimes keeps going in spite of its leaders...
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by growlist 7y ago
One thing that amuses me - you can provide the very simplest tools (such as an issue tracker report) and some managers will still utterly refuse to use them, to the point of open hostility, because it somehow undermines their position to op
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by growlist 7y ago
Sorry I wasn't saying it was faked and I'm talking about the act of posting of the video, which I don't think it would be unreasonable to view as being deliberately provocative.

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