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601.
by growlist 7y ago
And woe betide anyone that threatens to burst a self-deceiver's bubble with a sharp dose of reality.
602.
by growlist 7y ago
Sorry I wasn't saying I thought it was faked or something like that, in case that wasn't clear. I was saying that posting a video celebrating removing a vendor's software from your organisation could be seen as taunting them.
603.
by growlist 7y ago
The video strikes me as an epic troll: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yBP5gnnZi4&feature=youtu.be
604.
by growlist 7y ago
Cold?
605.
by growlist 7y ago
I tested pretty high when I was younger but for various reasons school didn't suit me. I don't think it helps a child at all to be told they are really clever.
606.
by growlist 7y ago
I'm still hoping the UK's space strategy (satellites and SABRE excepted) is about playing the extremely long game.
607.
by growlist 7y ago
And for the ladies, there's Colin Firth. downvotes?! no sense of humour.
608.
by growlist 7y ago
MSM - even the BBC that are supposedly a bastion of good journalism - are generally terrible at covering science. My theory is that journalism now pays so poorly for most in the profession that all the decent graduates seek work elsewhere.
609.
by growlist 7y ago
UK economy at least seems in rude health overall, so reputational damage doesn't seem to have affected business.
610.
by growlist 7y ago
Whenever the voters vote the wrong way the EU subverts it with the result in effect being overturned in one way or another, so the UK will probably end up staying in and this ATAD will be implemented.
611.
by growlist 7y ago
I mentioned TOTP2, which is a showcase of everything, not only the good. And you haven't refuted my claim that pop used to be more diverse. > Oh come on... So take Hollywood then: hardly thriving with originality these days, is it?
612.
by growlist 7y ago
For me, less-commercial electronic music is still pushing the boundaries and developing (in no small part down to technology), but popular music is less catchy, less exciting, less sophisticated, less tuneful, less imaginative, more derivat
613.
by growlist 7y ago
Take a look at what it takes to get a decent sized infrastructure project underway in the UK, and you'll understand what I'm talking about.
614.
by growlist 7y ago
In democratic countries we need some way of overriding individual rights for the collective good once in a while, but then the problem is that governments inevitably seem to get drunk on the power and start abusing it.
615.
by growlist 7y ago
I thought the M25 was bad, and then I experienced LA traffic in rush hour.
616.
by growlist 7y ago
I notice this also. I wonder whether it's part of the general policy that seems to be prevalent of keeping the public in an ongoing state of confusion.
617.
by growlist 7y ago
Kind of amusing that Gandhi was attacked from the establishment, imperialist side by Churchill, and is now under attack from the opposite side. Poor Gandhi can't win.
618.
by growlist 7y ago
Perhaps that also says something interesting about today's mores, unless one thinks we have already achieved perfection.
619.
by growlist 7y ago
Brings back a few memories. I went to this area about 10 years ago. Amazing region, definitely recommend it for the more robust traveller - it's certainly not set up for tourism and you need to have your wits about you from time to tim
620.
by growlist 7y ago
> I don't think any of "oldspace" are terrified by the Starship. I would bet they are almost as excited as SpaceX. Not so sure about that - ESA's saltiness suggests they are not thrilled: 'Asked about how the Ari
621.
by growlist 7y ago
>Who’s actually doing this? In a way that is actually documented? Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. Also I think it stretches the bounds of credulity to assert that an industry that bangs on and on about wanting to increase
622.
by growlist 7y ago
Interested to know: are there any hard numbers that define when we will have achieved egalitarian nirvana?
623.
by growlist 7y ago
Hit the nail on the head. If Starship/Superheavy succeeds the contrast will be stark, with the relative inefficiency of ESA/NASA making them look like employment schemes that do space as a side-effect. If they care about remaining
624.
by growlist 7y ago
A couple of takeaways for me: 1. oldspace and its supporters, if they have a clue, should be even more terrified than before by the scale of the vision. Even if only a percentage is achieved the disruption should be shattering 2. the unspok
625.
by growlist 7y ago
> Brexit related stress is very real and also for those that feel that voting has been proven to be pointless, and democracy a sham.
626.
by growlist 7y ago
That correlates with something interesting I learnt about leadership a while back - evidence shows that it's very hard to predict ahead of time whether someone will be a good leader from one context to another, with predicted good lead
627.
by growlist 7y ago
Nice if you can afford it.
628.
by growlist 7y ago
> People have lived for centuries without it. In those years there have both been plenty of fulfilled lives and unfulfilled lives. Clearly, the shiny happy virtual world is not a prerequisite for a fulfilled live. One could say the same
629.
by growlist 7y ago
53 days sober. Announced it at the start.
630.
by growlist 7y ago
Something many people are not aware of is that the UK is a lucky country in terms of natural resources, with these resources playing a critical role in the development of the country over thousands of years. Wind power is just the latest ex

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