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631.
by growlist 7y ago
About 20 years ago in the early days of the web I used to browse websites about nuclear accidents and the like. Needless to say lots of these have disappeared or changed since, and I think some interesting material is probably lost. One of
632.
by growlist 7y ago
I can't help thinking we'd be better off with lots of smaller projects. At least then the possibility for mega-overruns is limited. And I'm not sure the economies of scale argument holds water when the supposed savings almost
633.
by growlist 7y ago
> there are often ways to fix a bad situation by breaking some explicit rules and carefully following implicit ones, and I wish I had the acuity to see these possibilities on my own. Now extrapolate that to working in BigCo, which has te
634.
by growlist 7y ago
They have so much land - perhaps it gives a different perspective.
635.
by growlist 7y ago
Reminds me somewhat of Elon's approach to building Starship: out in a field with welding gear.
636.
by growlist 7y ago
Given how cool/potentially useful Buran/Energia were, it's a shame we didn't have crowdfunding back then.
637.
by growlist 7y ago
I'm amazed we don't have more of this already. I suspect some day everyone will have a biometrics device uploading data constantly.
638.
by growlist 7y ago
No, because what the Remain side are trying to engineer in defiance of the public vote is BRINO.
639.
by growlist 7y ago
Ok so best of three then if the next one goes for Remain? Because voters change their minds don't they?
640.
by growlist 7y ago
> and there are obvious avenues by which Brexit may be avoided. ish - it's pretty telling that the pro-Remain parties are running scared of a GE. They suspect they'll be utterly demolished in many areas.
641.
by growlist 7y ago
And how does that change the result of the referendum? What's happened over the last 3 years is an utterly scandalous denial of democracy, and it's frightens me tbh to see so many people acting in support of something other than r
642.
by growlist 7y ago
But they had the opportunity to vote for a GE before they were prorogued and chose not to, didn't they? 'Oh no, the facist has taken away our opportunity to vote! (about this thing we explicitly voted to avoid when we were given t
643.
by growlist 7y ago
Problem is that parliament is a. stalled and b. acting in defiance of a democratic vote and c. deliberately blocking the only logical resolution (i.e. a General Election) that does not represent an intentional subversion of democracy.
644.
by growlist 7y ago
How can the refusal to agree to a general election be pro-democracy?
645.
by growlist 7y ago
We did not vote for BRINO, which is what all these 'deals' are about - keep us tightly enough tied to the EU so that we can be forced back in in 5-10 years. Don't try and pretend this isn't the case, we all know it.
646.
by growlist 7y ago
This is so, so wrong.
647.
by growlist 7y ago
Problem is, for those of us that don't buy into the incessant 'Orange Man Bad!' narrative it's becoming like The Boy That Cried Wolf trying to determine the signal from the noise as regards Trump. And the fact you respon
648.
by growlist 7y ago
I found Morocco worse than Tunisia on this aspect, tbh.
649.
by growlist 7y ago
Easy throw away comment to make but don't forget lots of honest people in Tunisia are trying to make a living out of tourism, and from a selfish point of view having been to Tunisia there is loads of good stuff to see.
650.
by growlist 7y ago
I suspect the imbalance is greatly over-egged by companies whose problems lie their business model, but who yearn for a quick fix of lower wages rather than (gasp) actual innovation.
651.
by growlist 7y ago
No doubt that'll be 2k/month!
652.
by growlist 7y ago
qualified* (*and will accept what we're paying)
653.
by growlist 7y ago
> They’re shocked people could actually support racists, bigots, worthless people. Oh please. Just take a look at the shenanigans around HRC's nomination. Democrats have no claim to moral authority, if that's what you're s
654.
by growlist 7y ago
I'd broaden that out. The entire MSM is now largely a low-truth information source. I can't find the exact quote now, but one of the leading media execs in the UK was just a few weeks ago openly advocating that media organisations
655.
by growlist 7y ago
Problem is: if the other side had one, lots of people would feel exactly the way you do. But from the other side. So who is right?
656.
by growlist 7y ago
Nice. Even better, use it as the name of a company hawking snake-oil methodology consulting.
657.
by growlist 7y ago
In my experience the further away from fierce commercial factors, the greater the tendency towards cargo-cultism. Hiring for roles in government related work in the UK is awash with acronyms and buzzwords, as if it's the case that with
658.
by growlist 7y ago
She's not an entrepreneur by any stretch of the imagination.
659.
by growlist 7y ago
My cynical side tells me that if Germany weren't one of the world's largest car exporters, the EU would already be legislating to harmonise these systems globally.
660.
by growlist 7y ago
Try driving one of the latest cars with all modern driver aids etc. for a few hundred miles: lane departure, blind spot warning, parking sensors, automated parking assist, distance sensors etc. Include routing around traffic congestion and

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