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91.
by growlist 6y ago
I'm just a single generation away from poverty to the point of - on one side of my family - actual infant malnutrition. Why am I supposed to feel responsible for the actions of people that were geographically and ethnically distinct fr
92.
by growlist 6y ago
Well as someone from The Commonwealth, he was Brit-ish.
93.
by growlist 6y ago
'Force multiplier'??? I've never understood this peculiarly American obsession with military metaphors, and I'd say this one is particularly ridiculous.
94.
by growlist 6y ago
The most subversive person one can be in 2020 is a hard-working, successful, heterosexual, white person with a happy family.
95.
by growlist 6y ago
It is an odd choice - there hasn't been anything like a 'Scots Army' for a very long time.
96.
by growlist 6y ago
I think the hardening is pretty well understood - just fill any sensitive electronics etc. with resin and it's pretty much solved. But the heat problem certainly is not, and obviously humans, not being particularly amenable to being fi
97.
by growlist 6y ago
thanks, edited my comment
98.
by growlist 6y ago
Wow, amazing imagery. Personally I switched to straight razors recently and given the very low cost of blades I'm quite happy to use a new one every couple of shaves, which for me is only once a week. Edit: sorry, I meant safety razor,
99.
by growlist 6y ago
Idk. I switched to a safety razor and everything is better now, save for slightly worse nicks, but a shaving block takes care of that. And the cost of a cartridge (couple of quid each?) certainly is NOT better than the cost of a fresh blad
100.
by growlist 6y ago
Where I live we have countless boy racers with farty exhausts obnoxiously informing everyone at all hours of their amazingly unique and original ideas about how to modify cars. I pin the blame in no small part on Top Gear for spreading a du
101.
by growlist 6y ago
The stats should be treated with extreme suspicion at this stage - I've read that the only way to get a decent handle on deaths will be via comparison to normal trends. There is zero chance that deaths are being recorded via the same s
102.
by growlist 6y ago
Here in the UK Top Gear has a lot to answer for in promoting an utterly moronic car culture (and I like cars).
103.
by growlist 6y ago
Not a single picture of the mine or general area of its location?
104.
by growlist 6y ago
> From the outside it seems that they could not manage anything anyway. Do you honestly think the media would report it if the UK government were doing a good job? Along with Brussels, the media are all still seething with anger that t
105.
by growlist 6y ago
France: 'Pah! We have other concerns than your Brexit' Also France: 'Don't you dare block our fishing boats from British waters after Brexit OR ELSE!!!!!!' Personally I suspect this is about the poor migrants being
106.
by growlist 6y ago
Ah come on - the general consensus was that the performance of the UK economy was far better than the prophets of doom (of which there were plenty) had forecasted. Don't change the goalposts now.
107.
by growlist 6y ago
Remember when we were told by George Osborne there would be an immediate recession the day after a Leave vote? Edit: 'Brexit could plunge Britain into an instant recession, the Prime Minister and the Chancellor have said in the stark
108.
by growlist 6y ago
? so you also dispute the parent to my comment then: > Whilst technically true Brexit has been happening since 2016, and people and companies have been making decisions based on it.
109.
by growlist 6y ago
The economy held up pretty well, all things considered, and apparently much to the chagrin of the prophets of doom (not saying you are one or anything).
110.
by growlist 6y ago
Depends how much they've milked it in the meantime.
111.
by growlist 6y ago
I seem to remember a sketch with Rowland Rivron as an airline pilot flying a plane and imagining bombing various things, including this line: "Bang! There goes the Argos catalogue showroom" Can't find any reference to it onli
112.
by growlist 6y ago
I agree with this - max speed around 120mph looks like the sweet spot in terms of ROI. I see HSTs as more of a vanity project these days - lots of them run under capacity and are even worse on paying back the money invested into them than s
113.
by growlist 6y ago
Ah, the spirit of open discussion, and not shutting down debate with oblique (cowardly?) accusations of racism. That's what I come here for.
114.
by growlist 6y ago
In this case I'd say the benefit of the doubt should not be with ESA: '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 Launc
115.
by growlist 6y ago
Err... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Globalism
116.
by growlist 6y ago
I'd suggest that in Europe innovation is stifled by a strange mix of very old vested interests, the class system (certainly here in the UK), socialistic cultural scepticism around capitalism/profit, and a cynical zero-sum mentalit
117.
by growlist 6y ago
> Society defined controversial, as it always has, and always will. You honestly think there aren't powerful opinion shaping efforts underway? If so I wish I lived in your world - I cannot get away from the incessant politics on any
118.
by growlist 6y ago
> I mean... maybe? What's your suggestion here? NASA and ESA should put all interplanetary work on hold, in case Musk delivers on time and on budget for once? No. I'd prefer ESA to be building reusable rockets of their own, whi
119.
by growlist 6y ago
ESA's leaders have mocked and disparaged SpaceX's approach in recent years; why would they bother unless they considered SpaceX a serious threat? They must be worried. I'll also point out that SpaceX naysayers have a dismally
120.
by growlist 6y ago
> Obviously the mob doesn't have a consistent and justifiable moral stance; it's a mob. Problem with that is that one mob is given unhindered support for venting their spleen, whereas whereas the opposing mob is deplatformed, d

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