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by hardlianotion 8mo ago
Net EU funding appears to be roughly 1% of GDP (source being random internet searches and rough calculation).
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by hardlianotion 8mo ago
I don't know, but would a significant component of Poland's growth stem from the fact that it is still a significant net recipient of EU funding?
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by hardlianotion 8mo ago
What is the HS2 route these days? Difficult for a casual to keep track?
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by hardlianotion 9mo ago
Sounds more like a company problem than a London problem. Wages also - the distribution is very wide.
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by hardlianotion 9mo ago
Judging by the very large Indian community living in the UK, and the extensive community and business links between the two countries, I imagine “very well”.
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by hardlianotion 9mo ago
India has literally just finished agreeing a significant new trade deal with the UK.
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by hardlianotion 9mo ago
It’s not trying to get back into the common market.
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by hardlianotion 9mo ago
After blasting them to their knees, completely disbanding their society and writing their constitution for them. You up for that?
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by hardlianotion 9mo ago
Which EU? The EU that continues to buy rebadged Russian oil and gas, the EU that sold them entire fleets of shadow tankers? Or the one that likes to pretend that states bordering Russia have suddenly acquired the exact same demand for exp
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by hardlianotion 9mo ago
This has been going on from well before the Ukraine war. It has just intensified. The real question is: should the affected states develop some counter-capability to deter this opportunistic behaviour?
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by hardlianotion 9mo ago
Everything except the import looks like standard c++ since at least 98.
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by hardlianotion 9mo ago
If it’s a playbook, it’s not used effectively.
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by hardlianotion 9mo ago
second vowel actually.
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by hardlianotion 9mo ago
> And if they take it to the streets, they'll just copy the UK's playbook. What is the UK's playbook in this case?
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by hardlianotion 9mo ago
Iran is a beautiful country, and an important part of our shared history. It is incredible that a sophisticated society has been suppressed for so long. To my Iranian friends, I hope the day comes soon when you can safely start building
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by hardlianotion 9mo ago
Apropos the information box, I don’t believe that the European colonisation of the New World was a cause of the Little Ice Age. A claim that bold should really show it’s workings.
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by hardlianotion 9mo ago
How does the government seek to differentiate itself from authoritarian regimes?
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by hardlianotion 9mo ago
Something Sonos could learn from perhaps (sorry - I have an interest here).
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by hardlianotion 10mo ago
Might have something to do with trying to split off various EU countries and threatening to annex Greenland. Or maybe that's part of the growing-up process.
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by hardlianotion 10mo ago
> Even with the £20 increase they were likely cheaper than the alternative, if it exists. Honestly, on many routes, I think this is true far less often than it used to be.
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by hardlianotion 10mo ago
The thesis is interesting and convincing, but the article is beautifully delivered with a wry touch of paradox to humanise it.
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by hardlianotion 10mo ago
> And dragging the cord around, and having to plug out and re-plug the cord in again because you want to do a different part of the room. As someone who used to sweep the floor of the family home as a chore, as a child, that makes me smi
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by hardlianotion 11mo ago
I believe this is what is implied by the Thursday deadline. Article certainly implies this.
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by hardlianotion 11mo ago
It’s kind of hard to see how much more support the US could withdraw from Ukraine, judging by the last article I read that gave Ukraine until Thursday to accept the latest peace deal negotiated between USA and Russia. If we are in the world
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by hardlianotion 11mo ago
It's really an open question - UK's railways were in a poor state & lacking investment when they were handed over. Rail journeys and infrastructure investment did increase in the intervening period. It's not at all clear
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by hardlianotion 11mo ago
Without commenting on the sense thing, the user is being asked to pay for upgrading the infrastructure of the railways.
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by hardlianotion 11mo ago
This is how the UK government, faced with pressing issues, chooses to waste its time and destroy its remaining reputation for competence. There was never any chance that this would fly outside the country, least of all in the USA. Whoever
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by hardlianotion 1y ago
I am a fan of C++ const, but I don't really see what it has to do with effect labelling in this way.
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by hardlianotion 1y ago
And that is demonstrably very high.
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by hardlianotion 1y ago
Not the same person. That one was much less kingly.

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