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by jahewson 1y ago
I’m yet to see ivy kill a tree. I don’t get why people think this happens. It can certainly make them look ugly though.
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by jahewson 1y ago
That’s not true. It lasted 3 months, which was the entire duration of the agreed phase 1. Phase 2 did not begin because Hamas turned the hostage/body releases into a propaganda circus [1] and refused to accept modified terms for phase
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by jahewson 1y ago
So you don’t recognize the state of Palestine?
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by jahewson 1y ago
What was it like for you living Germany in that period?
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by jahewson 1y ago
^^^ This is such a great example of the deranged elitist groupthink that dominates the UK’s national discourse. Holding the door open for fake asylum seekers costing billions while his fellow countrymen are laid off, and pointing the finger
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by jahewson 1y ago
> minor breaking of the law being dealt with severe justice This is the case if you do anything that opposes the governments desired narrative. For example, by saying something “far right”. Multiple years in jail for a tweet. But I agree
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by jahewson 1y ago
Everywhere was a band of feudal kingdoms. What’s so special about the U.K.?
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by jahewson 1y ago
What you are describing, from the POV of the British firm, is ownership, not investment. Water is a classic example of failure because there was no shareholder capital invested - exactly my point. We don’t talk about all the successful inve
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by jahewson 1y ago
This is not true. There is no Saudi ownership of Thames Water. 90% or so is owned by Australian, European, and Canadian pension funds. Specifically it was the Macquarie Group (Australian) that loaded it up with debt and pushed it off a cli
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by jahewson 1y ago
It’s true that too much of the U.K. is a piggy bank for those who don’t live there, but that is true of much of the West now. > taxing money leaving the country might be interesting way to approach the problem. This would end very poorly
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by jahewson 1y ago
The difference between social media and traditional media is, roughly speaking, the absence of a centralised editor that has the ability to gatekeep the nation’s discourse. If that’s not authoritarian I’m not sure what is! Social media is a
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by jahewson 1y ago
The EU is facing the same fundamental situation as the U.K. The latter recklessly accelerated their problems but an aging and shrinking population coupled with unsustainable social spending and precious little technological investment can o
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by jahewson 1y ago
Not in any decent places.
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by jahewson 1y ago
Pro tip: do both.
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by jahewson 1y ago
One block from the freeway, no less.
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by jahewson 1y ago
Personally I use a 100 character limit. Anything more and the ability to have two editor windows side by side gets impeded upon. The point is, there is a limit.
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by jahewson 1y ago
Wait, no, if there is an 80 character line limit and you like 4 space tabs but I like 2 space tabs, we’re going to have a problem. My code will exceed the line length on your screen or be forced to wrap prematurely on my screen to suit your
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by jahewson 1y ago
Tabs are for tab les. Change my mind.
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by jahewson 1y ago
Actually for me this shows why tabs don’t deliver on their promise. As soon as the user’s tab size is small enough that baz doesn’t need to wrap, the user gets suboptimal formatting. As someone who prefers tabs of 2 and often views code aut
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by jahewson 1y ago
Most traffic nowadays is HTTPS so as long as you configure your router to use a non-ISP DNS resolver such 1.1.1.1 (Cloudflare) or 8.8.8.8 (Google) then your ISP cannot see your traffic. However, those ISP branded modem/router devices a
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by jahewson 1y ago
Let’s not kid ourselves, the goal is to shame men in an attempt to control them.
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by jahewson 1y ago
There’s also a ton of bad incentives for those women who lie, manipulate and abuse beyond “gossip”.
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by jahewson 1y ago
Having grown up in the U.K. where sports gambling has always been a thing, I can say that the big difference when compared to the US is the TV advertising.
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by jahewson 1y ago
Doubtful. They’re not part of the government so the 1st amendment applies.
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by jahewson 1y ago
Something tells me that disabling AI is going to age about as well as disabling JavaScript. Even so, I like what Zed is doing here.
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by jahewson 1y ago
HN Karma
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by jahewson 1y ago
This implies that a human life is valuable but what they spend it doing is not.
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by jahewson 1y ago
Because perceived existential risks capture people’s attention and imagination. If you’re a white collar worker then it’s a big deal to you.
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by jahewson 1y ago
So they can use (expensive) emergency care but also they are paying for (cheap) services they can’t even use? That’s some interesting logic. Clearly they can and do use some of these services.
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by jahewson 1y ago
The Gestapo murdered millions. Please don’t throw around such callous and ignorant insults.

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