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by ljf 5mo ago
The rough cost to provide free breakfast and lunch to all students in the US is $30b - so as the go says, less than $55b.
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by ljf 5mo ago
If you liked that you might find tbe lost of oldest companies interesting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_oldest_companies It was sad when I checked some time ago how many ancient Japanese companies have closed i
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by ljf 6mo ago
Look at the US median and consider again how many times that figure your own salary is. And then ask your if that person on the median salary has a lot of disposable income? They might be richer than someone in a poorer country, but the med
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by ljf 6mo ago
https://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/TheyMade.s... - love this short story and its take on that question.
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Sperm whales' communication closely parallels human language, study finds(theguardian.com)
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by ljf 6mo ago
How do the cameras cause the crash, and not the lights themselves? Is it that the flashes of the camera causes people to brake suddenly, or the very presence of the camera causes some people to brake at the lights and others not to? I find
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by ljf 6mo ago
What I like about the automation of rules is that it takes away targeted enforcement and the opportunity for leniency to be offered only to certain groups. The UK model for speed cameras is that they can (generally) only be placed in areas
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Mass drowning of chicks puts emperor penguins at risk of extinction(theguardian.com)
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by ljf 6mo ago
Sadly I can't find any pics of the basic table we made, but that was actually an easy thing to make once I thought it through. I basically got a 2 sheets of MDF to the size I wanted (roughly the size of a baking tray for the oven, as I
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by ljf 6mo ago
Very happy with the results - and learnt so much making it - i.e. building my own vac forming table to make the visor. Loads of sanding and spray painting, in-all I think it took me about 70 hours, but we wore the helmets loads for festival
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by ljf 6mo ago
Years ago I made a papercraft Daft Punk helmet, using standard printer paper, but glued it with super glue, and then treated it with the 'resin' from a home fibre glassing kit, to make it solid and ready for full fibre glassing (o
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'Non-survivable': heatwaves are breaching human limits(theguardian.com)
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by ljf 6mo ago
Same reason I listen to music or podcasts in the car. I am very lucky to live in a city/country where risks of theft from my person is low - when I lived for 20 years in London I never once felt unsafe listening to music. The closest w
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by ljf 6mo ago
Dogs are pretty terrible for nesting birds, especially ground nesting ones. Even on a leash they can cause birds to leave their nests. Similar for other small animals; https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/man
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by ljf 6mo ago
There is lot of investment going in to fanning those flames - just look at the way the edges of this are discussed in the Epstein files. Here in the UK, it is amazing to follow just how much money has been pumped into the various 'righ
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by ljf 6mo ago
And inversely, if you break the law, and they 'like' you - then you are freed or never even charged in the first place. Land of the free/saviour of the free world.
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by ljf 6mo ago
These look brilliant and remind me of the pictures from my Casio watch camera: https://www.casio.com/intl/watches/50th/Heritage/2000s/ I really need to dig that out, from memory the software only wo
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by ljf 6mo ago
Thank you! Much appreciated
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by ljf 6mo ago
Interesting article, but shame the images are blocked in the UK - guessing imgur?
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by ljf 6mo ago
So far, 3 is the most popular!
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by ljf 6mo ago
13, as someone who struggled with their timetables, 13 felt like the verge of wild complex maths
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by ljf 6mo ago
Facebook market place had a few near me recently under £1k, but they certainly sell fast!
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by ljf 6mo ago
I'm gutted he stopped releasing videos - I've watched all his stuff and check back now and again to see if he's been tempted to post something new...
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by ljf 6mo ago
I do get this view and in many ways I agree - for me a car in an investment in flexibility. I could hire a car/van as an when I need one, and send my kids to school by taxi and do my local shopping by bike (which I already do other tha
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by ljf 6mo ago
I saw a Nissan Note ev around here for £600 - the battery is good for around 24 miles - which exceeds what I'd do in a day on school run, gym run and shopping. I would need to pay for a home charging point, but that would be a long ter
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by ljf 7mo ago
Any you'd recommend or can point me to good reviews for?
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by ljf 7mo ago
https://ourworldindata.org/conflict-deaths-breakdown - certainly has been in the millions - maybe lower in the 'Western world' but countless of the dead in wars across the world in ww2, have been civilians. For ex
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by ljf 7mo ago
No 2 is a fascinating study! My mother was 'taking' (eating) large amounts of raw chilli as she found it a very efficient cure for her rheumatoid arthritis - she had brilliantly reduced joint pain. BUT after a few years it caused
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by ljf 7mo ago
Direct link to the BBC article: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g7kwq1k11o Great news that they will be on iPlayer soon, along with every other (available) episode of Dr Who :)
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by ljf 7mo ago
Good to see you are un-banned ;) - might have just been that you are a new user.

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