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Water leak in the Louvre damages works, museum says(theguardian.com)
3 points by ljf 10mo ago|0 comments
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by ljf 10mo ago
There seems to he a good chunk of them here these days - I guess they are easier than ever to make. I just down vote them and flag them and hope that disuades them creators.
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X's new location feature exposed big US politics accounts(bbc.co.uk)
4 points by ljf 11mo ago|1 comments
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The First Image on the Internet(amusingplanet.com)
3 points by ljf 11mo ago|0 comments
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by ljf 11mo ago
We recently did a stock take of all the subscriptions we've ended up with - versus the ones we actually regualrly use - and it was clear we've been wasting money for some time
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Suspected Russian sonobuoy found by scuba divers off the Pembrokeshire coast(bbc.com)
2 points by ljf 11mo ago|0 comments
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by ljf 11mo ago
FAANG maybe not, but there are heaps of horror stories from plenty of other big and medium tech players.
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by ljf 11mo ago
A seat at the board is great, but that won't stop a company making major changes like those described.
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Why trying too hard may be holding you back at work(bbc.co.uk)
3 points by ljf 11mo ago|0 comments
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by ljf 11mo ago
While they cannot stop something like that (a Union never gets to control the business), they can at least negotiate good terms for the departing employees, and help ensure everything is in order.
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by ljf 11mo ago
I personally downvote them, flag them and then 'minimise' with the little minus button - I think when enough people do that it helps reduce the amount of people that see the post as it is in the 'unexpanded' state.
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by ljf 11mo ago
Thset is really sad - I'd seen a review of an early model on YouTube and it seemed like a brilliant idea - really hope someone else can make something similar work.
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by ljf 11mo ago
I only just stopped using my HUAWEI P20 Pro - which I bought in 2018 - the phone was still great and handled everything I needed it to - plus the camera was amazing. I just got a new phone as the battery life was getting silly and it began
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Gangs buy haulage firms to steal lorryloads of goods(bbc.co.uk)
6 points by ljf 11mo ago|0 comments
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Watch out for online Chinese spy contact, UK defence minister warns public(theguardian.com)
1 points by ljf 11mo ago|0 comments
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by ljf 11mo ago
Duplicate of a post from yesterday: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45840200 (161 comments)
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Grand Theft Auto 6 delayed again until November 2026(bbc.co.uk)
3 points by ljf 11mo ago|0 comments
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by ljf 11mo ago
Side note - it always amazes me (and people when I tell them) that when you lose fat from your body, they main way for that fat to leave your system, is to burn it then breathe the co2 out - that is one of the limits on how much fat you can
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by ljf 11mo ago
https://www.cieh.org/ehn/environmental-protection/2025/april... Quote: Research shows cooking on domestic gas hobs can cause two of the most harmful air pollutants, NO2 and PM2.5, to exceed WHO guidelines
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An odd brew: the case of the man behind a Scottish tea fraud(theguardian.com)
5 points by ljf 11mo ago|0 comments
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by ljf 1y ago
Posted a few times already today on other news sites https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu...
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by ljf 1y ago
403 Forbidden, at least here in the UK.
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Europe simulates catastrophic solar storm to warn of real risks(space.com)
6 points by ljf 1y ago|0 comments
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by ljf 1y ago
Midges and mosquitos are different things. And biting midges have only been in Iceland for 10 years or so. https://www.icelandreview.com/news/iceland-marks-ten-years-o...
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by ljf 1y ago
Given the speed that biting midges spread across Iceland, this is potentially very concerning news ( https://www.icelandreview.com/news/iceland-marks-ten-years-o... ). I wonder if there will be any benefits for birds o
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by ljf 1y ago
Great news to have another proof point on the benefits of exiting coal from our electrical energy grid. The sooner we can over-provision renewables and close the gaps in production with batteries - the better.
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Money, muscles and anxiety: why the manosphere clicked with young men(theguardian.com)
2 points by ljf 1y ago|0 comments
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by ljf 1y ago
Indeed - and let's not forget that these are the ones that successfully landed somewhere - many many others will have landed in the sea, or otherwise died before they could reach a suitable spot. The ones that landed here hadn't
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UK government told to prepare for 2C warming by 2050(bbc.co.uk)
4 points by ljf 1y ago|0 comments
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by ljf 1y ago
I feel very lucky to have seen coral reefs first hand in the sea, but unlucky also have seen huge coral graveyards collapsing into ocean rubble out in Greece. I am very unsure if my children will be able to see natural coral reefs, that fee

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