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by nephihaha 29d ago
You've already posted this. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49667272
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by nephihaha 29d ago
No idea, but Brewdog's scandals did generate a lot of press, so presumably yes. Some people object to his use of "punk" in trade names and some have claimed the founder was predatory both financially and towards female staff.
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by nephihaha 29d ago
The most obvious reason for that is transport. The main components of houses tend to be much bigger than what fits on the back of a lorry.
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by nephihaha 29d ago
We call them prefabs i.e. prefabricated.
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by nephihaha 29d ago
I have seen GDR used in the UK. But then again not many people refer to North Korea by its official name here.
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by nephihaha 29d ago
'"open" is literally in the name, so yes' Just because someone calls themselves something doesn't mean it is. "Open" is a name that George Soros uses for a lot of the things he puts his billions into e.g.
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by nephihaha 29d ago
Some of the earliest Apple adverts make reference to the Garden of Eden, rather than Newton. Plus we all know the Beatles had that company name first.
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Brewdog's Business Book has aged like milk [video](youtube.com)
5 points by nephihaha 29d ago|2 comments
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by nephihaha 29d ago
There were a lot of factors involved in Brexit. The BBC played a large part in it although it will never admit it.
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by nephihaha 29d ago
It is often not the beginning of processes but the end of them. This is the problem with a lot of AI, i.e. it takes data and mixes it up instead of doing things afresh.
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by nephihaha 29d ago
The TV here used to advertise payday loans. Some of had them four figure interest on them. There are street loansharks who charge less.
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France announces <€1B in emergency farm support after 2026 summer(thescottishfarmer.co.uk)
2 points by nephihaha 29d ago|7 comments
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by nephihaha 29d ago
France has announced more than €1 billion in emergency farm support as drought and extreme heat cause major agricultural losses.
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by nephihaha 1mo ago
Money doesn't buy you better friends.
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by nephihaha 1mo ago
The equivalent study in Florida would be of native names and old Spanish ones at a stretch.
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by nephihaha 1mo ago
I had to look up Ramsey Heights but it looks to be in one of the flattest parts of East England! No one believes me, but there is a respectable example in Norwich called Kett's Hill. It's not huge, but it has enough of a slope on
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by nephihaha 1mo ago
If you go to England, you're better off going to the New Forest in Hampshire. Despite the name, it was established during the Norman period and at least feels like a substantial tract of older woodland. (Tiny by North American standard
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by nephihaha 1mo ago
View of the footpath?
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by nephihaha 1mo ago
Lockdown has had a catastrophic effect on dining out.
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by nephihaha 1mo ago
"AI can be very helpful in lots of ways, but I think it's fair to say that it is most powerful as an enabler for bad actors." Yes, the effects can be seen all over the Oscars.
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by nephihaha 1mo ago
Sherwood is not forgotten of course. Every fan of Robin Hood knows it. But it had the misfortune to be in an early industrial area. I mentioned Birnam Wood in another post, which features in MacBeth. Shakespeare plays fast and loose with Sc
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by nephihaha 1mo ago
In a low lying area, all these names can refer to far more smaller features than they would in hillier places. The "ridge" in question may have been only twenty foot tall for example, and smaller than a railway foundation. Some of
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by nephihaha 1mo ago
One of the ongoing debates in Scottish and Irish onomastics is about the Kil- prefix. It is usually connected with Cill meaning a monastic cell, but may be a corruption of Coille (wood) and Gil (a gill or ghyll). Kilduff in Fife may be Coil
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by nephihaha 1mo ago
"Gaelic has been spoken at one time or another in the whole of Scotland, barring the north of Caithness..." It was spoken in the north of Caithness into the 20th century in Dounreay parish, and previously some other areas just to
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by nephihaha 1mo ago
No, it's not always terrifying. I think the terror is because some people feel they're being pressed down. Once you know what it is, it's a lot less scary. It's to stop you acting out your dreams.
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by nephihaha 1mo ago
People kill each other over sports allegiances. Someone had been stabbed to death outside my workplace in Glasgow for wearing the wrong football top.
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by nephihaha 1mo ago
The same as Australia, the UK, parts of North America etc. I wonder where this was really first aired?
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by nephihaha 1mo ago
"This reads like recycled lamarckism." Recycled Lamarckianism would be Lysenkoism. :)
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by nephihaha 1mo ago
I was discussing this the other day. Shame and shaming are alive and well. Especially if you do not agree with whatever paradigm is being pushed, like supporting sports team X or not holding the prevailing opinion.
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I Explored the Internet Nobody Visits Anymore [video](youtube.com)
1 points by nephihaha 1mo ago|0 comments

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