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by phillc73 8y ago
First they had to make the swords before they could turn them into ploughshares.
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Adding a response to the original question: The Battle of Gisors in 1198 was an English victory on French soil.[1] Regarding the English Longbow, there appears to be an ongoing debate regarding when the longbow was developed, as used in the
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The only thing which I find slightly odd with that sentence is beginning it with a conjunction. Removing this could improve the sentence. Otherwise, I think it's perfectly fine.
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I believe this is called intercropping, although both plants A and B are meant to be harvested. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intercropping
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> if you haven't built up your own security through wealth, you're [going to be] fucked. Another approach is to build security through self sufficiency and community based initiatives. For example, growing your own food wherev
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I can only find NoRootFirewall via Google Store, which I don't use. In F-Droid there appears to be AFWall+[1] and NetGuard[2]. Does anyone have a comparison of these two apps, compared to NoRootFirewall, or indeed others (Blokada menti
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Perhaps it's survivor bias, but every summer when I visit the in-laws in Ukraine I still see plenty of Ladas on the roads. And many rural roads in Ukraine are hideously bad with deep potholes. My favourite Lada accessories are the rear
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by phillc73 8y ago
The 1.5 million figure is from 2011 Scottish Census data. [1] [1] http://www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk/documents/censusresults/re...
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Even more than that. Check out the iSpindel[1]. Basically build your own tilting hydrometer. Now I have electronics in the mix too. I have also become fascinated with yeasts (biology!) and really want to start harvesting and propogating my
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Home brewing, although I wouldn't say I've mastered that craft yet. I still have a lot to learn, and of course much more stainless steel to buy.
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Salaried
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> Why employers (in the knowledge business at least) track people by the hour is beyond my understanding Because in some countries it is a legal requirement. Where I work, in Austria, there is currently a legal limit of 10 working hours
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Nonetheless, if such a Tech Workers Union existed, joining as an act of solidarity would benefit all fellow members and offer you a level of protection to insure you never experienced any of the aforementioned scenarios.
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The German MW 50[1] used a mixture of methanol and water. It could be fitted to the BMW801 (Focke-Wulf Fw 190) and the DB 605 (Messerschmitt Bf109) engines. There was also the GM-1[2] which was a nitrous oxide injector and mostly used for h
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There have been very positive studies regarding cannabis use to treat epilepsy.[1][2] [1] https://www.newscientist.com/article/2172683-first-cannabis-... [2] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articl
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> The site acts like the main challenges are legal when really they're technical. The main challenge, in my opinion, is volume. The future of online betting is exchange marketplaces, where users/members can both back and lay ev
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I had a low hours Piper Chieftain ferried to Australia from the UK about eight years ago. Availability of Avgas was the major limiting enroute factor. I have some great pictures of the aeroplane being refueled by hand in India - not a hand
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> Nor can you farm most crops meaningfully on 20 acre plots either. Perhaps your definition of crop is too narrow. Something like hops is well suited to "commercial" sizes starting at 20 acres.[1] Vineyards supplying a co-opera
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It's a real threat and happened to me 25 years ago. I still have a scar across the knuckle of my first finger and haven't used a Swiss Army knife since. Leatherman or Gerber only for multi-tools now.
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> No one pursued it because there's not a cheap and simple way of getting 2-stroke engine emissions down to an acceptable level. I don't think it's fair to say no one pursued a more efficient and emissions friendly two-str
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At least nitrogen powered Guinness draught is safe.
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You make a good point and my post requires clarity. My links were all to post-event data, not live in-play data sources. I still wouldn't call, for example in a cricket match, the number of wickets taken by a bowler a stat. It's j
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> Football data in Europe is so expensive Depending on which data you need, there are already some good sources of free football data.[1][2][3] Someone has also conveniently wrapped much of this in an R library.[4] Football is actually o
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It's the same where I work in Austria. By law, I cannot work more than 10 hours a day and a 50 hour week (although maybe this changes to 12 hour days and 60 hours a week maximums soon). Any hours worked in excess of 40 per week become
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You make a good point about football being played in many countries globally. However, regarding the point about continents, football is not the main ball sport in Australia. It probably ranks third or fourth most popular (after Australian
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The same question can be asked of other small nations which dominate or excel in a particular sport. Why are the New Zealand All Blacks so dominant in rugby union? Why is Austria so good at winter sports? Why does Ireland produce so many to
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> Plus, it does not seem to support web calls at all (Google Meet, BlueJeans, GoToMeeting you name it) I had many issues with Firefox and Webex. In the end just put it down to Linux or Ghostery plugin rather than Firefox specifically, as
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The images in this article seem to be renderings of potential 3D items. Here's an article discussing an actual printed 3D reactor from the University of Graz in Austria: http://www.3ders.org/articles/20171226-unive
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There was a controlled explosion in Graz, Austria in 2011. The un-exploded ordnance was found during excavations for expansion of the main railway station. http://www.viennareview.net/news/news-briefs/austria-news-
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As did I (well, a worker on one) and to an extent you're right. It depends on when the morning milking time is "set". Is it 05:00 summer time, which then becomes 04:00 in winter? Or 05:00 in winter, which then become 06:00 in

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