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by scott_w 1y ago
In the UK there was also a loophole that allowed them to be treated as a business expense when bought by sole traders. Many a hairdresser bought a pickup over the years. That was changed so adding rear seats meant you could no longer class
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by scott_w 1y ago
In the U.K. I see many pickups owned by hairdressers (judging by the livery) in suburban areas. Something tells me they’re not transporting generators around with them…
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by scott_w 1y ago
Your comment reminds me of quirks of translations from Japanese to English where you see common phrases reused in the “wrong” context for English. “I must admit” is a common phrase I see, even when the character saying it seems to have no p
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by scott_w 1y ago
> I didn't vote for them either way :shrug: Just to clarify on this point, I didn't mean "you" as in literally "you," I intended this in the informal "you" that's used in British English to in
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by scott_w 1y ago
I already answered this, using the manifesto itself here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44720675
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by scott_w 1y ago
I think it's important to understand the context, which is where my initial reply was aimed at: > Wtf are you talking about? The Conservatives promised to reduce immigration in 2019. Taken with that context, it's important to u
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If that were true, why do laws get amended when politicians see impacts they don't like? A famous example that college students are taught at A-Level Law is the law on bigamy where it stated "a married person who gets married agai
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> Firstly, I don't think they actually introduced one of those, did they? The fact they didn't introduce it doesn't change the fact that adding 50,000 nurses required an increase in immigration. I went back and re-read t
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They promised a policy (Brexit) in a form that would replace immigration from European countries with immigration from non-white countries. In fact, the Tories did NOT promise to reduce immigration. They promised 2 things that are guarantee
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However they did also specifically reference the Labour government’s policy, so it’s reasonable to assume they were speaking in a UK context and simply forgot to capitalise it.
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I would read the 2019 Conservative manifesto, then. Crushing democracy and judicial oversight was very much Tory policy.
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I mean, the last 15 years were mostly Tories and the public kept voting them in. I’m glad I’m not a politician because I have no sympathy for Brexit voters who voted Tory in 2019, claim “I know what a voted for,” and now complain about how
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by scott_w 1y ago
This isn’t one of those cases. It was a well intentioned Bill that passed with Labour’s support but was very badly planned and written. Hell, it wouldn’t even have helped counter the misinformation being spread last summer and this summer t
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by scott_w 1y ago
> When asked in a way where the opinion can't be identified, the support numbers do drop significantly Bear in mind that the person answering the poll still lives in an oppressive regime where wrongthink can get you killed. You spen
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> Russia is very similar to the rest of western democracies, so I won't comment further on that. Ah yes, I recall that famous incident where Keir Starmer had his political opponents thrown out of a window. Oh, wait: https:/&#x
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Organisations try to measure this: https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/democracy-index-eiu > This discussion highlights how westerners suffer from some serious superiority complex where only THEY can experience genui
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Immaterial how independent they are because it's completely impossible to get honest opinions of repressive regimes. The people within the regime have no real way to know whether a poll response will make it back to the government or
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by scott_w 1y ago
It definitely seems like she’s conflating two issues: access to pornography and child grooming. I don’t see why she thinks regulating VPNs would reduce the latter.
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> Being an SPA is certainly the cause of the glitchyness and slowness as complex content dynamically loads and shifts around. Incorrect. > It's also certainly the cause of the broken navigation, just like the original article exp
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by scott_w 1y ago
That’s a good point: hunters probably prefer strong elk but wolves prefer weak elk. I recall going to a walking with wolves experience in the Lake District where she explained that predators strengthen their prey by removing sick and those
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by scott_w 1y ago
While I didn’t like the tone of OP I do understand where they’re coming from. Assuming what they’re saying is correct, it’s a valid question where explaining the mechanism is a solid response. I’ll say that I’ve not read the article so if i
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by scott_w 1y ago
He never said he hates dogs. He said they’re one of the things a child interacts with that can cause serious harm. Especially if the child hits the dog or pulls their ears (I assume trying to play).
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The reasons it sucks are nothing to do with it being an SPA, though.
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Absolutely. Even back then, trying to script it would sometimes be fine. I've had plenty of situations where I'd try to write a script, give it 30 minutes then say "fuck it, I'm hand-fixing it." The same probably ap
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by scott_w 1y ago
The intersection of straight people and cunts. Not to be confused with "straight people are cunts," which is a different statement.
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by scott_w 1y ago
Also true for deciding whether to write code at all! About 15 years ago I was working with a junior who'd spent 3 hours trying to automate some data editing until I said "mate, you can just edit it all by hand in about an hour!&qu
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by scott_w 1y ago
I think you missed the point. Ken's version wasn't removed, it was simply prepended with something like: if value in most_common_range: take_fast_path() else: use_kens_solution()
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Writing code that solves the problem is a huge way of proving you understand the problem.
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Yes and I don't know how they manage it but Woodford Reserve somehow makes the worst old fashioned money can buy. I find Wild Turkey makes a decent tasting old fashioned that you can make at home with not much knowledge.
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This was my thought. It wasn’t really a group of young, strong, healthy men, ready and armed to fight. It was a group of malnourished, exhausted, depressed shells of humans. I wonder if anyone asking why has ever been so hungry that moving

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