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Subway rolls ruled too sugary to be bread in Ireland(bbc.com)
3 points by tomalpha 6y ago|2 comments
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by tomalpha 6y ago
Completely agree. For me the upbeat music really made the atmosphere of the original Colonization, and the later remake (based on Civ 4?) with its more downbeat soundtrack was much less enjoyable.
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by tomalpha 6y ago
Is this perhaps a foretelling of what is to come? If Arm plan to drop Mali completely, to be replaced by something from Nvidia, this could be an early step to washing their hands of driver itself. Edit: That was a bit cynical. More charitab
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by tomalpha 6y ago
Is there a real difference between video-link access, and being physically present in this case? From all the reporting, including Craig Murray's (who's in the public gallery and definitely not on the government side in all this),
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by tomalpha 6y ago
The FT has coverage too https://on.ft.com/33rAwSM With a particularly damning extract: > It found the company successfully persuaded the US Federal Aviation Administration not to classify the anti-stall system as “safety
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House Report Condemns Boeing and FAA in 737 Max Disasters(nytimes.com)
3 points by tomalpha 6y ago|1 comments
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by tomalpha 6y ago
This brings to mind the classic Trolley Problem: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trolley_problem The scenario is notably different, but it does dig into the issues around acts vs omissions and how we perceive them.
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by tomalpha 6y ago
I would have liked to see ARM remain owned in the UK. I think it's proven itself capable of innovation and organic growth on its own. But how can we evaluate the whether that will continue? What if ARM is not sold, and then (for whatev
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Leaked database indicates Chinese intelligence has probed senior Aus politicians(skynews.com.au)
9 points by tomalpha 6y ago|0 comments
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Oregon wildfires: Half a million people flee dozens of infernos(bbc.com)
4 points by tomalpha 6y ago|0 comments
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by tomalpha 6y ago
I wholeheartedly agree - I absolutely view quality journalism as an essential part of an accountable and transparent state. Good journalism, which IMHO should strive for a degree of impartiality[0], is needed to hold administrations at all
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by tomalpha 6y ago
I get the principle of the point you’re making but I don’t see how it can work if (and maybe this is the key bit) a state is allowed to have secrets. Perhaps I’m blinkered, but I can’t see how a modern state can function without them in som
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by tomalpha 6y ago
If everyone knows, or can easily know, then you can't keep secrets. You might argue that we shouldn't have secrets at all and everything should be public. I think that's a worthy goal, but doesn't work in practice. If an
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by tomalpha 6y ago
I'm not claiming whether or not this is right, or serves the interests of Justice. I'm just pointing out that it appears to me that the defense team is arguing more in the court of public opinion, and less on points of law in the
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by tomalpha 6y ago
So I will respectfully disagree with you there. In general I agree with you about most (almost all?) rights - they should be available to all citizens equally. However if you agree that: - The state should be allowed to keep secrets - The
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by tomalpha 6y ago
One interesting snippet, which gets to the one of the key areas around this case for me (I know there are more issues here than just this one): > Mark Summers then re-examined Professor Feldstein. He said that Lewis had suggested that As
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by tomalpha 6y ago
Sadly, the extradition process from the UK to the USA is just a formality these days. The extradition treaty[0] is both somewhat one-sided and, crucially, changed the requirement to demonstrate a prima facie case (and actually examine som
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by tomalpha 6y ago
Taken from the Crown Prosecution Service guidance[0], which isn't gospel, but is usually a pretty accurate reflection of the law, the grounds the court must consider are: - the conduct described in the warrant amounts to an extradition
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by tomalpha 6y ago
https://www.cps.gov.uk/legal-guidance/extradition has a lot of details on what an extradition court hearing can/must consider, and the legal basis of arguments against a non-consensual extradition (which this case
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by tomalpha 6y ago
The Assange saga is clearly very polarising. Different people have extremely strong views on both sides. Trying hard to steer a neutral course in this comment, there are a few things that stand out to me in and about this article, and the c
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by tomalpha 6y ago
"Senior" at Bloomberg certainly used to be (when I worked there) a title used to distinguish between [just-graduated] hires and [everyone else]. The cut-off was explicitly two-years out of university. It had very little to do with
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by tomalpha 6y ago
It's been a while since I worked at Bloomberg, but certainly back then, anyone with 2+ years experience was designated a "Senior" hire. It was (is?) more about distinguishing fresh grads from other hires, and much less about
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by tomalpha 6y ago
I have similar feelings to this about commentators on TV news programmes. I don’t want beautiful presentation - sharp suit, immaculate makeup - I want someone who must be talented because they obviously didn’t get chosen for their good look
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The 'moonshine weddings' breaking Covid lockdown(bbc.co.uk)
1 points by tomalpha 6y ago|0 comments
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by tomalpha 6y ago
Me too, but this made me both smile and feel sympathetic in equal measure: > it is still encountering gremlins such as the text messages it occasionally spits out welcoming people to Jersey
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by tomalpha 6y ago
> They have made their bucketloads of money I agree with your broader point, but Uber lost some 8.5 billion USD last year. They're not (yet, at least) making bucketloads of money, despite paying their workers badly.
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by tomalpha 6y ago
Understood, and the focus appears to be very much on the creation of a content site and its monetization, rather than the hobby/interest bit. I don't think that's inherently bad, but the (now updated - thanks whoever did that
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by tomalpha 6y ago
The original title is "How to start a niche content site", which IMHO accurately reflects the contents of the blog post. I don't see the word "hobby" anywhere on the page.
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English Place-Name Society(en.wikipedia.org)
2 points by tomalpha 6y ago|0 comments
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by tomalpha 6y ago
I grew up in Dorking, but this is the first time (that I can remember...) that I actually read its wikipedia article. TIL: No one knows why 'Dorking' is called 'Dorking', but there's a English Place Names Society wh

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