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by youngtaff 8mo ago
Even in the South East, the UK isn’t that densely populated — apparently golf courses take up more space than housing (excluding roads) HS2 benefits pretty my everyone along it’s route path through increases local services as capacity is re
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by youngtaff 9mo ago
It's not just about physical goods, the rest of the world buys American services and it's debt
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by youngtaff 9mo ago
The whole idea of orbital data centres just doesn’t seem to pan out… the heat management issues are immense and the bandwidth is never going to be as fast as good old fibre
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by youngtaff 9mo ago
IMV Super Monkey Ball on the GameCube is way better than any of it's successors
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by youngtaff 9mo ago
https://archive.is/M5lfE Perverse incentives lead to perverse outcomes
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The Deathonomics of Putin's War(foreignpolicy.com)
3 points by youngtaff 9mo ago|1 comments
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by youngtaff 9mo ago
To an extent… drivers tend to accelerate when leaving roundabouts which can make crossing difficult for pedestrians
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by youngtaff 9mo ago
In military terms Europe is quite capable of defending itself against Russia Germany & UK combined already spend more on defence than Russia and then we can start counting France, Poland, Netherlands, Scandinavians etc Europe's mil
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by youngtaff 9mo ago
???
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by youngtaff 9mo ago
Chinese manufacturers were recently reporting that people were twice as efficient as humanoid robots
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by youngtaff 9mo ago
Tesla's brand is pretty much trash across much of Europe and they certainly not a status symbol
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by youngtaff 9mo ago
What have you got against TfL employees?
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by youngtaff 9mo ago
Nope
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by youngtaff 9mo ago
To me a startup is something that's not yet profitable
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by youngtaff 9mo ago
Although Yes CrossRail was partly funded by a levy on London homes and businesses, London get's more funding per capita for public transport than anywhere else in the country Imagine what we achieve if we invested London levels of mone
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by youngtaff 9mo ago
Google have burnt me twice by abandoning phones… first was Nexus 4, next was Pixel 4a Both were abandoned within two years of me buying… never buying a phone from Google again
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by youngtaff 9mo ago
Given how software is largely delivered via SaaS models these days, I'd start with a Chrome OS competitor as a client And then build out Google App suite, Office 365 exquivants
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by youngtaff 9mo ago
Not really once it's coming in my ship
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by youngtaff 9mo ago
Why should farmers be compensated?
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by youngtaff 9mo ago
So what? They beat the shit out of him first — what rationale is there for doing that?
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by youngtaff 9mo ago
Restricting cars from town centres isn’t about a war on cars, it’s about making the centre usable for pedestrians Some studies show that pedestrian friendly centres actually lift economic activity
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by youngtaff 9mo ago
Not sure I get the analogy… Was thinking it’s more likely to age like cream cheese left in the sun
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by youngtaff 9mo ago
Any chance of a Parquet compatible storage choice?
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by youngtaff 9mo ago
Because many HN readers flag anything that they deem to be “politics”
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by youngtaff 9mo ago
Gold is moved around the world all the time
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by youngtaff 9mo ago
Because some of the HN readers flag anything to do with US politics — jgc for example https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46693887
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by youngtaff 9mo ago
I prefer Tracksy — https://traksy.uk/live Works on a mobile phone too so I can check what’s happening when I’m at my local station and the train is late Raildar is a pretty abysmal experience on mobile… locks up on this iPa
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by youngtaff 9mo ago
What speed limits are being changed for political reasons? Reducing the speed limit to 20mph in large parts of Wales reduced injuries and accidents so much so that insurers have reduced premiums
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by youngtaff 9mo ago
Still plenty of mobile cameras in the UK
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by youngtaff 9mo ago
Parking Charge Notices are really fines Most traffic related fines are voluntary in my view… don’t speed and you won’t get one

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