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  • Thames Valley area

    Just FYI: Thames water covers a larger population than that. Much of London is not technically in the Thames valley.

    EDIT: I'll add. It's anecdotal, as I can't remember when or where I read it. But I seem to remember a Thames water complaint a good while back. That much of the older London area they cover has not been worked on for over 100 years. And is listed such that the cost is beyond them.

    Not sure if I buy it given modern techniques etc. But I'm no expert.

  • Why buy a film canister when I can design and print one?

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  • In the early days, all those types of film were sold in injection moulded clip on cap tube canisters.

    But I shouldn't be surprised that the small sales market today. Means no one is running a big factory selling the canisters. I only ever used 32mm. My brother did a little with larger format films, so I can ask if he has any canisters in the attic. If that helped at all. (measurement and design wise) Not sure what other help I can offer. But if you think of anything a guy from the times film was common can offer. Feel free.

  • China must now lead global warming fight, UN climate chief says

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  • The U.S. has traditionally taken a key leadership role,

    That is a freaking arrogant claim. Exxon was the first to discover global warming. Amd shared the data. Was then rapidly reformed and started the global warming denyal fight.

    America took the key role in fighting against the reduction of oil use from the early 80s. And as a nation has been little more then green washing ever since.

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  • Comon attitude among older techs. I imagine its a bit like gen z on phones.

    Messaging seems immediate and demanding where as email seems to give the recipient a answer when you have time feel.

    Its about not growing up with IM while email was treated like an extention to paper memo systems many work environments already used. More so as the system is older then the Internet. So many office networks had inter office email In the early 80s. And inter offfice memo systems like a little postal system were common in big companies for decades before that.

  • Leaks expose secret British military cell plotting to ‘keep Ukraine fighting’

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  • This. Ignoring the questionable source.

    Other than denying Kerch bridge has anything to do with the UK. And they have provided 0 evidence to indicate it was.

    Nothing they claim in any way disagrees with the UK open policy on Ukraine. Even if the UK blow Kerch bridge. It would be seen as supporting Ukraine's own desire to keep their territory. Rather than anyway, proving that Ukraine would want to surrender without the UK "Plotting to keep them fighting"

    Nothing here at all disagrees with the goals openly declared by the UK government. Under both current and previose leadership.

  • Upstream Linux Developers Take Aim At TUXEDO's Out-Of-Tree GPLv3 Drivers

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  • yeah, auto correct.

  • Nuclear Power Was Once Shunned at Climate Talks. Now, It’s a Rising Star.

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  • Only fails to make sense. If you failed to read any significant portion of the said wall of text.

    It was a wall because It was detailed in the history of solar power. Ill ELI5 for you.

    We have funded solar power for decades. By allowing the industry to charge equal to other fuels. Meaning, for 20 years or more, companies have been trying to build solar plants all over the nation. And those that got there made a fucking fortune. Until the Tories ended part of it nearly 14 years ago. They stopped the subsidies. But still paid the same rate as more expensive power.

    The problem with building solar is the politics from farmers and local communities. As the text described.

    So

    Solving politics is cheap and fast.

    Utter crap. Solar power companies have been trying for 20 years.

    Its not like you came up with a new idea.

    Of building solar over nuclear. We have been trying for decades.

  • Iraq set to lower the age of consent to just nine years old

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  • Wondering if anyone who knows the language/region.

    Can confirm the terms they use. Because age of consent when its clear the child is not able to express a chioce or old enouth to understand what they would be agreeing to.

    Seems like a western interpretation. Or are the laws there really that hypocritical in their terminology.

  • Ukraine War to End Quicker Under Trump, Zelenskiy Tells Suspilne

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  • Get defs correct

    Congress sent wespons to ukraine.

    Trump broke the law and delayed the funding in an attempt to blackmail ukraine over US election properganda.

  • Nuclear Power Was Once Shunned at Climate Talks. Now, It’s a Rising Star.

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  • Yep.

    Also while the UK governance structure is crap.

    Other EU nations have some of the same issues. (As has briccs nations in the past)

    This is more about corperation power. Capatalims control over government is everywhere. But fully embedded in the west.

  • 'Political malpractice' if Trump undoes climate-geared Biden projects, outgoing U.S. energy secretary says

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  • 'Political malpractice' sorta describes everything he does.

    But, as statements go. It has the same value as suggesting he make his own orange die.

  • Typhoo Tea teeters on the brink of administration

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  • By drinking some not crap tea.

    And being shocked this shit ripped you off for so long?

  • Nuclear Power Was Once Shunned at Climate Talks. Now, It’s a Rising Star.

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  • Solving politics is cheap and fast.

    Utter crap. Solar power companies have been trying for 20 years.

    Its not like you came up with a new idea.

  • Nuclear Power Was Once Shunned at Climate Talks. Now, It’s a Rising Star.

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  • You can theoretically. Unfortunately, you are not considering the land difference.

    More to the point, the absolute political nightmare of buying and getting permission to use so much land.

    It is a nightmare for both. But rare to see the amount of land needed for the power station, have to argue about arable use. Whereas, it's pretty hard in the UK to locate the solar without others claiming land is lost. Farm land mainly as that is the cheap build option. (pricy land, lower labour).

    But even brownfield land. Once you have the area to host something like this. You are usually talking about close to populated areas. And just about every NIMBY crap excuse is thrown up about history or other potential use. Meaning, at best you end up with some huge project that takes decades. With a vague plan to add solar generation to the roof.

    Honestly I agree. It should be fucking easy to build these plants. Farming should be updating. And honestly can benefit from well-designed solar if both parties are willing to invest and research.

    But we have been seeing these arguments for the last 20 years. And people are arseholes, mostly.

    And this is all before you consider the need for storage. Again solvable with hydro etc. Theoretically easy. But more land and way way more politics and time. If hydro the cost goes insane. And the type of land become more politically complex. If battery, you instantly get the comparison of mining and transport costs. So again more insane politics.

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  • Unfortunately, only local auth councillors tend to have any interest in lowering the limit.

    Well at least since 1967 when the M1 was first given the perm 70mph limit.

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  • Sounds logical on a just consider it level.

    But us old farts know better.

    The nation went metric in 1965 joined the EU in 1975.

    You know how all road signs are reflective. Well, back then that did not exist. Reflective roadsigns started in the early 1980s.

    Add to that, most major roads end up replacing the signs every several years.

    And the simple fact is No If in the 80s we decided to double sign (as other nations did. Every nation in the EU did it at some point. France was well before road signs, 1795 I think. But the rest of the EU could not agree on anything before the 1940s. Almost all of them had their own versions of imperial like units divided over regions based on political power.

    It was not until the early predecessor to the EU post ww2 that most of Europe changed.

    If we started in 1980 by displaying km plus mph on all signs. (Rounded to the nearest unit). The original change would not have cost any more than current spending. Buy now, most major roads would have had many replacements, likely dropping the mph.

    We would still see some dual signs in very low use back roads.

    But when did you last see a non-reflective sign. Because that is as often as you would see MPH only signs. At 0 extra spending.

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  • Just to be clear. The UK is full metric as far as EU rules are concerned.

    Heck, as far as the SI is concerned, so is the US. We both changed in the 70s. SI just required all other units to be defined based on metric. The UK and US do this. And the EU just requires all trade to be available as a metric option.

    What you actually use to communicate in nation non-sales is your own business. Heck, we can even sell in your own units as long as we also offer conversions on request. (according to EU. I think the UK required display in metric at some point. )

    We and the US are just too stubborn to use the better units.

  • Petition: Create a public consultation on freedom of speech and disinformation

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  • Grins born 1970 exactly.

    So your a young wipper snapper.

    Feel free to pass that proffesional opinion on to your significant (or otherwise) other.>

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  • Yes, that can be a grey area, but it would be a start.

    Yep lets remember. Under that rule. The NHS bus passes.

    Advertising really only has to not be provable false. The ASA has way less power when claims are questionable or down to interpretation.

    Does a Mars a day help you work, rest and play. Well, obesity and increased risk of type 2 diabetes would say hell no. If a politician claimed sugar treats helped you work, rest and play. He would be dragged over the coals in the media.

    But technically. As a type one diabetic. Without access to sugar (refined carbs) exercise is very able to kill me via hypoglycaemia. And all mammals need energy. So technically it's true. But full of crap at the same time.

    Yeah you may be too young to remember that advert. I have no idea I dont think Ie seen it since the 90s. But it's still legal today.