Umm… legal are telling us because of litigation threats we can’t use “dystopian” anymore, we have to say “alternative utopia”

As far as the UK goes, I believe .gov.uk, .ac.uk, and nhs.uk are all regulated and everything else is a free for all…

What a silly title. The answer is “because Italy’s government may have useful experience in setting up asylum claim offices in other countries which may reduce disastrous boat crossings. And taking the time to have a pragmatic look at another government’s plans does not mean endorsing their xenophobia or poisonous rhetoric.” Which any adult with normal reading comprehension would understand.

Remember to throw in “=” at the start just to toy with the poor sap who has to manipulate the results in excel

Win + L to lock

Win + D to minimise all windows

Win + arrow key to snap window to half a screen

including within registry and group policy

Sigh

Yawn

The lack of public transport is something I just can’t get my head around. Most British towns shopping centres are also transport hubs. People still complain about buses etc but they’re somewhat comparing it to London where many routes have 5-10 buses an hour and where any new major shopping areas will be sat on top of a tube or rail station. Britain still has large retail park carparks but you’ll almost always find them served by a handful of bus routes. I don’t think I’d ever be able to give up the combo of being able to walk 2 mins to the corner shop or hop the bus for ten mins for almost anything else.

Does America not have places like British retail parks? Where the parking lot is basically shared by all the large shops which are then shoulder to shoulder with each other? Maybe that’s what a mall is. Though I was under three impression the shops were constrained for size there.

7 with a sprinkling of ‘this is fine’

Once, yes

Reading this on Firefox

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Also, flies can’t fish

Because angling equipment is manufactured to accommodate the physical dimensions of the human market and not the more limited reach of creatures of the order Diptera.

“how do you compensate for the fact that your capitalist ideology cares very little for the fact that things valuable in a capitalist economy (resources) are not evenly distributed? how do you compensate for the fact that your communist ideology cares very little for the fact that things valuable in a communist economy (capacity to work) are not evenly distributed?”

The sentence was a custodial jail sentence. There were just two mitigating factors that downgraded it to a suspended one by a whisker: 1. early guilty plea (in the UK this reduces sentence by a third) and 2. first offense. Typically a first offense under two years would be suspended for anyone.

It’s pretty standard to have a first offense under 2 years suspended

vote for your all time favourite president, me

Just embarrassing

Space in London is really a trade off. Many are there just to kick start their career which in the UK London offers far more opportunities than, say, Birmingham or Manchester.

It’s the same as why people put up with small apartments in Manhatten. Or Hong Kong to some extent.

Many live in smaller places early in their career and then when it’s time for marriage / kids they migrate out to the commuter belt where they get larger, nicer places with a more countryside feel and a longer train ride into the city.

I think the kind of professionals who would buy the above are comparing it to a smaller (nicer) 2 bed flat closer into the city in a greener area but with no personal outdoor space. That’s the trade off. They might have started a family and so just want a little outdoor space for toddlers until they move out somewhere bigger for schools.

Or some people like living in smaller urban environments and want to get in early into areas that are “gentrifying”. This has happened over and over in London - move into fairly cramped run down area but with easy commute to work - many other professionals do too - more upmarket shops open locally / cafe culture - streets tidy up, prices explode. Then you sell up and move further out for the country village pad and the train ride to work.

Also, there are many careers in the UK which you can really only pursue in London (or at least it’s where all the opportunities are). Finance / legal / certain arts etc.

BBC is reporting it

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c8dp10d4vq2t