Rogue
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- Comment on The bitter final showdown over British coal, as sun sets on ‘dirtiest fuel’ 5 days ago:
It’s absolutely fucking ridiculous to be even entertaining the notion of mining coal in a developed country.
The north is neglected but opening new coal mines is not a solution to any problem.
- Comment on Uh. So how are the Maplin's in your area doing? 5 days ago:
Their target market are people they can upsell extended warranties, anti-virus, etc too. So if you’re buying individual computer components you already have too much knowledge for them to exploit you
- Comment on Motorist gets ticket for being stuck in Lincoln hospital car park 1 week ago:
What’s even more insane is hospital staff have little choice but to use these car parks so they’re exploited daily.
- Comment on I've noticed a lot of UK job applications use the American MM/DD/YYYY date format and some also say "resume" instead of CV. Does that annoy you if you're British? 1 week ago:
Is there a Lemmy community for /c/ShitAmericansSay
- Comment on 28 YEARS LATER [Trailer] 1 week ago:
In order to get the perfect dystopia vibe they filmed entirely in Northumberland.
- Comment on Pat McFadden vows to make the state "more like a start up" as he deploys reform teams across country 1 week ago:
It’s fine, they weren’t going to be in charge then anyway
- Comment on Do you want the murderer of the UnitHealthcare CEO prosecuted? 2 weeks ago:
Actions have consequences. It’s important we have precedents that the world is just
- Comment on Vegan drink Oatly can’t call itself ‘milk’, judges rule 2 weeks ago:
Dairy UK had argued that it was unlawful to use “milk” in a trademark relating to “products that are not mammary secretions”.
I think consumers need to argue that all milk should be accurately labelled as “mammary secretions”
- Comment on Who stole all the pies? Michelin-starred chef 'gutted' at theft of 2,500 pies. 2 weeks ago:
It’s kind ridiculous, possibly even insulting to suggest the pies could be served to people in need.
If recovered there would be no verification of the temperature they were stored at, whether they were still sealed, whether vermin had been crawling all over them.
I agree the food waste is frustrating but it’s not fit for much more than low quality animal feed.
- Comment on Is the UK shut down during easter? 2 weeks ago:
Easter isn’t really a big deal in the UK. I’d expect places to be closed over Christmas but probably not Easter.
There may be reduced opening hours and smaller venues and shops may be closed but London is a vibrant city so I expect you’ll find plenty to do.
If there are specific places you want to visit it might be worth checking their website or emailing them to confirm. Or just try booking tickets for those dates and you’ll see.
- Comment on ED testing finds thousands with undiagnosed HIV, Hepatitis B & C 3 weeks ago:
So many unexplained acronyms.
- Comment on Gatwick Airport: Evacuation of 'large part' of South Terminal following security incident 4 weeks ago:
Somebody succeeded in taking a 500ml bottle of water through security. So to protect their profits the airport had insisted every go back through security and re-purchase the £4 bottles from the air-side shops.
- Comment on Is "Red Storm Rising" by Tom Clancy considered a good book? 5 weeks ago:
I gave up on Rainbow Six as well. I didn’t really understand the plot.
Apparently I was meant to be on the side of Team America: World Police and not sympathise with the environmentalists trying to save the world from corruption and climate change.
- Comment on US Elections question: Bernie Sanders said that the Democrats abandoned the working class, and the working class abandoned them. How is this true? 1 month ago:
I’m very intrigued by your definition of Liberalism. It doesn’t correlate with liberalism across the world.
- Comment on Cost of ‘bat shed’ to protect colony near HS2 has topped £100m, chair says 1 month ago:
The latest budget included the funding to Euston.
- Comment on Realistically... How fucked is the US? 1 month ago:
Every nation should be inviting him for state dinners, banquets, golf tournaments, the works. Collectively keep his ego constantly jerked off and away from any advisors. Keep that going for four years and we might just distract the child enough.
- Comment on Realistically... How fucked is the US? 1 month ago:
I’m hoping he just focuses on enriching himself. Clearing his convictions and then lining his pockets with more NFTs and corruption. That’ll keep him sufficiently occupied to not fuck too much with the lives of everyday people.
- Comment on Why Do Gas Carriers Have These Humps? 1 month ago:
Indeed. Most of my skills are self taught but I suspect that’s because no one ever taught in a manner that suited me.
I need visual and/or practical learning. Somebody talking at me just doesn’t work. I lose interest or don’t absorb the material. Slides or scribbles on a whiteboard help a bit but teachers and professors are severely lacking in visual communication. They certainly aren’t going to create graphics and animations like this video which clearly and concisely express the concept.
- Comment on Why Do Gas Carriers Have These Humps? 1 month ago:
I’m sure every generation says this but…
Kids these days are so lucky. They have access to so many incredible learning resources. If your teacher sucks or expresses concepts in a manner that doesn’t work for you then all you have to do is check YouTube for an animated lesson that breaks it down at a pace you’re comfortable with. Or just speed it up/slow it down/skip back and forth to suit.
- Comment on Train crash Wales: Man dies, 15 in hospital, after collision 1 month ago:
The antiquated single track setup.
Which apparently has no physical lockout to prevent two trains entering the same stretch of line.
- Comment on Train crash Wales: Man dies, 15 in hospital, after collision 1 month ago:
This really shows how antiquated a lot of our rail network still is. I wouldn’t have believed this were still possible. We’ve had safeguards to prevent this kind of issue since the age of steam.
- Comment on 'Lightning speed' broadband for rural areas 4 months ago:
Just as a counter: I live in a very rural part of the country, pretty sparsely populated and yet I get 1Gbps fibre. There’s a new company rolling out in the area promising 10Gbps, it’s kind of insane. So these programs do work.
- Comment on NHS and care regulator 'not fit for purpose' 4 months ago:
It’s going to take much longer than a five year term to fix the NHS. Liklihood is they’ll inject some life into it just in time for the tories to sell it off next government
- Comment on Why preventing long-term sickness in the UK is an economic necessity 4 months ago:
Oh, for sure in London or any other dense area where public transport is abundant, and taxis run 24/7 there is no need for cars.
- Comment on Why preventing long-term sickness in the UK is an economic necessity 4 months ago:
Nah, if you leave people on waiting lists they give up, turn to private options or just die. That’s the cost saving approach the NHS uses for mental health services.
- Comment on Why preventing long-term sickness in the UK is an economic necessity 4 months ago:
I get what you mean but I find anti car rhetoric way too overdone.
Given the topic is about health issues there’s going to be a lot of people who have limited mobility so cycling isn’t viable and walking may only be short distances. Therefore a car provides them freedom they need.
- Comment on BBC: Level crossing near misses and risk-taking caught on camera 5 months ago:
Because after 14 years of Tory rule our living conditions are dire and mental health services not fit for purpose.
- Comment on Water bills set to rise by between X and X 5 months ago:
Maybe if they raise the CEO pay then they’ll attract better CEOs who can figure it out. I bet they haven’t thought to try that
- Comment on Dyson to cut 1,000 UK jobs following global workforce review 5 months ago:
Or Shark.
Like Apple, Dyson is just good at marketing. The products themselves are fine but nothing special.
- Comment on Reform UK pulls to within two points of Tories in latest YouGov poll 6 months ago:
They have fewer of those scary foreign looking people