sunbeam60

@sunbeam60@lemmy.ml

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Girls who play after-school sport in UK 50% more likely to later get top jobs, study finds⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Correlation is not causation.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Green MP spots banned cluster bombs at London arms fair⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I literally started my comment off by acknowledging that she might have seen cluster munitions but downvote away.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Green MP spots banned cluster bombs at London arms fair⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Cluster munitions has a clear definition. It acquired a clear definition when the treaty was drafted. Cluster munitions release a … cluster (group) of smaller munitions that themselves explode on impact.

  Fragmentation munitions break apart and the fragments cause death and destruction.

  If someone claims that she’s seen cluster munitions that were outlawed, she’s claiming to have seen cluster munitions that were outlawed, not fragmentation munitions. We may not like either, I certainly don’t, but one type is illegal and another type is not. The picture she’s used it’s actually not even munitions, it’s fuzes, ie the thing that makes munitions detonate.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Green MP spots banned cluster bombs at London arms fair⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  She may have seen cluster munitions at the fare.

  But that picture shows an 84 mm high explosive impact fuze for a M-84 Carl Gustav recoilless rifle and an 81 mm fuze tip for for 81 mm mortar round.

  Neither if these are cluster munitions.

  I’ve used both back in my army days.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Britain’s illegal e-bike boom: desperation, delivery drivers – and unthinkable danger⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve cycled and walked in London for the last 10+ years. These silent and deadly speeders are super dangerous. I’ve seen several crashes on their account. As a cyclist, they overtake you a great speed; as a pedestrian they can be much closer much quicker than expected forcing you to misjudge if you can cross.

  Yes they are dangerous. I can’t believe you need to have this explained to you.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Paper and mobile train tickets to be replaced with GPS tracking in new travel trial⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Myeah not entirely an unfair comment.

  But I’ve worked in Switzerland and literally it’s even simpler there. You start and app, you say “I’m starting a journey”, you climb onboard and when you get off, you indicate on the app that the journey has completed. You are then charged the cheapest for a journey from your A to your B.

  Still inspection onboard, eg if you sit in first class with a second class tracking ticket, but it’s a two-click operation.

  Fairtiq it’s called. Pretty neat.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A tale of two shires⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I know! The joke doesn’t really work when you know how to pronounce it.