thehatfox
@thehatfox@lemmy.world
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- Comment on Britain will rejoin the EU within 15 years, former Brussels chief predicts 1 month ago:
I expect (at least) one party will eventually adopt Rejoin as a distinguishing policy, and maybe sooner rather later.
But the appetite for Rejoin will probably depend on the shape of the UK economy and the political direction of the EU in 10+ years. If the Starmer project really has been delivering tangible growth by then, people may feel Brexit has (inadvertently) “worked” in the end. If the EU achieves greater and greater integration in the UK’s absence it may seem less palatable to enough voters.
Both of those are also going to be influenced by external factors like the direction of a possible Trump second term, the outcome of the war in Ukraine etc.
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- Keir Starmer pins economic growth hopes on British Hollywood with new tax reliefwww.independent.co.uk ↗Submitted 2 months ago to unitedkingdom@feddit.uk | 11 comments
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- Comment on Online retailer eBay scraps fees for private sellers in UK 2 months ago:
So I’ve heard they have already switched eBay in Germany to this no-fee system. It proved more profitable for eBay because private sellers who accrue an eBay balance from sales were in turn more likely to spend it on eBay.
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- Comment on A Next Generation Approach to Heating and Cooling Buildings 2 months ago:
Presumably this adds more cost and complexity to buying and installing appliances though if they have to integrate into these systems, which I’m guessing aren’t currently well standardised.
It’s an interesting idea nonetheless. I’ve heard of other projects using excess heat from large data centres to provide energy for district heating systems.
- Comment on Dozens from UK take up Putin’s offer to ditch ‘woke’ West and move to Russia 2 months ago:
The current population of the UK is somewhere around 68 million.
Thats enough people that you could probably find “dozens” who would say yes to just about anything.
- Only 3% of UK 12-year-olds don’t have a smartphone. Here is how four of them feel about itwww.theguardian.com ↗Submitted 2 months ago to unitedkingdom@feddit.uk | 10 comments
- Comment on Fears for patient safety as GPs use ChatGPT to diagnose and treat illness 2 months ago:
I think the difference here is that medical reference material is based on long process of proven research. It can be trusted as a reliable source of information.
AI tools however are so new they haven’t faced anything like the same level of scrutiny. For now they can’t be considered reliable, and their use should be kept within proper medical trials until we understand them better.
Yes human error will also always be an issue, but putting that on top of the currently shaky foundations of AI only compounds the problem.
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- Comment on Another pisspost 3 months ago:
They are fairly crap as a hand dryer too.
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- Comment on Term-time holiday fine rise won't stop us, say parents 3 months ago:
Having a holiday threshold sounds like a good idea. Allow a set amount of days and fine beyond that to discourage excessive absence.
So long as it’s not during exams or something I can’t see the harm in allowing a 1-2 week holiday a year. It would be much fairer and more flexible for families, and less complicated than things like different areas having staggered term dates
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- Comment on Fish and chips price rise tops UK takeaways 3 months ago:
It’s nearly the same for me, depending on what offers Dominos have that week.
We tend to mostly get Chinese takeaways now because it comes out at almost the same price as fish and chips but with a lot more variety. Even just a portion of chips from the chippy is pricey now.
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- Comment on Hundreds of Brits used website to look for ‘suicide partner’ 3 months ago:
Reducing suicide is always approached as trying to black pathways to death, rather than by improving life.
As always with this country it’s putting a plaster over the symptoms rather than addressing the cause.
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- Comment on Outrage as librarians reveal schools banning LGBT+ books after parents’ complaints 3 months ago:
Schools should not be giving in to bigots and banning books. The content of school libraries should have the same protections as the curriculum itself.
Many of these bans seem very knee jerk also, if books are being removed after single complaints.
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