wewbull
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- Comment on 'vegetative electron microscopy' 3 days ago:
I totally accept that quantity shouldn’t matter more than quality. I mean that’s how we are where we are. I just don’t think zero publishable results is a good sign either.
- Comment on 'vegetative electron microscopy' 4 days ago:
Well yes, obviously. It’s even in the top post that the original was in 1959.
- Comment on 'vegetative electron microscopy' 4 days ago:
- Comment on 'vegetative electron microscopy' 4 days ago:
…but then they should perish (not literally).
If you’ve got nothing to publish, is your work valuable?
- Comment on Win win 1 week ago:
Insurance companies are never the only victim. They just pass the pain forward.
- Comment on Wales’s 20mph speed limit has cut road deaths. Why is there still even a debate? 1 week ago:
The 2023 figures (the latest ones and which had the 20mph change) also changed the way the statistics were gathered.
They state
It is likely that KSI collisions and casualties in 2023 are affected by Dyfed Powys police force migrating to Crash. This is further discussed in our quality report.
(KSI is “Killed or seriously injured”. Crash is the new collection method)
- Comment on So jussi 1 week ago:
Spotted Dick is not a bread. It’s a sponge pudding that you cover in custard.
- Comment on Fossils on Fossils 1 week ago:
Evolution isn’t aimed.
I realise that, but the use of tools and sharing of ideas may well have been advantages against the T-Rex. Just as I’m sure they’ve helped us against things that would eat or kill us.
An advantage is an advantage, so I think it’s reasonable to ask why mammals and not murder chickens came up with stone tools and cooking meat.
- Comment on Fossils on Fossils 1 week ago:
Which makes me ask, why were mammals able to evolve to produce an apex predator that relies on it’s inventiveness (Humans) in quite a short time, but no similar “dinosaur” got to that point in a much longer period?
We’re searching planets for signs of life as a pre-cursor to intelligent life, but there’s no guarantee that life will evolve in the same direction as ours.
- Comment on history rhymes, or something 2 weeks ago:
Fact is, even in the west we don’t know much. The historical record has holes. We know of the protests. We know the military went in and nobody came out, but I’m not sure we really know what happened.
At least… I don’t.
- Comment on history rhymes, or something 2 weeks ago:
Closest I can come with is nuclear disarmament. Not because I think they were on the wrong side of it, but I think it’s far less clear cut and there’s a credible argument that MAD has worked.
- Comment on Sony launches new version of the best cheap 4K Blu-ray player that drops the streaming tech – but the price looks odd 2 weeks ago:
Disagree. You have to vote with your wallet. It’s not like the manufactures aren’t going to continue down the road they’re on. The only thing that will stop them is losing sales because of this crap.
- Comment on Sony launches new version of the best cheap 4K Blu-ray player that drops the streaming tech – but the price looks odd 2 weeks ago:
I’m not sure we’re there yet, but we’re certainly in the “nag banners on a frequent basis” realm on TVs.
- Comment on Sony launches new version of the best cheap 4K Blu-ray player that drops the streaming tech – but the price looks odd 2 weeks ago:
Plug and play features like…
Plug an HDMI cable in and watch?
- Comment on Sony launches new version of the best cheap 4K Blu-ray player that drops the streaming tech – but the price looks odd 2 weeks ago:
…because there’s no guarantee it will work without internet.
- Comment on Having a baby? Use this one weird trick! 3 weeks ago:
That’s what a lot of countries allow. Not all though.
- Comment on Having a baby? Use this one weird trick! 3 weeks ago:
That’s fine and is what most European countries have. What they have is minimum levels to say that a parent is resident (e.g. over a couple of years of a legal status). This is to avoid pregnant women doing exactly what the OP suggests. Make journeys last minute just to get their child a different nationality.
- Comment on I love the future. 5 weeks ago:
I wish people understood the differences between types of vaccines more. I despise the “vaccines good” Vs “vaccines bad” thinking. Each of them are separate treatments and like any medication have pros/cons for each individual recieving them. I think a lot of people learn about Jenner and the smallpox vaccine and assume all other vaccines work the same way.
- Comment on German thermostat company Tado locks previously free app behind fake paywall, claiming it's "marketing tests" 5 weeks ago:
If they brought out new features and charged for those I think most would understand. However since the V2 they basically done nothing in R&D. That’s 6-7 years ago.
- Comment on German thermostat company Tado locks previously free app behind fake paywall, claiming it's "marketing tests" 5 weeks ago:
I’d rather they found a business model that made them stable, rather than exploiting their current customers. Fact is, if they go bust then there’s à bunch of people left high and dry.
- Comment on Lessons for Britain from Milton Keynes 5 weeks ago:
I don’t understand why LAs don’t understand that you pay for the parking space by having a thriving town centre. Making wandering around the shops an expensive expedition means people only come when they have a specific reason to.
Low footfall kills shops, and kills towns, so don’t make parking a money making scheme. Size it appropriately for the town, make it free, and maintain it. That’s it.
- Comment on UK economy grows by 0.1% in unexpected boost for Rachel Reeves 1 month ago:
Surely that’s within error margins.
We’re flat and stagnant.
- Comment on what if another country staged a coup in the US and deposed trump? 1 month ago:
Ownership should revert to the UK. The founders experiment failed, so just re-establish the previous situation.
- Comment on TerminEATOR 1 month ago:
Termiteater
Not Termineater
- Comment on As Labour touts more brutal cuts to benefits, how is this different from life under the Tories? | Frances Ryan 1 month ago:
No. Welcome to people thinking that their vote doesn’t matter unless they’re “on the winning team”. The system allows anyone to win. The psychology of the electorate is locked into two party politics.
- Comment on As Labour touts more brutal cuts to benefits, how is this different from life under the Tories? | Frances Ryan 1 month ago:
The thing that really grinds my gears is that at the next election people still won’t consider parties like the lib dems or greens that actually want to bring in social policies.
- Comment on UK would need forest ‘twice size of London’ to offset new airport expansion. 1 month ago:
Ok, I see where you’re coming from and agree.
- Comment on UK would need forest ‘twice size of London’ to offset new airport expansion. 1 month ago:
An electric plane will expend similar levels of energy to a jet plane.
- Comment on UK would need forest ‘twice size of London’ to offset new airport expansion. 1 month ago:
Increasing airport size as a way to stimulate economic growth seems like dated thinking to me. Flights are increasingly not used for business travel as communications technology has advanced. All you’re really doing is trying to maintain hub status for London which doesn’t drive economic activity outside of the airport industry.
Heathrow needs a third runway as much as it needs a rollercoaster. A huge construction project, with all the emissions that brings, that paves over houses, green spaces and the M25 (on a bridge).
Finally, I guess we can see why Labour whipped against the environment bill last week.
- Comment on Costs to thee, but none for me! 2 months ago:
Having someone review things because it’s “expected” is a great way to get people rubber stamping stuff.
