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I wonder. Have we now seen enough of 2023 to be fully convinced that it's a replay of 1915 in terms of who gained which half mile and who lost another10,000 enlisted foot-soldiers? We have seen this Western divide-and-rule strategy time and again. This is Iran-Iraq being replayed, this is the CIA gu...

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If I might indulge? These are from the last couple of weeks. The first captures the final set in the magnificent professional career of Dave Cousins of The Strawbs. Back at the start of the year he was quoted saying "After 55 years of performing with Strawbs, and multiple recent health issues, ...

As an aside it is perhaps a toss-up, now that we appear to have reached full time in both their careers, to evaluate whether Prigozhin or Simon Mann was the ghastlier example of humanity at its worst, but I think the Russian won hands down on practical effectiveness. I just thought I'd throw that in...

Killing 10 people by shooting down their plane is not usually considered to be an acceptable solution when the leader of a civilised country has been annoyed by one of the passengers. I would not disagree with that at all. Any extrajudicial killing by any nation state is deplorable, whether it invo...

Perhaps he annoyed someone. And some from British lawmaker Alicia Kearns, chair of parliament’s foreign affairs committee: The speed at which the Russian Govt has confirmed Yevgeny Prigozhin was on a plane that crashed on a flight from Moscow to St Petersburg should tell us everything we need to kno...

I haven't ever seen this before. And I have no idea how I just saw it either. Kate Bush rather passed me by at the time which puzzles me even more.

Quarter of music industry workers have had no work in EU since Brexit https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/aug/22/music-industry-workers-no-work-in-eu-since-brexit What cobblers. A quarter of *British* music industry workers have had no work in EU since Brexit. There's clearly at least one com...

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I have small farm which plant to plant in my farm You asked this three weeks ago and the reply is still online. Nobody can advise you unless you say where the farm is. If you say where it is, we can look up the weather. If it is in a lawless place which is cold and dry and difficult to irrigate, th...

https://www.anthropic.com/index/claude-2 Please describe the Barnsley Bed Here is a description of the Barnsley Bed: The Barnsley Bed is a famous fractal design that was created in 1988 by British mathematician Michael Barnsley. It is an example of a recursive fractal, where the initial shape is rec...

https://www.anthropic.com/index/claude-2 May we discuss English criminal trials which have resulted in convictions primarily on circumstantial evidence and alleged confessions, where a subsequent appeal process has reversed the verdict after new evidence has come to light? I would be grateful for a ...

They have found more evidence that sub-atomic particles, called muons, are not behaving in the way predicted by the current theory of sub-atomic physics. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-66407099 I do wish people who write professionally would take the trouble to write what they mean....

An unfortunate selection given her sending off today. Footballers are always winning SPOTY - maybe we could go for one of the Netball players? I have seen a clip of the moment in question and I think she was quite oblivious after the collision, I don't think she had the slightest intention. I shall...

An unfortunate selection given her sending off today. Footballers are always winning SPOTY - maybe we could go for one of the Netball players? I have seen a clip of the moment in question and I think she was quite oblivious after the collision, I don't think she had the slightest intention. I shall...

I... go on, I'll just put the article link text up. "How safe is my data after a hack or leak?" Now, I know what "safe" means, and I have a fairly informed opinion on what "hack" or "leak" means. And "data" - I know what data are. That leaves just wh...

Find directions, store hours, phone numbers & beauty brands carried at an Ulta Beauty store near you. Find your Ulta store location by entering your city. Get ulta holiday hours 2023 here. [Unsolicited product placement removed by moderator] I'm flummoxed. The nearest Ulta Beauty outlet to me i...

We in the UK have a national vote each Christmas to designate the Sports Personality of the Year. Perhaps I might be allowed to suggest Lauren James ? I might also suggest that the women's leagues could overtake the traditional fixtures' attendance figures over the course of the next decade. It's a ...

For those wondering how Brexit has progressed, I shall tell the tale of the CE standards mark (Conformité Européenne) and its UK replacement, the UKCA mark (UK Conformity Assessed). There's a UK government timeline at https://www.gov.uk/guidance/using-the-ukca-marking#full-publication-update-history...

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To an astonishingly large extent this depends on your planet, latitude and height above sea level. To take extremes, you are unlikely to succeed in growing maize, cassava, dates or tomatoes above 2500m or 62° on Earth. Moss or saxifrage, on the other hand, will be no problem whatever and make a nour...

Perhaps someone can explain the quote marks inside the following sentence: The criminal exploits of a Sheffield gang involved with numerous shootings on the city's streets, targeting members of 'rival' groups, over the last three years have been laid bare. https://www.thestar.co.uk/news/crime/crimin...

That's extremely sad news.

Woe to thee, Moab! thou art undone, O people of Chemosh: he hath given his sons that escaped, and his daughters, into captivity unto Sihon king of the Amorites. I suspect I might have been Sihon king of the Amorites in a past life. Things are a lot tougher for despots these days, but we certainly kn...

It's totally normal to feel confused with Ryan's mixed signals. You're not crazy for feeling attached to him, but remember, you deserve honesty and respect. Take some time for yourself and talk to friends or a counselor for perspective. Don't settle for anything less than you deserve. ;) That was n...

The prat on the Lugg stayed solvent despite his willful bulldozing through every regulatory hurdle, perhaps the next case needs some spectacularly deterrent sentencing to jolt those who might otherwise chance their arm. Anyone interested in the fact that Mr Price is currently in jail can check his a...

The Indian soft-lander has done three of the six orbit-raising maneuvres needed to get into Lunar orbit, the current prediction for the landing date is August 23. Will SpaceX have their Starship splashdown near Hawaii before then? It's close-run.

I would hate to see the Moon become an international battleground. I truly hope that we establish a viable global government of some sort before anyone actually gets too comfortable on the Moon. Space is, and always should be, above petty nationalism. I do hope you're keeping an eye on the swivel-e...

For those not watching closely, the contest for who would put the first Methane/Oxygen powered launch into low earth orbit was finally resolved this week. Not SpaceX. Not Blue Origin. A private Chinese company has launched the world’s first methane-liquid oxygen space rocket into orbit, China’s stat...

A new boy on the block appeared this weekend, Claude 2 . Claude has an impressive flexibility in the use of English. I discussed Lord Hailsham with Claude, slightly disorienting the AI by mis-naming him "Lord Hogg". We got over that pretty quickly. Perhaps you could discuss what may be the...

I note that Ben "see a bit of gratitude" Wallace, presently Britain's Minister for War, seems to have self-destructed this week. He announced today he will not be seeking re-election in any future General Election, two days after demanding Ukraine must not only be grateful for what crumbs ...

Before they were hunted to extinction, sea otters roamed the waters from Alaska to Baja California. [...] A California otter is making headlines for her unique, and worrying, interactions with surfers. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jul/12/sea-otter-surfing-santa-cruz-california Somewhere...

[...] Many researchers are sceptical of evidence for humans in the North American interior much earlier than 16,000 years ago. Now, a team working in New Mexico has found scores of human footprints dated to between 23,000 and 21,000 years old. The discovery could transform views about when the cont...

Likewise I have no idea why the demands that the BBC release the name of the presenter. Presumably the media already know who it is but are reluctant to publish until it is in the public domain - I’m a firm believer that it should never be published until the person involved is charged with an offe...

Allow me to ask a deeply insensitive but quite puzzled question relating to The family of a teenager allegedly paid by a BBC star for sexually explicit photos is said by the Sun to be upset by the corporation's latest response. The BBC said it first became aware of a complaint in May and then of &qu...

I saw this today on my Google security page: Password Last changed 18 Apr 2016

Now that is just plain remiss.

Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, February 28, 2022 : Q Thanks, Jen. There are reports of illegal cluster bombs and vacuum bombs being used by the Russians. If that’s true, what is the next step of this administration? And is there a red line for how much violence will be tolerated agains...

This is one of those threads which is inevitably controversial. Regardless, I had another of those discussions with ChatGPT. This time I'll not post it onto FG but it's online at commonpeople.uk . If anyone has the stamina to look through that page, and if they feel any aspect of it is suitable for ...

Nick at youtube.com/watch?v=F-xh7XKsRIo has a good summary today of Ubuntu's dithering about over Snap, which looks like their walk into the wilderness on the same topic. Nobody else looks like they're going that way.

Flatpak is a package maintainer, probably just for Linux but don't take my word for that, I don't know. I have only just, finally, given a look at Flatpak as a way of installing and maintaining heavyweight applications. As far as I can tell, you still need a distribution installed on your hardware. ...

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I thought Plato was earlier than that

[...] improved battery technology ought to bring the time needed to refuel an electric vehicle to the same as the current pumps and Bob's your uncle. Here we are - today's Guardian... Toyota claims battery breakthrough in potential boost for electric cars Japanese firm believes it could make a soli...

There's a scandalous comment from the Prime Minister's spokesman today: Australia’s actions in Ashes Test not in the spirit of cricket, says Rishi Sunak Spokesperson says PM agrees with Ben Stokes about Jonny Bairstow’s dismissal at Lord’s https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/jul/03/australias-act...

If you think the UK tabloids wouldn't print the story on their front pages if they ever had one, then that's what you think. I can't think why though. They'd print naked pictures of their own daughters if they thought it would sell more copies, they are totally interested in revenue. Deaths from ele...

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The electric vehicles now running around and driven by human beings are reducing the particulate air pollution and bringing down deaths and serious injury from that. If those people saved exceed the number of occupants or emergency workers electrocuted by batteries I'd say it was a net win. Anyway -...

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I tuned in to the radio commentary on the final day of the second test match against Australia this afternoon. There has never been a more embarrassing crowd in the history of the game. It was akin to a drink-fueled grudge soccer match between Celtic and Rangers, there was more personally directed b...

Hi Gill, I don't think there are any answers. What might exist are reasoned suggestions which are either convincing or clearly wrong, but to be clearly wrong you'd need alternative suggestions which are more convincing and less clearly wrong. Here's something to start discussing the problem. It migh...

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That was a very strange set of facts

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