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  • Commented on We're sorry we created the Torment Nexus
    Yes the AS used to be a lower 6th (1st year of A levels) qualification so about 1/2 the A level syllabus used to be compulsory up to 2019/18? but now dropped. AS still exist but no longer taken by...
  • Commented on We're sorry we created the Torment Nexus
    In the spirit of Charlie's reply: "whats a grad school"? - again different education systems - our undergraduate degrees are much much more specialised and in depth. and our grading system for them is completely different (pass, third, lower second,...
  • Commented on A fistful of tropes
    Sounds like pratchett and ahnk morpork "We all know what happened to Mr Hong when he opened the Three Jolly Luck Take-Away Fish Bar on the site of the old fish-god temple in Dagon Street on the night of the...
  • Commented on Pass or Fail
    From someone whos career in this sector was destroyed by google etc. Yes basically ALL magazines and newspapers are delivery systems for advertising, so without ads all sell at a substantial loss. this isn't a new thing its been the...
  • Commented on Abolish the monarchy!
    Re guilded cage we have modern proof this isn't true as the last monarch but one literally abdicated, and the Peerage Act 1963 (thanks to Tony Benn) allows giving up titles to sit in house of commons and vote etc....
  • Commented on What happens now?
    Given English has already done this with the 2nd person. Thou (singular) replaced with you (plural) doing it with the 3rd person makes sense. And since our monarch has already started this with the 1st person as well we could...
  • Commented on Countdown to Crazy
    Always worth remembering what the Duke of Westminster (richest man in uk) said when asked if he had advice for anyone who wanted to be as wealthy as him "Have an ancestor who's a close personal friend of William the...
  • Commented on Dead plots
    This exactly the hallmark of the Russian state is Implausible deniabilty....
  • Commented on So you think you can be a reality TV producer
    Surely solution is to change the status of gibralter to a reverse channel islands. Ie a uk dependency inside the EU...
  • Commented on Sucker bet (a thought experiment)
    The Phrase that sums this up is "IMplausable deniability"...
  • Commented on Upcoming events
    Thats Retiring MP (so cant use as leverage in upcoming election) and Strong anti no dealer Ken Clark. who gives the tory Anti No Dealers the only vaguely plausible way to vote out the Brexiteer government and put up a...
  • Commented on Upcoming events
    We are not talking about a change of government to do anything other than stop no deal brexit. Which is why Corbyn is the wrong person to be a caretaker PM, and a Tory probaby is. 1: we curently have...
  • Commented on Upcoming events
    Im going to second that, i mean it sounds like hardly anyone else in this thread ever uses google maps! The big thing i find is not to try and second guess google its being continuously updated by millions of...
  • Commented on Ask me anything!
    If your interested and have time to listen (i cant fin a written version this podcast covers Airdrop Ursula the emergency transport of a new battalion commander to the Falklands from England after Colonel "H" Jones was killed: Highlights Working...
  • Commented on Social architecture and the house of tomorrow
    Having dealt with this problem last year you dont need to dig up the pipe to see if there is a leak. Switch off all the taps in the house and the internal stopcock, then look at the water meter,...
  • Commented on Social architecture and the house of tomorrow
    Surely the fenland is solution is the Netherlands Dyke and Polder system not sure where you are getting a 20M storm surge from https://www.ntslf.org/storm-surges/skew-surges/england-east historical largest is just under 2m at can not see why storm surge would be bigger...
  • Commented on Upcoming appearances
    Ah the old North Korean KL airport technique https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Kim_Jong-nam...
  • Commented on Someone please cancel 2019 already?
    The Fixed Term Parliament act is turning into the the 2nd worst outcome of the Coalition Government (Cameron's belife he would be in a 2nd Coalition and thus would be reluctantly forced to abandon his promises of a a Europe...
  • Commented on Brexit! Means! Brexit!
    Over payment only tends to happen if you leave a well paid job for no job or less well paid, But its an Easy answer - about 6 months after the end of the tax year you get a letter...
  • Commented on Dread of Heinleinism
    Also the"skinnys" are notably humanoid and human like - yet are allies of the "bugs" the seemingly alien (like ALIEN alien) beings mankind cannot communicate with. So think about that Also the Raid to capture an interrogate a bug mind...
  • Commented on SF For Nothing, Stories For Free
    Harry potter and the methods of rationality http://www.hpmor.com is a good take on the harry potter universe...
  • Commented on The Pivot
    if you close the panama canal to ships that trade with china you don't need a panama canal. Also Trans Siberian railways been going for a while for exactly the reasons charlie said...
  • Commented on Unforeseen Consequences and that 1929 vibe
    To be honest i feel for her - she clearly hates Brexit. Charitably i see her red lines as public posturing, she never wanted them. but by setting and then retreating she can end up with the half out (as...
  • Commented on We'll all go together when we go
    Just want to point out renewables also include Electricilty and heat from Anearobic Digestion (AD) plants which have come on leaps and bounds in last few years and also take waste out of the equation - key benefits are these...
  • Commented on A different cluetrain
    Just a quick note on democracy v rule of law Capitalism seems to do better under rule of law , democracy is an option, see Hong Kong , Singapore , 18th century Britain etc V Philippines , ukrain etc...
  • Commented on Oh dear
    Quite frankly we could do with 15-20% inflation for a while to fix our overvalued housing and reduce debt levels as well as significantly reducing long term government debt . Arguably the expectation of low inflation is damaging the global...
  • Commented on Some news about the Hugo voters packet
    I see the serial format working for fanfic but there seems to be barriers to serialisation from novelists there are a few experiments out there but not the marketing that it needs to break through I would have though the...
  • Commented on The latest Hugo awards storm
    Hi Charlie To be honest this whole incident has put fans in a very bad light and I'm afraid that I would contradict you and suggest that people should read the comments to see how petty and small minded the...
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