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• Commented on Oh, 2022!
  Way back in the 80's I had a friend who was a lorry driver. He delivered new cars. Funnily enough these were treated as a perishable good in that they had to be delivered within three days of getting off...
• Commented on Oh, 2022!
  I entirely agree - it was poor language to say beat; perhaps out-survived is better....
• Commented on Oh, 2022!
  On the good v bad in human thing, an interesting overview from one side of the subject is Human Kind by Rutger Bregman. It is a little pop-sci but it's thesis is that we beat the Neanderthal by being better...
• Commented on Fossil fuels are dead (and here's why)
  When you grow up a bit and are allowed to wear big boys trousers... Patronising stuff aside , you need to become aware that organisations have multiple criteria for completing projects. I have been both a PM and and a...
• Commented on Crib Sheet: Dead Lies Dreaming
  A touch of Anecdata: I bought a Hyundai Kona in June - the all electric version - to replace a Kia Ceed ICE(Both come from Hyundai in some form or other). The kona is described as a sub-compact crossover (don't...
• Commented on Official Announcement: April Fools Day is Cancelled
  Haidt defines his principles and then says Cons fit more of them than libs - strawman stuff From the Wired article in Damian's post 149 Haidt's principles are Harm/Care Fairness/Reciprocity In-Group/Loyalty Authority/Respect Purity/Sanctity Love the last one - brings up...
• Commented on Central Banking on Mars!
  Possibly the reason they won't co-operate is a form of Prisoner's dilemma problem. As in "I'm a dishonest person, they are the same as me (or worse); therefore, I can't trust them to do the sensible (but potentially dangerous) thing,...
• Commented on A Quick Infomercial
  I was a part of a team that worked on a GOTV (Get out to Vote) system for one of the UK's parties. One of the interesting side comments during design was how few constituencies actually mattered as far as...
• Commented on A Quick Infomercial
  As an aside the name "the British Isles" could derive from the isle of the Pretani which could be derived from the Welsh name from the Picts. Pytheas in the C4th BCE referred to these sceptered isles (#sarcasm) as the...
• Commented on A Quick Infomercial
  Gildas writing in 550 talks about the Picts and the Scots. Generally, it's agreed that the Scots from Ireland and the Picts from Scotland attacked the late Roman Enmpire The attacks against the late Roman Empire "were co-ordinated: Picts (from...
• Commented on A Quick Infomercial
  The other problem in using Hadrian's Wall is that it was designed to keep the Picts out of England so it's built on north facing escarpments (in parts) with easy slopes for the Roman defenders and tough climbs for the...
• Commented on A Quick Infomercial
  Not entirely correct, as I had one built for my wife's studio, complete with some insulation and lots of windows - although I agree about the services aspect. "Do I need to get building regulations approval before I build a...
• Commented on Submarine coming through!
  I started to feel depressed and then got really depressed From 1996 - Show of Hands Cutthroats Crooks and Con-Men https://youtu.be/QWtBLNSoQWM...
• Commented on Submarine coming through!
  No you never said it directly - "So, with the realization that this won't change many people's opinions - the politics of envy are a powerful force - perhaps a look at some data from the government" From your own...
• Commented on Submarine coming through!
  Got it - my wife wrote a book on the textile history of the region....
• Commented on Submarine coming through!
  Moving your thesis backwards three or four centuries, you could add the use of water power to drive the start of the textile revolution. Some historians note that the use of Fulling Mills changed the textile industry and lifted production...
• Commented on Submarine coming through!
  You used the term "politics of envy" - then you used the flat subsidy example. Your arguing now for a position of special terms because we got X you want the same and don't deserve it because !!!. Try https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/843487/Transport_and_inequality_report.pdf...
• Commented on Submarine coming through!
  "Workers' cooperatives– there are about 18,000 across Spain, together employing 300,000 people" The Guardian 2012 There is a strong cooperative movement in Spain, but note the generally small size which was warped further by Mondragon which at the time employed...
• Commented on Submarine coming through!
  Other reasons for the lack of coops are risk aversion and experience. Few people are willing to undertake the possibility of loss, fewer still want the grind of setting up a business, few know how, and of those that do...
• Commented on Submarine coming through!
  But it explains why they have limited services - the low population density makes providing many of those services more expensive The idea that subsidy should be based on a flat tax i.e. subsidy per head - automatically gives a...
• Commented on Submarine coming through!
  I haven't looked at subsidy per head in years so I accept your figures. As I said, transport nationally got screwed by privatisation. For many people outside London, subsidy per head is a meaningless figure if you have no services....
• Commented on Submarine coming through!
  Greg You are just wrong! Sure London got fubarred, but all Local Govt services got mashed by Maggie. In order to pay for tax cuts, the funding of local govt was removed. If I recall correctly 65% of the funding...
• Commented on Submarine coming through!
  You are dead right - I just couldn't remember which Austrian it was....
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  You have missed the target by a larger than average mile. History is rarely available in simple metaphor. Napoleon was a self-centered psychopath. He was also extremely able. The difference between Napoleon and Trump is in the ability. When his...
• Commented on So you say you want a revolution
  I once worked for a start up Cable TV / Telco who began by outsourcing their billing to the second largest Telco in the UK. We ran OK for two months then the third billing run took 31 days, the...
• Commented on Countdown to Crazy
  Returning to an old topic - the Beirut Explosion . Try this for an overview Try this for an overview...
• Commented on Countdown to Crazy
  On the days that I am not bitter, I am twisted...
• Commented on Countdown to Crazy
  On reflection Every potential energy alternative is a solution (Wave, wind, Sun, Nuclear, Handwavium ...) Our problem is We have taken nearly a year to fail to come up with a COVID strategy We have taken four years to fail...
• Commented on Countdown to Crazy
  I might accept that if the political aspects aligned with Virgo, but a few percent of what UK Land? And it still doesn't get rid of the political issues. Whilst we aim for hell in a handcart (thanks to our...
• Commented on Countdown to Crazy
  There is a degree of ignoring the underlying comments from us Brits so 1/ (Theoretical) Yes Solar power could probably be used to supply all power to us Brits - with the slight (#Sarcasm) assumption that a storage solution appears...