Just to be clear. The UK is full metric as far as EU rules are concerned.

Heck, as far as the SI is concerned, so is the US. We both changed in the 70s. SI just required all other units to be defined based on metric. The UK and US do this. And the EU just requires all trade to be available as a metric option.

What you actually use to communicate in nation non-sales is your own business. Heck, we can even sell in your own units as long as we also offer conversions on request. (according to EU. I think the UK required display in metric at some point. )

We and the US are just too stubborn to use the better units.

Grins born 1970 exactly.

So your a young wipper snapper.

Feel free to pass that proffesional opinion on to your significant (or otherwise) other.>

Yes, that can be a grey area, but it would be a start.

Yep lets remember. Under that rule. The NHS bus passes.

Advertising really only has to not be provable false. The ASA has way less power when claims are questionable or down to interpretation.

Does a Mars a day help you work, rest and play. Well, obesity and increased risk of type 2 diabetes would say hell no. If a politician claimed sugar treats helped you work, rest and play. He would be dragged over the coals in the media.

But technically. As a type one diabetic. Without access to sugar (refined carbs) exercise is very able to kill me via hypoglycaemia. And all mammals need energy. So technically it’s true. But full of crap at the same time.

Yeah you may be too young to remember that advert. I have no idea I dont think Ie seen it since the 90s. But it’s still legal today.

I agree. But can see how this will go.

If it gets the votes. (Hard because most have gotten fed up with these things achieving nothing)

Parliment will have a discussion. Argue about how impossible it is to define truth from a government prospective. (IE without looking like censorship)

Then never being it up again.

Unfortunately this is the sort of problem that needs answers before letting government discuss it. And then needs grass roots support to force it forward.

And honestly. I don’t think the UK is capable of that any more. NHS creating and post war social housing was likely the last time we were.

OK. Wow.

2-3 years is way way better then I ever expected.

Be fantastic if it happens.

Aren’t pension funds supposed to spread their risks?

Individual funds are yes. But a larger fund can do so more effectively. As having a larger % of one company represents a smaller % of the funds total investment risk. IE the bigger the fund the more it can risk without endangering the whole plan.

As long as it is managed well. And that comes to your second point.

That boils down to there being no real difference. If the gov has control of multiple small funds. They can already make choices based on economy vs long term investment. And if long term comes second. Are failing the pensioners.

Having a bigger fund doesn’t change this. It just allows the investment to be controlled buy one voting fund, giving it more ability to control that company. Again, something that can be used to benefit the pensioners or the economy. Depending on the priorities of the government.

But basically if the gov has access to 3 funds or one big one with the same money. They are just as able to choose how that money is used. One fund just includes options for something closer to national ownership. So more control on how the company makes the same choices.

Shitty government choice is shitty government no matter how the money is devided. Its just one way is more effective no matter what choices they make good or bad.

As labour are continuing tory crap. And have added nothing to it.

How can that be worse vs identicle.

As a potential victim of this shit. Please stop weakening the case with over grandiose claims of crap.

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Only if those device makers are willing to use it. And that has always been the tightrope linux has walked.

Its very history as a x86 platform means it has needed to develop drivers where hardware providers did not care. So that code needed to run on closed hardware.

It was bloody rare in the early days that any manufacturer cared to help. And still today its a case of rare hardware that needs no non free firmware.

Free hardware is something I’ll support. But it is stallman et als fight not the linux kernel developers. They started out having to deal with patented hardware before any one cared.

Thanks. Makes sense.

Vat meat is likely the long term future. IE lab grown but more efficient.

Vegonism will become more common. But is not going to be 100% or even close in time to have an effect. Or likely ever as that effect is its biggest sell atm.

But lab grown meat can manage and use CO2 where as its hard to do so with live animals.

But arible farming is still a huge user of CO2 and really not being pushed to cha ge rapidly. Cost is still seen as more important then green energy use.

proprietary

Well related to the owner is the very definition of proprietary. So as far as upstream vs not available for upstream is concerned. That is what the term is used for in linux.

So yep by its very definition while a manufacture is using a licence that other distributions cannot embed with their code. Marking it proprietary is how the linux kernal tree was designed to handle it.

EDIT: The confusion sorta comes from the whole history of IBM and the PC.

Huge amounts of PC hardware (and honestly all modern electronics) are protected by hardware patients. Its inbuilt into the very history of IBMs bios being reverse engineered in the 1980s.

So as Linux for all its huge hardware support base today. It was originally designed as a x86(IBM PC) compatible version of Unix.

As such when Stallman created GPL 3 in part as a way of trying to end hardware patients. Linux was forced to remain on GPL 2 simply because it is unable to exist under GPL 3 freedom orientated restrictions.

The proprietary title is not seen as an insult. But simply an indication that it is not in the control of the developers labelling it.

GPL3 has extra restrictions banning patients etc. So yeah a lot of GPL 2 code written by companies that open software but not hardware. Would have legal questions about running with GPL 3

GPL 3 was created to be more restrictive to non-open hardware.

The word restricted in the desc rather than the tittle BANNED.

Indicates it’s not as banned as they want to suggest.

Of course, if it’s really banned then great, it’s well past time. But that switch in wording is carrying a lot of weight.

I’m not saying it’s a good idea. I def would rather not have more nukes about if it can be avoided.

Just maybe not stupid. When you consider Ukraine was pretty much the home of the USSRs weapons tech, People there developed most of the nukes and the MIG aircraft. That is likely why in part Russia want it. The expertise is still very much there as we saw with Ukraine MIGs compared to Russia. They have been upgrading since the 90s.

I’d guess if any nation was able to throw this together as a MAD Like defence in time for trumps potential withdrawal. It would be these guys.

Also given how close to Moscow, They are. The tech would really only need to be 1945 level for Russia to recognise the risk of continuing.

Unfortunately, I can’t claim credit.

Its the name of a rock formation in the Tennessee caves.

Given the 96 deal was, Russia gets it nukes back in exchange for respecting Ukraine’s borders.

Developing them may not be so stupid. Using them first, sure, stupid. As it is for any nation. But MAD was effective with Russia. While no nuke reprisal ability, clearly leads them not to give a shit about treaties they agrred to.

I think I even used Windows XP wallpapers on Linux for some time.

Well now I suddenly care.

Why the hell do you want to watch the world burn?

;)

No bodies business but the user what wallpaper they like.

I use images from the UK canal inferstructure where I spend much of my time.

If you’re willing to tell me to do otherwise. My response is going to be short and rude.

his taking credit in the house of Lords.

After having the engineer fired.

Disgusting. I’m planning to write my MP. As worthless as that seems.

But given his history.

• Chair of network rail

• Becomes transport sec.

• Abuses position to have someone fired for questioning safty of network rail.

• Then Raises that very safty issue in lords as an emergency.

This is definatly a history that needs to be public knowledge and protested loudly. He is a corrupt vindictive arsehole.