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It me, posting from whatever century it was when the UK owned calais.
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I think calais has been french since the mid 1500s
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Sep 1, 2020 20:41
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Jose posted:so ignoring whether or not its a stupid idea is it actually possible for me to get any money from my pension because that £11.5k would be extremely useful rn As others have said, withdrawing from your pension before age 55 you could end up with nothing. Note that in 2028 this increases to age 57 which I'm guessing will affect you. Have a read here. https://www.moneyadviceservice.org.uk/en/articles/pension-release-or-pension-unlocking
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Sep 1, 2020 20:43
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Angrymog posted:Given that we're not getting pay rises or bonuses for at least the next couple of years, they're going to have to work really hard to convince me to come back to the office. i joined prospect (the magazine) the other day, looking forward to my clive james biography of philip larkin with issue one! more on topic, my sister gave me a load of private eye annuals and the 2007 one is all about david cameron not criticising the labour govt, agreeing with it and wants to hug and kiss it. keir must have read it too
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Sep 1, 2020 20:45
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Jaeluni Asjil posted:As others have said, withdrawing from your pension before age 55 you could end up with nothing.
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Sep 1, 2020 20:45
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Guavanaut posted:The womb bit is a bit weird, but the rest makes sense as a particular expression of Well the use of Womb in the article makes sense since it was the description given by Dr. Timothy Leary. The author just ran with it. And he was spot on in that the technology was originally being designed (or at least theorized and written about) by white, male. So obviously he was highlighting how it would end up there wouldn't be non-white men or women in this space. I did like the notion that the billionaires who are looking at private armies to build their fortresses fails at the same level that Doomsday preppers fail at basic things when Covid hit. It's like the idea that natural disasters just roll over the stupid.
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Sep 1, 2020 20:47
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OwlFancier posted:I have to assume that graph assumes no further intervention. If I remember right the government line around March was that an initial lockdown would lead to people getting tired of it and so a second lockdown was unthinkable, nobody would possibly obey that, so if one lockdown wouldn't work then they might as well have no lockdowns i'd quite like to at least give it a shot if it means people not dying, but who am i. i never even went to oxbridge. what do i know.
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Sep 1, 2020 20:48
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Archaeology Hat posted:I think calais has been french since the mid 1500s I was wondering if the UK even existed at the same time as not-french calais. Angepain posted:If I remember right the government line around March was that an initial lockdown would lead to people getting tired of it and so a second lockdown was unthinkable, nobody would possibly obey that, so if one lockdown wouldn't work then they might as well have no lockdowns Yes well we know what this government is like with its lines. <george_osborne.gif>
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Sep 1, 2020 20:50
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OwlFancier posted:It me, posting from whatever century it was when the UK owned calais. bloody borders, coming over here and being on this side of the channel 
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Sep 1, 2020 20:50
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Archaeology Hat posted:I think calais has been french since the mid 1500s There's a tiny bit of France that actually counts as Kent; there's a police station and it runs on UK time. Going back to the news story, isn't a lone person swimming the channel most likely to be, well, someone trying to swim the channel for its own sake?
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Sep 1, 2020 20:58
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I was just reading through some news stories, and came across a bail application for a woman accused of fraud. https://www.independent.ie/irish-ne...k-39495433.html This part made me chuckle. quote:Ms Farrell also referenced a newspaper article describing Ms Damji's father as a "property tycoon".
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Sep 1, 2020 21:06
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The Question IRL posted:Well the use of Womb in the article makes sense since it was the description given by Dr. Timothy Leary. The author just ran with it. It's funny that Leary committed the exact same failure of imagination though, his big idea was "if everyone did psychedelic drugs then we'd all tune in and there'd be a lot less problems and we'd be more connected." Which suffers from a white guy standpoint issue, because everyone from Ernst Jünger to Atomwaffen did a ton of psychedelics and it didn't stop any of them being racist fucksticks. Maybe he recognized some of his own failure of understanding human nature in the MIT book. The Question IRL posted:I did like the notion that the billionaires who are looking at private armies to build their fortresses fails at the same level that Doomsday preppers fail at basic things when Covid hit. Angrymog posted:Going back to the news story, isn't a lone person swimming the channel most likely to be, well, someone trying to swim the channel for its own sake? 
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Sep 1, 2020 21:09
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justcola posted:Something I was wondering about this chart: This particular chart was made with the assumption that lockdown measures largely end other than general social distancing after the shaded area. It's all in the actual report.
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Sep 1, 2020 21:11
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And also with the assumption that the government doesn't just let the second bit of the green curve happen and actually does something.
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Sep 1, 2020 21:18
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Well the exact point of the green one in particular was to demonstrate that without further lockdowns after the first, social distancing and various measures which were carried out throughout the winter the NHS would go to pieces even more than doing nothing in march. The fact the government was like "lol okay" until public pressure forced them to cave is another matter.
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Sep 1, 2020 21:23
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The people do not want a second lockdown, I just hope the virus responds constructively to their demands for no second wave.
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Sep 1, 2020 21:26
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I still can't read that goddamn thing because it's a black line and three green lines.
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Sep 1, 2020 21:26
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Guavanaut posted:It's weird because Leary was weird, in the same way that Giger would probably have the internet as mechanical dicks. quote:Preppers failed at staying at home, which should be the easiest part, but turned out to be the hardest for them. Preppers failed for that reason. But also, because at their heart the Preppers want the situation to go full Walking Dead so they have an excuse to shoot
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If anyone knows where the original report is that'd be good. I was assuming the idea of this kind of modelling is that everyone will be infected at some point, its just a case of how quickly and what the response will be to control it. Also its more about critical care bed occupancy whilst we've just let people die in care homes or at home because they were too scared to ring 111. The lack of offices and hiring people internationally is interesting, as though I can appreciate not having to commute or just wandering around an office like a dickhead, it would be interesting to see how quickly automation would take over jobs due to no office 'culture' or being more productive even though people are playing games and cranking one out every day. We don't need Pret or commuter rags or adverts on buses and any of that poo poo either. Won't even be jobs for the robots by the time we're finished 
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Sep 1, 2020 21:28
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OwlFancier posted:I still can't read that goddamn thing because it's a black line and three green lines.  but is this better?
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Sep 1, 2020 21:32
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That is actually better yes thank you.
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Sep 1, 2020 21:37
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Ah good. The oh poo poo we're hosed this winter curve is now more accessible.  The Question IRL posted:The failures of others we hate the most are often reflections of our own failings. But at the end of the day they were all just interesting chemicals that can have effects on perception and/or make you trip balls, and do seem to have some fascinating uses in an appropriate psychological setting, but they won't change human nature and they won't make a Nazi not Nazi if they just do them surrounded by other Nazis. The Question IRL posted:Preppers failed for that reason. But also, because at their heart the Preppers want the situation to go full Walking Dead so they have an excuse to shoot
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Having gone back to school today for the first time, I'm very much not convinced things will go well. It was an INSET day and other than some slight measures there was basically no social distancing between the vast majority of the teachers. If that's how it is when there aren't 1500 kids then I can't see how it gets better when they all turn up.
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Sep 1, 2020 22:30
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Sad Panda posted:Having gone back to school today for the first time, I'm very much not convinced things will go well. It was an INSET day and other than some slight measures there was basically no social distancing between the vast majority of the teachers. If that's how it is when there aren't 1500 kids then I can't see how it gets better when they all turn up. What was stopping the social distancing? Physical space or teachers not bothering or a mixture?
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I know it's not your job to ask people to make things accessible or owt, but I do appreciate when colourblind people mention which graphs are bad for them because it reminds me ensure my own figures are colourblind/printer friendly and mention it to other people when theirs aren't. I do enjoy Guava's predilection for monochrome markings, but even if you don't want to go all '70s Central Statistical Office map there really isn't a good excuse to use a bad palette any more - almost every prominent graphing software comes with accessible colours as default these days. Using jet in 2020 should be sufficient grounds to reject a paper.
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Jaeluni Asjil posted:What was stopping the social distancing? Physical space or teachers not bothering or a mixture? 95% lack of caring is what it seemed like. We had a meeting in the hall. There were a few rows of chairs put down but piles of chairs at the back if you wanted to grab one for the large empty space. Nearly everyone chose to sat in the rows of chairs under a metre from the person next to them. There was also the wonderful moment when a piece of paper was passed around us all to sign. No measures taken that we are supposed to with students (gloves/disinfectant gel).
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people under 35 are more likely to die in a road accident than of covid, I read in private eye
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Breath Ray posted:people under 35 are more likely to die in a road accident than of covid, I read in private eye gently caress off you loving racist, nobody gives a poo poo what you have to say.
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I'm not big on telling people to gently caress off on the internet because honestly it's kind of a hassle, but it seems like a bit of a dick move to just leave it to Miftan gently caress off Breath Ray
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Breath Ray posted:people under 35 are more likely to die in a road accident than of covid, I read in private eye That passes the smell test, what's your point?
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Vitamin P posted:That passes the smell test, what's your point?
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Saros posted:To be entirely honest right now is probably the lowest amount of cases it's going to be for a long time. Again and again around the world opening schools is the single biggest factor in cases taking back off.
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Vitamin P posted:That passes the smell test, what's your point? A history of racist posting and not being tolerated in the thread. Lusting for the death of immigrants. Not welcome in the thread
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Breath Ray posted:people under 35 are more likely to die in a road accident than of covid, I read in private eye It's not just about deaths. Recovering from Covid 19 isn't as black and white as being dead or healthy. Much like being in a road accident, there are varying degrees of long-term health consequences.
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Sep 1, 2020 23:54
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I saw this last week but it is excellent. The Wilson, Callaghan, Brown and Cameron ones are masterful. I don't like the implication that Class 37s are huge racists though... 
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Angrymog posted:Still pondering joining Prospect, but not sure how much use they are if you're not working at a union shop. Very little in my experience. If you are in a union shop though then they're pretty good (if a bit wet).
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Made me nostalgic for Anglia rail. And laughing infrequent travellers who couldn't work out how to get out of a slam door train.
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OwlFancier posted:Having to stick your arm out the window and open it from the outside was a novel experience. The pro move was to have already turned the handle and be leaning on the door as the train pulled in, so it would fall open the moment the guard released the master locks.
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