butterypowered

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I honestly think the SNP still want independence, and to have a referendum, but they have no official route to get one. Which is completely wrong, democratically speaking.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

That’s not to say there aren’t loads of Tories. Just that they almost all tactically voted for Labour to get the SNP out.

If only 80s or even 90s Britain could see Scottish politics now. They would wonder wtf is going on, with Tory/Labour tactical voting and coalitions.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yeah Usenet was crap for binary downloads long before the BitTorrent protocol was invented.

It’s just so under the radar that it continues to plod along.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

I want to play Arkanoid using it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I agree but I think fundamentally the smart tv hardware is so cheap to bundle in (and gives them hope of revenue) that it probably doesn’t add to the price.

Just set the default HDMI input to something else and ignore.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

That was a great read, thanks.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Nearing the end of Oathbringer (Brandon Sanderson, Stormlight Archive #3).

There’s something about his world-building that’s just brilliant. Shame it takes me 6 months to read each one!

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’ve thought that for years. Tax the high sugar/fat/alcohol stuff and use 100% of that tax to subsidise fresh fruit and veg.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I had my doubts until Maltz verified it.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

It may have changed recently, but my understanding of it is that you are expected to aim to join the Euro but there is no set timescale.

The ECB summary seems to indicate that they would rather a country is in a stable, fit condition before adopting the Euro. (We probably have Greece circa 2008 to thank for that.)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

There are a few countries already in the EU who have no plans to adopt the Euro. I’m sure we could do the same.

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