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matthewmacleod
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Comment #49086217
So in other words… it’s not a solved problem. What point are you trying to make?
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Comment #49086176
Any solution to a public health problem that involves moralising about how groups should change their behaviour is not only doomed, it’s actively counterproductive. And doxycycline…
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Comment #49086107
Is someone irresponsible enough to pursue causal, unprotected sex with random partners also likely to be responsible enough to visit a doctor proactively and comply with a prep reg…
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Comment #49085907
The evidence I’m aware of suggests that this method (on-demand or event-based PrEP) is broadly as effective as daily PrEP (though it’s not suitable for vaginal sex). I believe adhe…
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Comment #49017715
That was exactly the point OP was making.
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Comment #48955719
Isn’t the point that significantly reducing the effort required changes the “is it worth it” equation?
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Comment #48888796
Nigel Farage is (was) the MP (Member of Parliament) for the Clacton area. He is currently under investigation by the parliament's standards watchdog after reports that he failed to…
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Comment #48679853
I don't think this is actually your view, though. I can't imagine that you think harassment or violent threats are things that should have no repercussions.
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Comment #48655944
But this is a Pi Pico, which is a microcontroller and not a Linux system.
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Comment #48466692
Why did you choose to lie about this today? I'm genuinely interesting – this is trivially obviously not true, so what motivated this?
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Comment #48466682
In the UK you get thrown in prison for making a slightly unfriendly tweet. Freedom of speech simply does not exist. "These days if you say you're English you'll be arrested and you…
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Comment #48424099
This isn't true – why did you come here and choose to lie about this?
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Comment #48424072
To quote – I don't know how to explain to you that you should care about other people.
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Comment #48424047
This is not true – the police cannot "simply ask anyone for their passwords", and your oversimplification has resulted in this becoming a lie. I would really strongly recommend tha…
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Comment #48333566
There is plenty of money to be made selling home layouts to police Is there?
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Comment #48007042
No, you were merely wrong.
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Comment #47925434
Apple's obsession over reinventing the wheel with Metal Bold of them to reinvent something that hadn't been invented yet.
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Comment #47822412
The other, very often just ‘pink,’ is predominantly a light red. A quick and sloppy way to describe this is a light grey with a raised red component. While that’s true, it’s also s…
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Comment #47535434
I'm afraid you didn't read my message – this is to be expected, since you've clearly decided on your opinion in advance. But it's really simple: - The "let's leave the EU" side won…
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Comment #47524616
Poor research then, as end user prices are unfortunately not correlated with the cost of renewables.
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Comment #47453053
The EU made UK elections into single-issue ones? Obviously that didn't happen. I think you're just projecting, to be honest. The "leave the EU" side won; unexpectedly, with no clea…
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Comment #47436880
This didn’t happen. I know you have a fantasy it will be hard to disabuse you of, but that was an issue all of the UK’s own making.