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Much of Europe has far more boring weather than the UK.

I don't think it is a bad comparison at all. You could say people have a preference for being happy. But being happy every day would be pretty unwise. After a while it would stop b…

> there are people in the US who hate the lack of a "real" summer (30+) in places like Seattle, London, or Paris. But then they have AC turned up to full so it's freezing in their …

I'm talking about UK weather in general. I lived in London for a year, worked there for 4 and remember many thunderstorms. Not so much neighbourly camaraderie though. If you want n…

I think you can also draw a lot of parallels between weather and emotion also. It'd be amazingly unhealthy to be in a permanent state of "contentedness" for the rest of your life l…

Perhaps they detest building snowmen, cuddling up in bed when it's cold, drying off in front of an open fire after walking through the rain, that awesome thunderstorm with cool rai…

I agree. I went to uni in London for a year - worst decision ever. It's not somewhere you can just meet up with friends who live somewhere else in London. But then cities are gener…

> This part of England has the same weather throughout most of the year Sorry, but that's just ridiculous. We have seasons over here - clearly defined seasons. At the moment we're …

I have seen a few crashes involving motorcycles not paying attention or taking unreasonable risks. Overtaking on blind bends etc. I haven't seen anywhere near the same number of cr…

Funny. Whenever I see a motorcycle, it's being driven recklessly and dangerously. So from my point of view, if you want to make roads safer, get rid of motorcycles first.

That's nonsense and you know it.

software bugs, ability to be hacked, snooped upon by NSA, also go along way. I'll take my chances thanks. Road deaths have been falling for years, despite the number of cars rising…

> Driverless cars means safer cars. Where's the evidence for this? perhaps if everyone on the road was in a driverless car, and they all communicated and prevented crashes. But tha…

Lets be clear here. The aim here is to let you sit back, browse the web, and click on Google ads.

People these days are so busy photographing, videoing, posting crap to twitter to see if people approve of what they're doing... They're missing out on actually enjoying and living…

I very much doubt Uber does enough business to draw any conclusions. Look at another example though - airbnb negative reviews and experiences - you'll find millions of them.

You're confusing "more efficient" with "deciding to not abide by licensing regulation". Regulation exists to protect consumers. It's like that shady hotel chain that sidestep any r…

Also the big red flag in the reasoning is: > "But take the square root of each side". Sorry, but that's not really something you can do without recognising the fact that there are …

> It is after all Google's bread and butter. Is it? How much do Google make from the adsense publisher network vs advertising directly on Google properties?

Also obviously if Google reduces the pool of adsense publishers, the money is more likely to be spent advertising on Google properties, and Google will take 100% of that, rather th…

Pretty comparable - 26,000 accidental falls, 30,000 car deaths.

30,000 deaths a year in a country like the US is nothing. More people die from falling down the stairs. Should we ban stairs next?

> 1) Make sure your site complies with the AdSense TOS and then hope Google will restore AdSense eventually? This just doesn't happen. Google couldn't care less. At all. > 2) In th…

I think you have to judge each case on its merits. The sure fire way to beat a bully though is to stand up to them and let them know that what ever they throw at you, you'll throw …

I agree... IMHO, parents should be legally responsible for the behaviour of their children. That is, if their child harasses someone, the parents should be prosecuted for harassmen…