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Well if the Brits are making racist comments about the Irish it rather suggests they are a different race or prone to putting themselves down. Ah, hold on a moment …

Still in current usage and almost entirely disconnected from historical context. And while we are being so critical of evil Brits I’m sure the phrase has never been uttered by nati…

Can you phase synchronise magnetrons? I thought they are a free running oscillator. Also circa 1kW not a safe thing to be spraying around, I think fleshy things might well be damag…

More that UK govt anticipated US first position and didn’t want to be beholden to it.

Yes. The 27th, or the 27th of February. To us, US English seems to skip a lot of the small joining words of various flavours.

26 II 2021 Job done

Looks awfully close-coupled

>In Europe all new training aircraft are using diesel(-like) engines now which run on jet fuel or even straight diesel. It's not exactly hard to make the switch. No they aren’t and…

3 minute walk to ferry pier 5 minute ferry ride across Sydney harbour to circular quay 6 minute walk to office Excellent 4g so able to hold video conference all the way That was my…

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Throckmorton_baronets

Standard approach in UK too, though power to switch us increasingly common to support smart switches that need a neutral.

It’s the general vs a specific instance. He’s gone to hospital. (Hospital is abstract, we don’t necessarily know which one) He’s gone to the hospital. (A specific hospital, either …

Exactly, all you really need is a fresh cup of really hot tea

Different factions in DEC, particularly east vs west coast https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/DEC_Systems_Research_Center

It was a bit late to de-escalate after the islands had been invaded. Do you really think Galtieri would have gone for any kind of political settlement that would have seen troops w…

You’re coding safety critical systems and depending on severely non-deterministic tweaks to GC to get it to run right?! Where is this for? (Just so I can avoid it)

I thought the really interesting part was the vertical integration from “ore “ through production to recycle plus the manufacturing streamlining / integration of the cells. If they…

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightcraft

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skylon_(spacecraft)

Transmitter is a cw maser?

First, to nitpick, comparative and superlative forms of unique are nonsense, something is either unique or it isn’t. It might be pretty rare though, like rear engines cars: hillman…

How far back do you want to unwind? Should all non-aboriginals be disenfranchised or removed from Australia? At some point you have to work with things as they are and move forward…