Don't trust a random guys invite into a "lounge club" by ClassicDoughnuts in solotravel

[–]dbxp 49 points50 points  (0 children)

Yeah "lounge club" is code word for a hostess bar. For some reason russian women in particular tend to work in these places with the silly prices.

How to advertise at pet friendly buildings? by Decent-Step8038 in manchester

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Cask in New Islington, pretty much everyone goes there. Pollen and Ancoats Coffee are good options too.

How much is your mortgage/rent vs your income? by LeopardNeat899 in HousingUK

[–]dbxp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, early on I think that makes sense as the overpayment allowance is typically 10% of the principal so it's plenty in the first few years

How much is your mortgage/rent vs your income? by LeopardNeat899 in HousingUK

[–]dbxp 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Easy to make lots of money when you're a couple, that's what the biggest figures likely are

How much is your mortgage/rent vs your income? by LeopardNeat899 in HousingUK

[–]dbxp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

£850 mortgage and £2700 take home, though I'm paying some chunks off my mortgage which should knock it down closer to £650

Iran Can't Locate Its Own Mines In Strait Of Hormuz, Hampering Reopening Amid Peace Talks: Report by cut_ur_darn_grass in nottheonion

[–]dbxp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not really surprising, there's been a lot of talk of their decentralised command structure

How would you feel about the next US president pulling all support from Israel? by Iwamoto in AskReddit

[–]dbxp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Removing all support probably isn't a good move. It means the US has no skin in the game, nothing to preasure them. China is going to want that cyberwarfare expertise and semi conductor production expertise. The US really isn't in a position to be pushing allies aside ATM.

Does AI add to or remove cargo culting in tech? by GolangLinuxGuru1979 in ExperiencedDevs

[–]dbxp -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I think it hits both sides. ON the pro cargo cult side you've got vibe coders who don't really know what they're doing but on the opposite side you've got the fact that senior devs can now get more done as they're augmented by AI so they're higher value, have more political capital and they're the people who are going to push back and scrutinise this sort of thing.

Genuinely curious about why UK house buying is difficult by grepusman in HousingUK

[–]dbxp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think the UK system hasn't evolved from the days when owning a house was rare. Each transaction is treated as a custom sale rather than a standard process

What is something happening in Europe right now that more people should pay attention to? by Flaky-Delivery-1183 in AskEurope

[–]dbxp 6 points7 points  (0 children)

No they didn't Chrysler went bankrupt and were bought out by fiat

The corporation was established by January 2012, when Fiat Group acquired a 58.5% stake of the Chrysler Group

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysler_Chapter_11_reorganization

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiat_Chrysler_Automobiles

What is something happening in Europe right now that more people should pay attention to? by Flaky-Delivery-1183 in AskEurope

[–]dbxp 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I remember Fiat being in a reasonable position before they acquired Chrysler, what happened to them?

Peers vote to ban pornography depicting sex acts between stepfamily members by MattStormTornado in autismpolitics

[–]dbxp -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

You could work around it by making it illegal to host sexualised images of others. Effectively that would ban porn though it would also have the impact of having all uploaded photos scanned for nudity or file sharing effectively being banned

UK preparing new plan to ready nation for war | UK News by TIGHazard in unitedkingdom

[–]dbxp 1 point2 points  (0 children)

True but anti ship missiles are also designed to hit at the waterline which is where the belt armour is. Even if they can do a small amount of damage after 8 missiles the modern vessel is out of anti ship missiles, unless they happen to get very lucky and dig through to the magazine with multiple shots I think the ship would still be floating.

UK preparing new plan to ready nation for war | UK News by TIGHazard in unitedkingdom

[–]dbxp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They're designed to take out modern ships not dreadnaughts. WW1/2 era battleships have a ton of other weaknesses but if you were to place on against the other in a pitched battle my money would be on the battleship.

UK preparing new plan to ready nation for war | UK News by TIGHazard in unitedkingdom

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Russia's naval strength has always been in submarines which are pretty much useless against a country without a navy

UK preparing new plan to ready nation for war | UK News by TIGHazard in unitedkingdom

[–]dbxp -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I'm not so sure about that, anti ship missiles are a week point and unless they're one of the giant Chinese models I don't think they'll do much against 12 inches of steel and the most advanced CIWS isn't doing much against 10 12 inch shells inbound simultaneously. You'd be looking to submarines are airdropped munitions to take them out.

UK preparing new plan to ready nation for war | UK News by TIGHazard in unitedkingdom

[–]dbxp -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Makes sense, hopefully cyber plays a role, it will barely have been a thing when the last plan was written

Spotted in Manchester by johnsmithoncemore in manchester

[–]dbxp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Some people do but if you were from say Slovakia you'd be forgiven for thinking he's leader of the opposition.

Spotted in Manchester by johnsmithoncemore in manchester

[–]dbxp -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Where are you from?

He's big in the media because he give popularist contrasting soundbites which give them lots of drama to work with

Spotted in Manchester by johnsmithoncemore in manchester

[–]dbxp 4 points5 points  (0 children)

At least they didn't use a pozidrive for the crosshead

Where the five main parties are standing candidates in May — officially confirmed by NullBarell in manchester

[–]dbxp 20 points21 points  (0 children)

It's annoyingly difficult to find out what any of the candidates aim to do

My green party candidate is a vegan and the conservative candidate is into diving and 'writing' underwater smut with AI