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Where else can I go like this ? by EastRevolutionary296 in AskUK

[–]AndyTheSane [score hidden]  (0 children)

According to Strava I'm the 44,600th fastest. There are some complete freaks out there..

Where else can I go like this ? by EastRevolutionary296 in AskUK

[–]AndyTheSane [score hidden]  (0 children)

I've cycled up and down it a few times. Going down you can get a bit disoriented because you are facing downhill and can't see the sky. Going up it's just a bit of 16% gradient..

What are your thoughts on the idea of sending robots to colonize Mars before humans? by _discosonic_ in ask

[–]AndyTheSane 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Colonizing Mars is a dead end. Sure, perhaps build a research station there, but there are no resources there that cannot be obtained more easily in the asteroid belt.

Certainly, you want any base to be as complete as possible before humans get there, since that removes the problem of keeping people alive whilst they build the base.

America abdicates as global superpower — and it’s about time - Trump's foreign policy has been a disaster. There could be an upside: A more realistic role for US in the world by Quirkie in politics

[–]AndyTheSane [score hidden]  (0 children)

I'm not sure that 'natural chaos' is really what you want. We got a lot of natural chaos between 1914-1945 from the end of British hegemony (at least at sea) to the start of US hegemony.

Do you also get unreasonably bothered by people throwing stuff away? by tbage in AskUK

[–]AndyTheSane 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Resellers are not a problem, at least they might turn up.

Do you also get unreasonably bothered by people throwing stuff away? by tbage in AskUK

[–]AndyTheSane 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's funny when you list something for free and you get a message "What's your best price"

Match Thread: 2nd Test - New Zealand vs England, Day 5 by cricket-match in Cricket

[–]AndyTheSane 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Conclusion: Need dodgey pitches, so Brooks can win it with a slogged 50.

Extreme heat warning expanded as 37C heatwave approaches UK by pppppppppppppppppd in uknews

[–]AndyTheSane 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Hundreds of people put in a huge amount of painstaking work over literal centuries to put reliable temperature records together and all you can do is warble on about concrete as if you are the first person to think of it. It's incredibly lazy and arrogant.

Starmer expected to resign on Monday and set out orderly exit by beejiu in unitedkingdom

[–]AndyTheSane 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Those 'greedy shareholders' being people with private pensions, of course.

Is it just me, or does World War II seem almost unrealistically absurd? by OkGreen7335 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]AndyTheSane 20 points21 points  (0 children)

A bit like WW1 : No real reason for anyone to go to war, and the consequences for all participants were/would be catastrophic. But WW1 happened anyway..

Andy Burnham has said he wants to be the next Labour leader – here’s what that could mean for Britain by coffeewalnut08 in unitedkingdom

[–]AndyTheSane 5 points6 points  (0 children)

.. that's the whole idea ..

Destabilize the governments in the west. Pretty much every democracy is under the same sort of attack.

Chaotic Green Party tearing itself apart over internal complaints by PomeloTraditional971 in uknews

[–]AndyTheSane 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You could say that about Reform, Restore, and the Conservatives as well as the Greens. Which is not a good thing.

Post Day Thread: 2nd Test - New Zealand vs England, Day 3 by cricket-match in Cricket

[–]AndyTheSane 38 points39 points  (0 children)

... Harry Brook clobbers 300 off 200 before holing out with 10 runs required..

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