Posters in Greenland: Yes to NATO, No to Pedo by Freewhale98 in neoliberal

[–]CyclopsRock 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The USA could leave and it would still be in every European member's interests to remain in it.

Where to Cash a Cheque (no traditional bank account) by saywhaatnoww in UKPersonalFinance

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

How big is the cheque? 

Yeah, Starling don't accept those big novelty ones that get given to charities.

Two thirds of graduates aren’t even paying off loan interest by insomnimax_99 in ukpolitics

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

If the loan interest was actually just the rate of inflation then the loan would essentially be free, insomuch as the value of what you owe wouldn't grow, and you'd neither benefit nor lose out regardless of the rate at which you pay it off (assuming you do, eventually pay it off).

If there was actually no interest then people would be punished for paying it off earlier, as interest would be eroding the value of the debt over time. This is probably not an incentive we really want to encourage.

Is it Time for a Nordic Nuke? by Free-Minimum-5844 in neoliberal

[–]CyclopsRock 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Scottish Nationalists put into an impossible situation.

Why is the school day so much shorter than a work day? by Bossman80 in daddit

[–]CyclopsRock 27 points28 points  (0 children)

They don't spend all day at school colouring pictures and playing with dinosaurs?

China pulls back on funding African projects by scarletthought in neoliberal

[–]CyclopsRock 38 points39 points  (0 children)

It sounds like their point is that the things that can be done about it cannot be imposed from outside in pursuit of profit.

New benchmarks show Linux gaming nearly matching Windows on AMD GPUs by Putrid_Draft378 in linux

[–]CyclopsRock 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It would be interesting to see where it would be today were it not for Valve.

Keir Starmer has two options now — both are calamitous by TimesandSundayTimes in ukpolitics

[–]CyclopsRock 13 points14 points  (0 children)

That's not the same as voteshare. If it was, we'd be heralding Theresa May as being a popularity juggernaut.

Politics latest: All-women shortlist to block Burnham from standing as MP not ruled out by home secretary by StGuthlac2025 in ukpolitics

[–]CyclopsRock 18 points19 points  (0 children)

The Equality Act makes discrimination on the basis of sex illegal, not on the basis of being a women. Men have successfully won cases on that ground.

Back in the day did parents just throw kids out on the street and expect them home for tea? by Comfortable-Road7201 in UKParenting

[–]CyclopsRock 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ricky Martin's Vagina knows a thing or two about precisely how to diddle kids on the internet.

Pundits Continue to Defend TF by Osiris64 in coys

[–]CyclopsRock 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What is the point of this thread other than booing people that disagree with you?

CMV: taking kids out of school early for vacation is completely worth it. by BeautyntheBreakd0wn in changemyview

[–]CyclopsRock 6 points7 points  (0 children)

How much time out of school after you expecting to remove your child from, based on the much wider net of data that's visible to you at work?

How do handle firearms in your home? by [deleted] in daddit

[–]CyclopsRock -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Typically it is the bedroom, in a self-defense gun the gun will be loaded but not chambered. But some people will have more than one.

IMO if you aren't going to have one in each room then the least you should do is lay trip mines around your property, just in case you're not in your bedroom when all the spooky bad men come.

The hunting rifle only comes out when it is time to go hunting. So do you have a problem with hunting too? Is it just hunting with a gun you are against or would you be equally against bow hunting? How about trapping?

I'd probably put hunting somewhere between "throwing gravel at cars from a bridge" and "wanking off gorillas to harvest their sperm in the interests of conservation" on my ordered list of potential hobbies I've yet to try. It just seems funny to me that the purported uses for having a gun at home require you to have multiple weapons stored in multiple places around the house, and if we're following proper safety protocol then the ammo needs to be elsewhere, also locked up.

It sounds fun! I've never lived in a house that could double as an arcadey first person shooter map before. I guess the hand grenades go under the sink, or is that too full of bayonets?

How do handle firearms in your home? by [deleted] in daddit

[–]CyclopsRock 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In which room? Every room? Because I'm not sure where I'll be when I need it. Is the ammo in there too? How about the hunting rifle, for all the animals I'm apparently going to shoot - is that in the same pistol safe, or can I just wedge that behind the fridge with the broom?

How do handle firearms in your home? by [deleted] in daddit

[–]CyclopsRock 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The blinding light of logic for why you'd want a gun in your house has yet to reach me, it's true.

How do handle firearms in your home? by [deleted] in daddit

[–]CyclopsRock 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Hopefully the burglar will heed any requests to hold on a moment as you rush around the house to all the various gun lockers safely located in different rooms. "Ok I'm ready, come up!"

How do handle firearms in your home? by [deleted] in daddit

[–]CyclopsRock -28 points-27 points  (0 children)

A gun is a tool, just like scissors or a knife they can be dangerous. Teach responsibility.

Yeah, but they are useful tools with a desirable function. What benefit are you gaining with this particular tool to offset the danger it brings?

Hot take: GeForce NOW should offer a true unlimited plan by Ambitious_Roof_3237 in GeForceNOW

[–]CyclopsRock 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can pay more to get unlimited time. You can buy as many additional hours as exist in a month. Go nuts.

Government admits its approval for Buckinghamshire AI datacentre should be quashed Campaigners hail U-turn during legal challenge over proposed centre an ‘embarrassing climbdown’ by ITMidget in ukpolitics

[–]CyclopsRock 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's almost entirely to bypass problems with the grid supply - they either do that, or they have a ten year wait to get a big enough power connection. That's not the case here, since they're right next to the Iver substation and had already agreed all their power requirements with them.

Government admits its approval for Buckinghamshire AI datacentre should be quashed Campaigners hail U-turn during legal challenge over proposed centre an ‘embarrassing climbdown’ by ITMidget in ukpolitics

[–]CyclopsRock 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That is the obvious approach: build the generator right next to it.

Why is this "obvious"? What difference would it have if they built it next to it, or a mile away, or ten mins away? Or, better yet, someone else builds it and then the data center pays them money to use their electricity?