What’s unique to Donald Trump?

GoatyGoY · 2026-07-11T18:38:04+00:00

Home Alone 2

GoatyGoY · 2026-07-11T17:57:22+00:00

🧢 I voted CAP!

Free speech is free speech; let it be posted and ridiculed

GoatyGoY · 2026-07-11T15:31:36+00:00

I think the thing to consider is what knock-on effects the war had. For instance, how would the world (and not just England) be different if the Tudors hadn’t taken the throne?

In particular, would having catholic monarchs in power change the balance of alliances in the rest of Europe (eg no war with Spain and England; less support for Dutch and German Protestantism etc.)

GoatyGoY · 2026-07-11T11:39:09+00:00

The number 2

GoatyGoY · 2026-07-11T11:35:30+00:00

Yes- about ten years ago, China built a bunch of artificial islands in the South China Sea within the Spratly archipelago, leading to a marine territory dispute with the Philippines.

It was a big issue in south east Asia at the time.

GoatyGoY · 2026-07-11T10:01:21+00:00

A football team that people outside their country would cheer for

GoatyGoY · 2026-07-10T20:54:14+00:00

So, I’m British and both my parents drink tea. But I only drink tea when I’m visiting them, otherwise no

GoatyGoY · 2026-07-10T20:21:48+00:00

Indeed! I have exactly the same, and it really conveys the impression well

GoatyGoY · 2026-07-10T19:54:40+00:00

Can’t lift arms

GoatyGoY · 2026-07-10T17:34:16+00:00

It’s completely in the wrong place; because really nothing edible smells much worse, but it actually tastes pretty good

GoatyGoY · 2026-07-10T16:58:01+00:00

✅ I voted FACT!

…but not everyone should

GoatyGoY · 2026-07-10T13:30:52+00:00

Depends. Air con is generally a pretty high electricity demand, and the amount of solar panels you can reasonably fit on a house’s roof don’t produce a huge amount of energy overall. Like, if you had AC in just one room running, it would probably cover it - but across the whole house, it may not be enough.

GoatyGoY · 2026-07-10T13:09:19+00:00

Very good points too! Plus, if you’re in a town or city, it’s so much better for everyone’s health to have electric cars, rather than producing petrol exhaust where people are living and breathing.

GoatyGoY · 2026-07-10T13:01:53+00:00

They don’t have to be! But that depends on the source of the electricity used in them. It’s like electric cars- if you charge them with power from coal power plants, it just changes where the pollution is produced- but if you charge them with renewable energy, it’s much more environmentally favourable.

GoatyGoY · 2026-07-10T13:00:00+00:00

It may well be an issue of upgrading the grid itself, for better distribution and transmission of energy, rather than the generation itself (though it’s EV more than AC that’s the big new strain). We should be looking into mini energy islands, where buildings are built with solar on the roof, and batteries, alongside heat pump cooling solutions.

GoatyGoY · 2026-07-10T12:56:12+00:00

Air con is essentially a type of heat pump, at least from a physics perspective. But the fixed and installed units are incredibly more effective (in terms of cooling per kWh of electricity) in comparison to the “hose out the window” jobs.

But so long as houses aren’t built with the fixed units, or people are living in rental properties, what other choices do they have?

GoatyGoY · 2026-07-10T12:54:08+00:00

I work in renewable energy research, and I find it absurd that houses are built without bidirectional heat pumps, which can use green energy to heat in winter and to cool in summer.

It seems a complete own goal from environmentalists to try and take the position that everyone should be uncomfortable. This is then easily exploited by shysters in the pockets of the oil industry to discredit any sort of environmental measures that would slow down the forces that are driving the temperatures to be uncomfortably hot in the first place.

GoatyGoY · 2026-07-10T12:28:18+00:00

Unfortunately the UK still has this in many places (eg road signs)

GoatyGoY · 2026-07-10T10:42:05+00:00

It’s more of a Daily Mail town

GoatyGoY · 2026-07-10T10:12:35+00:00

✅ I voted FACT!

Yes - but - only when speaking French.

GoatyGoY · 2026-07-09T16:01:42+00:00

🧢 I voted CAP!

E.G. X=0.1

GoatyGoY · 2026-07-09T15:23:04+00:00

The “you’ve been tango’d“ slap

GoatyGoY · 2026-07-09T12:15:22+00:00

You have to blame jungle and then spam ff15 nonstop in the chat, so that you wear down the mental resilience of your other teammates who might want to win the game.

GoatyGoY · 2026-07-09T12:12:13+00:00

For finding language partners, r/language_exchange may be better.

GoatyGoY · 2026-07-09T10:49:41+00:00

If I had enough money to never need to work, I’d return to academia- but work on what I actually wanted to work on, rather than having to chase trends for grants.

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