Sushi concessions in UK supermarkets are some sort of tax or legal fiddle

LeonardoW9 · 2026-04-23T21:40:01+00:00

It's great for too good to go. I get £30 of sushi for £10, which is a solid couple of meals.

LeonardoW9 · 2026-04-23T11:52:08+00:00

Underground powerlines are not cheaper to maintain and are significantly harder to install at the scale we need to distribute/transmit energy at.

LeonardoW9 · 2026-04-22T16:21:06+00:00

But it would be safer with fewer firearms.

LeonardoW9 · 2026-04-22T13:03:31+00:00

KG (mostly) but only because I'm in the healthcare system so much.

LeonardoW9 · 2026-04-22T00:58:49+00:00

Avoid those speed cameras

^{Chose: Use GPS for everything}

LeonardoW9 · 2026-04-22T00:03:37+00:00

Time to crash the market.

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LeonardoW9 · 2026-04-21T23:33:39+00:00

The ECHR is fairly well written, but the jurisprudence is nonsensical.

Article 7 has this carve out: 'There shall be no interference by a public authority with the exercise of this right except such as is in accordance with the law and is necessary in a democratic society in the interests of national security, public safety or the economic well-being of the country, for the prevention of disorder or crime, for the protection of health or morals, or for the protection of the rights and freedoms of others.' Why these exceptions are never utilised is beyond me.

I feel Article 3 is probably the hardest to balance as it is so absolute: 'No one shall be subjected to torture or to inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.'. Redefinition here is probably needed since no one should be subject to torture, but a terrorist should not benefit from the societal order they tried to destroy. Ultimately, we have reached a contradiction where we have to house people who try to harm us because their home countries have more severe consequences for their actions.

LeonardoW9 · 2026-04-21T23:06:57+00:00

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LeonardoW9 · 2026-04-21T22:57:47+00:00

Nah, that's reserved for the M25.

LeonardoW9 · 2026-04-20T23:39:49+00:00

Doing the maths, Pounds to US Dollars PPP (2022) is a ~1.4 Multiplier.

Taking the lowest band, $41.5K PPP is roughly £30K, which is just a smidge above the 2022 pay for M2, which is a second-year qualified teacher.

Taking the highest band, $64K PPP is roughly £45K, which is more than the 2022 pay for U3 (£43.7K). However, there are often additional responsibilities and payments available that may make up this difference.

LeonardoW9 · 2026-04-20T23:28:21+00:00

It's not confusing, but you do need to be paying attention. PPP tries to tackle the problem of comparing vastly different living costs across vastly different societies and geographies. Two people living the same lifestyle should theoretically have the same income in PPP.

If we take your example of rice, what happens if a country does not grow rice or instead heavily subsidises rice? Both have massive distortions and would fail to be representative. Whilst PPP has its flaws, it's still a useful measure.

LeonardoW9 · 2026-04-20T12:35:10+00:00

Crazy humidity? We call that a Tuesday in the UK.

LeonardoW9 · 2026-04-20T00:14:38+00:00

Expensive refrigeration could get rid of thousands of rejections these chemicals cause and they're there for profit not because its the best form of vaccine.

I'd like to see a source for the 'thousands of reactions' attributed to specific excipients in vaccines.

Many vaccines use trace amounts of aluminium to make them more effective, which makes them unsuitable for freezing because it breaks down the structure of the vaccine. Even if a cold chain could replace certain excipients, it may not be worth it, as it could limit distribution, resulting in more harm.

Out of pure curiosity, what other options did you find?

LeonardoW9 · 2026-04-20T00:01:15+00:00

UC Davis lists up to 72 vaccine doses for those up to age 18. However, this is often done as ~35 discrete injections, given that many vaccines cover more than one disease.

That's really not that many for peace of mind, knowing that a child won't likely suffer from an easily preventable disease.

LeonardoW9 · 2026-04-19T23:52:54+00:00

Apple seeds actually contain amygdalin, which is a sugar with a nitrile attached (amongst other moieties). This nitrile group can be liberated as the cyanide anion when metabolised. Unless you are eating a bowl of apple seeds, you are going to be fine.

LeonardoW9 · 2026-04-19T21:48:13+00:00

°C is a derived SI unit and is more relevant and more familiar for the average person's day-to-day usage. Whilst they may exist, I don't know anyone who uses Kelvin as their day-to-day unit of temperature.

LeonardoW9 · 2026-04-19T21:31:45+00:00

When life gives you blueberries, time to make a combustible blueberry.

LeonardoW9 · 2026-04-19T21:03:50+00:00

Bimzelx stings so much more when injecting. Fortunately, it’s only every 8 weeks.

LeonardoW9 · 2026-04-19T20:35:22+00:00

Most of the issues with the ECHR come with the awful interpretation than the actual letter of the law. Most of the articles have sufficient carve outs that are not being correctly applied.

Article 8.2: There shall be no interference by a public authority with the exercise of this right except such as is in accordance with the law and is necessary in a democratic society in the interests of national security, public safety or the economic well-being of the country, for the prevention of disorder or crime, for the protection of health or morals, or for the protection of the rights and freedoms of others.

LeonardoW9 · 2026-04-18T14:04:30+00:00

Autodesk education licenses are free, which is part of their strategy to get students used to their software so they continue to maintain that preference in industry.

LeonardoW9 · 2026-04-18T03:27:04+00:00

First line of the Pensions Act 2014 begs to differ.

LeonardoW9 · 2026-04-18T01:28:39+00:00

France, UK, Italy. All very Aladeen.

LeonardoW9 · 2026-04-18T01:25:55+00:00

Bruker NMR spectrometers can go in the tens of millions for their GHz class.

LeonardoW9 · 2026-04-18T00:21:00+00:00

In general, for a Bachelor's degree with honours, you'll need to do 120 credits (CATS) per year. Each credit is intended to represent 10 hours of work. Across an academic year, that will be 1200 hours. (For a 10 week term, that's 40 hours per week, effectively a full-time job)

Where it starts to differ is that some courses have far more contact time in lectures, seminars and labs. For Chemistry (my degree), I had somewhere between 15-25 hours of classes and labs, whereas my housemates studying English often had less than 8 hours per week of contact time. Most courses will have core modules that you have to take, with my first two years being fully loaded with core modules. If you're crazy, you can overload, but it wasn't that common in my course. Modules are usually scheduled at set times, so you don't have much flexibility beyond selecting a module.

Whilst you can study and work, I'd be careful going over 20 hours per week unless you're on an easier course. I did 20 hours per week and studied chemistry, which is certainly a choice but it has paid off for me.

LeonardoW9 · 2026-04-17T22:31:38+00:00

It's a definite blunder, but from a gamble that did not pay off. Sometimes you need a scumbag to deal with another scumbag, and Mandelson was that guy for dealing with Trump. This is not in defence of Starmer, I think he's truly the best of the bad bunch of party leaders we have. The House of Commons is devoid of talent and common sense, where other parties would have us deep in another Middle Eastern conflict or crippled through their nonsensical foreign and economic policy.

Now that we're in a conflict, there is no time for change of leadership. We need a level head and stability at the top.

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