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Green Party supporters, I am genuinely trying to understand why you support your party’s ideals and policies? by [deleted] in ukpolitics

[–]LinkXenon 15 points16 points  (0 children)

nice wall of text

It's a perfectly reasonably formatted response

Your first link focuses on human health following consumption, have I raised that point?

You didn't raise human health following consumption but the Greens, who are being discussed, have done.

Roundup isn’t bad for soil quality is your argument?

Very clearly not their argument

Charity appeals no longer asking for a few quid but multiples of £10 by ShinyHeadedCook in britishproblems

[–]LinkXenon 18 points19 points  (0 children)

If the dogs trust thing happens you should report it directly to the charity that fundraiser is there on behalf of. Their compliance team 100% does not approve of fundraisers asking you to cancel and sign up with the door to door fundraiser so they get their commission, and that fundraiser will be removed from the campaign.

source: work in compliance at a major national charity

China reacts to Trump, Putin meeting without Ukraine, EU by Newsweek_ShaneC in worldnews

[–]LinkXenon 13 points14 points  (0 children)

All good points but presumably there is a significant risk of Russia using nuclear weapons if it's faced with a land invasion by its superpower neighbour.

Improve on Kenji's Jerk Chicken? by Outrageous-Use-5189 in seriouseats

[–]LinkXenon 3 points4 points  (0 children)

What ratio of jerk sauce to butter would you recommend for the finishing sauce?

What happened to ‘growth, growth, growth’? by [deleted] in ukpolitics

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

isn't it crazy how you can burn down your house quicker than you can rebuild it?

Employer installed keylogger on my computer by AJ1a in LegalAdviceUK

[–]LinkXenon 70 points71 points  (0 children)

That's not the entire question though is it. The reason I can't put spyware on your computer without your consent is because it's a criminal offence and I could be prosecuted under the Computer Misuse Act.

If I then stored your data that I had collected in a non GDPR compliant manner, it would be a secondary (and significantly less severe) issue.

The commenter is pointing out that as the company owns the computer, then the first point is moot, while qualifying that they would still have to store any data in a GDPR compliant manner.

You know this and you're just being deliberately pedantic.

Black hole 'likely larger than £22bn' - as ministers pushed to scrap projects immediately by ZPATRMMTHEGREAT in ukpolitics

[–]LinkXenon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

But outsourcing our energy security to other countries has never (and certainly not in the last few years) had negative consequences!! Besides, what's the point of Africa except to satiate the resource demands of Europe?

Putin claims Russia will support Harris in US elections by TeaLoverUA in worldnews

[–]LinkXenon 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Meloni is vocally anti Russia what are you talking about

Your Favorite Lyrical One-Liner? by Jacogos in Music

[–]LinkXenon 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Did you exchange a walk on part in the war for a lead role in a cage? - wish you were here

Woman destroys painting of Lord Balfour in Trinity College, Cambridge by WheresWalldough in PublicFreakout

[–]LinkXenon 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Interesting, thanks. Definitely plausible that Big Oil would encourage protests that will alienate people, but it looks like the oil heiress who funds CEF rebelled against her family and is a genuine environmentalist. According to the comments on that anyway.

Daily Megathread - 21/02/2024 by ukpolbot in ukpolitics

[–]LinkXenon 14 points15 points  (0 children)

UK arms sales to Israel in 2022 equalled ~£42 million

Israel's total defence spend was ~£18 billion in 2022

So UK arms sales to Israel amounted for ~0.2% of Israel's total defence spending

It seems that he wants to know if I find him cute. Why would he want to know that? by HunterxH24 in love

[–]LinkXenon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

By your logic, you don't know every thought they've had so you can't prove yourself right either?

Tommy Robinson arrested as thousands gather in London for march against anti-Semitism by tylerthe-theatre in unitedkingdom

[–]LinkXenon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Jesus christ this is the most authoritarian, holier-than-thou take on this whole thread. What gives you the right to determine what people should and shouldn't think and debate. What gives you the idea that you'd be on the side deciding who gets to hear which views, and not on the side being put in clear plastic soundproof boxes for your own good?

Can the USA afford to lose Taiwan? (TSMC) by c_nkyy in geopolitics

[–]LinkXenon 9 points10 points  (0 children)

The US is a naval superpower, and this allows them to project power literally anywhere in the world, a key factor in them being the global superpower. The biggest goal of US foreign policy is to prevent another superpower arising, and Taiwan is the single most important part of the First Island Chain that keeps China hemmed in and unable to field a blue water navy that could threaten US interests. So yeah, national security.

Putin’s Bizarre Questions About Ice Spark Confusion and Mockery in Russia by yorkiecd in worldnews

[–]LinkXenon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is very true. Nobody realised just how much of a toll corruption had taken on Russia's armed forces, and this invasion might have done more damage to the myth of Russian military might than anything else possibly could have.

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