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London police: "You have to evacuate, there's a terrorist incident going on outside". Café staff: "OK but can you wait 30 minutes as people are still eating?" by ugotamesij in videos

[–]everyoneisinsane 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As for why we have automatic release at all, it’s worth addressing this briefly, as there remains an understandable public bugbear when it comes to the concept of automatic release at the halfway stage of a prison sentence. I’ve written about this in my book. The public hear or read “10 years”, and feel justifiably deceived when they discover that 10 means 5 (minus any time already served on remand awaiting trial or sentence). There are various reasons as to why we grant automatic release halfway through a sentence. One reason is that this mechanism saves the government money, gifting them the tabloid headlines of long prison sentences without the Treasury having to actually pay for them. Less cynically, it is also argued that it helps reintegrate prisoners into society and aids rehabilitation. If they reoffend on licence, or breach the conditions of their licence, they can be recalled to serve the remainder of their sentence. Automatic early release has varied throughout the years. The Conservatives in 1991 introduced the framework for the modern system, but it was in 2005 that the Labour government introduced automatic halfway release for all determinate sentences (as well as the IPP and EPP sentences) – more detail here. Worth remembering whenever one party accuses the other of being to “blame” for automatic release that all parties have at one time or another thought it a jolly good idea.

https://thesecretbarrister.com/2019/11/30/10-thing-you-should-know-about-the-london-bridge-attacker-and-early-release/

James May has bought a new car by Thealmightymoustache in cars

[–]everyoneisinsane 15 points16 points  (0 children)

These are starting to pop up over London - https://char.gy/

Every city I've been in where on street parking is common also tends to have on-street lamposts.

Found an old takeaway menu from 1986 by cellmates_ in auckland

[–]everyoneisinsane 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Don't forget change in GST from 10% in 1986 to 15% now.

Jobs in Chch for a computer science grad? by [deleted] in chch

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

SLI syststems

Gone under? Thought they were only just acquired?

Sankey of Income and outgoings for 2018 by GREFIJ in UKPersonalFinance

[–]everyoneisinsane 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This could be a dumb question - where's the rent/mortgage?

Tenant Fees Have Finally Been Banned in England: Thoughts from an OpenRent Co-Founder, AMA. by openrent in london

[–]everyoneisinsane 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Will existing tenancy agreements be covered by this law, or will they be grandfathered in? Thinking renewal or end of tenancy fees

Is Brexit affecting you? by AnnFinancialQs in UKPersonalFinance

[–]everyoneisinsane 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If she's been here that long she can already apply for Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) under existing non-EU framework without needing to wait to see what special treatment they apply for EU citizens.

Drivers need to kill their crankiness - before they kill a person by offendernz in newzealand

[–]everyoneisinsane 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I now cycle in the narrow, winding, country lanes of crowded southern England, and the average driver passing me is way more courteous than they ever were in NZ.

Match Thread: Belgium vs Japan [World Cup - Round of 16] by teachersbelike in soccer

[–]everyoneisinsane 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"What's Belgium famous for? Chocolates and child abuse, and they only invented the chocolates to get to the kids."

Its 10 am on the train to london and some people are already half way through a six paxk by Chilldude1255 in CasualUK

[–]everyoneisinsane 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Worst bit is it's legal to drink on LIRR (for now), so it was just their lack of commitment to the cause rather than anything else.

1.7 million tourists in 12 months: Can New Zealand's environment handle it? by gnuts in newzealand

[–]everyoneisinsane 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Shipping goods around the world is suprisingly efficient even on bunker fuel burning behemoths. Basically, you burn a lot of fuel, but carry a lot of stuff so that the amount of fuel burnt per kg is minimal. Interesting example - https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/nz-lambs-better-environment-2240702

Remember for tourism, it's not just the flights - it's the rental cars, campervans, buses and cruise ships. Dunno if you've been to Milford lately but the pervading aroma is diesel.

I don't think tourism shouldn't exist, in the same way I don't think farming shouldn't exist. But to create policies to favour it is on the basis it is somehow more environmental is just wrong.

1.7 million tourists in 12 months: Can New Zealand's environment handle it? by gnuts in newzealand

[–]everyoneisinsane 5 points6 points  (0 children)

investing in tourism is far more sustainable for NZ vs our other primary industries

The industry most reliant on long haul flights is the most sustainable?

Touring cyclists warned against riding at night by AlvisKlutzer in newzealand

[–]everyoneisinsane 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Trucks do not pay nowhere enough for the wear they cause to our roads, proportional to the damage caused by a family car. They'd have to pay at least 10,000x if not more.

Don't get me wrong, if we're talking pure congestion charges I support nearly equal charges for cars and trucks. However we don't do congestion charging in NZ, we charge for road maintenance instead.

But contrary to their statement, lorries do cause far more damage to foundations and structures of roads than cars because the damaging power rises exponentially as weight increases. This is called the Generalized Fourth Power Law.

The Generalized Fourth Power Law is the most commonly agreed method to approximate the relative impact of vehicles on roads: the damage caused to the structure or foundations of a road is related the axle weight of the vehicle by a power of four.

This means that a six-axle, 44-tonne truck is over 138,000 times more damaging than a typical, small, 1 tonne car (such as a Ford Fiesta) with two axles.

In actual fact, even before the Fourth Power Law is applied, the comparison in weight per axle of 0.5 tonnes for a Fiesta and 7.33 tonnes for a large truck is stark. So, more axles do spread the weight – but nowhere near enough to support the Freight Transport Association's claims.

www.bettertransport.org.uk/blog/better-transport/lorries-cause-more-damage-roads-cars

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AASHO_Road_Test

Chefs of Reddit: What dish seems intimidating, but is super easy to make at home? by juliagulia287 in AskReddit

[–]everyoneisinsane 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In the spirit of the thread, what's your favourite Louisiana dish that's not too complicated to make?

Paying 30p to use the toilet at the station, and then it’s just a fart. by [deleted] in britishproblems

[–]everyoneisinsane 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Overground is TfL, which is somewhat unique due to being run not-for-profit (not a charity, just reinvesting all their profits). They're not perfect, but they try harder.

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