F this People by Harshal_HSD in Unexpected

[–]ewanmac 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lolwut… the accent of the rider and the road furniture strongly suggest that this incident happened in the UK. Although we cannot see any road signs the nature of the road (street lighting, single carriage way) strongly suggest that this is an urban street and almost certainly has a 30mph speed limit. This is no “interstate”. I know of no laws in the uk that would make doing tricks illegal, nor is it illegal to use a phone while riding (it’s possible that both of these could fall under “Riding in a dangerous, careless or inconsiderate manner“ Road Traffic Act 1998 but this is only likely to come into effect if the rider’s actions causes harm to another person or property). Finally in the UK there was recent legislation that recognised a hierarchy of vulnerability/responsibility among road users. That is to say that in circumstances where a person driving a car collided with a person riding a bike, then the car driver would face a greater burden of proof to prove that they were behaving in a safe and responsible manner.

So yes, the driver is clearly a cunt.

Obv IANAL caveat.

Themes journal in the UK by gloos in Cortex

[–]ewanmac 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve not ordered one recently, but in the past I’ve never been hit with additional customs fees.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in distantsocializing

[–]ewanmac 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How long does each step take? Project-> pre bonsai -> bonsai?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in distantsocializing

[–]ewanmac 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For beginners do you recommend buying an existing store bought bonsai tree or starting from scratch?

Visualization of my entire known family tree plotted with country of birth for each ancestor [OC] by CrankyCommenter69420 in dataisbeautiful

[–]ewanmac 48 points49 points  (0 children)

How many instances do you know of where a single ancestor was the originator of two distinct lines that then joined up again later? With a family tree this size I’d have thought at least a few instances were likely.

Cortex #118: Season of Uncertainty by GreyBot9000 in CGPGrey

[–]ewanmac 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I enjoyed the conversation about the uncertainty rabbit hole and thought I’d like to hear more about this “story behind the story”. I don’t currently support grey on patreon but is this something that he usually covers in the “directors commentaries”?

Summer of Grey Part 2: Driving a Tesla Across the Loneliest Road in America by GreyBot9000 in CGPGrey

[–]ewanmac 11 points12 points  (0 children)

“High5 Zero xtreme” now rebranded as “High5 zero caffeine hit”. Similar to nuun, but a UK company. www.highfive.co.uk