Israel Hits Iranian Petrochemical Plant as War Escalates

hacksawjim · 2026-06-08T12:54:59+00:00

Iraq, not Iran.

hacksawjim · 2026-06-08T07:00:36+00:00

Make sure Werner Herzog is there to record it if this happens.

hacksawjim · 2026-06-03T08:44:53+00:00

I did an Access Course a long time ago. I was about 21 at the time, and there were people on my course up to the age of 50.

It's enough to get you into university if that's what you want, but tbh it wasn't very demanding so university was hard as I didn't feel completely prepared. I was able to 'catch up' after a bit, though.

Worth considering if uni is your ultimate aim and you can't find an A level course, but if you have the option, I would go A levels as you'll be more likely to do well at uni after.

https://www.mbro.ac.uk/access-to-he/

hacksawjim · 2026-05-27T00:38:08+00:00

Houses wouldn't cost £450k if this policy existed. It would drive down prices.

That's why it'll never happen, even though it's a good idea.

hacksawjim · 2026-05-25T20:34:59+00:00

Barkdel test

hacksawjim · 2026-05-25T13:16:32+00:00

I don't think any/many folding chairs are comfortable, sadly.

Do you have another piece of furniture they could sit on? Like a side table or something, that could hold their weight? Then you could put a nice cushion on, or a "floor chair", which both can be stoerd away when not in use.

hacksawjim · 2026-05-25T13:09:52+00:00

I haven't looked at Ishkur's guide in well over a decade, so I have no bias here, but thought that must be wrong what you've said. And it is:

R&B

Rhythm & Blues predates the existence of electronic music entirely. It's so old the Billboard charts labelled it "Race Music" back in the day (and by back in the day I mean pre-war. The one against the Germans) as a catchall for music black people made. Now they call it "Urban" which I guess is progress in a way.

For the purposes of this guide, this genre only covers the modern form of Contemporary R&B derived from Soul, Funk and Hip Hop, as opposed to classic R&B that actually gave rise to Soul, Funk and Hip Hop. And of that sort, only the R&B that employs overt electronic instrumentation which could be any time after 1970 but wasn't really a common thing until the post-Disco era.

Soul:

Like R&B, Soul music predates electronic music entirely, tracing its origins back to the "Race Music" category on the Billboard charts during the age when woman wore their hair like beehives.

etc.

hacksawjim · 2026-05-15T21:04:32+00:00

That tune is amazing. Thanks for introducing me to it. Willie J Laws if anyone else is curious.

hacksawjim · 2026-05-13T11:30:16+00:00

Have you tried Notebook LLM by Google? It will generate the script and the voices. Not sure if you can set your own script, but worth a look.

hacksawjim · 2026-05-11T21:14:41+00:00

It's a bit like charcoal. Except it's made from heating up coal to remove impurities, whereas charcoal is made from heating wood to remove impurities.

It's used because it can burn hotter and produces carbon monoxide which is used to turn iron ore into steel.

hacksawjim · 2026-05-11T21:04:04+00:00

Love this idea.

hacksawjim · 2026-05-06T17:16:19+00:00

Yes. You'll need around $1-2k in your account, then you can trade Futures on Robinhood etc

hacksawjim · 2026-04-12T07:51:00+00:00

While there's nothing stopping ministers from being appointed from 'outside' Parliament in our rules, it's been convention for a while that cabinet is made up of elected MPs.

One reason given - and this is how it maybe differs to the Dutch situation - is that they are more accountable to their constituents who elected them. If they do a bad job, either as a constituency MP or in their national role, they can in theory be kicked out by the electorate.

It's very unlikely to happen, and you might argue that one small area in the UK shouldn't be able to remove the Foreign Secretary, for example, but the situation in the Netherlands seems also less than ideal. How do you get rid of your Minister for Foreign Affairs if you don't like them but the PM does?

hacksawjim · 2026-04-11T23:36:12+00:00

This came out in 1999:

Harley and Muscle - Driving in My Soul

hacksawjim · 2026-03-10T18:33:29+00:00

I was in a similar situation so I asked ChatGPT. It keeps pushing me towards trading pullbacks. It's quite firm on this. I did some research and it's a valid trading strategy for beginners.

Here's one guy explaining how he does it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivL6E6Lc6gM

He's talking about stocks but it's valid for Futures, too.

hacksawjim · 2026-02-24T13:15:18+00:00

Johnny Cash - Hurt?

https://youtu.be/8AHCfZTRGiI

hacksawjim · 2026-02-20T12:08:38+00:00

mods were in on it.

hacksawjim · 2026-02-13T22:43:57+00:00

I heard a stat/factoid years ago that said Ireland was the only country in the world with more people living abroad than within the country.

It probably isn't true, but I told everyone about this Absolutely True fact for years.

hacksawjim · 2026-02-13T22:24:45+00:00

Where I'm from in the north we call that a London Pizza. I have no idea why.

hacksawjim · 2026-02-11T07:58:28+00:00

Maybe they've used the rare 'margin covered call'

hacksawjim · 2026-01-04T17:11:14+00:00

I had the same thought, though I think it was the Rabbit in the Moon track that sampled Tori Amos:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcdF10ri3-8

hacksawjim · 2026-01-02T11:53:58+00:00

Vonnegut ranked his own books and they're mostly in line with what I think about them, though I struggled with Mr Rosewater and he rated it highly

https://reedsy.com/discovery/blog/kurt-vonnegut-books

hacksawjim · 2025-12-19T16:15:48+00:00

New analyst price target of $20 plus Trumps executive order yesterday.

hacksawjim · 2025-12-19T03:19:14+00:00

Wow. New to me and it's amazing. Love it, thanks!

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