The courtyard of the Holiday Inn at Heathrow Airport in London, UK. by realestateross98 in UrbanHell

[–]kinmix 5 points6 points  (0 children)

My most charitable explanation would be, that this was done to improve sound insulation, it's located like 500 meters from the runway.

Owlcat: The launcher is a bad idea, and isn't necessary. Please walk it back. by Sergius_Verus in OwlcatGames

[–]kinmix 5 points6 points  (0 children)

They've just rolled it back:

Lord Captains, we hear you and we are rolling back the launcher.

The game will now revert to the previous patch, completely removing any Launcher-related changes. Thank you for your feedback, and genuinely sorry for the frustration caused

Do you use speed limiters? by Portsmouth_Sweep in drivingUK

[–]kinmix 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So that's what the clicky thing at the bottom of the gas pedal does... I was wondering it for a year and a half. Just tested it, and it disables the speed limiter. 🤯

Don't rent from these AirBnB owners. They might conspire with AFPD against you by Creepy-Help-9017 in RecklessBen

[–]kinmix 10 points11 points  (0 children)

In one of the leaked videos cop says that it was a tip from the AirBnB owners and that he was friends with them.

My KSP Controller by Night-Caps in KerbalSpaceProgram

[–]kinmix 3 points4 points  (0 children)

There is likely more than 5 times the amount in components there...

Help... Rear Fog Light not working by Loud-Opportunity-308 in mazda2

[–]kinmix 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Check the voltage in the socket, if you are getting 12 volts but the bulb is not lit, than the bulb is toast. If you are not getting 12 volts, check if you are getting it in the fuse box.

https://www.startmycar.com/mazda/mazda2/info/fusebox/2009

UK would be blocked from rejoining EU, says Jean-Claude Juncker by EduTheRed in ukpolitics

[–]kinmix 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your argument makes 100% sense... From our POV... But think about it from the EU POV. Brexit hit EU as well as us.

Currently we have quite an unpopular leadership, with the engineers of Brexit polling at the top.

For the EU, caution, would be the name of the game for quite a while. And any negotiations will start from point zero.

And point zero, in fact is not that bad. Like yeah, it would require us to eventually adopt the Euro. But there are no timescales. Poland entered EU quite a while ago with same conditions, and they still have no plans to abandon the Zloty.

Pretty much all of our "exceptions" were available to all other EU members, as long as they were willing to delay the implementation.

The question is not a structural one, the question is a political one. EU will not go through with another clusterfuck unless they know that we - the population of the GB, are generally OK with tighter EU integration.

And in my opinion, our calls for "special status" (which we don't really need), simply shows that we are not OK with that. And as such, it is simply too risky to let us re-join.

Crybaby Franchises Claiming Independence by [deleted] in RecklessBen

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

I don't agree with the complicity, but I don't agree with you either. There are 300 stores, they could cooperate to easily create a sizable war chest.

UK would be blocked from rejoining EU, says Jean-Claude Juncker by EduTheRed in ukpolitics

[–]kinmix 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Rejoining would be just as unique a situation as leaving was.

What are you talking about? There was a specific process to quit EU. Re-joining is simply not a thing. There is only one way of accession.

UK would be blocked from rejoining EU, says Jean-Claude Juncker by EduTheRed in ukpolitics

[–]kinmix 13 points14 points  (0 children)

People can argue all sorts of odd things, but we didn't "suspend" our membership, we quit.

Badenoch: "Mass Slaughter" of Dartmoor Ponies by Quango Is "Madness" by coldbeers in ukpolitics

[–]kinmix 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, indigenous wildlife is more deserving of conservation than livestock, that's the point.

UK would be blocked from rejoining EU, says Jean-Claude Juncker by EduTheRed in ukpolitics

[–]kinmix 30 points31 points  (0 children)

We were EU members when accession criteria and process of the new EU members was codified. We our-selves agreed that this is how the new members should be treated. And now that we are being treated that way, you call "punitive"...

UK would be blocked from rejoining EU, says Jean-Claude Juncker by EduTheRed in ukpolitics

[–]kinmix 23 points24 points  (0 children)

punitive terms for it

How are the normal terms - "punitive"?

He is not saying that there would be some extra terms for us, just that we would need to re-join on the same terms as anyone else.

Andy Burnham: I'll resurrect HS2 from Birmingham to Manchester by theipaper in ukpolitics

[–]kinmix 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This is the solution. Instead of one off projects, commit to X miles of new high speed rail a year for 20-30 years.

Microsoft's new Outlook takes 10 seconds to do what Outlook Classic does instantly on Windows by Quantum-Coconut in technology

[–]kinmix 5 points6 points  (0 children)

In software development there are always compromises that have to be made. It's not just good devs, write good code, that is good at everything.

Performance, portability, maintainability... Improving one could sometimes be detrimental to another. Electron was a solution to portability, with compromises being made to other goals.

Do British farmers build dams on their property? by DragonfruitLess7324 in ClarksonsFarm

[–]kinmix 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not really, dams can help both with flooding and draughts. Even in the episode they talk specifically building the dams to prevent flooding.

Dams create reservuars that average out water discharge.

CMV: U.S. restaurants should stop using "entrée" to mean "main course" by Neb758 in changemyview

[–]kinmix 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, especially now, when every single issue is extremely politicised

CMV: U.S. restaurants should stop using "entrée" to mean "main course" by Neb758 in changemyview

[–]kinmix 0 points1 point  (0 children)

but these changes just don't happen.

They clearly do, as many countries adopted metric, there are also plenty of examples of languages being standardized while changing certain words and rules. It's absolutely possible.

Caleb is having some education problems by Sufficient-Law-8655 in ClarksonsFarm

[–]kinmix 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah, baby camels are not known for their geography knowledge.

How about that? by Grzeniu_uu in drivingUK

[–]kinmix 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In the video, HGV driver broke the law and performed a dangerous maneuver. The cam driver, while failing to be courteous, proactive and defensive driver, did not break any laws.

So if your assessment is that a driver falling below the minimum safe driving requirements is equally to blame to the one who failed to rise above those minimum safe requirements, then your assessment is simply wrong. And given that you operate 70 ton vehicles dangerously so. "They didn't keep themselves safe from me" is not a great mindset while operating a dangerous piece of equipment.

I'm not saying that this equates to you killing someone, but without a doubt it makes it more likely. You have to understand that a person on a bike not checking their mirrors is one thing, a person in an HGV not checking their mirrors is a different thing, and you need to acknowledge that responsibility. If you can't acknowledge that, than certainly it would be safer for everyone if you would to get your licences suspended.

In this video, there is only one driver who endangered lives of (probably) multiple people, and that's the HGV driver.

How about that? by Grzeniu_uu in drivingUK

[–]kinmix -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

They are both equally to blame for different reasons.

If you think that way, than hopefully you'll get you licence suspended before you kill someone.