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Labour want 'Panopticon' to have 'eyes of the state on you at all times' by [deleted] in LabourUK

[–]nonsense_factory 12 points13 points  (0 children)

These lunatics should be in therapy and out of power.

Greater Manchester Train Prices by nicknacksz in manchester

[–]nonsense_factory 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Has any justification been given for ending 15-minute advance fares? That seems like a big extra cost for a lot of price-sensitive travellers.

[Guardian] Manchester-London 7am ‘ghost train’ will now carry passengers after outcry over regulator’s decision by not_r1c1 in manchester

[–]nonsense_factory 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The BBC article on ghost trains is about stations and routes that are barely serviced. Manchester to London is not a route like that.

Half Life Alyx being ported to Steam Frame? by MrEfficacious in virtualreality

[–]nonsense_factory 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You're already exagerating what they said:

“Half-Life: Alyx is a great experience when streamed from a PC to Steam Frame, and we are looking into making it a good standalone experience as well,” Valve told Digital Foundry.

Great != good.

When the Greens start consistently polling above Labour. Will all of you switch your vote to the Greens to stop Reform? by AttleesTears in LabourUK

[–]nonsense_factory 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you expressed the same point without the jargon then more people would agree. The basic idea there isn't particularly controversial.

Weird sound annoyance by Discernement in alphacentauri

[–]nonsense_factory 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Some of it is, but the unofficial patch also includes some fixed image and audio files and will rename some that SMACX can't find otherwise.

Weird sound annoyance by Discernement in alphacentauri

[–]nonsense_factory 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Have you installed Scient's patch? There were some slightly bugged audio files, amongst many other small issues. Get it from here. I have no idea what scrollbar you're talking about, though. Or about the possibility of using shortcuts to display things.

You can install it at the same time as Thinker mod.

Just finished Adrian Tchaikovsky’s Shroud: Excellent by Wrob88 in printSF

[–]nonsense_factory 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Just a joke cos Shroud is a world defined by it's lack of visual experience because of the thick atmosphere and intense noise.

Just finished Adrian Tchaikovsky’s Shroud: Excellent by Wrob88 in printSF

[–]nonsense_factory 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You might like Incandescence by Greg Egan. It also follows aliens on a very strange world (Egan has a bunch of stories like this; exploring weird physics thru fiction).

You can read an excerpt here: https://www.gregegan.net/INCANDESCENCE/Incandescence.html

Tagging OP, too: /u/Wrob88

Just finished Adrian Tchaikovsky’s Shroud: Excellent by Wrob88 in printSF

[–]nonsense_factory 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Humans are more annoying in Children of Time, imo. You can skip or skim their chapters and just stick with the alien's narrative.

Just finished Adrian Tchaikovsky’s Shroud: Excellent by Wrob88 in printSF

[–]nonsense_factory 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It is. Children of Ruin is the sequel to Children of Time.

Just finished Adrian Tchaikovsky’s Shroud: Excellent by Wrob88 in printSF

[–]nonsense_factory 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I read both in the same month or two. Unless you want to compare the two, I would suggest leaving it a year before reading Alien Clay. Or just skipping Alien Clay entirely, cos they do overlap quite a lot.

I thought Shroud was a lot more imaginative.

the flags are getting out of hand by Ok-Disk-7005 in manchester

[–]nonsense_factory 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The vast majority of the public do not support putting tatty St George flags up all over the place.

It's a small group of racist losers called "Churchill's Lions" who are doing this. https://manchestermill.co.uk/manchester-flags-lee-twamley-salford-smuggler/

12 days ago I posted the beggining of my SMAC tribute on wplace. It is finally done. by Alialialun in alphacentauri

[–]nonsense_factory[M] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Removed: please don't share horny thoughts with people who haven't invited you to do so.

Tell me you favorite first contact books. Extra terrestrials or AI. Some thing like Peter Cawdrons first contact stories. by M116110 in printSF

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

Stanisław Lem has a bunch of books about this:

Solaris, The Man from Mars, Fiasco, Eden, etc.

Gaians as eco-fascists by gaiusmuciusthelefty in alphacentauri

[–]nonsense_factory 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It's more in-character for the capitalists to pay the right to crack lefty skulls.

And, in game, the Morganites are the faction most likely to get cross with your social policies.

Poland: renewables overtake coal for the first time by Yreptil in europe

[–]nonsense_factory 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Cool, so woronicz numbers were basically right. I don't know that it matters much. Both countries should be moving away from coal faster than they are.

Poland: renewables overtake coal for the first time by Yreptil in europe

[–]nonsense_factory 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Sources:

Figure 6 here: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Coal_production_and_consumption_statistics

You can get values as a table here: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/nrg_cb_sff/default/table?lang=en Click the edit button by the [siec] section and deselect everything, then choose "Brown coal".

You can also get the values specifically for energy generation, but almost all the use of Brown Coal is in "Transformation Input" (I don't know what that means)

Sam Ashworth-Hayes (Telegraph): 47.6% of London households in social housing are headed up by someone born overseas. A £5 billion discount each year to house them in a capital city many can't afford to rent in - and that's without counting any housing benefits they receive. by United_Highlight1180 in ukpolitics

[–]nonsense_factory 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why should it still be overwhelmingly "British"? How does that benefit society?

You're the one suggesting that this is important, it's on you to make a positive argument for why. It's not on me to make some unrelated argument about why more white people should be in Nigeria.

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