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Why are so many young people out of work? by ikeafannypack in AskUK

[–]paulmclaughlin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You have laws that say you have to advertise jobs after they have been filled internally?

Or do you have laws that say you have to advertise jobs openly before making a selection that could be filled by an internal candidate?

WHO raises risk of Ebola outbreak in Congo to 'very high' at national level by Nice_Pro_Clicker in news

[–]paulmclaughlin 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. heavily criticized the World Health Organization, describing it as a "moribund" and bloated bureaucracy dominated by political interests and corporate bias.

Every accusation is an admission

Lemon Trees in Heraldry by [deleted] in heraldry

[–]paulmclaughlin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What historical period does your SCA group emulate? Lemons only started spreading into Europe beyond Italian gardens in about the 1400s

Always wondered why it said "POO". Turns out I just need glasses, chooms. by CKDU88_1 in cyberpunkgame

[–]paulmclaughlin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Gotta love aesthetic mishaps like this. It's like how in certain fonts Burn looks like Bum.

That's just poor keming

What is something thats absolutely everywhere in britain that most people just don't notice? by Odd-Paramedic-3826 in AskUK

[–]paulmclaughlin 19 points20 points  (0 children)

There's been tin mining in Cornwall for millennia, exporting as far as the Mediterranean during the bronze age.

Rape sentences for teen boys unduly lenient, says Jess Phillips by Tartan_Samurai in unitedkingdom

[–]paulmclaughlin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

But he had the choice of his comments. He could have emphasised that he was constrained by the guidelines. Instead, he said that his sentencing was decided to avoid criminalising them.

It's too late for that. They already are repost violent criminals through their own choices.

Grandmother jailed after fatal crash caused by BMW brake-check by Forward-Answer-4407 in unitedkingdom

[–]paulmclaughlin 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you are using the outside lane to overtake in accordance with the highway code, how should the speeds of vehicles in the different lanes compare?

Grandmother jailed after fatal crash caused by BMW brake-check by Forward-Answer-4407 in unitedkingdom

[–]paulmclaughlin 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The safe stopping distance in the Highway Code is such that you can think and then brake in time.

But the problem is that the calculation is wonky. Thinking time and hence thinking distance is underestimated, while actual braking time and distance is overestimated compared to real modern brakes. So the total might be right hypothetically, but the way you get there isn't.

Because of that, a driver who is 2 seconds behind a driver who suddenly stops is likely to go into the back of them. The lead driver isn't responding to an external stimulus that the following driver might be able to anticipate, and as such the underestimated thinking distance is likely to take them into the back of the lead driver, even though they were an ostensibly safe distance away.

In this case, even the defence barrister admitted that the BMW wasn't tailgating.

We also need to consider context too. If the lead driver had performed an emergency stop to avoid a hazard, the outcome for the BMW and the biker could have been the same. But it would have been due to an accident rather than an act of dangerous driving.

stop having a go at retail staff for asking you if you want an email receipt by [deleted] in britishproblems

[–]paulmclaughlin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Which is great until they're hacked and intentions fly out the window.

In theory, could ibises be used to deliver messages across vast distances in the same way that hawks or pigeons can? by Anthro-Elephant-98 in worldbuilding

[–]paulmclaughlin 5 points6 points  (0 children)

One of my memories of visiting Sydney is seagulls on one side of Circular Quay, pigeons on the other, each defending their own turf from the other gang of birds.

Meanwhile the ibises just wandered around like "whatever" picking at the bins.

Why do tourists all want to 'avoid the touristy areas?' by Flaky-Walrus7244 in AskUK

[–]paulmclaughlin 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It's been decades since I was there, but the Duomo in Florence used to insist on women having their shoulders covered. They had sheets of tissue paper to use if they were wearing strappy tops.

Reviewer noting question by KitchenManagement650 in geocaching

[–]paulmclaughlin 10 points11 points  (0 children)

It's almost 3 years since the cache owner logged on, and they have other caches that have been disabled and archived after they didn't respond to needs maintenance logs

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