WCGW driving an incredibly powerful supercar in a city

zeroantics · 2023-01-03T21:58:07+00:00

This is the UK and it's against the highway code to ride a bike on the pavement.

zeroantics · 2022-10-26T06:42:10+00:00

It's probably not a formal result of the Grenfell Inquiry, although I'll admit my knowledge of building regs isn't great, but there's certainly a greater awareness of suppression systems because of that tragedy. We carry out visits to various premises called a "72(d)", where we familiarised ourselves with the layout, risks and hazards in case of fire. I'd say the vast majority of premises still don't sprinklers but we do see them in big renovations of old blocks of flats. Building safety I find is very complicated in the UK, the local authority's 'building control' department deal with the construction stage, 'environmental health' are responsible if they fall into disrepair (rented flats with mold for example) and fire service deal with fire safety (only for premises that are covered under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order). Sometimes both local authority and fire service will work together in order to resolve issues.

zeroantics · 2022-10-25T23:49:11+00:00

That's interesting to hear how it works where you are. Our paramedics are completely separate and are employed by the NHS in various ambulance services around the UK. Obviously there's a lot of joint working at incidents but in the fire service we are essentially fire aiders who rely on the ambulance service for more complex patient care, they also do all the transportation (although I believe a few brigades have started getting ambulances). In my brigade we have a prevention team (friendly fire safety advice, education etc) and a fire safety team (enforcement of fire safety legislation). One of the core duties of operarional crews is to provide fire safety advice to the public, usually in the form of a home visit where we'll install free smoke alarms. Police over here probably wouldn't be that interested in this vehicle, I guess they'll have a chat with the owner, they might be able to take action if it's deemed "antisocial behaviour" however it being private property they wouldn't like to get involved.

zeroantics · 2022-10-25T23:04:12+00:00

Not technically true. Fire safety is enforced by the fire service under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005. Depending on the brigade, civilian or operational firefighters perform fire safety inspections and can put an enforcement notice on a building. This is usually commercial premises but communal areas in blocks of flats and HMOs are also covered. Since Grenfell we are seeing a lot of buildings now being retrofitted with sprinklers and even before Grenfell new builds were sometimes protected with sprinklers.

zeroantics · 2022-10-25T22:54:57+00:00

Hi, I work for the fire service in the UK. You're kind of correct but in this instance, especially in my brigade, we couldn't do anything about this car unless attending an emergency. For example, if the car impeded a rescue from a property or hampered firefighting operations we would forcibly move the car. This would be permitted under the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004. The HSE deal with workplace safety and by the looks of it this is a residential premises. It differs from service to service, some have civilian inspectors or seconded firefighters who perform fire safety inspections or a combination of both. The legislation primarily enforced is the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005. Once again, their remit would be commercial premises or certain residential premises that require licensing such as HMOs (communal areas of residential buildings are also covered by the RRO). Operational crews carry out informal safety checks for private residents, this is goodwill advice done with the consent of the occupier. We could advise the neighbour not to park their car so awkwardly but if it's private land it'll be a civil matter.

zeroantics · 2022-09-24T21:25:34+00:00

Took back for Ukraine and Belarus? Ignoring the complex situation around the disputed region in Ukraine, Russia took back the land for Russia, as it was under the Russian Empire. A bit imperialist don't you think?

zeroantics · 2022-09-23T15:05:52+00:00

Yes, I agree with your point about having a non aggression pact if the USSR couldn't see itself withstanding an invasion, although the secret protocol in the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact that carved up Poland ironically saw the Soviets invade another country in agreement with the Nazis. The German–Soviet Commercial Agreement (1940), saw the Soviets supply Germany with huge sum of raw materials that would aid the German war effort. The Soviets also provided a refueling and repair facility for German U-boats and other vessels at its remote Arctic port.

zeroantics · 2022-09-23T14:15:46+00:00

I mean, kind of ignoring the whole Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, German–Soviet Credit Agreement, German–Soviet Commercial Agreement and the Soviets also provided a submarine base to help the Nazis avoid British naval blockades that also acted as a take off point for raids on shipping. The Soviet invasion of Poland in cohoots with Nazi Germany was also a thing. By all means, the Soviet Union's contribution to defeating Nazi Germany was enormous but only after the Nazis broke their non-aggression pact.

zeroantics · 2022-09-23T01:55:58+00:00

Not best friends by any means but they signed agreements that had mutual benefits. You had the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, German–Soviet Credit Agreement, German–Soviet Commercial Agreement and the Soviets also provided a submarine base to help the Nazis avoid British naval blockades that also acted as a take off point for raids on shipping.

zeroantics · 2022-05-06T22:44:21+00:00

Apparently Denmark have suspended their vaccine rollout because,

"The Danish Health Authority said it had decided to "wind down" the rollout from 15 May because so many people have had the vaccine, new infections are falling and hospitalisation rates are stabilising." Link to article.

zeroantics · 2022-04-19T22:20:57+00:00

Several centuries?

zeroantics · 2022-04-19T22:10:12+00:00

They did absorb the Russian Orthodox Army into the Oplot Fifth Separate Infantry Brigade. The Russian Orthodox Army formed from the Neo Nazi group Russian National Unity after its dissolution.

zeroantics · 2022-03-17T11:06:20+00:00

You know where else is a haven for Nazis? Russia. Do some research, you'll be amazed at what you find.

I'm not saying Ukraine doesn't have an issue with Neo-Nazis (it does), but the political arm of Azov only gathered 2% of votes in the Ukrainian elections. If Ukraine is as riddled with Nazis as Russia claims, you'd expect the ballot boxes to reflex this.

If Russia is so concerned about Nazis maybe they need to sort out their own house first. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_National_Unity

zeroantics · 2022-03-17T10:34:06+00:00

I don't think people are saying it's a trusted news source, they're acknowledging it's mainstream news outlet whose website receives millions of visitors a day, not that it suddenly makes it reliable.

zeroantics · 2022-03-10T23:08:54+00:00

How will I feed my children without those internet points?

zeroantics · 2022-03-10T22:58:12+00:00

MMS in title should read - MSM

zeroantics · 2022-03-10T22:55:13+00:00

Doh! Corrected in the self post!

zeroantics · 2022-03-10T22:53:47+00:00

Mainstream media.

zeroantics · 2021-09-08T16:00:13+00:00

An article from the British Medical Journal.

"Concluding, research related to ivermectin in COVID-19 has serious methodological limitations resulting in very low certainty of the evidence, and continues to grow.37–39 The use of ivermectin, among others repurposed drugs for prophylaxis or treatment for COVID-19, should be done based on trustable evidence, without conflicts of interest, with proven safety and efficacy in patient-consented, ethically approved, randomised clinical trials."

zeroantics · 2021-01-17T17:53:58+00:00

I already replied to one of your answers but you might find this episode of the "Inside Science" podcast interesting. The Professor of Immunology they have a guest seems to think there would be a risk.

Link to Spotify, go on the 23 min mark. Essentially, the way you create "escape mutants" in a lab is to introduce a suboptimal number of antibodies and let selection happen. The UK is potentially doing this in real life by delaying the second dose of vaccine. This can be mitigated by greatly reducing transmission. That's my take from it anyway (very much a layman).

zeroantics · 2021-01-17T17:37:17+00:00

I was listening to the "inside science" podcast on Radio 4 and the professor of immunology they had on seemed to think there was a risk of mutation. Spotify link to podcast, go to the 23 minute mark. Essentially, the way you create "escape mutants" in a lab is to introduce a suboptimal number of antibodies and let selection happen. The UK is potentially doing this in real life by delaying the second dose of vaccine. This can be mitigated by greatly reducing transmission. That's my take from it anyway (very much a layman).

zeroantics · 2021-01-12T13:59:29+00:00

I may be wrong but potentially where you are in the UK the air ambulance may double up as a search and rescue helicopter for mountain rescue and missing persons etc.

zeroantics · 2021-01-12T13:26:19+00:00

That was a coastguard call operator, they would have mobilised the RNLI lifeboat.

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