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FM Radio is definitely more corporate today,

Opposite here in Blighty.

There has been an explosion in the number of local community FM stations, frequently playing music from local bands and chat with local figures. Factor in the national BBC radio stations (who's charter is to “inform, educate, and entertain”, not to retain attention) and we are onto a winner.

Yes there are still some 'corporate' commercial stations, but we also have plenty of quality to choose from.

Heh. Just BBC Radio 3 or 4 alone is worth the licence fee.

random rules from other countries

Ever thought that complying with those "random" personal data protection laws shows a respect for users decency and privacy in your own country, as well as those users in the UK/EU?

Many US news organizations chose to geo-block the EU rather than going to the trouble of figuring out compliance.

Funny init.

Rather than do the ethical thing and treat their own (American) users personal data with respect, they instead geoblock an entire continent.

Apparently tied to Ukraine in this case.

Lord no! That accusation doesn't pass the sniff test.

Try looking further east for the real culprits.

opened the fridge to grab a banana.

A chef should know better than to keep bananas in a fridge!

If you’re looking at win vs loss you also need to look at what you got in return for what you gave.

This.

Russia is suffering over 400 casualties for every square km (1036 per square mile!) of territory captured in Donetsk, screwing their own economy and turning themselves into a pariah. Russia certainly isn't winning.

https://understandingwar.org/research/russia-ukraine/russian...

Don't spout shite. The BBC report is objectively what the defence stated in court: namely that their defendant was autistic.

If you've a problem with that, take it up with the lawyers.

Presumably you get your news content from Rupert Murdoch, the Daily Mail and UK News?

If it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then we may have to accept the fact it is a duck.

creators

I'd argue the very expression "creating content" is a euphemism for producing shit, of which algorithm driven platforms like Youtube excel at promoting.

All empires were not created equal!

drivers license

Oi! It's a Driving Licence here in Blighty!

I'd say less pent up anger, more writing oddly in the desire to be awarded imaginary internet points.

Being redirected to an unknown website by QR code (no visible URL)?

Where is the worst you could end up!

I think you will find it *did* fail to safe.

(To suggest otherwise implies you do not understand what failsafe means!).

Good god!

It's difficult to make out if this is ignorance, a poor attempt at satire or simply trolling.

You appear to be suggesting that fun hobbies which don't make money are a 'failure' rather than a success. Not everything is judged by how much money it makes.

Have you ever wondered why kids climb trees?

whose failing businesses they bankroll

Don't confuse a hobby business with a failing business.

Plenty of people with independent means run loss making businesses for fun and/or support wives/children doing just that.

Employees were invited to invest their retirement savings in a mutual fund that contained only WorldCom stock.

Investing in your own employer is an idiotic risk..... If the company goes titsup, then you lose your job and your savings. This happened to many people during the dotcom crash.

£50 to a spat out smartie says you've never ridden a motorbike in your life, let alone in city traffic.

It's hardly complicated!

OP is simply describing what is common throughout government in the UK. This is known as the Revolving Door.

Private Eye magazine wrote a special report on it some years back as, frankly, it is scandalous https://www.private-eye.co.uk/pictures/special_reports/revol... [PDF]

We used to advocate governments turning off the internet on Friday nights and redirecting all WWW traffic to a test-card that says "Go to the pub".

Stupidly dangerous and (in my country) illegal.

Please retract your comment and don't encourage such stupidity.

EDIT: Since this is being misinterpreted... Earplugs that deaden sound are fine and encouraged on a motorbike, playing music in your ears is what masks other sound and is both stupid and illegal.

Have you tried simply telling people you don't want to talk?

"Sorry mate, I'm reading" is hardly difficult.

Talking to strangers is a skill. You can practice it!

This is HN mate!

You need to design an app so people can practice it. (Alternately, rant something about "pick up artists").

The effect on your heating bill is going to be much worse than a small amount of mould

A small amount of mould?

Oh you sweet summer child! You really need to see the damage it can do.

Pretty damn good; not least because each store (aside from the smallest) has their own on-site butcher and fishmonger. Not to mention a decent deli.

most mould is caused by buildings.

An honourable mention to fitting Cavity Wall Insulation, heavily sold and encouraged by UK government energy saving schemes thorough the 1990's and 2000's.

Except by stuffing the wall cavity, you provide a nice moisture bridge to outside whilst simultaneously stopping air circulating in the cavity and whipping away moisture; thus an explosion of mould.

The policy was a disaster, as getting the stuff removed costs a small fortune.

Ummmm

The GDPR also covers data portability, so preventing your data (not just personal data) from being held hostage.

https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/uk-gdpr-guidance-and-re...