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Politics in groups is like pornography

You can't define it but you know it when you see it

and their findings lean towards good relationships with family and friends are highly correlation with happiness, health, and many aspects of financial success

The daily reminder about the pains of autism and depression :/

Things are fast and simple when you ignore tradeoffs, such as extra disk space requirements

I wasn't trying to highlight who was president or not

On "selling out" claims. Yet again people not reading the article and trying to misrepresent who was the driving force:

In 2022, the US government announced that it would require access to biometric databases of countries if they wish to keep visa exemption for their citizens travelling to the US

Big bad eu !!11!?!

Anecdotal reference, my children's school is roughly 3 miles, so I spend a gallon of gas every day with 2 round-trips.

12mpg! What do you drive?

Where's the line between in-depth reporting and long-form advert?

The Atlantic's reader base is the exact target audience for such services

This is some top-tier bait

These days other brands give better quality video in better quality hardware and more functionality, for cheaper.

Such as?

Maybe they accidentally used the Argentine peso ;)

A favourite right now is Aquas debut album Aquarium (the one with Barbie Girl)

That's awesome. I remember when that song came out. Those were the days...

(I hope it isn't driving you crazy haha(

The UK has a digital ID requirement which is required for you to be employed in the UK.

False

In fact I can't think of a single Government service or legal requirement that requires a smartphone in the UK.

In the past year I have applied for a passport, applied for benefits, opened a bank account, passed through border control, filed a company tax return, closed down a business, helped someone else claim for benefits, made police reports, filed a case with the small claims court, paid my council tax, received an incone tax refund, travelled on public transport extensively, hired a car.

All had alternatives as far as I can recall.

Quite a few were done online just with a computer and optionally a phone number

And based on prior discussions here I have to point out that "require" doesn't mean "ok but the alternative is kind of inconvenient"

Your post reminds me of that scene from the West Wing where the president joins a meeting the VP had already started who had opened with:

"Surely our first priority is to figure out a way to work with Congress"

Then the president joins and is caught up by the note taker and embarrasses the VP with

"Our first priority is to work with congress? Surely our first priority is to serve the American people"

Agreed. The sharp edges are like a Victorian teacher whipping you for slouching

They could have put sensors on the body and made it alert you in MacOS, but you know, it is what it is

She is not Political Editor of BBC anymore. She's just a talk show host as I understand it (though still on a HEFTY salary - £410k, fourth highest in the BBC).

Presumably a very difference sphere of influence.

how the BBC sucked up to the Tories in the lead up to the 2019 GE

Laura Kuenssberg

ughh yes so glad that era is behind us. Good riddance.

I know. That's not what the news and social media is telling people however.

It's the live GPS tracking they want. Kidnapping?

You are absolutely right about that

Not helping the 'AI ad' claims lol

My Belkin power bank has that defect. Didn't believe it when I brought it home and discovered it

I think implying it's that simple is naive

In reality every public department would need more data staff to collate, prepare and publish data and maintain ownership of it, as a bare minimum. They'd be responsible for accuracy and any mistakes.

Not disagreeing with the idea but it does need funding. So I repeat my question

Then first we need to fix the issues in the parents, especially those with only one kid, reading social media and low rent news sites, who believe their kid is constantly in immortal danger, thereby forcing the phone upon the kid, in an attempt to ease their insecurities

This aspect needs talking about way more especially when the parents don't admit to it and to being the instigator

The question isn't just "what do the kids get out of it", it's also what do the parents: they get surveillance and some kind of reassurance. But at what cost?

What service should be cut or tax increased in order to pay for it?

"Into the face of the young man who sat on the terrace of the Hotel Magnifique at Cannes there had crept a look of furtive shame, the shifty hangdog look which announces that an Englishman is about to speak French."

― P.G. Wodehouse, The Luck of the Bodkins

Being English, from the south, where learning French to only a poor standard is a common pastime, you can just picture it instantly.

$1.70 per day for the connection fee

A sneaky tax that keeps rising. In the UK it pays for failed energy companies, people defaulting on their energy bills, energy bill subsidies... and supposedly for grid upgrades lol

It's risen far above inflation (responding to a sibling comment)

Bug https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1141976

We are discussing having an Interrail pass. Are you talking about purchasing tickets without a pass?

The pass covers intercity trains and reservations are optional

And we know what you all are thinking: only £5m, how pathetic.

I get you. Farage is still learning, on his frequent visits to the US. Give him time.

We definitely are the weaker and more pathetic side of the Atlantic when it comes to corruption in our politics at the moment. We do bow to your superiority in this area.

I'd say standards have dropped so low, we may as well let in fancy dress. Lots of people in cheap thin dresses with no jacket [0] (some show knee when sat, even half an upper leg! [1]), boat shoes, white suits etc. They look like a collection of wedding guests.

Let's not get started on the sexism against men with Hoyle wanting them to wear ties and a jacket but for women just 'business-like' is expected.

[0] https://youtu.be/c3AsuotuPFs?t=94

[1] https://youtu.be/c3AsuotuPFs?t=755