Another reason maybe not to visit France ATM

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Earning a deferred living?...

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Neghbours drilled a hole in the wall and are pinching eleccy for bitcoin mining or heating their cannabis farm? ...

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Is it too late to patent a heat dissipating copper lampshade?...

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I was, but I'm easily LED...

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Many (all? ) LED bulbs these days use all kinds of weird and wonderful trace elements. But there's a lot of materials science research underway to try and coax light out efficiently from common materials such as perovskites...

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I have no idea what that statement is supposed to convey.

In the context, it seems like just a glib, smartass way of saying essentially nothing....

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Yep. What was it Lenin, or someone, pointed out about being able to sell capitalists the rope to hang themselves? ...

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Isaveenergybynotusingunneccesaryspacesasin"under pants".EachbytesenttohundredsofPCsprobablyusesatle astamillivolt!

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In practice though it's not just about the science is it?

The "approved" opinion is also heavily influenced by politics, to the extent that dissenting opinions with equally sound supporting evidence have been scoffed at and actively suppressed!...

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What you need are not LED bulbs but LUDD bulbs

IGMC ...

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From the article



I'm all for it, provided the LED lights are bright and can deliver "daylight" 6000K colours (which I know they can), don't flicker noticeably, and are dimmable

And aren't made in China, or with rare earth elements the Chinese have cornered...

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Wouldn't it be simpler for them just to pay for two seats, like MF?

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I suppose if someone is cogging on a bit they can start becoming slightly leaky, but most of us can manage a couple of days at least

Mind you, ten days is pushing it...

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2021-06-08 The narcissistic fall of France - Is the country really on the brink of civil war?


Haven't read the article yet, and I know the answer to an interrogative headline that is usually "No", but food for thought all the same! ...

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Maybe their free trial period expired! ...

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No, that was my suggestion to Malvolio, because I thought his young kids would enjoy a holiday in a Welsh farmhouse, in the company of geese and lambs etc. But it turns out his kids are over 40!

So it's sort of like that distinguished French author who asked a relative if his nephew enjoyed...

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No, they don't just base their argument on that. Some researchers have pointed out that the virus has certain genetic additions and modifications not found in naturally occurring similar viruses and not likely to arise by chance.

To be fair, other research groups, mostly in early 2020,...

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Sulking at home is a lot cheaper than travelling!

OwlHoot in "Travel may broaden the mind, but it narrows the wallet" mode...

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Must be Devon. Here you only have to hobble into outpatients or your GP with an ingrowing toenail and you'll be instantly surrounded by so many fussing doctors and nurses you can barely breathe! ...

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It may sound unfair and discriminatory, but women shouldn't go into space until they've had all the kids they plan to:

2013-08-27 Female Astronauts Face Discrimination from Space Radiation Concerns, Astronauts Say...