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Comment · 5 months ago
Cloudflare = NSA creation to get around HTTPS
Comment · 8 months ago
> The Swiss are trying to cap population > the UK no longer counts

Well the Swiss are not in EU either, but both are still in Europe

Comment · 8 months ago
> Like so many things from history, this is all Britain’s fault. The farcical UK Online Safety Act is forcing all social media platforms and adult-oriented websites to require age verification checks before its citizens can access them

I guess no other US state or country has demanded age checks, great journalism from kotaku...

Comment · 8 months ago
Comment · 8 months ago
Yes I remember when UK regulator blocked Microsoft from buying Activision there were posts on r/Microsoft regarding their ability to send update to brick all Windows installs in UK and delete all Azure data of UK companies, how UK was a small insignificant market compared to BRICs so it wouldn't hurt MSFT stock price.

Given JD Vance obviously hates UK/EU way more than Trump, and he may be next US president, he may in fact threaten Microsoft to do it against UK and EU.

Comment · 9 months ago
But only 56% in a poll? Is that enough for another referendum and guarantee rejoin? EU politicians have made it clear, ALL UK opt-outs will be gone if UK rejoins, whether it is UK opt-out regarding budget (like paying billions less in annual EU fees like UK did before), to special fishing rights pre-Brexit, to forced to adopt Euro currency and drop Pound sterling.
Comment · 9 months ago
Is this important market?

Norway is just 5-6 million population. Does being number 1 in Norway even mean anything?

UK is near 70million. Germany 80million. What about the stats for those? How many Teslas were sold as percentage in UK?

Comment · 9 months ago
The page you linked to ends with:

> The proposed Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Bill emphasised the non-justiciability of the revived prerogative powers, prevented courts from making certain rulings in relation to a Government's power to dissolve Parliament. It received royal assent over two years later, on 24 March 2022.

As some have said before, it effectively means in future the Supreme Court can't undo or interfere with prorogation like what Boris Johnson did in 2019. The Labour party have said they won't cancel this law, so Kier Starmer can now do same as Boris and courts can't stop him.

Comment · 1 year ago
> pull all investment out of the UK.

Wow I didn't know big tech invested so much in the UK!

Comment · 1 year ago
Comment · 1 year ago
Not sure this is correct? It loads for me on Virgin Media broadband connection (although slow), also responds to pings at 70ms.
Comment · 1 year ago
Comment · 1 year ago
Quoting: https://www.politico.eu/article/gold-germany-conservatives-s...

> Already in 2012, Wanderwitz had unsuccessfully requested to inspect the gold holdings as part of an effort to pressure the bank to either take a more active role as a custodian, or to repatriate it to Germany.

Well that is worrying, what was he unsuccessful?

Surely that is going to be big world drama if it turns out Germany's gold is missing in New York?

> Today, over half of the Bundesbank’s reserves are stored on its premises in Frankfurt. Outside the U.S., the remaining 13 percent is held at the Bank of England.

I see Germany not asking for gold in London to be returned, I guess because required for trade in currency?

Comment · 1 year ago
Comment · 1 year ago
I tried the Lite version of uBlock Origin (made for Manifest V3) but it failed to block all ads like the full version, for example I got black screen on YouTube, the ads seem to play in background, just with black screen and no audio (you still had to wait for the ad to run!)

I've since seen posts by others on Reddit and elsewhere with exact same issue, so looks like something affecting all Lite versions of uBlock, they simply can't block as effectively as Manifest v2 version.

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