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Comment · 2 years ago
It's like FireSheep. Session hijacking wasn't new but it made easy and something anyone could do.
Comment · 6 years ago
Camden City PD was disbanded to reduce the costs of salaries and benefits with new union contracts. The CNN article doesn't even contain the word 'union'.
Comment · 6 years ago
To be a contrarian, don't forget Adam Curtis went to Oxbridge. Maybe he got turned down by MI5.
Comment · 6 years ago
The Guardian's Comment is Free section is opinion. It's a blog.
Comment · 7 years ago
Paying a tax on something you import from the EU which you don't pay if you buy in country is difficult to see as anything other than an import tax, no matter how it is named. See VRT in Ireland for example.
Comment · 7 years ago
Google, for example, have over 7,000 staff in Ireland. I know of at least 9 buildings in Dublin it owns/rents.
Comment · 7 years ago
> I’m told that New Zealand has a huge extreme sport industry because of its generous medical system.

Many countries have a generous medical system. No, it is due to their injury compensation laws.

Comment · 7 years ago
Floors in F1 have been flat for a while with the exception of the FIA mandated plank down the middle.

The rear diffuser is sometimes blocked from cameras when the car is parked. For example 2009 with the double diffuser.

Comment · 7 years ago
The 1978 Swedish GP in the BT46B.
Comment · 8 years ago
Probably to do with mandatory military service. Not an issue for a non-citizen.
Comment · 8 years ago
Comment · 9 years ago
It's a pub with a special alcohol serving licence that allows it to open earlier than normal pubs.
Comment · 10 years ago

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