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Comment · 14 days ago
Are you referring to the Allotments Act 1950? If so, that doesn't necessarily extend to private gardens. Plenty of places will have byelaws or covenants that prevent the keeping of animals in garden.
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Comment · 3 months ago
Seeds are not gametes. While your dog may help spread the seeds, they are not assisting in the sexual reproduction itself.
Comment · 9 months ago
Don't forget about fire. Even the most boring of moves amaze crowds when half your equipment is burning.
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Comment · 9 months ago
Isn't interoperability of messaging one of the goals of the Digital Markets Act?
Comment · 9 months ago
Given the environmental impact of disposable vapes (the littering was awful), some places have already implemented bans. The UK's ban came into force June 2025.
Comment · 10 months ago
> They don't because too many people pirate games to make that a viable business.

This is what we've been told since time eternal but it seems more likely that those pirating are those that wouldn't be inclined to pay at all.

Comment · 10 months ago
> direct costs of the exchange up front

Isn't that fairly easy to estimate? If they're showing you a buy rate and a sell rate, you know the interbank rate is going to be pretty much halfway between the two. I don't think anyone's changing money and thinking the bureau isn't profiting.

Comment · 10 months ago
> you will miss quite a lot of valuable things

Arguably, the lack of medical evidence tells us that this is in fact not a valuable thing.

Comment · 11 months ago
> Let's say I have a religion that, as part of practicing it, restricts my diet. > If I try to make you - a non-practitioner - eat that diet, then your reply makes sense. It's a personal matter; I don't get to force it on you or anyone else.

In the UK, it's becoming increasingly difficult to find restaurants whose meat is not halal. One could argue that a religious diet is in fact being forced upon those who do not practise Islam.

Comment · 11 months ago
> green card holders and H1B workers, who can still visit the national parks at the lower price

But only until ICE detain them, right?

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Comment · 1 year ago
> Paying with your phone is a massive improvement to convenience.

And it only gets easier when you pay with a watch - you don't even have to pull your phone out of your pocket!

My cards only come out when I'm making a large purchase that I want extra protection on (think the UK's Section 75) and these are usually purchases I know about in advance - otherwise my wallet stays at home most days.

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