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Re:EU copyright law proposal rejected on Thursday July 05, 2018 @10:40AM (#17463592)
An ongoing, popular sporting event is always going to be higher priority than an election that is two days old and only minorly relevant to a UK audience (which the BBC serves).
Re:Why are diapers so expensive? on Thursday April 05, 2018 @03:42AM (#16762743)
As someone from a country with a decent welfare system, this comment is utterly repugnant to me. Welfare should not be viewed as a "dependency web" that trap people. It should be a safety net for when people have no other choice.
Re:Half the DNA on the NYC Subway Matches No Known Organism on Wednesday February 14, 2018 @05:04AM (#16374766)
Cowabunga?
Re:The Black Panther’s scientist role models on Friday February 09, 2018 @08:22AM (#16339958)
To be fair to the film, much of soft sci-fi does this. Iron Man happening to create an arc reactor in a cave coming to mind.
Re:Bitcoin's gender divide could be a bad sign on Wednesday January 03, 2018 @03:43AM (#16059464)
Different people in the media have different opinions, amazing.
$20m is a drop in the ocean to Google. This really should be more impactful.
Presumably it matters to lawmakers because they've been paid to neuter solar panel systems.
She served her time and was released. Attacking her for being a felon is insulting and childish.

You can disagree with why she leaked all you like, but this honestly comes across as petty politics.

"I'm here to inspect your pipes"

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Re:How to Murder a Byzantine Emperor on Thursday July 06, 2017 @03:04AM (#14708657)
Blaming the wife/mother/Livia is an ancient Roman tradition, so I wouldn't be surprised by the latter.
The Telegraph, The Sun and the Daily Mail are utter shitstains.
Re:Why are Adults so busy? on Wednesday September 14, 2016 @09:15AM (#12496505)
Well, those are ways of keeping yourself busy.
It's fairly popular outside of there now as well.
Do you also advocate stopping cancer treatments? Stopping vaccinations, because not getting smallpox is interfering with evolution?

Evolution doesn't happen for a reason. The whole point of evolution is that our biology and the way our brains work is bafflingly random at times. Depression is a crippling mental illness, it doesn't happen for a reason.