https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance

Sure, but due to us having the same problems with First Past The Post that the Americans do, we still end up voting against a party rather than for the one we want.

If I’d voted Green in the last election, it wouldn’t have been a vote for Labour, which (at the time) were the only party that had a chance of getting rid of the “safe” Tory in my constituency.

Now that Labour have destroyed any reputation of being “for the people” that they may have had in order to try and sway the Nazis that will vote Reform, they (hopefully) won’t be getting any votes from the left next time.

Hopefully the Greens and the new Corbyn/Sultana party will be sensible in where they field candidates so as not to split that voter base.

We’re too far out for me to guess if a Tory/Reform coalition might be possible next time, but it’s a terrifying thought…

Of course we want a revolution.

We voted out the Conservatives after fifteen years, only to replace them with a Labour government who are indistinguishable from the previous regime.

All Starmer is doing is pandering to the even-more-right-wing Reform voters, further alienating the Left.

He’s a genocide denying, Israel and Trump supporting fascist who’s cracking down on peaceful protests and arresting 80 year old former magistrates for holding signs.

But the trouble with a revolution is you need to ensure that what you get afterwards isn’t even more authoritarian than what you got rid of.

That’s why you can’t just put the politicians and the billionaires up against the wall and let God sort them out. You need a Plan.

If they’re full of US military personnel, does it matter who legally owns the land? 😉

But also to not have multiple US military bases already on British soil.

I’m not a military person, but I feel that could be seen as tactically unwise…

I don’t know about the US, but in the UK, rebuilding would be covered by the homeowner’s buildings insurance.

Although insurance companies would probably try to claim it as an Act Of God to get out of it. Don’t know how that would go legally…

Do it. We’ll adjust and hopefully take it as a kick up the arse to increase speed on the transition from gas.

Whereas they’ve just stood up in front of the world and said “we can only operate by violating human rights, which we are absolutely doing”

To adapt the Mitchell and Webb sketch… yes, you’re the baddies.

We knew about the environment and recycling 20 years ago…

Honestly, vapes are so new, disposable ones should never have been legalised.

What’s the long term plan there?

Buy for cash, rent until the next natural disaster destroys the building and… then what?

Doesn’t the landbastard have to pay for the tenants to be in alternate accommodation until the original one is returned to a liveable state?

I can’t see how that’s profitable either…

Genuine question - what device do you have that has USB-C ports, no USB-A ports, doesn’t have WiFi, but supports the dongle?

It’s more Y’all Quaeda

Shhhhh, it’ll be ok, just go to sleep…

Is that a pine cone, or has AI gone nuts on the teeth again?

The last time I tried to install Windows 11 on a VM (Nutanix AHV), I had to fiddle with a virtual TPM and lost the live migration feature as a result.

Dos this mean I can install the LTSC version, not need the TPM and have a working, live migrate-able machine?

Something to test next week…

Or jumping ahead 100 years and doing the Next Kelvin Generation

I’ve just gone solar and battery, so my next big project is a heat pump. I need to do more research on how much power they use and whether that’s constant or just when it’s trying to heat a whole house, but my end goal is as close to zero cost as possible. Works currently because I’m selling power back to the grid during the day at twice what I pay charging the battery at night. So gas is going to be the main cost sheet this month. Good to see most of the stories about how bad they are are just either misinformed or propaganda…

Designate India as an “unsafe” tourist destination and suggest people travel elsewhere instead. Advise businesses to avoid sending staff there for any reason and recommend (not mandate) that they look at reducing trade and presence there.

I’m no economist, so I have no idea how blunt that instrument is or how it would affect domestic or Indian economies, but it’s an idea…

I want to use my main mail address everywhere, even public places.

No you don’t. It’s not quite as simple, but buy your own domain, get an email provider such as Fastmail that will let you use a catch-all, then use a unique address for every site you visit.

Then if one starts receiving spam, you can block that specific address and voila, no more spam. Plus you know what sites have either poor customer detail hygiene or are actively selling your details.

As the saying goes: “cool motive. Still murder”.