I can't wait to see Andrew Neil trying to get a 3D printer with a extrude nozzle made from PLA to work.Brightonian wrote: ↑Tue Feb 25, 2020 1:39 pmThat PLA and ABS stuff is presumably imported though.dyqik wrote: ↑Tue Feb 25, 2020 1:19 pmGenerally that's what 3d printers need. Plus a bit of fiddling to get them to work, and then 48 hours to make a small weak plastic doodad that needs a huge amount of sanding and finishing to turn it into anything useful.Gentleman Jim wrote: ↑Tue Feb 25, 2020 1:16 pmWho is going to work all these 3D printers?
In this school, in common with a majority, I believe, D&T is now very, very biased to the design side
Oh, and PLA or ABS fibre.
Oh wait! We can just 3D print that! And we can just 3D print the printers too – simply program one to print itself out if we don't have one to hand.
Getting Brexit done
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EU wants tariff-free and quota-free trade deal and willing to offer that on condition UK accepts level paying field terms on standards.
What I wasn't aware of is that the political declaration said there should be a deal on fisheries by July 1st - and that getting that resolved is seen as a pre-condition for any subsequent deals. So this could blow up quicker than expected. Clever ploy though - this will test whether MP DIck is really willing to walk away (that key negotiating strategy) and if so then the rest of the talks are likely done.
So WTO it'll be...
You can't polish a turd...
unless its Lion or Osterich poo... http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/mythbus ... -turd.html
unless its Lion or Osterich poo... http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/mythbus ... -turd.html
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The No 10 press office has started doing Brexit commentary on twitter.
https://twitter.com/Number10press/statu ... 3526969345
Quite a firm line they're taking.
https://twitter.com/Number10press/statu ... 3526969345
Quite a firm line they're taking.
Re: Getting Brexit done
You laugh, but...Little waster wrote: ↑Tue Feb 25, 2020 1:29 pmCan we use the same printer to print food or will we have to purchase (print?) a second one?
Re: Getting Brexit done
UK considering walking away from talks in June.
Seems likely given fishery policy needs to be done by about then to get to further talks and Boris doesn't want to be seen to climb down.
What's interesting to me is that we don't even appear to be close to getting a 'Canada' deal - that once seemed a likely outcome short of no deal. What I've seen recently in UK media suggests that the EU is walking back from a prior offer in punishment. But 'Canada+' has different definitions of the '+'. For the UK it was greater freedom and continued service provision, for the EU it was keeping alignment. It's not a new difference - was discussed two years ago. Seems to be coming to a head real quickly now though.
Business might yet be satisfied if our competitiveness does increase outside the block. Whether those that supported Brexit will be satisfied is another matter because an increase in competitiveness for business will likely mean a reduction in pay and conditions for everyone else.
Good strategy from Tories though - if they see it through and cut regulations to keep business and it works with the left still divided, then PM Dick might get another term. If Labour win and start adding back lost protections and we lose businesses -as a result then it'll be "Labour wrecked the post-Brexit economy".
Seems likely given fishery policy needs to be done by about then to get to further talks and Boris doesn't want to be seen to climb down.
What's interesting to me is that we don't even appear to be close to getting a 'Canada' deal - that once seemed a likely outcome short of no deal. What I've seen recently in UK media suggests that the EU is walking back from a prior offer in punishment. But 'Canada+' has different definitions of the '+'. For the UK it was greater freedom and continued service provision, for the EU it was keeping alignment. It's not a new difference - was discussed two years ago. Seems to be coming to a head real quickly now though.
Business might yet be satisfied if our competitiveness does increase outside the block. Whether those that supported Brexit will be satisfied is another matter because an increase in competitiveness for business will likely mean a reduction in pay and conditions for everyone else.
Good strategy from Tories though - if they see it through and cut regulations to keep business and it works with the left still divided, then PM Dick might get another term. If Labour win and start adding back lost protections and we lose businesses -as a result then it'll be "Labour wrecked the post-Brexit economy".
You can't polish a turd...
unless its Lion or Osterich poo... http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/mythbus ... -turd.html
unless its Lion or Osterich poo... http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/mythbus ... -turd.html
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Given Gove's statement today it looks almost certain that we're headed to the sunlit uplands of WTO...
You can't polish a turd...
unless its Lion or Osterich poo... http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/mythbus ... -turd.html
unless its Lion or Osterich poo... http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/mythbus ... -turd.html
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Which presumably resembles the Fire Swamp in the Princess Bride.
Although I don’t think the Chlorinated Chickens of Unusual Size exist ...
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What is here was dangerous and repulsive to us.
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But...but... they said the chances of no deal were a million to one!
(there is no way of constructing that sentence without the accompanying Jeff Wayne earworm. Sorry.)
Calm yourself Doctor NotTheNineO’ClockNews. We’re men of science. We fear no worldly terrors.
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Million to one chances happen nine times out of ten, at least on the Discworld. Maybe that flat-earth guy was onto something after all.Vertigowooyay wrote: ↑Thu Feb 27, 2020 2:01 pmBut...but... they said the chances of no deal were a million to one!
(there is no way of constructing that sentence without the accompanying Jeff Wayne earworm. Sorry.)
it's okay to say "I don't know"
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This must be some definition of “oven-ready deal” that I’m unfamiliar with.Vertigowooyay wrote: ↑Thu Feb 27, 2020 2:01 pmBut...but... they said the chances of no deal were a million to one!
(there is no way of constructing that sentence without the accompanying Jeff Wayne earworm. Sorry.)
I for one am shocked at how the negotiations are going, shocked I say.
This place is not a place of honor, no highly esteemed deed is commemorated here, nothing valued is here.
What is here was dangerous and repulsive to us.
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It's an oven ready dog turd pie - but oddly the EU don't want it put in their oven... so we're having cold dog turd pie and everyone gets a slice.
You can't polish a turd...
unless its Lion or Osterich poo... http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/mythbus ... -turd.html
unless its Lion or Osterich poo... http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/mythbus ... -turd.html
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"Oven ready" like the "bake at home" bread you get in supermarkets: half-baked.Little waster wrote: ↑Thu Feb 27, 2020 2:33 pm
This must be some definition of “oven-ready deal” that I’m unfamiliar with.
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As Terry Pratchet pointed out in "Guards, Guards", million to one chances occur nine times out of ten.Vertigowooyay wrote: ↑Thu Feb 27, 2020 2:01 pmBut...but... they said the chances of no deal were a million to one!
(there is no way of constructing that sentence without the accompanying Jeff Wayne earworm. Sorry.)
ETA I really should read to the end of the thread before posting.
And remember that if you botch the exit, the carnival of reaction may be coming to a town near you.
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That's on Discworld where they have a more sensible outlook on such things.JQH wrote: ↑Thu Feb 27, 2020 8:48 pmAs Terry Pratchet pointed out in "Guards, Guards", million to one chances occur nine times out of ten.Vertigowooyay wrote: ↑Thu Feb 27, 2020 2:01 pmBut...but... they said the chances of no deal were a million to one!
(there is no way of constructing that sentence without the accompanying Jeff Wayne earworm. Sorry.)
ETA I really should read to the end of the thread before posting.
Re: Getting Brexit done
I read somewhere that we've got fishing policy commitments to make by June, which we'll renege on, so that's why June's the "deadline" for our giving up and walking away.
So depressing.
So depressing.
Re: Getting Brexit done
It's going to be no deal. At least they'll spend the remaining 6 months gearing up for it.
If so, Irish terrorism and the coronavirus make the civil contingencies act look more and more likely.
Take me out behind the chemical sheds and shoot me please.
If so, Irish terrorism and the coronavirus make the civil contingencies act look more and more likely.
Take me out behind the chemical sheds and shoot me please.
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Someone naively asked why Big Bad Boris hadn't visited the flooded ares lately, when last Novenber, he visited lots of places
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He only came to the Tory heartlands of South YorkshireGentleman Jim wrote: ↑Fri Feb 28, 2020 10:00 amSomeone naively asked why Big Bad Boris hadn't visited the flooded ares lately, when last Novenber, he visited lots of places
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Post Brexit Dystopia - the Game
Well, it had to come
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watch_Dogs:_Legion
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/technolog ... rexit-game
Well, it had to come
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watch_Dogs:_Legion
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/technolog ... rexit-game
Rules are for the guidance of wise men and the obedience of fools.
Re: Getting Brexit done
The EU are potentially going to also be pushing us towards No Deal if the demands in this article are accurate:
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/20 ... aft-treaty
Don't see the European Court holding sway over Canada for example.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/20 ... aft-treaty
Don't see the European Court holding sway over Canada for example.
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I'll get to it when I'm finished with Pandemic.Gentleman Jim wrote: ↑Tue Mar 03, 2020 10:56 amPost Brexit Dystopia - the Game
Well, it had to come
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watch_Dogs:_Legion
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/technolog ... rexit-game
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Imagine the money Hieronymus Bosch could make these days?dyqik wrote: ↑Sat Mar 14, 2020 12:43 amI'll get to it when I'm finished with Pandemic.Gentleman Jim wrote: ↑Tue Mar 03, 2020 10:56 amPost Brexit Dystopia - the Game
Well, it had to come
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watch_Dogs:_Legion
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/technolog ... rexit-game
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This thread just seems quaint now
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Re: Getting Brexit done
Yeah, the idea that we had so few problems we had to create self-inflicted ones seems so last decade now.