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I think Hamilton didn't place at Austria last year, but Bottas did, so maybe Lewis won't actually smoke him. He finished 5th. Last year's Mercedes had cooling problems and it was a hot weekend, but yeah, Hamilton had a poor race. The previous year both Mercedes had hydraulic issues when leading the...

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Had anyone else done that I would have been screaming they did it deliberately to prevent being challenged for pole But as it's bottas and merc are so far ahead of everyone else... hamilton will smoke him regardless. .. so dont care I wouldn't be to sure. I think Bottas beats Hamilton more often th...

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Scary how quickly this thing is spreading in America. As mentioned earlier, what is strange is the number of deaths is dropping. https://i.ibb.co/b1Ygkf0/Screen-Shot-2020-07-04-at-11-44-23-am.png https://i.ibb.co/YDvJRBW/Screen-Shot-2020-07-04-at-11-44-16-am.png Bloody hell on the right side of the...

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mr bungle wrote:A test for the audiophiles, shame Torq has been gassed.

https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/ ... io-quality

Did it first with decent headphones and it was simple, 6/6

On tablet speakers, 3/6

On mobile phone speakers, 2/6

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The only drawback with my Sonos gear is the WiFi connection. It drops out on a regular basis and I have to keep toggling the WiFi on/off switch on my phone or even reset the router to get it to respond. Particularly annoying when I’m trying to turn off the motherfücking Trolls soundtrack my kid lik...

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Other than i bought the first of my sonos kit before Amazon with echo were even in the market with their stuff and it is far easier for me to add more sonos kit to my existing system. Ovals, I agree if you can afford it, go for it. Much like i do with sonos, the ease with which it works for me does...

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Sonos for me but I’m not a music snob . Sonos with Spotify works for me and it’s fairly idiot proof which also helps I’d say that’s exactly what you are! You’re buying amazon echo grade audio for 5+ times the price because you think the brand is trendy. You’d be much better served filling your hous...

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Explanation of the delay in UK reporting yesterday: We have updated the methodology of reporting positive cases, to remove duplicates within and across pillars 1 and 2, to ensure that a person who tests positive is only counted once. Methodologies between nations differ and we will be making future ...

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Perhaps I might have seemed flippant about conjuring figures of deaths and I apologise if it caused offence. I meant that totals just seem to be "massaged" sometimes to give the impression that the politicians are dealing well with the virus. The high death rate is not a matter to be taken lightly ...

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From Asmo If people have issues logging in, sometimes Firefox is the cause, get them to use Chrome. Firefox extensions are a bitch, if you don't want to use Chrome, tell them to shut off all the extensions, try log in then, if it works, re-enable extensions 1 by 1 until you find the culprit. Also i...

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From Asmo If people have issues logging in, sometimes Firefox is the cause, get them to use Chrome. Firefox extensions are a bitch, if you don't want to use Chrome, tell them to shut off all the extensions, try log in then, if it works, re-enable extensions 1 by 1 until you find the culprit. Also i...

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Can get into NPR on Chrome mobile, but not desktop

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ovalball wrote:
Saint wrote:The whole point of this was to allow the government to appoint people with expertise wasn't it? That's what Borus said the other day
Boris in telling porkies shocker.

Somewhere along the line my intended audience for a comment might feel shamed into response

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The whole point of this was to allow the government to appoint people with expertise wasn't it? That's what Borus said the other day

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Get Z score by local authority, allow controlling for any or all of BAME%, poverty & population density, render the result as a shaded map of the UK. Should give you a clearer idea of whether or not it's something specific to England's governance, or English behaviour, or some other factor. :thumbu...

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so far I massively prefer NPR to 365. All the wit kant appear to have moved to 365, including the return of many we thought we were permanently rid of

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Looks like the bounty story is not as cut and dried as it seems. Who could have seen this coming? https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/505159-top-intelligence-officials-release-statements-criticizing-leaking-of Love the disingenuousness from Trump here... President Trump has denied being bri...

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Northampton Saints is delighted to announce a further 19 first-team players have committed their futures to the Club by signing contract extensions. Seven internationals are amongst those to pen new deals, with England’s Courtney Lawes, Lewis Ludlam, Teimana Harrison, Piers Francis and George Furba...

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Well, in some relatively good news, ONS data for w/e 19th June shows excess deaths for that week marginally under the 5 year average.

A total of approx 10,700 deaths across the UK that week, of which around 850 were Covid19

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Think it might have been quashed now anyway. Although Jamie Gibson has see definitely left , seemingly without a club lined up. Sign of the times I guess, that someone like him isn't walking straight into a new gig. Blimey!! Good player, amazed he hasn't been snapped up elsewhere He just announced ...

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Rumour is club cricket is just a couple of weeks away from returning, according to a fairly reputable source of mine. That and the pubs stay open and all is well. Saliva will be banned on the ball? I would have thought this was unenforceable It is but then so are all the lockdown rules really. Fwiw...

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U.S. politics knowers once you have logged on can you answer this question for me please. Is it better to control the United States House of Representatives or the United States Senate? Or doesn't it matter unless you control both? Thank you in advance. Senate has responsibility for review of judic...

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Decent law based article on the Skivington case here. It's an interesting one and as always depends on what the actual facts (rather than bluster) are. http://rugbyandthelaw.com/2020/06/29/gloucester-vs-london-irish-dispute-george-skivington-rugby-head-coach-contract-premiership-rfu-regulations/amp...

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croyals wrote:Rumour is club cricket is just a couple of weeks away from returning, according to a fairly reputable source of mine. That and the pubs stay open and all is well.

Saliva will be banned on the ball? I would have thought this was unenforceable

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The single biggest thing that's different to how Scotland has performed vs England is when the lockdown started relative to each countries curve. The UK effectively locked down at the same time - but England, and London in particular, was already much further along the infection curve than Scotland....

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The David Arnold version of anything that gets listed on this thread

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Whilst he has removed it, have you seen the video he retweeted? The one with his supporter yelling 'white power'? If so I don't know if it's that bad, okay for me it's weird anyone is even willing to vote for Trump never mind walk around with a pro Trump slogan on their shirt, but he was being yell...

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This whole mask issue to me shows, again, the (non too subtle) inherent arrogance of the Anglo Saxons towards the rest of the world (in general) and the Far East (in particular). They have learned very little since the Opium Wars and subsequent conquests. A leopard definitely doesn't change its spo...

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Case numbers starting to trend up again in London. Very early trend, but gone up from c.16 to c.25 a day over the last week. They need to keep an eye on it, certainly, but when the baseline numbers get this low then it only takes one "superspreader" to have a huge impact on the number. Just as with...

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This whole mask issue to me shows, again, the (non too subtle) inherent arrogance of the Anglo Saxons towards the rest of the world (in general) and the Far East (in particular). They have learned very little since the Opium Wars and subsequent conquests. A leopard definitely doesn't change its spo...

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An interesting study now showing only 13% of adults want to return to the Old Normal post COVID-19. In the meanwhile people have discovered that they have found family life, a more balanced life and flexible working. You know, something closer to what the Nordic countries have enjoyed in their econ...

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Thanks Saint. I'm aware of the T cell response but wasn't aware it was possible to confer 'immunity', more that it just meant you had a strong immune system against all comers. So, you'd still be hopeful that those who had a strong T cell response wouldn't be able to pass it on if they got it again...

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So, if we're assuming no real immunity conferred (apart from possibly those who got it really bad), where does that leave us? Hard to create a vaccine in those circumstances. So treatment plans all the way and hope it dies off/mutates into something less severe? Well I’m not sure that’s the case th...

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Another thing that should be a tad worrying for countries in the NH is what is happening in Brazil. The virus is spreading like the bejesus on roller skates in areas recording temperatures not far removed from summer temperatures for coastal NW Europe. The warming NH weather may not slow the spread...

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Europe planning to ban travel to/from the US even as they open travel to the rest of the world

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I wonder what the chances are that Barr will be prosecuted under a Biden presidency. You wouldn't waste the time and effort. He's lied to Congress, probably should be impeached, but once he's out if office then there's more pressing matters to consider. Some thought needs to be given to depoliticis...

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I think the objection to Blair Force One was that the suggestion came soon after he'd scrapped Britannia. Will the Queen be using this? She has access, but she doesn't feel comfortable flying anymore due to her age. I think it's a while since she's flown anywhere. The rest of the firm will usually ...

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The key point Rubin makes, though, is the Trump campaign seem to have no idea how to run against him. What might be weaknesses to be attacked at any other time - an elderly white male prone to the occasional gaffe and possibly in the early stages of dementia - have no purchase against Trump, who is...

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Clive wrote:Still no promotion of Vitamin D, which is a shame, another cheap readily available pill that would help black and asian people.

I suspect that there us a concern over Vit D overdosing. It's surprisingly easy and can have very bad long term effects

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