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The bet which has increased in value the most for the 2020 election right now is being on the opposite side of this piece...
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She... 😆CarlottaVance said:
If he’s French I suspect he stands a decent chance of prevailing over automation!Charles said:
My French cousin trained as a cathedral stonemason so I have an interest!CarlottaVance said:
They’re using it for la Sagrada Familia in Barcelona which has advanced its completion date from the middle of the next century to the middle of the next decade.Charles said:
Wouldn’t work for somewhere this iconic.JosiasJessop said:I wonder if the rebuilding of Notre Dame will require most of the skilled stoneworkers and woodworkers from the EU? Stonework in particular is very time-consuming to carve.
(ISTR an automated stone-carving system for freestone; essentially takes a CAD output and does either all the carving, or the majority leaving thee final touches to human hand. But I can't find a link immediately.)0 -
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Anglophone? I thought he was an American?RoyalBlue said:
In my limited experience gays tend to have better than average linguistic abilities. One theory is that a lifetime spent being hypersensitive to the words and behaviours of others and oneself (to avoid being discovered/attacked) makes one more likely to pick up on the small differences of spoken language that others miss. Perhaps it has something to do with differences in the brain.Dura_Ace said:
Sloppy conjugaison but a decent accent especially on the vowel sounds which few Anglos get anywhere close to right.CarlottaVance said:
Anyway, good to hear an Anglophone politician at least making the effort.
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Mr. Blue, there's a quartet of prefrontal nuclei within the brain (I forget the precise name for them, alas) which are smaller in women than men, and smaller in gay men than straight men. Gay men are also likelier than straight men to have eating disorders, and (though I can't, alas, remember specifics) have a reputation for being more creative in areas like music and art. Superior language capabilities would entirely fit within that general area.
Obviously I'm just talking about large population averages, but it's an interesting thing to consider. Well, I think so.0 -
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I knew someone on here would have something to add.Morris_Dancer said:Mr. Blue, there's a quartet of prefrontal nuclei within the brain (I forget the precise name for them, alas) which are smaller in women than men, and smaller in gay men than straight men. Gay men are also likelier than straight men to have eating disorders, and (though I can't, alas, remember specifics) have a reputation for being more creative in areas like music and art. Superior language capabilities would entirely fit within that general area.
Obviously I'm just talking about large population averages, but it's an interesting thing to consider. Well, I think so.
What a great resource this site is.0 -
The biggest predictor of language ability is being exposed to other languages in childhood. Hearing different sounds that young allows the brain to remember them which is much much harder to do when older.RoyalBlue said:
In my limited experience gays tend to have better than average linguistic abilities. One theory is that a lifetime spent being hypersensitive to the words and behaviours of others and oneself (to avoid being discovered/attacked) makes one more likely to pick up on the small differences of spoken language that others miss. Perhaps it has something to do with differences in the brain.Dura_Ace said:
Sloppy conjugaison but a decent accent especially on the vowel sounds which few Anglos get anywhere close to right.CarlottaVance said:
Anyway, good to hear an Anglophone politician at least making the effort.0 -
Mr, Blue, ha, thanks, just half-remembered stuff from university days (studied psychology). There's probably a bit more I could look up in Wickens, and Rosenzweig, if you'd like.
Now I come to think of it, risk aversion might be interesting for political thinking too.0 -
Perhaps we should start entertaining the notion that Brexit has driven Farage stark raving mad.Scott_P said:
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Son of a Maltese literary academic and translator, which perhaps goes some way to explain his language skills.ydoethur said:
Anglophone? I thought he was an American?RoyalBlue said:
In my limited experience gays tend to have better than average linguistic abilities. One theory is that a lifetime spent being hypersensitive to the words and behaviours of others and oneself (to avoid being discovered/attacked) makes one more likely to pick up on the small differences of spoken language that others miss. Perhaps it has something to do with differences in the brain.Dura_Ace said:
Sloppy conjugaison but a decent accent especially on the vowel sounds which few Anglos get anywhere close to right.CarlottaVance said:
Anyway, good to hear an Anglophone politician at least making the effort.0 -
Mr. Dawning, ironically, having driven the agenda to achieve the referendum, Farage himself may now be an impediment to us leaving the EU.0
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That implies he was sane beforehand.Stark_Dawning said:
Perhaps we should start entertaining the notion that Brexit has driven Farage stark raving mad.Scott_P said:0 -
Here's the full article:isam said:Haven’t read it, but it’s about polling so people may be interested
https://twitter.com/chrischirp/status/1117735051230314497?s=21
https://ucl-brexit.blog/2019/04/12/a-general-election-is-looking-more-likely-what-are-the-implications-for-the-two-main-parties/
The data on those who have changed their minds is interesting.0 -
Driven?Stark_Dawning said:
Perhaps we should start entertaining the notion that Brexit has driven Farage stark raving mad.Scott_P said:0 -
Thanks for this, these are brilliant.isam said:0 -
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In that case they spread in a somewhat irregular way; Callanish in the far NW of these isles is 500 years older than Stonehenge.Charles said:
Yes, but evidence is already well established & I think the theory is pretty commonly accepted now.JosiasJessop said:
Well, it appears it's *evidence* that supports (at least partially) that theory.Charles said:
That’s just a derivation of the old Celtic migration theoryJosiasJessop said:Blooming Turkish immigrants, coming over here and building our monuments.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-47938188
The BBC is getting breathlessly excited about old news (and the Stonehenge angle is marginal to the story despite being the headline). The earliest megaliths are In the coastal regions of Galicia and Brittany (Carnac being the best known) so it’s not surprising that they spread north from there to the UK.0 -
Hard Zionism is an enemy of peace.0
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And damn fine it is tooTheuniondivvie said:Callanish in the far NW of these isles is 500 years older than Stonehenge.
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Even though Juncker himself will shortly step down I very much doubt his successors, or the EU in general, will decide to kick the UK out. France will huff and puff but Ireland will be implacably opposed and no one will want to be seen to eject a member state because of the precedent that such an action would create.AlastairMeeks said:The final sentence of this looks significant to me (though less so since the speaker will be out of power shortly):
https://twitter.com/Mina_Andreeva/status/11180521360325877760 -
+1. You just need to look at Bradford, Middlesbrough, Calderdale and even Bromley to see the issue.tlg86 said:
Thanks for this, these are brilliant.isam said:
Anyone with money wishes to be part of the EU, the have nots thanks to Austerity and immigration are the people who wish to leave.
And that makes the Tories desire to leave the EU insane as their core voters are not the people who voted to leave..0 -
Not mad. Just cynically using the betrayal narrative straight out of the 'stab in the back' school of politics to further his own agenda.Charles said:
Driven?Stark_Dawning said:
Perhaps we should start entertaining the notion that Brexit has driven Farage stark raving mad.Scott_P said:
He is found a way to keep this going now, even if some form of Brexit is delivered. It is now all about democracy being stolen from the precious people.0 -
"However, when we look at how voters in each party voted in 2016 by region, it is clear that even in heavily Leave voting areas, the majority of Labour voters were Remainers."Nigelb said:
Here's the full article:isam said:Haven’t read it, but it’s about polling so people may be interested
https://twitter.com/chrischirp/status/1117735051230314497?s=21
https://ucl-brexit.blog/2019/04/12/a-general-election-is-looking-more-likely-what-are-the-implications-for-the-two-main-parties/
The data on those who have changed their minds is interesting.
It is, and we seem to be polarising further, with less scope for compromise. Labour losing its middle class Remain voters to LD, Green, PC and SNP is quite interesring. It won't be easy for Corbyn to get them back.
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It used to be much easier to get around by sea than by land.Theuniondivvie said:
In that case they spread in a somewhat irregular way; Callanish in the far NW of these isles is 500 years older than Stonehenge.Charles said:
Yes, but evidence is already well established & I think the theory is pretty commonly accepted now.JosiasJessop said:
Well, it appears it's *evidence* that supports (at least partially) that theory.Charles said:
That’s just a derivation of the old Celtic migration theoryJosiasJessop said:Blooming Turkish immigrants, coming over here and building our monuments.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-47938188
The BBC is getting breathlessly excited about old news (and the Stonehenge angle is marginal to the story despite being the headline). The earliest megaliths are In the coastal regions of Galicia and Brittany (Carnac being the best known) so it’s not surprising that they spread north from there to the UK.0 -
Good cafe too!Scott_P said:
And damn fine it is tooTheuniondivvie said:Callanish in the far NW of these isles is 500 years older than Stonehenge.
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Best retort is from Tim, formerly of this parish:Scott_P said:
http://www.twitter.com/GOsborneGenius/status/1118065824319856641
Even if that is true, the issue is he lied about having said it.kinabalu said:Hard Zionism is an enemy of peace.
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A lady Frenchman.Charles said:
She... 😆CarlottaVance said:
If he’s French I suspect he stands a decent chance of prevailing over automation!Charles said:
My French cousin trained as a cathedral stonemason so I have an interest!CarlottaVance said:
They’re using it for la Sagrada Familia in Barcelona which has advanced its completion date from the middle of the next century to the middle of the next decade.Charles said:
Wouldn’t work for somewhere this iconic.JosiasJessop said:I wonder if the rebuilding of Notre Dame will require most of the skilled stoneworkers and woodworkers from the EU? Stonework in particular is very time-consuming to carve.
(ISTR an automated stone-carving system for freestone; essentially takes a CAD output and does either all the carving, or the majority leaving thee final touches to human hand. But I can't find a link immediately.)0 -
it might be become one of those great biblical battles between good and evil. The young intelligent enlightened Mayor Pete versus the wizened reactionary bigoted Trump.
........A sort of parable for Brexit0 -
Just what the HoC needs.....another speaker fond of the sound of his own voice:
https://twitter.com/theHouse_mag/status/11180542298249420820 -
It is quite striking how some of our best neolithic remains are coastal. Orkney, Hebrides, Scilly Isles, West coast of Ireland. Maybe some of the land based ones have been lost, but it must have been quite a nautical culture. Iberian fisherfolk are nothing new!AlastairMeeks said:
It used to be much easier to get around by sea than by land.Theuniondivvie said:
In that case they spread in a somewhat irregular way; Callanish in the far NW of these isles is 500 years older than Stonehenge.Charles said:
Yes, but evidence is already well established & I think the theory is pretty commonly accepted now.JosiasJessop said:
Well, it appears it's *evidence* that supports (at least partially) that theory.Charles said:
That’s just a derivation of the old Celtic migration theoryJosiasJessop said:Blooming Turkish immigrants, coming over here and building our monuments.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-47938188
The BBC is getting breathlessly excited about old news (and the Stonehenge angle is marginal to the story despite being the headline). The earliest megaliths are In the coastal regions of Galicia and Brittany (Carnac being the best known) so it’s not surprising that they spread north from there to the UK.0 -
True - but there is a general assumption that Leave voters actually vote in other elections. I suspect that isn't the case which will come as a nasty surprise to the Tory party as they force their current supporters elsewhere.Foxy said:
"However, when we look at how voters in each party voted in 2016 by region, it is clear that even in heavily Leave voting areas, the majority of Labour voters were Remainers."Nigelb said:
Here's the full article:isam said:Haven’t read it, but it’s about polling so people may be interested
https://twitter.com/chrischirp/status/1117735051230314497?s=21
https://ucl-brexit.blog/2019/04/12/a-general-election-is-looking-more-likely-what-are-the-implications-for-the-two-main-parties/
The data on those who have changed their minds is interesting.
It is, and we seem to be polarising further, with less scope for compromise. Labour losing its middle class Remain voters to LD, Green, PC and SNP is quite interesring. It won't be easy for Corbyn to get them back.0 -
I agree, it will be hard for the Tories to hold on to those Brexit voters annoyed by the running down of their localities.eek said:
True - but there is a general assumption that Leave voters actually vote in other elections. I suspect that isn't the case which will come as a nasty surprise to the Tory party as they force their current supporters elsewhere.Foxy said:
"However, when we look at how voters in each party voted in 2016 by region, it is clear that even in heavily Leave voting areas, the majority of Labour voters were Remainers."Nigelb said:
Here's the full article:isam said:Haven’t read it, but it’s about polling so people may be interested
https://twitter.com/chrischirp/status/1117735051230314497?s=21
https://ucl-brexit.blog/2019/04/12/a-general-election-is-looking-more-likely-what-are-the-implications-for-the-two-main-parties/
The data on those who have changed their minds is interesting.
It is, and we seem to be polarising further, with less scope for compromise. Labour losing its middle class Remain voters to LD, Green, PC and SNP is quite interesring. It won't be easy for Corbyn to get them back.0 -
I guess, also the climate was more temperate I think making these places more attractive to settle; loadsa fish and a bit of sun.AlastairMeeks said:
It used to be much easier to get around by sea than by land.Theuniondivvie said:
In that case they spread in a somewhat irregular way; Callanish in the far NW of these isles is 500 years older than Stonehenge.Charles said:
Yes, but evidence is already well established & I think the theory is pretty commonly accepted now.JosiasJessop said:
Well, it appears it's *evidence* that supports (at least partially) that theory.Charles said:
That’s just a derivation of the old Celtic migration theoryJosiasJessop said:Blooming Turkish immigrants, coming over here and building our monuments.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-47938188
The BBC is getting breathlessly excited about old news (and the Stonehenge angle is marginal to the story despite being the headline). The earliest megaliths are In the coastal regions of Galicia and Brittany (Carnac being the best known) so it’s not surprising that they spread north from there to the UK.0 -
As Mr M rightly says, coastal travel...... on the water, but hugging the coast...... was much better, and safer, than travelling by land. No hostile (or hungry) large animals, no thick vegetation to hack through. Getting out of sight of land is more problematic but the Polynesians, who also had no written language, managed it.Foxy said:
It is quite striking how some of our best neolithic remains are coastal. Orkney, Hebrides, Scilly Isles, West coast of Ireland. Maybe some of the land based ones have been lost, but it must have been quite a nautical culture. Iberian fisherfolk are nothing new!AlastairMeeks said:
It used to be much easier to get around by sea than by land.Theuniondivvie said:
In that case they spread in a somewhat irregular way; Callanish in the far NW of these isles is 500 years older than Stonehenge.Charles said:
Yes, but evidence is already well established & I think the theory is pretty commonly accepted now.JosiasJessop said:
Well, it appears it's *evidence* that supports (at least partially) that theory.Charles said:
That’s just a derivation of the old Celtic migration theoryJosiasJessop said:Blooming Turkish immigrants, coming over here and building our monuments.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-47938188
The BBC is getting breathlessly excited about old news (and the Stonehenge angle is marginal to the story despite being the headline). The earliest megaliths are In the coastal regions of Galicia and Brittany (Carnac being the best known) so it’s not surprising that they spread north from there to the UK.0 -
I'm lazily attracted to Hegelian synthesis, and Mayor Pete is certainly the antithesis of the Trump thesis (who in turn was the antithesis of Obama). A period of boring syntheses would be quite welcome.Roger said:it might be become one of those great biblical battles between good and evil. The young intelligent enlightened Mayor Pete versus the wizened reactionary bigoted Trump.
........A sort of parable for Brexit0 -
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Yes - now Irish exporters prefer the Uk taxpayer funded motorways of England rather than building their own ports and ships.AlastairMeeks said:
It used to be much easier to get around by sea than by land.Theuniondivvie said:
In that case they spread in a somewhat irregular way; Callanish in the far NW of these isles is 500 years older than Stonehenge.Charles said:
Yes, but evidence is already well established & I think the theory is pretty commonly accepted now.JosiasJessop said:
Well, it appears it's *evidence* that supports (at least partially) that theory.Charles said:
That’s just a derivation of the old Celtic migration theoryJosiasJessop said:Blooming Turkish immigrants, coming over here and building our monuments.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-47938188
The BBC is getting breathlessly excited about old news (and the Stonehenge angle is marginal to the story despite being the headline). The earliest megaliths are In the coastal regions of Galicia and Brittany (Carnac being the best known) so it’s not surprising that they spread north from there to the UK.
The delicious carcinogenic fumes are a joyus benefit of the EU.0 -
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Conservative governments aren't elected by their 'core voters'.eek said:
+1. You just need to look at Bradford, Middlesbrough, Calderdale and even Bromley to see the issue.tlg86 said:
Thanks for this, these are brilliant.isam said:
Anyone with money wishes to be part of the EU, the have nots thanks to Austerity and immigration are the people who wish to leave.
And that makes the Tories desire to leave the EU insane as their core voters are not the people who voted to leave..
They are elected by the C2s.
Core voters, of whichever party, vote for that party but parties only win elections by winning over non-core voters.
And its safe to say that the Conservatives didn't win in Mansfield and Walsall North from the support of their local 'core voters'.
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Still easier to get to than than to what is now S. Wiltshire! To the west there are the forests and swamps of 'Gloucestershire' before you hit the high plains. To the South you've similar in what is now Hampshire.Scott_P said:
And damn fine it is tooTheuniondivvie said:Callanish in the far NW of these isles is 500 years older than Stonehenge.
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Mr. B, *that's* Coventry Cathedral?!
Looks bloody awful.
Imagine a Norman coming forward in time 800 years, seeing that and thinking "What the hell happened to architecture?"0 -
Mr. Divvie, that's ultra-cool.0
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Totally O/t, but can anyone techie explain why this site it described as 'not secure' in my menu bar?0
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Full of leavers.OldKingCole said:Totally O/t, but can anyone techie explain why this site it described as 'not secure' in my menu bar?
But no.0 -
King Cole, I tend to use the Vanilla forum now and, usually, the first page is listed as not secure, and second onwards as secure. My own blogs usually appear 'not secure' as well. Not sure why.0
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I made the mistake of going on twitter...conspiracy theories galore about the fire, from the obvious terrorist attack to a deep state operation to kill off the yellow vest movement.0
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Morning all
Re: Paris - it's all been said and felt. It's part of the cycle of human history, Construction, destruction, reconstruction. Our story, the statement of who we were, are and aspire to be. The beat of our times and the worst of them, our buildings stand as testament to us.
The emotional journey too and the challenge, the eternal challenge to improve to be more than we were and all we can be.
Perhaps also a recognition some places transcend national boundaries and cultures and are part of us all.0 -
No US UK trade deal if the Good Friday Agreement is weakened .
Good on Nancy Pelosi for making this clear.0 -
It is http not https. The difference is that if you decided to post your credit card details or banking passwords on the site they could be intercepted en route to the site under http but not https. As you will presumably only be posting things which you are happy for the world to see anyway, it makes very little odds.OldKingCole said:Totally O/t, but can anyone techie explain why this site it described as 'not secure' in my menu bar?
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Personally I see it as a distraction op to take people's attention away from the removal of the word 'Easter' from chocolate confectionery.FrancisUrquhart said:I made the mistake of going on twitter...conspiracy theories galore about the fire, from the obvious terrorist attack to a deep state operation to kill off the yellow vest movement.
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Yes, international trade is a bad thing...TGOHF said:
Yes - now Irish exporters prefer the Uk taxpayer funded motorways of England rather than building their own ports and ships.AlastairMeeks said:
It used to be much easier to get around by sea than by land.Theuniondivvie said:
In that case they spread in a somewhat irregular way; Callanish in the far NW of these isles is 500 years older than Stonehenge.Charles said:
Yes, but evidence is already well established & I think the theory is pretty commonly accepted now.JosiasJessop said:
Well, it appears it's *evidence* that supports (at least partially) that theory.Charles said:
That’s just a derivation of the old Celtic migration theoryJosiasJessop said:Blooming Turkish immigrants, coming over here and building our monuments.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-47938188
The BBC is getting breathlessly excited about old news (and the Stonehenge angle is marginal to the story despite being the headline). The earliest megaliths are In the coastal regions of Galicia and Brittany (Carnac being the best known) so it’s not surprising that they spread north from there to the UK.
The delicious carcinogenic fumes are a joyus benefit of the EU.0 -
Mr. Divvie, speaking of confectionery, any Dorsetians (Dorsetites? Dorsetonians?) who like fudge might want to visit this new shop (opened by someone I know online), which sells said fudge. And also gifts. But fudge is better.
https://twitter.com/HollyBlueDorset
Edited extra bit: I did ask about this, there currently isn't online selling but they plan to set that up in the future. For selfless reasons, I'm thinking of buying myself some coffee fudge. And milk chocolate fudge.0 -
Presumably you're using Chrome. This is due to Google's ploy of naming and shaming sites still using the old unencrypted HTTP protocol.OldKingCole said:Totally O/t, but can anyone techie explain why this site it described as 'not secure' in my menu bar?
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Near me there was, until the early 60's a beautiful, if somewhat unsafe, house in the town centre, which itself dates from the 15th Century. It became very unsafe and was pulled down to be replaced by the most horrible block of shops and flats in 'Stalinist brutalist' style. It is believed locally that current students of architecture are brought to the town and threatened with dire penalties if they even consider doing such a thing when in practice.Morris_Dancer said:Mr. B, *that's* Coventry Cathedral?!
Looks bloody awful.
Imagine a Norman coming forward in time 800 years, seeing that and thinking "What the hell happened to architecture?"0 -
No; Safari.Stark_Dawning said:
Presumably you're using Chrome. This is due to Google's ploy of naming and shaming sites still using the old unencrypted HTTP protocol.OldKingCole said:Totally O/t, but can anyone techie explain why this site it described as 'not secure' in my menu bar?
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Looks like Safari have followed suit:OldKingCole said:
No; Safari.Stark_Dawning said:
Presumably you're using Chrome. This is due to Google's ploy of naming and shaming sites still using the old unencrypted HTTP protocol.OldKingCole said:Totally O/t, but can anyone techie explain why this site it described as 'not secure' in my menu bar?
https://www.thesslstore.com/blog/apple-safari-http-warning/0 -
Eldest son's graduation ceremony took place there 30-odd years ago. Very, very impressive inside.Pulpstar said:0 -
It was built in the postwar boom time, a time when people still believed in the future.Cyclefree said:
Buildings being mocked as hideous for the first century of their existence is par for the course, before a more balanced view. Victorian gothic, Edwardian Mock Tudor, spring to mind.0 -
Much obliged.Stark_Dawning said:
Looks like Safari have followed suit:OldKingCole said:
No; Safari.Stark_Dawning said:
Presumably you're using Chrome. This is due to Google's ploy of naming and shaming sites still using the old unencrypted HTTP protocol.OldKingCole said:Totally O/t, but can anyone techie explain why this site it described as 'not secure' in my menu bar?
https://www.thesslstore.com/blog/apple-safari-http-warning/0 -
Mr. Blue, there's a pair of buildings on the way into Leeds, near the Big Yellow Storage place, that make me think of 1984.
As an aside, Leeds has some rather nice architecture, but it's share of concrete monstrosities too. There's also a church (maybe Trinity, not sure) that's very Gotham City.0 -
It’s actually nothing to worry about, but browsers are trying to help you identify sites that don’t use the new encrypted https protocol, rather the original http standard. Https has become more common in recent years, but it’s not really required unless you’re doing banking or commerce on a site.OldKingCole said:
No; Safari.Stark_Dawning said:
Presumably you're using Chrome. This is due to Google's ploy of naming and shaming sites still using the old unencrypted HTTP protocol.OldKingCole said:Totally O/t, but can anyone techie explain why this site it described as 'not secure' in my menu bar?
Probably best not to use the same password for PB that you use for other websites though, as it’s transmitted through the internet in plain text when you log in. Using different passwords for each site is good practice anyway, in case of sites being hacked.
http://osxdaily.com/2019/03/29/safari-not-secure-website-ios-mac/0 -
Agreed - but as a contribution to the built environment, it is significantly in deficit.AlastairMeeks said:0 -
Dr. Foxy, I'm sure some things get better with age.
But that doesn't mean everything* condemned now doesn't deserve it.
Edited extra bit: *some of the everything, of course.0 -
Bricks and mortar reflecting social change
Cracks in the pavement reveal cravings for success
Why do we try to hide our past
By pulling down houses and build car parks?
Windows and mirrors like a two-way glass
This is progress, nothing stands in its path
Yellow bulldozers, the donkey jackets, and J.C.B.'s
While hundreds are homeless, they're constructing a parking space
Why do they have to knock them down
And leave the site dormant for months on end?
Who has the right to make that choice?
A man whose home has cost forty grand
Tell me!
Bricks and mortar, bricks and mortar
Knock 'em down!
(There has been significant house price inflation since Paul Weller composed those lyrics!)0 -
I'd say it was St Mary's Guildhall actually.Nigelb said:0 -
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That ties in with other recent research . It’s Labour Leavers who have moved to Remain that have had the most impact . The Labour vote is becoming more strongly Remain and Corbyn et al need to wake up and back a confirmatory vote .TheScreamingEagles said:0 -
40 grand - Is it a maisonette in Barrow ?SandyRentool said:Bricks and mortar reflecting social change
Cracks in the pavement reveal cravings for success
Why do we try to hide our past
By pulling down houses and build car parks?
Windows and mirrors like a two-way glass
This is progress, nothing stands in its path
Yellow bulldozers, the donkey jackets, and J.C.B.'s
While hundreds are homeless, they're constructing a parking space
Why do they have to knock them down
And leave the site dormant for months on end?
Who has the right to make that choice?
A man whose home has cost forty grand
Tell me!
Bricks and mortar, bricks and mortar
Knock 'em down!
(There has been significant house price inflation since Paul Weller composed those lyrics!)0 -
Very grateful to Mr S, too. Actually, I rarely use the same password for different sites, unless they are sites where, like this, I'm never going to post any personal details.Sandpit said:
It’s actually nothing to worry about, but browsers are trying to help you identify sites that don’t use the new encrypted https protocol, rather the original http standard. Https has become more common in recent years, but it’s not really required unless you’re doing banking or commerce on a site.OldKingCole said:
No; Safari.Stark_Dawning said:
Presumably you're using Chrome. This is due to Google's ploy of naming and shaming sites still using the old unencrypted HTTP protocol.OldKingCole said:Totally O/t, but can anyone techie explain why this site it described as 'not secure' in my menu bar?
Probably best not to use the same password for PB that you use for other websites though, as it’s transmitted through the internet in plain text when you log in. Using different passwords for each site is good practice anyway, in case of sites being hacked.
http://osxdaily.com/2019/03/29/safari-not-secure-website-ios-mac/0 -
I walked in and thought "basilica" (the Imperial Roman sort), so in that way I thought it works very well. As does its juxtaposition with the ruins of the old.Nigelb said:
Agreed - but as a contribution to the built environment, it is significantly in deficit.AlastairMeeks said:0 -
I'll take your word for it.OldKingCole said:
Eldest son's graduation ceremony took place there 30-odd years ago. Very, very impressive inside.Pulpstar said:
When / if I become Mayor of London my main policy, other than smacking people, possibly with some specially designed object, maybe by a PB'er, who don't look where they are going because they are too busy looking at their phones and sighing deeply when people put chocolate on their coffee will be to insist that people beautify their front gardens. We all have to walk past them every day and the very least people can do is bother to make their bit of the public space look beautiful. A sad looking cordyline in a plastic pot simply will not do.
People who put on make-up in the tube or perform other intimate grooming rituals will be banned until they learn to get up 15 minutes earlier and not leave the house until they are properly washed and dressed. Anyone wearing sandals in summer will be very strongly encouraged to have regular pedicures.0 -
Been to several such ceremonies now; good as anywhere and better than some. IIRC the Anglia Ruskin one was in a marquee.turbotubbs said:0 -
Just watched the Burgon video. I had a conversation with a very angry local comrade last night who has chosen now- a few weeks before our all out local elections - to launch a war against "the right wing" - which definiteky includes me apparently. He is very upset that the right keep launching attacks to smear the left.
I have wry smile on my face knowing that the right wing lies he refers to, and the biased BBC he rants about is so obviously this clip of Budgon. How dare someone catch him lying like this? How dare someone prove he is a raging anti-semite? That he said it and is that isn't the issue. It's that they chose to talk about it for the sole purpose of smearing the blessed Jeremy Corbyn, peace be upon Him.
Win my seat, lose my seat. Regardless, shit is going down as soon as my post count hangover wears off.0 -
A certificate could be put in place for sub $100.Stark_Dawning said:
Presumably you're using Chrome. This is due to Google's ploy of naming and shaming sites still using the old unencrypted HTTP protocol.OldKingCole said:Totally O/t, but can anyone techie explain why this site it described as 'not secure' in my menu bar?
I don't understand why it doesn't have one.0 -
You think that's bad? Try Aberystwyth Arts Centre where three of my four graduation ceremonies took place.turbotubbs said:
Admittedly it does boast a stunning view across Cardigan Bay.
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I graduated in their in 1994 and couldn't disagree more. Boiling hot, no air con/windows, brutalist architecture. I know it was rebuilt at a time of limited money but Dresden shows the way to do it, not Coventry.OldKingCole said:
Eldest son's graduation ceremony took place there 30-odd years ago. Very, very impressive inside.Pulpstar said:0 -
Toes are not visible if wearing socks. Not that I'd wear socks with sandals.Cyclefree said:
I'll take your word for it.OldKingCole said:
Eldest son's graduation ceremony took place there 30-odd years ago. Very, very impressive inside.Pulpstar said:
When / if I become Mayor of London my main policy, other than smacking people, possibly with some specially designed object, maybe by a PB'er, who don't look where they are going because they are too busy looking at their phones and sighing deeply when people put chocolate on their coffee will be to insist that people beautify their front gardens. We all have to walk past them every day and the very least people can do is bother to make their bit of the public space look beautiful. A sad looking cordyline in a plastic pot simply will not do.
People who put on make-up in the tube or perform other intimate grooming rituals will be banned until they learn to get up 15 minutes earlier and not leave the house until they are properly washed and dressed. Anyone wearing sandals in summer will be very strongly encouraged to have regular pedicures.0 -
There are some fine buildings within the inner ring road, but mixed in with a depressing amount of utter dreck. And the inner ring road itself, for a city of Coventry's size, is utterly misconceived.Pulpstar said:
I'd say it was St Mary's Guildhall actually.Nigelb said:0 -
The site administrator is unpaid, and has what appears to be a demanding job and young family.asjohnstone said:
A certificate could be put in place for sub $100.Stark_Dawning said:
Presumably you're using Chrome. This is due to Google's ploy of naming and shaming sites still using the old unencrypted HTTP protocol.OldKingCole said:Totally O/t, but can anyone techie explain why this site it described as 'not secure' in my menu bar?
I don't understand why it doesn't have one.0 -
I'm glad to hear it. The sort of person who wears socks with sandals is the sort of person who would eat pineapple on pizza.OldKingCole said:
Toes are not visible if wearing socks. Not that I'd wear socks with sandals.Cyclefree said:
I'll take your word for it.OldKingCole said:
Eldest son's graduation ceremony took place there 30-odd years ago. Very, very impressive inside.Pulpstar said:
When / if I become Mayor of London my main policy, other than smacking people, possibly with some specially designed object, maybe by a PB'er, who don't look where they are going because they are too busy looking at their phones and sighing deeply when people put chocolate on their coffee will be to insist that people beautify their front gardens. We all have to walk past them every day and the very least people can do is bother to make their bit of the public space look beautiful. A sad looking cordyline in a plastic pot simply will not do.
People who put on make-up in the tube or perform other intimate grooming rituals will be banned until they learn to get up 15 minutes earlier and not leave the house until they are properly washed and dressed. Anyone wearing sandals in summer will be very strongly encouraged to have regular pedicures.0 -
I have a dog in the fight as I am involved, but Bath (Abbey until recently, and now Theatre Royal) are very good.OldKingCole said:
Been to several such ceremonies now; good as anywhere and better than some. IIRC the Anglia Ruskin one was in a marquee.turbotubbs said:0 -
Bath University's architecture is errm err err...turbotubbs said:
I have a dog in the fight as I am involved, but Bath (Abbey until recently, and now Theatre Royal) are very good.OldKingCole said:
Been to several such ceremonies now; good as anywhere and better than some. IIRC the Anglia Ruskin one was in a marquee.turbotubbs said:0 -
Because it's a pile of work which takes time and could go wrong.Nigelb said:
The site administrator is unpaid, and has what appears to be a demanding job and young family.asjohnstone said:
A certificate could be put in place for sub $100.Stark_Dawning said:
Presumably you're using Chrome. This is due to Google's ploy of naming and shaming sites still using the old unencrypted HTTP protocol.OldKingCole said:Totally O/t, but can anyone techie explain why this site it described as 'not secure' in my menu bar?
I don't understand why it doesn't have one.
The certificate itself can be got for free (letsencrypt) but ensuring Vanilla keeps working makes things far more complex than it might otherwise be.0 -
Well, it wasn't a hot day, so maybe that helped. And of course, as proud parents we were in a very positive mood. Especially as, at the time, neither my wife or I had degrees, and nor had our parents.turbotubbs said:
I graduated in their in 1994 and couldn't disagree more. Boiling hot, no air con/windows, brutalist architecture. I know it was rebuilt at a time of limited money but Dresden shows the way to do it, not Coventry.OldKingCole said:
Eldest son's graduation ceremony took place there 30-odd years ago. Very, very impressive inside.Pulpstar said:0 -
My daughter had her graduation ceremony in the Barbican. I subsequently learnt that it was deliberately built in a way which made it difficult to find your way in so as to deter the riff raff and gangs of youths etc. A sort of artistic version of gated communities, a delightfully middle-class English hypocrisy ("Of course, this is for everyone (sotto voce: if they can find their way in)").turbotubbs said:0 -
Gloucester Cathedral is excellent, speaking as somebody who used to play for graduation ceremonies there.turbotubbs said:
I have a dog in the fight as I am involved, but Bath (Abbey until recently, and now Theatre Royal) are very good.OldKingCole said:
Been to several such ceremonies now; good as anywhere and better than some. IIRC the Anglia Ruskin one was in a marquee.turbotubbs said:
If only the university wasn't so awful...0
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