The first free electricity period caught PodPoint on the hop when everybody tried at once to charge manually and crashed their servers. After that they sent an email begging people to change their au… (View Post)

Hang on a mo: Is having a pet good for you? The fuzzy science of pet ownership "It turns out the pet care industry has funded a lot of studies." "The results have been mixed. Studies o… (View Post)

AIUI, the relevant UK law says that weapons can't be exported if there is a risk that they might be used in violation of international law. By following the relevant processes, the government has det… (View Post)

Barty's a master of that. Even when you're actually expressing tentative agreement with one of his less contentious ideas, he'll still manage to argue doggedly against whatever he imagines you might … (View Post)

Sadly, and horribly, it would make sense for Hamas to execute their hostages if they thought that they were about to be found by the Israeli forces. But it could also have been an air strike. Both si… (View Post)