So in a fit of pique the Russians have burnt through ~$500million worth of missiles on non-military targets. Worse, these are missiles that they quite probably /cannot/ replace, meaning they will not… (View Post)

Just FYI for everyone here: Some ikea LED desk lamps are actually USB powered - they come with a USB charger & the power cable has a USB plug on the end. You can plug them into a USB powerbank &a… (View Post)

I think there are legal issues involved: you are not allowed to feed mains into an unpowered grid feed without the power companies being aware of it for obvious safety reasons. If you want to use you… (View Post)

Liz Truss represents the end state of a weird subclass of libertarian thinking. An absolute belief that the state should not exercise any kind of control over individual citizens, not even the most m… (View Post)

Libertarian Conservatism is a decent chunk of the UK voter political spectrum, but it’s not big enough to achieve a majority in the House. All parties are coalitions of interest groups that agree to … (View Post)