studying for uk residency
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@whitequark Reminds me of one particular moment watching the Space Battleship Yamato live-action... If I had been drinking anything when they said it, my screen would probably have been covered in it. "On April 7th 1945, the Yamato set out to bring a ray of hope at a time of utter despair" (I may have substituted a few words by accident, but the phrasing is largely accurate)
For context, that date is "Operation Ten-Go", aka "The Yamato attempts to fling itself at the Americans invading Okinawa, beaching itself, and to keep firing until it physically can't." It didn't even make it to Okinawa before it got blown to shrapnel by the US. (And it's quite disturbing just how pointless the whole thing was, all because the top brass couldn't get their heads out of their "honor-bound to do something" asses...)
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@whitequark "The structure of DNA"
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@whitequark@social.treehouse.systems Turing machine? They don't mention what happened to the guy it's named after, do they?
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this... document... is gravely insulting to at least tens of millions of people
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@whitequark i wonder if anything embarrassing happened in the falklands
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@whitequark I get the feeling that the author thinks that Turing machines are, like, a real physical thing?
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@whitequark@social.treehouse.systems Turing machine? They don't mention what happened to the guy it's named after, do they?
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@whitequark I get the feeling that the author thinks that Turing machines are, like, a real physical thing?
@whitequark Also supersonic flight was first achieved by an American aircraft...
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this... document... is gravely insulting to at least tens of millions of people
@whitequark@social.treehouse.systems i was aware immigration involves a lot of bullshit gatekeeping everywhere, but i wasnt expecting it to also involve this kind of brainwashing
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@whitequark i wonder if anything embarrassing happened in the falklands
@kouhai i thought it was embarrassing for argentina?
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@whitequark "Shipbuilding and coal mining declined"
Exactly *how* did that decline happen?
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"most" paramilitary groups in NI are inactive
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"most" paramilitary groups in NI are inactive
@whitequark What do I know about the life of Roald Dahl? More than I'd like to, thank you very much.
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@whitequark "for the most part" doing some very heavy lifting there.
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@whitequark What do I know about the life of Roald Dahl? More than I'd like to, thank you very much.
@xgranade do tell, this will be on the test i think
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"most" paramilitary groups in NI are inactive
@whitequark that's a "just in case" if ever I heard one
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@xgranade do tell, this will be on the test i think
@whitequark That he's a terrible antisemite, mostly.
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does anyone say 'the Blitz spirit'
@whitequark it's funny how even when writing about enemies, it's still in such a milquetoast terms.
Hitler just wanted to spread the German power and felt that terms of post-WW1 peace were unfair, nothing more. Just a guy who wanted to spread the power and address unfairness.
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became how
became independent how, motherfucker
@whitequark a Britain-involving independence has happened
