<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Hacker News: clort</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=clort</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 02:12:14 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=clort" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by clort in "NHS staff refusing to use FDP over Palantir ethical concerns"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>No.<p>I checked, and you can of course donate to Led By Donkeys either as a one-off or monthly via their web page <a href="https://donate.ledbydonkeys.org/" rel="nofollow">https://donate.ledbydonkeys.org/</a> but they don't have a way to contribute to specific campaigns.<p>Thanks for mentioning them though.</p>
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<p>As I understood it, even in the UK there is the concept of a 'reasonable man' as in, the contract should perform as a 'reasonable man' would expect. If it does not, that is enough to get such terms discarded. So, you cannot just obfuscate the contract with impenetrable legalese that excludes reasonable things and expect to get away with that. Which is not to say that (insurance) companies will not try.<p>my source for this was an ex career insurance man (retired out)</p>
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<p>They do this at my local hospital at least. There is a plethora of colours for different staff roles. I understand this is not consistent across the whole NHS but in general the principle is mostly followed. eg, see<p><pre><code>  https://www.workwearexpress.com/blog/NHS%20Uniform%20Colour%20Codes</code></pre></p>
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<p>Not to take from the thrust your comment but just so you know, bumblebees and honeybees are not the same species.. Bumblebee nests are somewhat different than hives, and the way in which they develop is different also.</p>
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<p>Human Rights Watch claim it, and have analysed photographs put on social media<p><a href="https://www.hrw.org/news/2026/03/09/lebanon-israel-unlawfully-using-white-phosphorus" rel="nofollow">https://www.hrw.org/news/2026/03/09/lebanon-israel-unlawfull...</a><p>(they have also previously documented that Israel has done this in the past)</p>
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<p>That they sent special forces to Kyiv to take over the government on the first days of the invasion is not implication?</p>
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<p>plenty of people on the internet recognised it immediately, so sure, he may have been a rando when he created it, but not so much 15 years later..</p>
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<p>Yes. Generally, if you know where it is, it is not lost. If you don't then it is.<p>But, it also depends if you want to know where it is. If you don't know where something is and don't want to, its not lost its discarded.</p>
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<p>Actually, as a British over-55-under-70 myself I would support this. I've always thought that drivers should have to take a test every ~10 years in any case.<p>The main problem I see with over-70s renewing their licence currently is that they have to self-certify that they are safe to drive. Many are reaching a position in which they rely on the car more and more because walking and going on the bus is harder when your agility, cognition and eyesight diminishes. Of course, they will self-certify that they <i>are</i> safe, that is perfectly understandable from their perspective. It needs to be independent.</p>
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<p>I'd say yes.  I have a book by Lauren Slater, called 'Opening Skinners Box' in which she researched many psychological experiments of the past, and subjected herself to similar conditions where she could, in an effort to understand better.<p>The chapter on 'Thud' ended with her visiting a psychiatric hospital of good reputation with an emergency room, she basically said the same things as the researchers in the paper. She was given some anti-psychotics and sent away.<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opening_Skinner%27s_Box" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opening_Skinner%27s_Box</a></p>
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<p>If you are sitting in a waymo vehicle, and somebody cuts you off - do you even notice?  They don't have them round here but my idea is that the vehicle itself is doing all the work, you can just continue reading your book, chat or get on something else with little awareness of the actual journey. Does the waymo curse and shake its little fist to alert you it was cut off?</p>
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<p>Ok so the plane is pretty much toast, though perhaps only the bottom of the fuselage as not sure if the wingtips touched the ground.<p>I'm wondering about the runway at this point, does that damage the runway significantly? It seems that a runway out of order would be a massive problem..</p>
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<p>Nothing takes 'a couple minutes' when you have to sit down and research the five online shops, find if they are approachable, if they will deal with the restrictions of your purchasing department, find out how to submit a query. Many online shops just have a purchasing portal. Find the product, buy it here, pay for it and wait.<p>So loosely I purchase items at my work from a budget that I am allocated in an organisation that is ultimately responsible to the UK government. I need to justify that the items I am ordering are reasonably priced, and the organisation would really really like to have the goods before any money goes out. That means they want to place an order, receive the goods and and invoice, and then pay the invoice. Many online shops don't want to deal with that. We have accounts set up with many companies, but not all. If I want to buy some reams of 160gsm A4 white card (for example, the other day), that whole process is going to take at least 10 minutes. Some of our suppliers don't sell exactly that. Is 240gsm ok? I've got to go back to the person who wants it (no btw, I had to go find some and take it to them for comparison). More esoteric items are going to take longer. What <i>exactly</i> do I want to order?<p>So yeah, procurement is simple when you are at home with an amazon account. The items will be here tomorrow!<p>edit: oh, I didn't mention the free delivery.. a box of white card doesn't get me free delivery. Is there something else I can add onto that? Ok, the order will have to wait..</p>
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<p>they probably do, I've seen that kind of thing (a logo) placed throughout the text before now, but more of a fancy print rather than cheap paperbacks. In the old days it would have cost more, but since DTP took over then I don't see why that would be a problem. perhaps just "paragraph divider", eg <a href="https://www.vecteezy.com/vector-art/12217904-collection-set-of-hand-drawn-dividers-template-perfect-for-wedding-text-decoration" rel="nofollow">https://www.vecteezy.com/vector-art/12217904-collection-set-...</a></p>
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<p>Ok so, devils advocate view here. Russians could do this exactly because Spain is on the fence and they would rather they were more antagonistic. They actually <i>want</i> war with Europe, so they can do whatever they like and claim it is Europe's fault for being aggressive. Don't forget, they don't really believe that they are losing the war in Ukraine. They could also be hoping to get Europe embroiled in its own conflicts.<p>It sounds <i>unreasonable</i> sure, but tbh I am not convinced that the Russian government <i>is</i> reasonable.</p>
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<p>Well they are sun symbols. I guess if you are asking how are they produced, they are embedded SVG in the CSS at <a href="https://gwern.net/static/css/style.css" rel="nofollow">https://gwern.net/static/css/style.css</a><p>see for instance --GW-image-sun-verginasun-black-svg</p>
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<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_banks_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_banks_in_the_Republic_...</a><p>so Eire has 5 significant banks, and 15 'less significant'. There are also 276 Credit Unions, I don't know if they are useful. (I had a Credit Union account in the past, could send/receive online but no payment card)<p>(I don't know their suitability, but there are more than 5 options in your country)</p>
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<p>Just out of interest though, can you suggest some of these other contexts where you might want a valid replacement for a duck that looked like one, walked like one and quacked like one but was not one?</p>
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<p>what is the context for this photo please? (that is not a calf btw?)<p>It certainly does not look very nice, are you relating this to the "Ethically Raised in the Swiss Alps Cows" in the comment you replied to?<p>In truth, they just take the calves away from the mothers after a short while, ship them out to the abbatoir. There is no benefit to them being in the same enclosure with a spiky nose ring, it seems that this must have a different purpose than the one you mentioned.</p>
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<p>Normally your top speed is not really very fast as the pedals are fixed to the wheel, so you get one rotation per pedal (extremely low gear) and slowing down is not often necessary.<p>You can overtake bicycles easily going uphill, but downhill is hard on your knees!</p>
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