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andrewducker

Interesting Links for 03-04-2017

Apr 03, 2017 12:00

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strange_complex April 3 2017, 11:10:53 UTC

Thank you for the link to Ambient Mixer, which I wasn't aware of at all before, but turns out to have all sorts of amazing things besides the film / TV mixes. I think this might be really great for me, as I get too distracted by music to listen to it while I am working, but also sometimes have trouble concentrating and focusing without anything at all because bits of my brain are yelling "I'm bored, don't wanna!!!!" This might be just the half-way house I need. Currently listening to this one and loving it: http://relaxing.ambient-mixer.com/fire-on-a-stormy-night

cmcmck April 3 2017, 12:04:43 UTC

Makes one wonder if Spain thinks Gibraltar a better bet as a way of causing trouble? All of this is displacement activity over Catalonia of course.

Did you hear that silly old fart Howard talking about declaring war on Spain over that very issue yesterday?

danieldwilliam April 3 2017, 14:29:19 UTC

I don't know which is more important to Spain, Gibraltar or Scotland, on probability weighted fully costed basis ( ... )

cmcmck April 3 2017, 15:31:33 UTC

Ah well, I know all about being thrown overboard being trans- that's something I'm waiting to see happen again when May rescinds all our human rights legislation in the near future!

My other 'home' country, Belgium, might also be having things to say if they hadn't so comprehensively managed to disinvent the country over the past decade or so!

danieldwilliam April 3 2017, 16:27:03 UTC

Aye.

I fear a lot of people and things are going to be thrown overboard in the coming two or three years. Anyone who isn't an able bodied, straight, cis, white Englishman with a job is probably at risk. Some of us, like the Scots, might be graciously allowed to purchase our own lifebelt.

I'm not sure I understand the Belgian objection. I mean, I understand that there are organised groups in Belgium who would like their part of Belgium to be a separate country. I see that if you're the government of Belgium you'd be against that sort of thing on general principles but I don't quite understand why Belgians would care as much about it as the Spanish. I wouldn't have put Belgium high on a list of countries with strong sense of nationalism. Perhaps I'm wrong. I think the other thing that exercises Spain about Catalonia is that Catalonia is one of the richer parts of Spain and the Spanish public sector finances would look much worse without Catalonia. Is there much difference in the economic performance of the various parts of Belgium?

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