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Post by Scot Dutchy » Sat Dec 08, 2018 9:50 am

Hermit where is the list.

Wider gauges were technically better and Brunel (GWR) knew that. His tunnel and bridge gauge was higher. A fact that to this day has restricted British train companies are unable to run double decker trains.
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Post by Hermit » Sat Dec 08, 2018 5:43 pm

Scot Dutchy wrote:
Sat Dec 08, 2018 9:50 am
Hermit where is the list.
Clicking on the second link will take you to it.
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Post by Scot Dutchy » Sat Dec 08, 2018 6:31 pm

There are no links.
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Post by Hermit » Sat Dec 08, 2018 6:47 pm

Scot Dutchy wrote:
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There are no links.
There are two links. The first of them gets you to the relevant Snopes article debunking the story. The second gets you to the list you're looking for.
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Post by Brian Peacock » Sat Dec 08, 2018 7:22 pm

Poverty encourage the consumption of cheaper, over-sugared foodstuffs.
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Post by JimC » Sat Dec 08, 2018 8:46 pm

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Poverty encourage the consumption of cheaper, over-sugared foodstuffs.
So does weed... :smoke:
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Post by Brian Peacock » Sun Dec 09, 2018 1:02 am

Are you going to eat that cream egg or what dude? :smoke:
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Post by pErvinalia » Sun Dec 09, 2018 1:07 am

What was that noise? :nervous:
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Ah, the delicious blend of paranoia and the munchies. I remember it well...
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Are you going to eat that cream egg or what dude? :smoke:
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Post by DRSB » Mon Dec 10, 2018 4:27 pm

Your Apps Know Where You Were Last Night, and They’re Not Keeping It Secret

At least 75 companies receive anonymous, precise location data from apps whose users enable location services to get local news and weather or other information, The Times found. Several of those businesses claim to track up to 200 million mobile devices in the United States — about half those in use last year. The database reviewed by The Times — a sample of information gathered in 2017 and held by one company — reveals people’s travels in startling detail, accurate to within a few yards and in some cases updated more than 14,000 times a day.
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Post by Scot Dutchy » Mon Dec 10, 2018 4:29 pm

Turning of Location does not help. The Flashlight app is one the worst culprits.
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Post by DRSB » Mon Dec 10, 2018 4:30 pm

The app developers can make money by directly selling their data, or by sharing it for location-based ads, which command a premium. Location data companies pay half a cent to two cents per user per month, according to offer letters to app makers reviewed by The Times.

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Post by Scot Dutchy » Mon Dec 10, 2018 4:34 pm

If dont want to be tracked turn off your phone.
If you receive a call they know where you are.
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Post by Sean Hayden » Mon Dec 10, 2018 5:21 pm

A company I used to work for made good money selling data. Some companies paid us a dollar or more for the good stuff. It was my job to clean up the databases. --bleh

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