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A quick hiatus from not posting Steven Universe reactions to go oh my god everyone is dead the show is over

It's not premature optimisation to be fiddling with a component that's used hundreds of times on a single page, thinking of adding a slight gradient to it, then deciding that's probably gonna negatively affect paint speed and benefit nobody and not do it, right?

Yank is a slang verb for masturbation.
Trump is a slang noun for farting.

I'm surprised people haven't made more jokes about Trump, the Yankee president.

UK/Ireland politics 

Interesting note: The Treaty of Amsterdam, which gave UK and Ireland opt-out of the Schengen Area, does so only on the provision that the Common Travel Area is maintained.

If a hard Brexit results in a hard border reappearing between NI/Eire, Ireland then becomes obliged to join the Schengen.

UK politics 

“If you ignore the votes of a few million people then Leave won by way more votes!”

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UK politics 

Being able to override the government is part of their job??

BEING ABLE TO OVERRIDE THE GOVERNMENT IS PARLIAMENTARY SOVEREIGNTY!!!

Commander Data: "Computer, resume normal illumination."
Alexa: *starts playing the Kaiser Chiefs*

Damn, they did a pretty good job on making these Pikes looking the same, I think. Kudos.

I’ve somehow managed to get three different 1Password icons on my dock.

UK politics 

With those numbers she literally only survived on the support of the DUP. I guess a billion quid buys some loyalty after all.

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UK politics 

May stays in power by a mere 19 votes. Gotta say, curious how the people who said she was an unsuitable prime minister few weeks ago think she’s doing just fine now. 🙃

US court says websites are required to comply with accessibility regulations. lflegal.com/2019/01/dominos-ni

UK politics 

It's funny how, in the midst of potentially government-overthrowing upheaval, the Commons still finds 20 minutes to discuss a bill on standards for the height of letterboxes on doors.

re: UK politics 

Younger people couldn't vote, EU nationals who have lived here for decades couldn't vote (but Brits who had migrated elsewhere with no intention of returning could!), people were told it was an advisory referendum and the result was non-binding.

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re: UK politics 

To insinuate that going on with Brexit against all opposing evidence is THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE! is anywhere from misleading to a lie.

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re: UK politics 

No. It's what a little more than half of the people who voted, voted for. Half of those who voted; not half of the electorate, not half of the population (many of whom were denied the right to vote).

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UK politics 

I'm keeping an eye on the politics liveblogs and I'm getting annoyed at the repeated use of phrases like "it's what everyone voted for" regarding Brexit.

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