I very much like the approach taken by Big Clive and Diode Gone Wild: taking apart everyday items, explaining what they do, sometimes also showing how they would make something similar themselves from scratch. I assume there are lots of other channels out there that do the same but for other things than just electronics.
We got a one of these in Scotland, and I have to say a few years on, we're only just getting rid of the last of the items. Some items were arguably more useful than others (but I think the inventory is reviewed and updated constantly) - we never used the baby box as intended and it could be argued that we never really needed the support, but I can't understand the people who would argue against such an initiative.
People in this country were up in arms when this was first suggested ... bristling with the absolute indignity at the thought of money being spent to help others.
> People in this country were up in arms when this was first suggested ... bristling with the absolute indignity at the thought of money being spent to help others.
Really? At General Elections Scotland tends to vote dramatically in favour of parties that do redistribution, far more than the rest of the UK
The people who were up in arms about it lose heavily in the elections however given that they are generally unionists they are given extremely generous coverage by our media who are are almost entirely pro union.
I also got one of these in Scotland and found it very reassuring and helpful, you could see almost all the other children around were using the same clothes / toys etc.
> People in this country were up in arms when this was first suggested ...
Very strongly disagree with this.
Yes there was some grumbling from the usual attention seeking (read 'shit-stirring') pundits in the right wing media, but to suggest the country was up in arms is simply false. The plan was rather welcomed, the only concerns being how best it fit it in with other NHS natal treatment.
There are ~3.75 million babies born in the US each year [1]. If each baby box costs ~200 USD [2] the country could supply baby boxes for all babies with an annual outlay of ~750 million USD.
I recommend reading stories of the law. It’ll tell you a plethora of reasons why people fail to turn up for court. Often as a result of an overstretched and massively underfunded CPS. Well worth a read - https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/The-Secret-Barrister/The-Secr...
I love the way they basically say they are gonna do their own assessment and won’t roll in behind the consensus on RPKI. Like the trend-setting industry leaders they are.
They deserve to be called out for this. It’s not hard to implement RPKI. Only valid excuse is if your routers don’t support it.
Signing ROAs is trivially easy in the RIPE region. Why haven’t they done so before the pandemic???
Wasting time with this response instead isn’t maybe the best use of their time.
