Readit News(In the UK you are required by law to have working brakes on a bicycle. My unicycle had no brakes at all! Though slowing down was never a problem with the fixed wheel drive.)
So it actually is about Python vs R.
That said, while this kind of non-standard evaluation is nice when working interactively on the command line, I don't think it's that relevant when writing code for more elaborated analyses. In that context, I'd actually see this as a disadvantage of R because you suddenly have to jump through loops to make trivial things work with that non-standard evaluation.
There are definitely downsides to renting such as landlord issues or missing out on mortgage subsidies, but maybe a higher proportion of renters could lead to improvements in affordability. And if the well-off are renting as well, there's also more hope for better legal protections for renters.
It does not seem to be much known in Asia, apart from as the source of whiskey.
I do not about the rest of Europe, but my feeling is that it is not well known.
I have been quite surprised how many people (from Asia and Europe) can visit, or even live in, the UK and not go out of London.
While Scotland is not unknown, there are certainly a lot of people who might visit who have a low awareness of what is there, and articles like this show some very attractive aspects of Scotland.
I don't think the opinions of these fringe conspiracy theorists were ever widely held. Not in the cycling world, not among people with an understanding of physics, and not among the general public.
Also trains have quite a large number of axles, I'm sure you could reduce error by counting all of them.