mannycalavera
@mannycalavera@feddit.uk
- Comment on EU may “make an example of X” by issuing $1 billion fine to Musk’s social network 23 hours ago:
But if you want to get serious then kick them to the fucking curb
Absolutely, but you have to think why the European Union hasn’t done this to date? It’s totally within their gift to say that Twitter is such a dog shit platform that tomorrow it will be blocked, no European company can do business with them. But they don’t. Why is that?
- Comment on EU may “make an example of X” by issuing $1 billion fine to Musk’s social network 1 day ago:
but just ban them if you want to be serious
But if you ban them you can’t continue to fine them…
- Comment on Just a moment... 4 days ago:
Shamerock? 🤔
- Comment on Infrastructure construction in Britain is defective. The most budget UK tramway is more expensive than the most costly french tramway 4 days ago:
The people in charge are very good at taking advice. Advice on how to make money off of the tax payer.
- Comment on UK: Couple arrested and shut in cell after complaining about daughter's school on WhatsApp. 6 days ago:
Why isn’t the website a .net?
- Comment on Will big tech be caught in the crossfire of trade war? 6 days ago:
No they won’t. Because the EU is not stupid and neither is the US (despite recent events)
That is something that would have major implications for Ireland where big tech means big employment and big corporate tax receipts for the Government.
They’ll want to protect as much tax evasion as possible. Trump is a transactional president. Give him some stuff, he gives you some stuff. Let US mega corporations funnel tax through the EU, be more sympathetic to trade. Or in other words “put on the green jersey”.
- Comment on Replit CEO Amjad Masad says learning to code is a waste of time, citing Dario Amodei's prediction that AI may generate essentially all code by next year. 1 week ago:
LOL, my friend no. Hahaha 🤡
- Comment on The FCC is investigating Huawei, Hikvision, ZTE, China Telecom, and other Chinese companies over concerns they are ignoring restrictions on US operations. 2 weeks ago:
If you can’t beat them… sue them!
- Comment on Petition Apply for the UK to join the European Union as a full member as soon as possible 3 weeks ago:
Good luck getting this past the Labour government. They are firmly rooted to remaining (excuse the pun) outside the EU. This is even before you attempt to get it past Conservative opposition or fringe party Reform nutters.
If the party in power isn’t going to champion this then it’s an instant no go.
- Comment on Brazilian court gives Apple 90 days to allow sideloading on iOS. 4 weeks ago:
They don’t even have to do that anymore. They can just whisper in trump’s ear… “go on… tariff them, kek”.
- Comment on Tesla sales crash continues in Europe, with Germany down 70% 4 weeks ago:
What’s worse is that they seem to be liking it. Their entire country had collectively goatse’d themselves and exclaimed “INSERT COINS HERE”.
- Comment on Tesla sales crash continues in Europe, with Germany down 70% 4 weeks ago:
I don’t think Elon gives a fuck. He’s tricked everyone he needs to into giving him billions of dollars. He isn’t going to give any of it back. He’s laughed all the way to the bank.
- Comment on Amazon Boycot March 7-14th | No Purchases. Its time to disrupt the system. 4 weeks ago:
That fuck… I was so confused with the title for a second.
- Comment on Centuries-old leasehold system to be abolished in England and Wales 4 weeks ago:
No they’ll still love it. And coincidentally that’s the same reason Labour won’t adopt it either. All of the Greens, Reform, and Lib Dems split their vote too.
- Comment on Centuries-old leasehold system to be abolished in England and Wales 4 weeks ago:
They never will. Labour and the Tories love it too much.
- Comment on Carole Cadwalladr dropped by Tortoise ahead of Observer takeover 5 weeks ago:
Is an agreement a contract? Sorry to be pedantic but I’m not sure what the fuss is about here if not.
- Comment on Carole Cadwalladr dropped by Tortoise ahead of Observer takeover 5 weeks ago:
Who’s her contract with? GMG or Tortoise 🐢? Sounds like she needs to take action against GMG for breach of contract in that case.
- Comment on Carole Cadwalladr dropped by Tortoise ahead of Observer takeover 5 weeks ago:
Do companies have a duty to look out for the interests of non permanent freelance staff in situations like this? In most cases they’ve set themselves up as separate legal companies to benefit from reduced tax liabilities. I wonder what the full picture here is. Sounds a bit far fetched especially when the freelancer bad mouths the company constantly.
Maybe we should ask Carole to investigate this. Do one of her prize winning journalists scoops.
- Comment on New Junior Developers Can’t Actually Code 1 month ago:
Every junior dev I talk to has Copilot or Claude or GPT running 24/7.
Also
Hi, I’m Namanyay — a professional developer since the age of fourteen, now building AI tools to enhance human potential.
Bravo, sir, bravo 👏.
- Comment on Why was there a pro-Hitler, Holocaust-denying ad on X? 1 month ago:
Here, watch:
After Public Nazi Salute Musk-Owned X Now Running Pro-Hitler, Holocaust-Denying Ads
Because they’re scared. Print that, get buried in lawsuits by the richest edge lord in history.
You have to be smarter than this and actually defund his backers. Make it incredibly hard for them to be associated with him. Show him as a losing proposition.
As long as he’s winning, people are buying Tesla’s, the US is financing public money into space X, and multinationals are active and paying for Twitter then nothing is going to change.
- Comment on "Reach" news websites 1 month ago:
uBlock + Firefox.
Problem solved.
🦜☠️🏴☠️
- Comment on Elon Musk will withdraw bid for OpenAI's nonprofit if its board agrees to terms | TechCrunch 1 month ago:
This is not how the US works. Your assets belong to me now.
- Comment on French President Emmanuel Macron announces €100 billion investments in AI 1 month ago:
Investors will pump 109 billion euros into artificial intelligence (AI) projects in France in the coming years,
It will be private investment, venture capitalists, that provide the money and extract the data and wealth. All Macron is doing is giving it the official seal of approval from the government. He might relax some rules and make it easier to invest but your tax Euros are safe.
- Comment on Roman Abramovich may owe UK £1bn in unpaid tax. 2 months ago:
Good luck getting that back.
- Comment on Britain will not recognise Trump’s new name for Gulf of Mexico 2 months ago:
the name will not change on official maps in Britain unless “Gulf of America” becomes the most commonly used name for it by English speakers. Officials believe that is not likely for some time, if at all.
I wonder what the higher bar is? This or if the UN (or another international body) recognises the name?
- Comment on Britain will not recognise Trump’s new name for Gulf of Mexico 2 months ago:
The Mexican president 🤣.
“For us, it is still the Gulf of Mexico, and for the entire world it is still the Gulf of Mexico,” said Claudia Sheinbaum, the Mexican president, on Tuesday. She previously joked that Mexico should refer to the US as “Mexican America”.
Yes!
- Comment on “It Could Become An Espionage Hub”! China’s ‘Super Embassy’ Plans In UK Gets Human Rights Group Worried 2 months ago:
Because if you think that embassies all around the world, including our own, aren’t already used for espionage activities and that the host countries don’t know this, well I have a monorail to sell you.
- Comment on “It Could Become An Espionage Hub”! China’s ‘Super Embassy’ Plans In UK Gets Human Rights Group Worried 2 months ago:
An embassy? Used for espionage? Well I never!
- Comment on Digital driving licences to be ‘put on phones this year’ 2 months ago:
But carrying a piece of paper around has been part of my life for so long. I will write to my MP about this immediately!
- Comment on UK ‘one of world’s least work-oriented countries’ claims BrewDog founder - as he slams obsession with 'work-life balance' 2 months ago:
Is this the same founder of brew dog whose female staff are told never to be in a room alone with him? Or is that the other one?