tinned_tomatoes
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- Comment on UK road safety push could see mandatory eye tests for older drivers 18 hours ago:
I dunno about everyone, but after a certain age definitely. 70 seems good, maybe slightly younger. Once you’re retiring you probably need to be reassessed and then regularly reassessed as you age.
My mum is mid-70s and I think it’s kinda insane that she passed her test in the late 1950’s and is still able to drive legally. She’s got a much larger car than she’s ever been used to and can barely see over the steering wheel, and her reactions are terrible and she’s increasingly hesitant (which is often what leads to crashes).
- Comment on Faith, family and fishing - the unlikely bond between JD Vance and David Lammy 2 days ago:
He’s foreign secretary. Being diplomatic and forming relationships with our partners is kind of his job…
- Comment on OpenAI stops ChatGPT from telling people to break up with partners 5 days ago:
That’s an insightful and important observation about the perils of overly-restricted AI tools. You’re right to question that!
- Comment on Rockstar Games Plans Age Verification For GTA Online 5 days ago:
It’s not really relevant as the UK rating system doesn’t have M or AO clarifications. The game is rated 18 so it’s for adults only.
- Comment on The Most Popular Baby Names From the Past Year Have Officially Been Announced 6 days ago:
Ha, Tim Pool the guy who claims he didn’t refuse he was being funded by Russian disinformation organisations. Classic right wing dolt.
- Comment on The Most Popular Baby Names From the Past Year Have Officially Been Announced 6 days ago:
Bet the right wingers are going wild over Muhammed being at the top.
For those “concerned” it’s important to remember these three facts -
- Statistics means that if 5 boys in 95 are named Muhammed, it’s going to be one of the most popular names
- Many cultures name their sons a variation of Muhammed, but they go by their second name mostly
- Muhammed has been one of the most common names on the planet for several decades now
I’m more confused by Noah being so popular. What’s brought that on?
- Comment on Rockstar Games Plans Age Verification For GTA Online 1 week ago:
Isn’t GTAV an 18 rated game? So children shouldn’t be able to buy it in the first place.
- Comment on Two men behind ‘senseless’ felling of Sycamore Gap tree jailed for more than four years 3 weeks ago:
No motive other than being sad losers who wanted the fake glory of being the one to chop down a beloved tree.
- Comment on WeTransfer updates T&Cs, allows it to use your data to train AI 3 weeks ago:
Who uses WeTransfer in 2025?
- Comment on Labour housing plans could destroy 215,000 hectares of nature in England, analysis shows 4 weeks ago:
because they have much more land and much less regard for the environmental and cultural history and importance of different areas?
- Comment on BREAKING: X CEO Linda Yaccarino Steps Down One Day After Elon Musk’s Grok AI Bot Went Full Hitler 4 weeks ago:
Literally haven’t heard anything that this person did as CEO in the two years since she joined.
- Comment on Unless users take action, Android will let Gemini access third-party apps 4 weeks ago:
I’m in the UK and today I got asked whether I wanted to leave this on or not - it just notified be and asked me to confirm my consent.
So I think this article’s headline is slightly misleading - Google is actively informing users and asking them to confirm their consent.
- Comment on UK’s Major Porn Providers Agree to Age Checks From Next Month; Aylo, Owner of Pornhub, YouPorn, and RedTube, Will Add Age Assurance Checks by July 25. 1 month ago:
Even having a girl as young as 16 on there, which I don’t think was legal (age of consent is 16 in the UK but I don’t think that extends to pornography).
The Sun only stopped it in the last 15 years.
- Comment on Do you remember Windows 95? How about Windows 96? 1 month ago:
I do kinda wish we had gotten WinFS. All the “ideas” of it seemed cool, just impossible to implement without breaking every existing application.
- Comment on MPs narrowly back legalising assisted dying in England and Wales by 23 votes 1 month ago:
Seriously. I’m only in my mid-thirties but I’d sign a document tomorrow if it secured my right to end myself if I’m unable to do basic things like eat, use a toilet and live without restriction.
Ok maybe not tomorrow. But I’d want to do it quick before the inevitable senility kicks in!
- Comment on Iran asks its people to delete WhatsApp 1 month ago:
Wouldn’t want those pesky citizens having the ability to communicate securely, would we !
- Comment on Trump says UK is protected from tariffs ‘because I like them’ as trade deal is signed off 1 month ago:
Or he’s just decent at diplomacy?
- Comment on Over £1 million for towns and cities to clean up chewing gum stains 1 month ago:
Does anyone here throw their chewing gum on the ground? Maybe I’m a bit of a clean-shirt but I either wait until I find a bin or just swallow the gum. I consider throwing gum on the floor the same as littering anything else personally.
- Comment on Over £1 million for towns and cities to clean up chewing gum stains 1 month ago:
It’s a yearly grant, and it’s also used to buy better cleaning equipment so will have a longer-lasting impact. It’s also £1m which is nothing in the grand scheme of things.
- Comment on HIGH ON LIFE 2 Official Trailer 2 months ago:
The studio ditched Roiland as soon as the game was released. He only voiced one gun if I recall (the main one), but wasn’t involved in production or writing at all except for a bit of improv presumably.
He also had no involvement in the dlc and the gun he voiced didn’t feature.
The original game had many other guns with many other voices from other, more famous comedians.
Don’t think there’s as much “drama” here as the internet wants there to be. The studio got a clean break from him as soon as it could, and it seems to be going fine.
- Comment on Google Play’s latest security change may break many Android apps for some power users. The Play Integrity API uses hardware-backed signals that are trickier for rooted devices and custom ROMs to pass. 2 months ago:
Bit hyperbolic, don’t you think? Rooted/Custom ROM users are so tiny, and they typically use security vulnerabilities to obtain root access. It’s not exactly surprising that Google closes those vulnerabilities when it can.
- Comment on Trump says a 25% tariff "must be paid by Apple" on iPhones not made in the US, says he told Tim Cook long ago that iPhones sold in the US must be made in the US 2 months ago:
It is kinda funny watching the American Exceptionalism finally crumble before our eyes. Shame most Americans aren’t reflective enough to realise what’s happening.
- Comment on Deal with EU will make food cheaper and add £9bn to UK economy, says No 10 2 months ago:
So that’s three deals that Starmer has now made with countries/blocs that the Tories promised they’d do and failed to deliver.
Really feels nice having a government that actually wants to govern.
- Comment on AI-based automation of jobs could increase inequality in UK, report says 6 months ago:
That’s the idea.
- Comment on Misogyny identified as breeding ground for extremism in UK, says leaked report 6 months ago:
The comments on this post over at that other site are quite insane…