Whelks_chance
@Whelks_chance@lemmy.world
- Comment on UFO expert not ruling out Russia or China links to drones seen at RAF bases 4 weeks ago:
I’d be more surprised if a “UFO expert” ever did rule anything out.
- Comment on UK needs cyber security professionals, but won't pay up 1 month ago:
I was thinking the same. This will attract people who are essentially independently wealthy, and so don’t actually need this income. Which adds a nice classism based barrier to entry too.
- Comment on Row as Starmer suggests landlords and shareholders are not ‘working people’ 2 months ago:
I know plenty of people who work full time in real jobs, and also rent out a house. Renting a single building doesn’t give you enough to quit your job where I live.
- Comment on Ah yes, regression 2 months ago:
You asked for a line, they gave you a line, what more can be asked for?
We used to intentionally add wrong data to our datasets so we could circle it afterwards, declare it “outlying data” and gain the extra points for spotting and documenting it.
I’m not bitter about my formal education, honest…
- Comment on hard to argue with 2 months ago:
Female presenting profile pic, we don’t actually know anything about the human who typed it
- Comment on Microsoft retires WordPad after 28 years — app no longer available as of Windows 11 24H2 2 months ago:
Rtf is far more lightweight than docx. It’s closer to markdown.
- Comment on A third of the world’s population lacks internet connectivity − airborne communications stations could change that 3 months ago:
One man controlling access to a sizable percentage of the world’s internet access doesn’t solve much.
- Comment on The age of wood 4 months ago:
Also a good way to make sure it doesn’t have any more birthdays
- Comment on Meatly Receives UK Approval for Cultivated Meat in Pet Food 5 months ago:
I like this idea. Animals care far less about the texture of meat, which I think is one of the most common complaints about meat substitute food eaten by humans.
- Comment on Chicken vs Egg 7 months ago:
Is it a chicken egg if it came from a chicken, or contains a chicken?
- Comment on Chicken vs Egg 7 months ago:
Maybe
- Comment on Microsoft's carbon emissions up nearly 30% thanks to AI 7 months ago:
The Animatrix described it fairly closely
- Comment on Winamp has announced that it is opening up its source code to enable collaborative development of its legendary player for Windows 7 months ago:
I’ve seen this before, but didn’t realise they got milkdrop working. I bought an MMX compatible processor specifically to be able to run this, back in the day.
- Comment on Still trapped on Baltimore ship, months after bridge collapse 7 months ago:
Innocent until proven guilty
- Comment on Ever notice mammals never seem to come in green? 8 months ago:
youtu.be/0MDQp3fG4OI?si=tiVqzoE0m4p8F2Iu
Sorry it’s a short, couldn’t find a proper clip
- Comment on Ever notice mammals never seem to come in green? 8 months ago:
Alan Davis?
- Comment on Modeling shows green roofs can cool cities and save energy 10 months ago:
Interesting that they note that the installation and upkeep are expensive. I wonder if they’ve factored the upkeep into the energy expenditure. Flat roofing is far worse than a pitched room for needing replacement etc.
Basically, it sounds good, but the research needs to consider the full lifecycle of these projects.
- Comment on "Cheaters never prosper" is a lie that a cheater probably came up with 10 months ago:
I like this, but having skimmed it I didn’t find a description I connected with.
For whatever reason, I feel the world isn’t “just”, but I personally will have a better life if I do good things. It’s rooted in selfishness rather than celestial balance.
- Comment on Why does incest result in birth defects? 10 months ago:
Not necessarily true. Presumably there would be a terms of service you’d know about before takeoff. And any of it could easily be voluntary rather than mandatory.
- Comment on Tell me your Best Software Haiku 10 months ago:
Neat, thanks.
- Comment on Tell me your Best Software Haiku 10 months ago:
It’s not DNS There’s no way it’s DNS It was DNS
- Comment on Earth will be destroyed in 12 minutes... 11 months ago:
In the era of arcade games, finishing it wasn’t intended
- Comment on Earth will be destroyed in 12 minutes... 11 months ago:
I didn’t even get out the house
- Comment on A ‘Shocking’ Amount of the Web Is Already AI-Translated Trash, Scientists Determine 11 months ago:
I had a lot of fun pasting that into dalle the other day, created some funny stuff.
- Comment on I'm 99% sure it's not real 11 months ago:
Ah, Pareto
- Comment on Microsoft is adding a new key to PC keyboards for the first time since 1994 11 months ago:
RM
- Comment on 40% of US electricity is now emissions-free 11 months ago:
That sounds like a problem worth solving, and I can’t think of a reason it would be the case without using the words “kickbacks” and “corruption”
- Comment on Steve Ballmer is set to make $1 billion a year for doing nothing | CNN Business 11 months ago:
Ok, so capital gains tax then. It still kicks in at a fairly early point. Long before you’re making millions.
- Comment on Steve Ballmer is set to make $1 billion a year for doing nothing | CNN Business 11 months ago:
Stop protecting yourself and let us protect you.
- Comment on Steve Ballmer is set to make $1 billion a year for doing nothing | CNN Business 11 months ago:
The UK tax bands will blow your mind.
Like 40% for anything over 50k. Which I’m fine with btw.