Whelks_chance

@Whelks_chance@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨HP ditches 15-minute wait time policy due to 'feedback'⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Just in case, it’s a reference to the Sun newspaper “winning” the election for Tony Blair’s New Labour government

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Wheres Waldo, for the educated⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s Charlie in France

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Looks legit, but can it actually be a real thing?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m going to have to numb you.

  Num num num num num num.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨English is a strange language.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Important hyphenated.

  CSS is a strange language too

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨UFO expert not ruling out Russia or China links to drones seen at RAF bases⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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’⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨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 ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨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 ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨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 ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨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 ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨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 ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨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 ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨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 ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Is it a chicken egg if it came from a chicken, or contains a chicken?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Chicken vs Egg⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Maybe

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft's carbon emissions up nearly 30% thanks to AI⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨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 ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨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 ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Innocent until proven guilty

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ever notice mammals never seem to come in green?⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨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?⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Alan Davis?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Modeling shows green roofs can cool cities and save energy⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ 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 ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ 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?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ 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 ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Neat, thanks.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tell me your Best Software Haiku⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s not DNS There’s no way it’s DNS It was DNS

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Earth will be destroyed in 12 minutes...⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  In the era of arcade games, finishing it wasn’t intended

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Earth will be destroyed in 12 minutes...⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I didn’t even get out the house

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A ‘Shocking’ Amount of the Web Is Already AI-Translated Trash, Scientists Determine⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ 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 ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Ah, Pareto

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft is adding a new key to PC keyboards for the first time since 1994⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  RM