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⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Russia to import 1 million skilled workforce from India⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:
…and will ship them to the front lines.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Say Hello to the World's Largest Hard Drive, a Massive 36TB Seagate⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:
They stream data from it while you play, so if you don’t have an SSD you’ll get paused in game play.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Elon Musk Promises Grok in Tesla Vehicles By Next Week… as the New Grok 4 Blames “Anti-White Hate” on “Jews”⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:
You know that over-the-air update facility you all loved?

Errr … there’s a downside.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨People angry that Superman represents kindness are outright admitting that they don't want to be good people⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

But I haven’t seen anyone expressing that Superman should not represent kindness.

Isn’t the take more like “You think it’s super-human to be kind?!?”
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨To land Meta’s massive $10 billion data center, Louisiana pulled out all the stops. Will it be worth it?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
…and it’s turned them into the state with the highest standard of living in the US…right?
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The UK needs more affordable electric heating tariffs⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
Your lobes are showing.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Solar + Battery (covering 97% of demand) is now cheaper than coal and nuclear⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
They just assumed a constant draw I think.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Solar + Battery (covering 97% of demand) is now cheaper than coal and nuclear⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
No, but I don’t think you’re appreciating how difficult it would be to fill that 3%. It’s not just about having 3% more power from something. It’s having it at the right time. It needs to be on demand. Having something on demand that has to cover all it’s costs selling just 3% isn’t easy.

It’s more resilient to have mixed supply where multiple types of generation take a proportion. Then when one falls short another can scale up a little.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Solar + Battery (covering 97% of demand) is now cheaper than coal and nuclear⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
If somebody has to keep that gas generator serviced only to run it on winter mornings, that electricity is going to be very pricey.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Solar + Battery (covering 97% of demand) is now cheaper than coal and nuclear⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
That last graph is very impressive, but the shortfalls worry me. They’re too small to make it cost effective to have an alternative source handily available, but if you don’t you’re resigning yourself to major power outages.

I’d quite like to know how much we need to overbuild capacity to remove them completely.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Kids are making deepfakes of each other, and laws aren’t keeping up⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

there’s just no market demand for it

Oh… There’s demand for it for sure.

The image generation models that exist are unquestionable proof of demand for penises. I think what’s missing is the kahunas required to make a business around it. There are places even pornographers fear to tread.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Kids are making deepfakes of each other, and laws aren’t keeping up⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
You know how when you look at a picture of someone and you cover up the clothed bits, they look naked. Your brain fills in the gaps with what it knows of general human anatomy.

It’s like that.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Kids are making deepfakes of each other, and laws aren’t keeping up⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
That could be a socially healthy place to end up at. I don’t see it anytime soon though. Just look at the other response I got.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Kids are making deepfakes of each other, and laws aren’t keeping up⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
Disagree. Not CSAM when no abuse has taken place.

That’s my point.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨NHS in England told to slash recruitment of overseas-trained medics⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
Dumb.

The problem isn’t that they come from overseas to get trained, it’s that they got back overseas after they are trained.

Other than that, if you want to rebalance the intake, raise the UK intake. Don’t slash the non-UK intake.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Kids are making deepfakes of each other, and laws aren’t keeping up⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
Honestly I think we need to understand that this is no different to sticking a photo of someone’s head on a porn magazine photo. It’s not real. It’s just less janky.

I would categorise it as sexual harassment, not abuse. Still serious, but a different level
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Calls to clean up England’s ‘toxic air’ as GP visits for asthma attacks rise 45%⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Interesting that asthma attacks are up so sharply, but I’m unconvinced it’s down to “Toxic air”. Generally things seem to be on a improving trend, so getting a 45% increase in health issues would suggest something else at play.

From www.gov.uk/government/statistics/…/summary

Days with ‘Moderate’ or higher air pollution
- There were on average 6 days of ‘Moderate’ or higher pollution at urban pollution monitoring sites in 2024, down from 9 days in 2023.
- The number of days with ‘Moderate’ or higher air pollution at rural monitoring sites peaked in 2018. Levels have fluctuated since then, with noticeable drops in 2021 and 2024, when the number of days with ‘Moderate’ or higher air pollution fell to the lowest level since 2016.
- Since 2015 the mean number of days of ‘Moderate’ or higher pollution has been higher at rural sites than urban sites due to ozone pollution. There were on average fewer days of ‘Moderate’ or higher pollution at rural pollution monitoring sites in 2024 compared with 2023 (19 days in 2023, 11 days in 2024).
- In 2024, as in previous years, ozone was responsible for a large proportion of the ‘Moderate’ or higher pollution days at rural sites. The increase in ozone pollution in most years since 2018 was in part due to the prolonged hot and sunny conditions experienced in the UK in the summer of these years.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘Heads will roll’: BBC reckons with bias accusations over Israel and Palestine coverage⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Top tip: When you quote someone don’t cut off “…not as a way of…” at the start of a quote.

I’m doing this not as a way of bringing you out of your obvious delusion but to point it out to people reading later.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Beaches⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
S to the I to the M to the P
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Everybody poops⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
You’re not alone. Exactly what I saw too.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why does it feel like protesting isn't as "extreme" as it used to be?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Of course, but the metric you choose for “effectiveness” is critical. In the current situation the metric must be “removal from office”.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tesla’s robotaxi can’t drive in the rain, and dumps passengers if the weather looks risky. | FuelArc⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
- Me: look at that rain, glad I got a taxi.
- Taxi: GET OUT… NOW!
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨WhatsApp rolls out AI-generated summaries for private messages⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
So I think, but I’m not sure, this is for group chats. Group chats are only encrypted to/from the server because the server broadcasts the message to each recipient. As the messages are unencrypted on the server, they can feed them to LLMs.

This is different to Signal. On Signal it’s your phone encrypting each copy of the message before sending to each recipient individually.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Government to ban Palestine Action, home secretary confirms⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Ok… …a blanket ban on a set of protestors.

What’s the legal criteria to say somebody is a member of an organisation like this? Do they have to have a membership card to be banned from protests? It’s poorly defined and easily becomes anybody who turns up at a pro-palestinian protest. At that point you have banned protests on the subject.

Hold individuals accountable for their actions. Don’t police people’s views or their desire to express them.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Government to ban Palestine Action, home secretary confirms⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Taking targeted action at those who perpetrated the sabotage would be my preference, rather than blanket bans on a protestors. This is the wrong way to solve the problem.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Armed Forces Minister refuses seven times to say whether UK backs US military action in Iran⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
He’s a member of the cabinet and so should know the government position. He can also state if UK forces acted in any part of the operation (e.g. refilling).

The decision may not be his but he should be enacting the effect of the decision. It’s absolutely reasonable to ask him.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ask the crickets⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
…or count the chirps in 8 seconds and add 4.

Why am I taking 25seconds and dividing by 3? Accuracy?
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨All babies in England to get DNA test to assess risk of diseases within 10 years⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
I’m sure it would be very useful. Doesn’t mean I want ANYBODY having that kind of information.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨All babies in England to get DNA test to assess risk of diseases within 10 years⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
It should not remain in the NHS in my opinion. It should be deleted after the analysis is done.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Federal judge declines to order Trump officials to recover deleted Signal messages⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

…the ruling stopped short of ordering the government to recover past messages that may already have been lost.

How would somebody be meant to comply with an order to recover a message that has been deleted? Or is that the point? Can’t comply and you’re in contempt of court.