ThePyroPython
@ThePyroPython@feddit.uk
- Comment on A German state is ditching Windows and Microsoft Office for Linux and LibreOffice on the 30,000 PCs it uses for local government functions 7 months ago:
IMO it should be further than that.
Open source software is, more often than not, used as digital infrastructure.
Governments around the world should absolutely be investing in open source software and actively contributing to it.
- Comment on Sunak attacks Starmer on trans rights as Brianna Ghey’s mother visits Parliament 9 months ago:
- Comment on Can an app decide if a language lives or dies? Not if Welsh speakers have anything to do with it 10 months ago:
Well Mark, you had the chance to back a welsh-made language learning app startup (made by a friend of mine) and passed them up so they’ve moved onto other things.
Don’t act surprised when an American language learning app decides to drop a relatively obscure language like Welsh.
- Comment on Brexit has completely failed for UK, say clear majority of Britons – poll 10 months ago:
I voted remain and I’m not joking: push Brexit voters into the ocean.
It’d increase the country’s average IQ by at least 10 points and significantly reduce the number of racists and grifters in the country.
(Yes I know not everyone who voted for brexit was racist, but all racists voted for brexit)
- Comment on the Sun reacts to Zephaniah applying for a Cambridge visiting fellowship 11 months ago:
Fuck the Sun. Fuck the Tories.
Fuck London. How about Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds and the rest of the north secede from England and create Neo Mercia.
- Comment on Millions of UK households forced to unplug fridge to cope with rising bills 1 year ago:
- Comment on UK tornado warning for tomorrow 1 year ago:
🤞 Please hit parliament 🤞
- Comment on Holocaust survivor confronts Suella Braverman --- [video, 1 min] 1 year ago:
Suella it’s very fucking simple:
Is there a problem with the immigration system and a large influx of migrants? Yes.
Do you need to use dehumanising language like “swarm” and “invasion” implying you’d stop refugees with a gaint can of Raid Insect Repellent? No.
- Comment on UK ‘in violation of international law’ over poverty levels, says UN envoy 1 year ago:
The UN wasn’t set up to prevent atrocities like Palestine/Israel.
It was set up to prevent large multi-nation conflicts like WW1 and WW2 by providing a platform for dialogue & diplomacy between multiple countries WITH a standing army acting as a peacekeeping force.
Unfortunately, proxy conflicts like Israel/Palestine still occur.
- Comment on UK ‘in violation of international law’ over poverty levels, says UN envoy 1 year ago:
If you ever feel uninformed about history, remember the comment above exists.
- Comment on UK has 'no plans' to suspend arms sales to Israel 1 year ago:
- Comment on UK government keeping files on teaching assistants and librarians’ internet activity 1 year ago:
UK government: Runs ads to encourage more people to enter teaching.
Also UK government: spies on teachers who need better policies to actually do their jobs.
- Comment on JK Rowling prefers two years in jail over using correct pronouns 1 year ago:
Apathy’s a tragedy and boredom is a crime.
Anything and everything, all of the time.
- Comment on Woman slams selfish paragliders who 'made her think Hamas were invading Doncaster' 1 year ago:
Alternative title: Doncaster woman’s stupidity is perfect rage-bait for our website.
Fuck that awful rag of a paper.
- Comment on Why Is Britain Retreating from Global Leadership on Climate Action? 1 year ago:
- Comment on We'll bulldoze local blocks on housing, says Keir Starmer 1 year ago:
Yeah, Angela made that clear that they’ll be “holding developers to account for their obligations” for building social and affordable housing which sounds like strongly enforcing the percentage rules on new developments.
- Comment on I would like to know more about them 1 year ago:
Moopsy!
- Comment on Gillian Keegan pledges crackdown on mobiles in schools 1 year ago:
So here’s your two options for doing this:
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Phone signal jammer - illegal because you are purposefully interfering over a licensed radio band.
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Retrofit all classrooms into a Faraday cage - impractical because ludicrously expensive.
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- Comment on I'm with Kira 1 year ago:
Well yeah as it should be when applied carefully: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance
- Comment on Hydrogen locomotive 1 year ago:
cough overhead lines cough
- Comment on Success Sunday - 17th Sept 2023 1 year ago:
This week i managed to get 3/4 through tidying up my room and finding a place for things to live so it stays tidy.
I’m about to go to a casual football kick around and then after lunch I’ll finish the tidying.
- Comment on Third of medical students plan to quit NHS within two years of graduating 1 year ago:
It’s the only viable medical career path at the moment: graduate with your degree, do upto 2 years in the NHS then go into the private sector (private or NHS contracts) or abroad.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 year ago:
Scene from Lower Decks, the ensign bumped into Captain Gomez and dropped some pads.
- Comment on What? Moopsy is evolving! 1 year ago:
Moopsy!
- Comment on ::slurping noises:: 1 year ago:
Moopsy!
- Comment on CAPTAIN I PROPOSE WE EJECT THE CORE IMMEDIETLY 1 year ago:
I still can’t get over the high-pitched voice when they turned the keys on the model Cerritos to enject the warp core.
Makes me giggle everytime.
- Comment on UK to return to EU’s flagship Horizon science research programme 1 year ago:
I agree. The UK universities that act as major hubs for research and innovation are still around and still have a good reputation. The Brexit political forces have damaged the sector, but it’s not dead and it can be fixed if talented international teams feel confident to invest their people in the UK to leverage the institutions we have.
I think that the Brexit gang had the idea that all modern UK innovation was being done by Brunel and Newton types: the myth of a single person who though sheer will bring forth technological & scientific disruption.
It’s completely the wrong idea. Hopefully, when they see that showing commitment to international and Europe-wide collaboration brings back the top-talent they’re so despite for, they’ll swallow their misplaced pride.
- Comment on UK to return to EU’s flagship Horizon science research programme 1 year ago:
Thank fucking god!
The UK research sector is one of the next biggest outside of the financial services sector.
Now, align standards, and get a fucking deal together with Norway over oil, offshore wind, and grid interconnectors or something that is mutually beneficial so that they don’t veto entry into the EEA.
Get into the EEA, learn to take the rules that the multinational corporations and other 3rd countries do if they want to sell to the worlds 3rd largest market.
- Comment on Germany refuses to extradite man to UK over concerns about British jail conditions 1 year ago:
Yeah it is.
It’s so bad that the Home Office is issuing quotas for “High-priority” crime which is code for solve things that make the news headlines: large scale drug busts, charging murderers, seizing large sums of cash and assets.
But they’re completely deprioritising other crimes from bike theft to shoplifting to domestic violence and reducing the amount of community engagement activities.
Addressing smaller crimes and having officers engaged with the community is essential for fostering a safe environment. And here’s the kicker; the more these low-level crimes go unpunished, the more high-level crimes happen are more likely to happen when fuelled by economic downturn.
- Comment on Nadine Dorries formally resigns as MP after 11-week delay 1 year ago:
Mate, you’re not you when you’re hungry, eat a Snickers.