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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘Devastating blow’: Atlassian lays off 1,600 workers ahead of AI push⁩ ⁨⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  About 16k workers? How!?

  What a waste of human effort, time and resources. All to make a few bad products, worse.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hisense TVs force owners to watch intrusive ads when switching inputs, visiting the home screen, or even changing channels — practice infuriates consumers, brand denies wrongdoing⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Indeed, that’s why I mentioned a PC monitor first

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hisense TVs force owners to watch intrusive ads when switching inputs, visiting the home screen, or even changing channels — practice infuriates consumers, brand denies wrongdoing⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Well what about a PC monitor? You can get u to like 43" and beyond. Obviously they are great for gaming as well.

  The other very impractical mention - after TVs starting adding ads, cameras and microphones, I switched to a 2nd hand projector. Most have no smart features.

  All you need is a white or off- white wall to protect on to. And the ability to block some light coming into the room.

  Downsides:

  • They can be bulky and noisy. Particularly the 4k ones
  • might need separate speakers
  • Not as low latency as a tv but models do come with VRR
  • bulbs do get darker from prolonged use (and aren’t always cheap to replace)
  • you might need separate speakers
  • and there are the trailing cables
  • And you’ll never get the inky blacks of oleds. But for picture size and immersion for the cost, they are basically unbeatable.

  Some can project from a coffee table.

  For tv series and YouTube like content, I use a laptop. Then for big movies, I use the projector and 5.1 sound system (mostly 2nd hand as well.)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The UK paid £4.1 million for a bookmarks site⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  This is just one product/service that PwC has provided to the UK Government, there have been countless more. It’s a drop in the ocean of wasted money.

  But the Government isn’t being hoodwinked. It’s by design. Ministers need big departments and big budgets to boost their profile. PwC massively overcharge, so ministers can have their big budgets.

  It’s win win. Only people that lose, are the tax payers.

  PwC almost always subcontract, who then subcontract again. The people who actually did this work probably got 45k.

  Subcontractors like companies like PwC, because they have access to Governments and multinationals and win contracts that boost the subcontracters’ profile.

  How do I know? I worked at a subcontracting consultancy.

  It’s not just PwC. It’s all the big Accounting Firms. It’s Capita etc.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PC game recommendation for my partner and I⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Agree with It Takes Two.

  The platforming can be frustrating in parts, but as she’s played Mario and donkey kong, then it should be fine.

  I mean the other obvious option are the various Lego games.

  Lego Harry Potter etc.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Save us!!!⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  True. All I can think of is that before it gets to Halloween shops have sold off most of their stock and are in the process of getting all the Xmas stuff out. I’ve been places where they have a Halloween and Xmas mix of songs.

  I’m not ruling out that a few hundred thousand completely random people around the world all decide to listen to Xmas music around the same time. I just think it’s more likely businesses switching to seasonal music as early as possible, and streaming Mariah Carey 20 times a day, causing the big sudden spike.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Save us!!!⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Is it just a load of stores/shops immediately switching to generic xmas playlists after Halloween? To me that’s the only reason I could see there to being a sudden spike. This song is bound to be in most of them. But we’d also need to track other popular xmas tracks.

  (I know there used to be significant music licensing issues about what music could be played in a store, to the public. Don’t know if there is some special Spotify business account now?)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Wild Seals⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Obligatory link - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seal_finger

  Don’t let a Seal bite you.

  “Seal finger was first described scientifically in 1907. It can cause cellulitis, joint inflammation, and swelling of the bone marrow; untreated, the course of “seal finger” is slow and often results in a thickened, contracted joint. Historically, seal finger was treated by amputation of the affected digits once they became unusable…”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨These are your only alternatives. ⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  1 - 100% chance of a metallic taste, that lingers after use. 3 as well probably.

  4 is the only practical option, just need to use it with your left hand.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How can England possibly be running out of water?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If you read the Government doc linked near the top of the Guardian article, you find this little gem:

  “A further one billion litres a day will also be needed to generate energy, grow our food, and power emerging technologies.”

  Basically things will be worse because a load of water is going to be consumed by AI data centers.