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- Comment on Girls who play after-school sport in UK 50% more likely to later get top jobs, study finds 2 weeks ago:
Correlation is not causation.
- Comment on Green MP spots banned cluster bombs at London arms fair 2 weeks ago:
I literally started my comment off by acknowledging that she might have seen cluster munitions but downvote away.
- Comment on Green MP spots banned cluster bombs at London arms fair 2 weeks ago:
Cluster munitions has a clear definition. It acquired a clear definition when the treaty was drafted. Cluster munitions release a … cluster (group) of smaller munitions that themselves explode on impact.
Fragmentation munitions break apart and the fragments cause death and destruction.
If someone claims that she’s seen cluster munitions that were outlawed, she’s claiming to have seen cluster munitions that were outlawed, not fragmentation munitions. We may not like either, I certainly don’t, but one type is illegal and another type is not. The picture she’s used it’s actually not even munitions, it’s fuzes, ie the thing that makes munitions detonate.
- Comment on Green MP spots banned cluster bombs at London arms fair 2 weeks ago:
She may have seen cluster munitions at the fare.
But that picture shows an 84 mm high explosive impact fuze for a M-84 Carl Gustav recoilless rifle and an 81 mm fuze tip for for 81 mm mortar round.
Neither if these are cluster munitions.
I’ve used both back in my army days.
- Comment on "Very dramatic shift" - Linus Tech Tips opens up about the channel's declining viewership 3 weeks ago:
How dare you use facts to challenge our beliefs!!
- Comment on Britain’s illegal e-bike boom: desperation, delivery drivers – and unthinkable danger 3 weeks ago:
I’ve cycled and walked in London for the last 10+ years. These silent and deadly speeders are super dangerous. I’ve seen several crashes on their account. As a cyclist, they overtake you a great speed; as a pedestrian they can be much closer much quicker than expected forcing you to misjudge if you can cross.
Yes they are dangerous. I can’t believe you need to have this explained to you.
- Comment on Big Surprise—Nobody Wants 8K TVs 3 weeks ago:
First thing I do to a tv is flick it into a colour graded mode and flick all motion smoothing off.
- Comment on Big Surprise—Nobody Wants 8K TVs 3 weeks ago:
Agree that it’s HDR, not actually resolution that makes that much difference.
- Comment on YouTube is now flagging accounts on Premium family plans that aren't in the same household 3 weeks ago:
I agree that it would make more sense if they called it a “household” plan. That’s clearly what it is.
- Comment on YouTube is now flagging accounts on Premium family plans that aren't in the same household 3 weeks ago:
By Darwin you see a lot. I was merely stating that I think YouTube premium is worth the price I pay for it.
Is there no product you are satisfied with? Your life must be pretty bleak.
- Comment on YouTube is now flagging accounts on Premium family plans that aren't in the same household 3 weeks ago:
Is recommending a product that you’re satisfied with “shilling”?
Is there a product in this world that you think is worth the price? Does that make you a shill?
- Comment on YouTube is now flagging accounts on Premium family plans that aren't in the same household 3 weeks ago:
You mean removing sponsor led segments inside a video? Sort of. The jump ahead feature, which I think is a premium feature, allows you to jump in the video based on where everywhere else is jumping in the video. So when a sponsored segment starts and you skip forward 30s (double tap on mobile, ‘k’ on PC) you are offered to jump ahead. You click that and you get to the end of the sponsored segment.
- Comment on YouTube is now flagging accounts on Premium family plans that aren't in the same household 3 weeks ago:
YouTube steals other people’s work?
I tend to watch content creators who willingly put their content on YouTube. Am I missing something here…?
- Comment on YouTube is now flagging accounts on Premium family plans that aren't in the same household 3 weeks ago:
I know. I thought we were upvoting respectful debate, not having a popularity contest. But apparently not…
- Comment on YouTube is now flagging accounts on Premium family plans that aren't in the same household 3 weeks ago:
It’s a product. You can buy it or not. If you don’t think it’s worth it, stay away, or stay on the free tier. You’re acting as if you’ve got some kind of right to use a service that’s provided by a commercial entity.
- Comment on YouTube is now flagging accounts on Premium family plans that aren't in the same household 3 weeks ago:
It’s too expensive agreed. However YouTube has a lot of discounted memberships through other services. I wouldn’t pay full price for it, but through my mobile phone company I get more than 50% off and that’s a bloody great deal.
- Comment on YouTube is now flagging accounts on Premium family plans that aren't in the same household 3 weeks ago:
Same here. I’ve cancelled Netflix, never got Disney plus, never use prime (though I think I have access to something through prime shipping).
YouTube however; I watch this every single day, use it for learning, relaxation, documentaries etc.
It’s a fantastic platform and well worth the subscription AFAICS.
- Comment on YouTube is now flagging accounts on Premium family plans that aren't in the same household 3 weeks ago:
If you pay, the platform remains great. I get a discounted YouTube premium membership through my mobile phone company. I think YouTube is great, I never see ads, lots of features.
Just to offer an alternative view.
- Comment on Paper and mobile train tickets to be replaced with GPS tracking in new travel trial 3 weeks ago:
Myeah not entirely an unfair comment.
But I’ve worked in Switzerland and literally it’s even simpler there. You start and app, you say “I’m starting a journey”, you climb onboard and when you get off, you indicate on the app that the journey has completed. You are then charged the cheapest for a journey from your A to your B.
Still inspection onboard, eg if you sit in first class with a second class tracking ticket, but it’s a two-click operation.
Fairtiq it’s called. Pretty neat.
- Comment on Mastodon says it doesn't 'have the means' to comply with age verification laws 4 weeks ago:
Sort of the same system they’re building in Denmark.
You will log into MitID (myID), authenticate with the MitID app, then be issued a bunch of ZKP tokens which you’ll burn off against age verification services. No trace, fully authenticated, fully trusted, damn near impossible to fool.
- Comment on Mastodon says it doesn't 'have the means' to comply with age verification laws 4 weeks ago:
Ok. I get the concept that pornography doesn’t harm children. We can debate that.
But by that reckoning should we also allow children to buy guns online and have them delivered at home? Is there nothing we want to restrict online, on account that whoever is buying it might be too young?
- Comment on Mastodon says it doesn't 'have the means' to comply with age verification laws 4 weeks ago:
I’m am 100% any form of checks that identify you.
But for what it is worth the European Union’s proposed framework for this legally mandates zero knowledge proofs.
The UK’s implantation sucks. Big hairy monkey balls.
- Comment on Mastodon says it doesn't 'have the means' to comply with age verification laws 4 weeks ago:
So you would also support a child buying alcohol online on account of being given money and access to the internet?
- Comment on Mastodon says it doesn't 'have the means' to comply with age verification laws 4 weeks ago:
Eh, Denmark is. They are building exactly a ZKP system.
Britain has chosen to not make this a legal requirement so it is possible to tie back age verification with who verified. That makes it a lot more suspect.
- Comment on Mastodon says it doesn't 'have the means' to comply with age verification laws 4 weeks ago:
I too have been screaming about private online since the 90s. I have an intuitive reaction that sort of mirrors yours.
But can I ask you a question?
And it’s one that I’m asking because I genuinely wish to learn from others.
Because I can’t quite see the difference and maybe there’s something I’m missing.
Why is it not government overreach to ensure pornography isn’t sold to minors in an adult video store, but government overreach to have the same expectation of online pornography providers?
I would love your enlightened view on this so I can learn from it. Because I can’t quite see the difference.
I understand that many adults go into an adult video store and need not prove their age, because they clearly look like adults.
And so the difference here is that everyone have to prove their age online, even people that are clearly adults by how they look.
But entering a pornography website is the equivalent of entering an adult video store where the clerk cannot see you, cannot hear your voice. In that world I would also expect the clerk to check every purchase as they would have no other means of assessing the buyer’s age.
Or maybe you think that adult videos should be sold to everyone and it’s the very concept that pornography is restricted to minors that you disagree with. I don’t personally hold that view but then I can least understand why you would also reject online age verification.
Or maybe you think it is ineffective and won’t make a difference. That argument I most definitely agree with, but how we choose to implement a law, and whether it’s effective, is two different discussions I would posit.
- Comment on 4chan and Kiwi Farms Sue the UK Over its Age Verification Law 4 weeks ago:
Yes despite my downvotes I’ll stick my neck out to agree with you.
If a US company wanted to sell liquor online in the UK, they’d have to follow U.K. laws for alcohol licensing and age-verified delivery.
I don’t know why age verification is any different. That’s the UK law (which I disagree with for what it’s worth, certainly in its current implementation) and if you want to operate in the UK (and for a website that means be accessible to U.K. audiences) you follow U.K. laws while here.
- Comment on 4chan and Kiwi Farms Sue the UK Over its Age Verification Law 4 weeks ago:
I don’t really get this.
Whether I like the UK’s act, they are free to set the laws of their land. So if foreign websites don’t want to comply, the UK is also free to order its ISPs to block the site.
Which kids will then circumvent with VPN.
And so on …
- Comment on A tale of two shires 4 weeks ago:
I know! The joke doesn’t really work when you know how to pronounce it.
- Comment on 4chan and Kiwi Farms Sue the UK Over its Age Verification Law 4 weeks ago:
The polite version of lmgtfy
- Comment on Stop children using VPNs to watch porn, ministers told 4 weeks ago:
Myeah sort of agree if you compare wireguard vs wireguard docker.
But wg-easy has a management interface for creating peers and seeing who’s active so it’s somewhat easier to get set up.