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- Comment on US | FDA says food companies can claim "no artificial colors" if they use natural dyes. 10 hours ago:
So if the dyes aren’t artificial, you can claim “no artificial colours”. This sounds like it makes sense? 👍
In the past, companies were generally only able to make such claims when their products had no added color whatsoever — whether derived from natural sources or otherwise.
Here in the UK, I’m pretty sure “No added colours” and “No artificial colours” are two different claims.
- Comment on What do you recommend I carry in my first wallet? 1 day ago:
a) Don’t sell yourself short bro, many of the best people are weirdos
b) You are going to feel SO stupid if you meet a horny coin fanatic tomorrow and have to turn them down
- Comment on Sweethearts' New Valentine Candy Hearts Are Basically A Couple's To-Do List 1 day ago:
“Should we try to hide the one with the typo?”
“No. Make sure it’s the first one people see.”
- Comment on We tested a transport app that cost the public £4m against Google Maps 3 days ago:
A new £4m transport app […] which has now been downloaded more than 5,000 times
I know it has to start somewhere, but still, I can’t help being tickled that it’s currently costing £800 per user.
- Comment on Average house price tops £300,000 for first time, says Halifax 5 days ago:
Grown by another £100,000 in the last decade, then.
I think about this 2016 Newsnight intro fairly often.
- Comment on Best gas masks 1 week ago:
What a fucking world we live in
- Comment on Ex-Tory Home Secretary Braverman defects to Reform UK 2 weeks ago:
Are even Reform voters dumb enough to see that happen and think it’s a good thing? I mean, surely taking the piss out of Lettuce Liz is just about the only thing everyone in this country can agree on?
- Comment on I wonder what would've happened if Lego bought Minecraft 3 weeks ago:
Wasn’t that kinda what LEGO Worlds was meant to be?
- Comment on Digg launches its new Reddit rival to the public 4 weeks ago:
I really wanted to like it, but it’s already a right-wing cesspit. 🤷♂️ Maaaaaybe it’ll improve, now that it’s public, but I don’t have high hopes.
I know this place is just the opposite kind of echo chamber, but when the other option is being beaten over the head with transphobia and Maga shit, ehh, I’ll take it.
- Comment on Labour MP ‘baffled’ government still uses X after minister calls Grok’s sexualised images ‘weapons of abuse’ 4 weeks ago:
We’re all baffled, Charlotte
- Comment on UK Expands Online Safety Act to Mandate Preemptive Scanning of Digital Communications 4 weeks ago:
Tbf you’re probably dead on about no one covering it 😬
- Comment on UK Expands Online Safety Act to Mandate Preemptive Scanning of Digital Communications 4 weeks ago:
The government’s own press release is linked in the article gov.uk/…/stronger-laws-for-tech-firms-to-ensure-y…
- Comment on once you start to realize that incels are right as a non-white, you see why Elliot rodger did it. 4 weeks ago:
It’s not faaaaiiiirrrrrrrr [pouts and stamps feet]
- Comment on Switch 2 Sales Reportedly Struggled Over The Christmas Period 4 weeks ago:
I’m going to get one at some point, because my OG Switch’s battery swelled up so I got rid of it. It’s more about being able to play my existing games, than being in any way excited about spending £70 on new ones. 😔
- Comment on Will the government be able to put 2 & 2 together 5 weeks ago:
Pfft, sounds fake, next you’ll be telling me the Online Safety Act didn’t actually have anything to do with online safety
- Comment on [deleted] 5 weeks ago:
This made me remember that “trumping”/“trump” were already synonyms for “farting”/“fart” when I was a little kid in the UK. Yet another thing the orange horror has ruined smh
- Comment on What If Heavy Files Actually Felt Heavy? — Shiveesh Fotedar 1 month ago:
When I owned one years ago, I legit had no idea for the first few months.
The first time I clicked it with the power off I panicked and assumed I’d somehow jammed it or something. 😄
- Comment on Number of people who say Britons must be born in UK is rising, study shows 1 month ago:
Sadly our dumb voting system means the minority may get elected 😬
- Comment on Firefox Will Ship with an "AI Kill Switch" to Completely Disable all AI Features - 9to5Linux 1 month ago:
There’s the slow-and-not-very-capable link preview thing… and I could’ve sworn the “what’s new” thing the other day said they were adding an on-device model to improve search results or something, but I can’t find the reference to it now.
Maybe they removed it after all the AI backlash. 😬
- Comment on It just keeps getting worse - Firefox to "evolve into a modern AI browser" 1 month ago:
Every product we build must give people agency in how it works. Privacy, data use, and AI must be clear and understandable. Controls must be simple. AI should always be a choice — something people can easily turn off. People should know why a feature works the way it does and what value they get from it.
Come on, this isn’t Reddit, at least skim the article before you start with the performative outrage.
- Comment on “You Should Be Honoured to Work Here”: British Library Staff are Striking for Pay, Conditions, and Respect 1 month ago:
Only tenuously related, but this post reminded me about their 2023 cyber-attack. I check every now and again to see whether they’ve managed to recover from it yet. And… nope. 🤔
- Comment on Rachel Reeves Says Progressive People Should Be Zionists 2 months ago:
Progressive People Say Rachel Reeves Should Get in the Sea
- Comment on UK campaigners condemn ‘creepy’ digital billboards that can track viewers’ responses 2 months ago:
Vandalising something that can record you might not be the smartest thing
- Comment on I sometimes can't sleep at night. Perhaps my brain's "CMOS Chip" battery ran out and my circadian rhythm defaulted to my "factory settings" of Beijing Time (UTC +8), which would explain my insomnia. 2 months ago:
But seriously tho, it’s just depression, can’t sleep, hence this showerthought
Well… maybe. You’ve accidentally come up with something that actually exists, called Delayed Sleep Phase Disorder. And about half of people with DSPD have depression. 😬 (Also common in ADHDers.)
The circadian rhythms of people with DSPD are offset compared to people without it, so it is a bit like time zones in that respect. And if you try to “fight” it, by getting up early and holding down a 9-5 job, the effects are often compared to jet lag.
- Comment on Why do some people have so many tabs open on their browser? 2 months ago:
This may or may not be a joke, but yes, this is very often talked about among ADHDers!
I’m AuDHD and thankfully this is one area where my ordered, autistic side wins out – i.e. I have meticulously organised bookmarks and “Raindrop” tags for everything instead. 😄 I couldn’t stand having tons of tabs open.
- Comment on The VPN panic is only getting started 2 months ago:
I don’t have kids, but if age restriction did come for VPNs, I honestly think I’d subscribe to one for them. Or at least bring back the idea of having a “family computer” in the main living area, where they can use a VPN with supervision.
I know everyone’s kids are different, but surely it’s better to at least attempt to teach them how to use the internet safely and in a healthy way (adblock, security, privacy, bots, scams, the perils of social media, discussions about porn and when it is and isn’t healthy/exploitative etc.) rather than keeping them on The Pretend Internet till they’re 18 and then unleashing them on the world. 😬 So they can fall for every scam and get “hacked” every few days and argue with AI bots like old ladies.
- Comment on Gmail users warned to opt out of new feature - what we know 2 months ago:
Not that I’ve seen, no.
- Comment on Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out 2 months ago:
It irks me that all you ever hear about is “Ugh, Microsoft trying to force people to use Edge again”
And yet, when I did use Edge, I had to install an extension to remove the huge “We recommend using Chrome” banner on every Google service. 😬
- Comment on It can be harder to surveil private conversations if everyone just used sign language. 2 months ago:
Phones have cameras as well as microphones. Also, all public places have cameras. 🤔
- Comment on UK steps up review of headlight glare as drivers complain of being dazzled 3 months ago:
The Renters Rights Bill just went through and became the Renters Rights Act, too
gov.uk/…/historic-renters-rights-act-becomes-law
They have actually done some decent shit, but they’re doing an awful job of getting the word out 😬