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- Comment on Shamelessly stolen from Reddit 1 day ago:
My problem with the whole thing is well expressed by Bojack Horseman.
An IT technician who spends their entire career in air-conditioned offices in their home country but happens to be employed by the army is worthy of adoration, special treatment and prioritisation, but obviously a nurse saving lives on a daily basis and facing routine abuse from violent drunks and psychotic nutcases can fuck right off because they work at a privately-owned hospital.
Drawing a circle around the armed forces saying “these people are deserving of unquestionable praise and arbitrary benefits” is the same as saying “no-one else is” and it’s insulting to the intelligence of everyone involved.
- Comment on European Commission launching #Wifi4EU initative, 93k high-speed private access points across the EU, free of charge. 4 days ago:
Yeah, of all the things to criticise the EU for the DSA is a bizarre pick. Challenging techbro dominance with simple and technically-sensible demands on the gatekeepers is a win for the average person in my book.
- Comment on European Commission launching #Wifi4EU initative, 93k high-speed private access points across the EU, free of charge. 4 days ago:
The more competitive networks tend to include EU roaming as standard. The ones that charge a lot - like the £2/day mentioned - tend to be the ones with captive customers like Sky, for example, where most of their customers also have TV and broadband from them so they’re stuck.
- Comment on WhatsApp deletes over 6.8m accounts linked to scams, Meta says 5 days ago:
I wish they’d delete my WhatsApp account. I got rid of WhatsApp years ago, when I got rid of everything Facebook-related, but they still tell people that I have WhatsApp. Every so often I get an SMS from them telling me that I’m missing out, and the people who use WhatsApp to contact me are basically being told that I’m ignoring them.
And, yes, I have closed my account and even emailed them asking for this to be sorted, even emailed them demanding my data under GDPR but they didn’t even answer. Why respect my autonomy as a human when they could emotionally blackmail me into compliance?
- Comment on I bought a £16 smartwatch just because it used USB-C 5 days ago:
I tell you hwat.
- Comment on I bought a £16 smartwatch just because it used USB-C 5 days ago:
I have a rule: I never preorder anything. I broke that rule recently. www.repebble.com
- Comment on Spotify fans threaten to return to piracy as music streamer introduces new face-scanning age checks in the UK 1 week ago:
I heartily recommend the last two.
- Comment on Spotify fans threaten to return to piracy as music streamer introduces new face-scanning age checks in the UK 1 week ago:
I’m having a pretty good time with Qobuz. Their curated collections are actually really good and I’ve found a lot of new stuff in there; it’s not the “here’s what the record label is shoveling this week” like on Spotify. Also, the high bitrate stuff… I hate to admit it, but it really does sound better.
- Comment on GOG’s Freedom To Buy Campaign Gives Away Controversial Games For Free To Protest Censorship 1 week ago:
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- Comment on Public urged to help catch gangs bringing drugs on ‘mother ships’ to UK coast 1 week ago:
Dreams.
- Comment on Public urged to help catch gangs bringing drugs on ‘mother ships’ to UK coast 1 week ago:
Years ago me and a couple of mates built mini shallow-level submarines. Initially they were remote controlled, then programmable (since radio waves don’t like water) and eventually we got to the point where they could travel a few miles at a time underwater, surface enough to expose their GPS antennae to confirm a fix and link to Meshtastic for updated instructions, and then carry on their way. My point is these smugglers need to get their shit together. “Mother ships”? Give me a break. Amateurs.
- Comment on Public urged to help catch gangs bringing drugs on ‘mother ships’ to UK coast 1 week ago:
Havelock Vetinari, is that you?
- Comment on 4.2% pay rise for police officers across England and Wales 1 week ago:
Given the bullshit they deal with - especially in ass-backwards Reform towns - and the effective pay freeze they were under during the last government, I think this is good but not nearly enough. And before anyone chimes in, yes, this also applies to public sector workers in healthcare, sanitation, education, emergency aid, etc, etc.
- Comment on Is this the end of Bootloader Unlocking in the EU? 1 week ago:
It’s a bullshit argument and this article is a classic example of a shitty journalist pretending that a new law overrules every other law in existence.
- Comment on Tea app leak worsens with second database exposing user chats 1 week ago:
And here’s your daily reminder that the OSA was introduced, championed and passed by the Tories in 2023 despite outcry. Sunak even said at the time it was a problem for the “next Parliament” to deal with. Now they’re trying to blame Labour.
- Comment on Meet the Pro-Israel Lawyers Hounding the NHS 2 weeks ago:
Is this UKLFI again?
- Comment on erm what the freak... 2 weeks ago:
I’m ditched Spotify for Qobuz and am having a good time so far.
- Comment on ill take a double scoop 2 weeks ago:
I was there too. I don’t know what stuck with me more: your actions or James Cameron’s expression. I watched him a little afterwards too, the poor guy didn’t even finish his Grand Slamwich.
- Comment on Ze princess 2 weeks ago:
Don’t WINE.
- Comment on "Tea cup" app - user database leaked today (incl. drivers license & IDs). Daily reminder not to give your ID to online services [THEY DO NOT PROTECT YOUR INFORMATION] 2 weeks ago:
None of the driver licenses shown in the screenshot are UK style.
- Comment on Apple sues YouTuber who leaked iOS 26’s new “Liquid Glass” software redesign 3 weeks ago:
Microsoft changing Outlook from gold to yet another blue blob. Google changing every single goddamn app to use the same red/yellow/green/blue pallet. And now this bullshit.
- Comment on Netflix uses AI effects for first time to cut costs 3 weeks ago:
A boomer coworker recently said something that made a lot of sense to me: Netflix is for 2020s TV what Motown was for 1960s music. They’ve turned the artform into a production line, constantly optimising to shovel out as much content as possible, hunting the minimum viable product, and occasionally, very rarely, producing something good almost by chance. L
- Comment on Orb 3 weeks ago:
- Ya
Not that exceptional.
- Comment on Do you still remember? 3 weeks ago:
Like most Brits, a Vauxhall (Opel) Corsa.
- Comment on We really, really do. 3 weeks ago:
Mirth! Imitate not replicate. 🥄🥄🥄
- Comment on You can drive 74 hours and still be in Germany. The American mind can't comprehend this. 3 weeks ago:
Or the size of your Mom’s big butt.
Beep boop I’m a bot that translates British English to American English. To opt out, reply ‘ligma’.
- Comment on You can drive 74 hours and still be in Germany. The American mind can't comprehend this. 3 weeks ago:
Oh, please. There’s way more to NASCAR than that.
- Comment on You can drive 74 hours and still be in Germany. The American mind can't comprehend this. 3 weeks ago:
Prices tags are normally prepared using computers which are famously good at maths. Here in the UK, England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland have different rules for tax on certain products and yet everything is advertised with the final price.
- Comment on You can drive 74 hours and still be in Germany. The American mind can't comprehend this. 3 weeks ago:
Parliament.
- Comment on How do people calculate pi to the hundredth+ decimal place? 4 weeks ago:
It’s true! I just drew a circle and measured it. Turns out π≈5.