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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Future is Now!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Bump for other asker!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"Trippy" Reality⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Its interesting. We can both look at a landscape and agree there’s two mountains in the distance and a forest in front, and can agree on a thousand further details like if the mountains are barren or snow-topped. But only when it comes to colour can we doubt whether what the other person sees is what we see. To be fair, the artist Monet did that experiment on himself. Painted a scene with one eye open and the next day with the other. Details are pretty much the same, but the spectrum is pretty different

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"Trippy" Reality⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  At least it is in terms of a spectrum. Everybody finds orange text on a red background uncomfortable to read. So there are plenty of shared perception categories at least

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Palantir’s UK boss criticises ‘ideological’ groups as ministers move to scrap NHS contract⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Ah, bugger. Got the two muddled

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Palantir’s UK boss criticises ‘ideological’ groups as ministers move to scrap NHS contract⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Louis Mosely, the UK boss, is Oswald Mosely’s grandson. Y’know, the famous British fascist who wrote the Rivers Of Blood speech. One wonders how far the apple has fallen from that particular tree

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Couple used fake NHS order in £2m fraud⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Er… what? Their punishment for defrauding investors was “you can’t be a company director anymore… for a while”? No fines, CSO, or prison time?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Activists arrested over 'mass shoplifting plans'⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Damn. Back to the drawing board.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AI contributes to spike in fashion sales complaints to Citizens Advice⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Maybe its my age showing, but I’ve only ever bought one article of clothing online. If I can’t try it on before purchase I just wouldn’t bother.

  The one exception was a jacket that only sold in the states, a personal recommendation.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Freemasons’ legal challenge attempt against Met fails⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Summary: Police now have to declare if they are or have ever been freemasons to the police. That’s it. 400 have done so.

  They’ll almost certainly still try and get their masonic chums off with a lighter sentence.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah. Even if it turns out everything was consensual, he’s still a wrongun. Pratchett apparently said privately he wished he’d never had anything to do with him.

  Oh yeah, and a bunch of his characters were plagiarised too - Sandman was apparently a ripoff of some penniless authors work and he never gave her a shoutout despite her practically begging. Also he’s not paid people for work they’ve done for him, but I forget the details. I think that was more a misunderstanding (he thought they were just doing him a favour as friends)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Almost a quarter of soup on sale in UK supermarkets has too much salt, study finds⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I advocated for banning them because they’re polluting, unhealthy, and 500000 years of human history shows we don’t need them. That you insist we DO need them is probably false.

  I’ll take your personal argument for why YOU use them - they’re easy and convenient - but it doesn’t justify their continued existence, any more than than the truth that “safely disposing of dangerous chemicals is expensive and inconvenient” justifies dumping them into lakes and rivers

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Almost a quarter of soup on sale in UK supermarkets has too much salt, study finds⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Ok, all you needed to say was “i hate cooking”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Almost a quarter of soup on sale in UK supermarkets has too much salt, study finds⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Sure, but you could instead make a giant pan of e.g. spag bol one evening, put in individual tupperware tubs and freeze them. Then bring into work as an when. Saves umpteen trips to the shops.

  I don’t mean to deride them in every circumstance - I probably buy them 3 or 4 times a year when I haven’t been able to shop/cook for some reason. But if they weren’t available, that would probably be better for consumers and the environment. A tin of soup is much easier to recycle

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Almost a quarter of soup on sale in UK supermarkets has too much salt, study finds⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Ready meals are unhealthy, not hugely tasty, and more expensive than making it yourself.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨conditional soap⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Why, I oughtta

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨conditional soap⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Speak for yourself. I have 3mm of sheer perfection

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Creating apps like Signal or WhatsApp could be 'hostile activity,' claims UK watchdog⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  it only makes citizens vulnerable, and who cares about those peasants?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Creating apps like Signal or WhatsApp could be 'hostile activity,' claims UK watchdog⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Considering TOR was originally a CIA project, I wouldn’t be completely surprised if Signal was funded by a secret agency too.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Pro-Palestine prisoner on hunger strike 'deteriorating past point of no return'⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  FINALLY it gets reported in the MSM!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Half of people arrested in London may have undiagnosed ADHD, study finds⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I do hope that THIS we’ll at least hire an American-owned private company to do the reactive action in an incompetent and massively overpriced way?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Half of people arrested in London may have undiagnosed ADHD, study finds⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I think I read somewhere recently that something like £200mn spent on ADHD support would save £2bn in crime and benefits expenses.

  I’m pulling those figures out of my arse btw. But it was something like that

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Patients clogging up A&E with hiccups, sore throats and niggles⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Same day appointments aren’t the issue. I’d settle for an appointment in 3 days time as long as I could make an appointment when I’m not commuting on public transport

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What Germany can teach Britain about China’s spy threat: Berlin had a tendency to overlook the ‘dark side’ of closer economic ties to Beijing, but prosecutors have begun to crack down -- [Opinion]⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not clear what the actual threat to people in the west is? They’re costing us jobs and some wealth, presumably… is that it?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I hate it when a show gets a different actor for a main character.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I suppose I vaguely care about film adaptations of videogames in general. Interesting that there’s so few good ones

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I hate it when a show gets a different actor for a main character.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah the new guy who played Greg in Crazy Ex-Girlfriend wasn’t nearly as good. At least they made some knowing jokes about it

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I hate it when a show gets a different actor for a main character.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I thought it was alright. I wouldn’t say good, but I wouldn’t say dogshit either. I’ve no urge to watch it, but I’d watch it without complaint if someone else put it on

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Hands are AMAZING like that. At my last office I was the guy who had to call the external network admin whenever there was a problem. Used a desk phone to do it. I bet I could still dial his number faster than recite it

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨... huh...⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Balloon knot

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨CAPTCHAs make me lowkey mad⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m impressed by Facebook’s new method. AI generated images of 4 stacks of rocks are generated, and you have to choose the image containing a stack with the specified number of rocks. Much better than deciding whether the section of image containing a couple mm of handlebar counts as a square with a motorcycle

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'Buy one, get one free' deals for unhealthy food banned in supermarkets⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Good point, there.