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- Comment on Creating apps like Signal or WhatsApp could be 'hostile activity,' claims UK watchdog 2 days 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 2 days 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' 1 week ago:
FINALLY it gets reported in the MSM!
- Comment on Half of people arrested in London may have undiagnosed ADHD, study finds 1 week 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 1 week 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 2 weeks 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] 1 month 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. 2 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. 2 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. 2 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 2 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... 2 months ago:
Balloon knot
- Comment on CAPTCHAs make me lowkey mad 2 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 2 months ago:
Good point, there.
- Comment on 'Buy one, get one free' deals for unhealthy food banned in supermarkets 2 months ago:
You would be stupid to pick up two if you knew you were going to throw one away. Food waste is not a good thing.
But - as odd as this might seem - you could offer the second lettuce to someone else. Either someone else leaving the store, a friend/neighbor or work colleague. Yes I know it’s unusual to stand up in the office and say “does anyone want a frew lettuce?” but it’s not only harmless, its positive!
- Comment on 'Buy one, get one free' deals for unhealthy food banned in supermarkets 2 months ago:
They do put restrictions on smoking and drinking - they outlawed deals on those years ago. Tobacco is about 50x the price it costs to manufacture because of taxes, and guess what? There’s millions fewer smokers now than there were in the 1900’s! People who don’t drink, or who drink much more rarely, are a much higher number than they used to be too.
Personally though, I do think tobacco should be completely illegal. Maybe nicotine products too, though they do help people with ADD self-regulate
- Comment on 'Buy one, get one free' deals for unhealthy food banned in supermarkets 2 months ago:
It’s a good change. What would be even better is promoting 2 for 1 deals on fruit, veg, nuts, seeds, pulses and grains. Arguably meat too, though with the environmental impact of the industry that’s harder to justify
- Comment on 'Buy one, get one free' deals for unhealthy food banned in supermarkets 2 months ago:
10% of the NHS’s budget goes towards treating diabetes. That’s a huge amount of money. It’s not just a problem for sufferers - its everyone elses problem too.
In my view*, government has two main jobs: promoting our happiness, and curbing our excesses. This is firmly within those remits, albeit trading short term for long term happiness.
You probably wouldn’t say firearms/crack cocaine/embezzling shouldn’t be illegal just because some people can’t control themselves, I hope? This is much like that - it just seems harmless because you’re used to it being there.
People can still buy crisps and pizza. They just won’t get a discount on over-indulging anymore
*actually, Bertrand Russell’s view.
- Comment on Who owns Britain? The effects of privatisation on the costs of living in the UK 2 months ago:
I suspect water could be nationalised. You just make a compulsory purchase order, based on the value of the companies, and it would be very easy to say that the value of the companies is effectively nil. They’ve got debts and obligations that outstrip their income.
We could also raise the billions needed to put in the infrastructure fairly easily with a rejig of tax structure and by upping HMRCs budget
- Comment on How Comedy Was Destroyed by an Anti-Reality Doomsday Cult - The Elephant Graveyard 2 months ago:
It’s so well produced, you’ll enjoy the watch. But a summary is that Rogan has formed a deluded cult around him, making the world an incrementally worse place
- Comment on MI5 concedes it ‘unlawfully’ obtained data from former BBC journalist 2 months ago:
Article doesn’t say what the consequences will be. Possibly a small payout?
- Comment on The Stop Trump coalition published this video 2 months ago:
Fucking hell
- Comment on 9 arrests for violent fascists attacking police - 900 for grannies and disabled people holding placards 3 months ago:
As someone who is friends with a handful of cops, plenty of them are ok. The sort of people youd want to help in an emergency. They do have thugs and bullies, not suited to a fair bit of police work, but the police need the numbers, and so assign people like that to units who specialise in crowd control, riot control etc. so it frees up the more level-headed ones can be e.g. 999 responders, desk sergeants, interviewers etc.
“Nobody really likes them, but they do come in handy sometimes” one of my friends said.
- Comment on If the UK government proposed to increase tax by 1% and make trains free would you be in favour? 3 months ago:
By not having a car you don’t pay road tax, fuel tax, or have to pay for an MOT each year.
I think bureaucracy for small tax exemptions is a good thing, like the rebate you can apply for if you have to wear a uniform.
- Comment on If the UK government proposed to increase tax by 1% and make trains free would you be in favour? 3 months ago:
Yes, definitely. I think it would do wonders for the economy by making jobs more accessible.
BUT there could be a claimable annual tax refund if your sole residence is more than X miles from a train station, or if you can show you’ve not used a train that year. Something like that.
- Comment on If the UK government proposed to increase tax by 1% and make trains free would you be in favour? 3 months ago:
If they raised CGT to be the same rate as Income Tax, that would achieve it.
- Comment on You're Welcome, Grandma! 3 months ago:
Egghead? Back in my day they called them “boffins”
- Comment on Vape ban isn't working, says waste firm boss 3 months ago:
Most of the corner shops I’ve been to don’t even sell the refills, just the devices.
They need to jack up prices on the latter, and maybe enforce a rule requiring nicotine refills to be sold separately from devices
- Comment on New Banksy mural appears at Royal Courts of Justice 3 months ago:
Maybe rethink that statement
- Comment on Since we're doing magic eyes now... 5 months ago:
yeah that’s much easier