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- Comment on Anons text isn't green but that's far from the worst. 16 hours ago:
I feel conflicted about even upvoting this repost. It’s nice to know I still have some scruples left.
- Comment on Time of death: 1:19 am October 18 17 hours ago:
It’s not as bad as you think. If you read it carefully you’ll see that you can press any key to make the banner go away. I’m so glad I could help 🤗
- Comment on Ketamine addict Elon Musk believes puppets are attacking him 1 day ago:
Ketamine addict Elon Musk believes puppets are attacking him
Every accusation is a confession.
- Comment on You've Just Been Hit By The Front Burner Gang 3 days ago:
Hmmm…
- Comment on You've Just Been Hit By The Front Burner Gang 3 days ago:
Where all the juices slorp off to so chef can have a little lap-lap-lap if they’re getting a bit tired.
- Comment on trap 4 days ago:
Fuck you. Upvoted obvs but still fuck you.
- Comment on People playing loud music on buses could face £100 fine 4 days ago:
“How dare we deal with minor problems while there major problems even if those major problems are also already being dealt with and we have the capacity to do both.”
- Comment on People playing loud music on buses could face £100 fine 4 days ago:
No, it won’t. I’ve been on buses and trains where this has happened. “We will not be moving until the freeloaders depart or the British Transport Police arrive.” Well, the people who don’t care they’re pissing off everyone around them already won’t care if it’s being pointed out, meanwhile all of the paying customers are being delayed, being made late for work, being made to miss the connections.
- Comment on Zack Polanski says application of Zionism is racist and no state has right to exist 4 days ago:
I agree with what he says up to a point, but then he always says something else and I’m like, no I don’t agree with that bit, that bit is stupid.
Well, if your comment isn’t a self-illustrative example of this I’m not sure what is.
- Comment on true story 1 week ago:
I visited the US a few years back and wanted to do what the local do so we went to Applebee’s. I had the most boring steak ever with a bunch of flavourless sides and later on ended up in A&E after I had a violent allergic reaction with an additive that is illegal in virtually every other country.
- Comment on Anything less than 1 liters is completely unacceptable 1 week ago:
Maybe, you can keep your hands clean by suckling directly though.
- Comment on Why dont we say "WWW" in front of website URLs anymore? 1 week ago:
Something I’ve not seen anyone else mention is the increase in processing power. It used to be that running a file server, mail transport, web server, etc were full-time jobs that a whole machine might be dedicated to. DNS allowed different addresses to resolve to different IP addresses which usually meant different machines, so each machine got it’s own domain. But different services run on different ports so it’s actually possible to run a web server (ports 80 and 443), email (25 and 465), file services (20 and 21), etc on a single machine with a single IP address - if the machine is capable enough. Even in situations where there are still multiple machines running different services, routers and reverse proxies have become more powerful too, so multiple services or even multiple versions of a single service can share a single external IP and domain name with the traffic being routed to the appropriate endpoint.
And, as others have said, saying “WWW” usually takes longer than saying the rest of the address so fuck that.
- Comment on Anything less than 1 liters is completely unacceptable 1 week ago:
Get these. Life-changing. They’re designed to dispense soap or sauce. Mix them up for a truly exciting life!
- Comment on Police officer sacked for stealing 40p carrier bags 1 week ago:
A special constable. So he volunteered as a copper on his spare time. His real job is… working at Sainsbury’s, where he stole the bags from.
- Comment on In the deep freeze 1 week ago:
The funny thing is I stopped drinking milk and eating dairy for a couple of years almost by accident. I started drinking black coffee, never eat cereal, rarely eat cake with cream, only have cheese sparingly. Now, whenever I do drink milk I get the shits something rotten. I actually have given myself (mild) lactose intolerance. IT CAN BE DONE.
- Comment on Unfortunate cropping by the Youtube TV app 1 week ago:
…Reno, just to watch him die.
- Comment on It's insane that there’s no sound barrier on these stations 1 week ago:
*Latest Fad
- Comment on What I Imagine Taylor Swift Fans Eat 1 week ago:
I love garlic in all forms but I have to agree - garlic as a seasoning is very different to garlic as a flavour.
- Comment on If You Do 40 In A 60 Zone Then Goodbye Bradley 1 week ago:
Well then, BRADLEY must die. There can be only ONE. And liking ORANGE is my THING.
- Comment on If You Do 40 In A 60 Zone Then Goodbye Bradley 1 week ago:
Imagine being Bradley knowing everyone else at school has also seen it.
- Comment on Fr*nce 1 week ago:
Holy shit, did Clinton fuck kids? Regularly? Repeatedly? Mercilessly? Or are you trying to create a false equivalence between a child rapist and being a swinger?
- Comment on Fr*nce 1 week ago:
But they won’t use them because they are le’tired.
- Comment on Man discovers his parents’ coffee machine used 1TB of data in 10 days 2 weeks ago:
I have a toaster that is smart enough to perfectly toast any bread you can fit into it, regardless of density, thickness or even if it’s frozen, and it’s from the 1950s.
- Comment on Man discovers his parents’ coffee machine used 1TB of data in 10 days 2 weeks ago:
It is a premium quality show, after all.
- Comment on Eton parents’ revolt reflects growing anxieties over classroom tech 3 weeks ago:
I’ve worked in IT for private and state schools in the UK and let me tell you: the prats running private schools get away with shit that would land anyone at state schools in prison, so I can’t say I’m surprised to hear this about Eton but please don’t tar every school with the same brush.
In the private schools I worked at, the process for issuing a device to a student invariably went: “Here’s your top-of-the range Apple iThing. Here’s a piece of paper with the apps we expect you to install.” and that was it - the kids were free to do what they wanted, which is the problem here: not that they have an iPad, but that they have full access to the web browser, App Store, social media, games, etc. Kids were addicted to them from day one for all the reasons we all already know about, but the Fauntleroys who make the decisions in those places just don’t want to hear it and will push back on having to make any kind of decision.
State schools were invariably more sensible and when devices were issued - to students, classes, libraries, whatever - they were heavily managed by MDM to make sure that student had exactly what they needed and nothing more: no social media, no games, usually no camera, a website whitelist, a curated list of apps that could only be used based on time of day, geofencing, etc, all controlled by policies customised to each location, yeargroup, curriculum needs, etc. Those kids were less enthralled with the devices specifically because they weren’t the target of a never-ending sensory and emotional barrage from predatory billionaires. Where devices were issued to kids on a 1:1 basis for use at home (very rare) they were strictly limited to school-approved tasks unless the parents specifically gave consent (and took responsibility, even rarer); even then there were still strict controls in place and those kids wouldn’t be allowed anywhere near TikTok and it’s ilk. In this context, tablets, smartphones, laptops, whatever are actually really useful, serve their purpose well and really do benefit the students.
The problem, as ever, isn’t the technology, but a lack of consideration and reflection on the part of the decision makers.
- Comment on According to the New York Times, Game of Thrones is the 6th best TV show of the 21st century 3 weeks ago:
Happy Valley, Black Mirror, The Crown, The Office, The Thick of It.
- Comment on Anon fears The Hand 4 weeks ago:
found it maybe
No, that’s definitely it. Amazing result, thanks!
- Comment on Anon fears The Hand 4 weeks ago:
Anyone else remember an eighties or nineties cartoon like batman or something that had an episode with a flying hand like this? IIRC it looked like a mouse cursor… I can’t remember anything else about it.
- Comment on Anon fears The Hand 4 weeks ago:
So it’d be kinda like NOPE?
- Comment on Anon fears The Hand 4 weeks ago:
How about cucumberwang?
