HumanPenguin
@HumanPenguin@feddit.uk
- Comment on Robot packers and AI cameras: UK retail embraces automation to cut staff costs 6 hours ago:
I always considered the sci-fi def of AI to be the incorrect one. Once sentience appears. The intelligence is no longer artificial.
Seems to me the systems we have now that try to (badly) fake it, are real AI. And any created intelligence would be a Digital Intelligence or even just Created Intelligence.
- Comment on Elon Musk wants the U.S. to “Liberate the people Britain from their tyrannical government” 2 weeks ago:
True.
But as much as I hated privatisation.
If owning the trains was required. Then sort term contracts would be impossible.
Making what labour is doing now, as expensive as the more right wing keep falsely claiming.
So we sorta have some gratitude that the tories never required the same companies to own the rolling stock as run it. But instead sold it to banks requiring them to rent it.
- Comment on Elon Musk makes 23 posts urging King Charles III to overthrow UK government 2 weeks ago:
Do you honestly think that would stop him taking the UK gov to court.
It would not. He would claim it is a personal attack on his companies rights to free speech.
Remember, this is not about having a valid case. It is about who has the greatest limitation on spending. Elon spending his own money. Or a gov that must argue it is a valid use of voters money.
- Comment on Elon Musk wants the U.S. to “Liberate the people Britain from their tyrannical government” 2 weeks ago:
The labour gov is pretty much planning to nationalise rail again.
All contracts as they expire will be replaced with co ops or a new nationalised company. By 2027 apparently.
So yep public owned rail again.
- Comment on Elon Musk wants the U.S. to “Liberate the people Britain from their tyrannical government” 2 weeks ago:
Yep also China has a hold on musk economically. And supports Russia.
Russia has managed to gain a hold on the US again. (Reminding folks about his illegal holding of Ukraine funds last time)
The UK is by far the next most vocal supporter.
- Comment on Elon Musk makes 23 posts urging King Charles III to overthrow UK government 2 weeks ago:
Given he is now part of the preparing US government. And has openly asked that government to overthrow the UK.
The US government can def be seen as having threatened war against a NATO member.
The US embassy should def be called to explain. And closed as a hostile nation if is fails.
- Comment on Elon Musk makes 23 posts urging King Charles III to overthrow UK government 2 weeks ago:
Issue with that ia the cost of fighting.
You fine someone like Musk. He will take ot to court and has the fiscal clout to make the fight to expensice for the government.
Heck even the US IRS has difficulty taxing billionaires due to this.
- Comment on Firms to raise prices due to tax and wage increases 2 weeks ago:
Last estimate I heard was 0.4 acres per person to grow enough food. And honestly, the UK does not have enough agriculturally suitable land to support its population.
Only way we could do it now. Would be to build multi level indoor farms. Technically, this is possible. But economically even more likely to require non-self efficiency. IE, groups be the societal or capital motivated. Getting together to fund, build and manage such complex and experimental farming.
Not to mention energy requirements. Multi level lighting may be possible using sun reflection. But the more levels you need, the harder and more likely you are to need artificial lighting. So this increases our need to consider division of land usage for farming vs solar and wind generation.
Honestly, I am not sure being fully self-sufficient. Will ever be possible again for dense population nations like the UK. We have not been so food wise since sometime before the 1900s.
- Comment on Firms to raise prices due to tax and wage increases 2 weeks ago:
Entirely true.
But what is more annoying is how Tories etc are trying to suggest it was not expected.
We live in a capitalistic society. Even the most left wing politician. In no way expects corporations to choose reductions in profit.
The labour may not like it. But they fully expected this to happen. When companies start to increase prices above the amount, the wages increased. So there for making employees worse off over all. That is the point things can be said to have failed. Rather than all the crappy biased telegraph and times articles claiming Labour has destroyed the economy.
And if that happens. It is the companies that are to blame for their own choice to price themselves out of the market. Not tax rate or wage levels.
- Comment on Elon Musk wants the U.S. to “Liberate the people Britain from their tyrannical government” 2 weeks ago:
Elon Musk clearly needs mental health support.
Hell of late he is making trump see, sane and well-thought-out.
- Comment on Nigel Farage distances himself from Elon Musk on Tommy Robinson 2 weeks ago:
Its what happens when you have a billionaire all the way up your arsehole.
Otherwise known as being a smug little shit.
- Comment on Nigel Farage distances himself from Elon Musk on Tommy Robinson 2 weeks ago:
Well Elinbis likely the most able to help there.
Cant help but wonder how hard it would be. To convonce his Space X employees to tell him moving to mars is possible now.
“”" Yep the Starship is ready. All the stuff needed for a self sufficient home is abord. And as the forst there tou will be King. “”"
He aunt gonna want tobgo alone. And convincing Farrage he would be PM if he started as the kings lacky.
“You just need to leave the ship firat. We are hiring an army for you. We will send that on next ship. Then colonisers after that”
"Oh just ignore that countdown over the airlock. Its just a non important technical detail. "
- Comment on Elon Musk makes 23 posts urging King Charles III to overthrow UK government 2 weeks ago:
What he has the power to do.
Technically he only has the power to authorise. The PM has the power to request.
When the reformation happened. After beheading the last ruling king. It became a little more complex then the king passing soverignty to parliment. As the king did not have soverinty after the covil war.
Post reformation when parliment is xlosed. The king is authorising the government (IE pm) to gain sovereignty from parliment. But parliment must actually pass it.
So power never actually resodes in the king under the post reformation constitution. But is passed between parliment and the PM. Hence why the Government \PM is innpower during an election cycle.
The only way the ki g could force parliment to disband. Would be to try and retake power using the loyalty of paliment or the military (who rechnically still swear to obay him).
But technically he dose not have the power to force it legally.
- Comment on Deadline to record historic footpaths to be scrapped 3 weeks ago:
“continue to disrupt many farm businesses for years to come”
Or they could you know.
Assume the right of way exists and plan to work within it.
If the potential of it being a righr of way is effecting them in any way. Then they must know where ir is being debated.
If they are choosing to fight it. The doubt is entirly their creation.
- Comment on Even great data couldn't solve the UK’s COVID woes 4 weeks ago:
The NHS is well known for out of date pcs etc. Data is often restricted from department to department. Gathering group data for reseach is pissible. But far from responsive.
The system is just not designed for the short notice analasis the pandemic required. Because making it so has never been a consideration. Instead the hostory has been about researchers analysing data over time.
- Comment on Thames Water boss defends bonuses as sewage spills soar 5 weeks ago:
and dump Thames Water sewage onto them.
While ensuring it doesn’t go into local rivers. Just to make the point.
- Comment on Vegan drink Oatly can’t call itself ‘milk’, judges rule 1 month ago:
Law has a concept of the average idiot (cannot remember the real term). When applying confusion as a risk. Honestly milk has been used so much in English. (Coconutsand other things) I think that would fail.
I ANAL though.
Its more likely that oat milk is intentionally selling as a mamory milk alternative. That was made as an argument. But it is clearly a biased response from the court.
- Comment on Vegan drink Oatly can’t call itself ‘milk’, judges rule 1 month ago:
Yeah. And it is clear the court is not being unbiased. Given your comment.
It seems likely that parliment could be convinced to rule on this with enough negativity. No legal restrictions exist on the name. The dairy industry has no trademark or claim of unique use or confusion.
Parliment has the right to rule against this by act. if they agree. IE basically passing a law restricting courts from bias against long used language terminology.
Honestly it would require folks to write to MPs pointing out the stupidity ans bias. But enough may be annoyed by this that such a movement can be formed.
- Comment on Call to fix palliative care before assisted dying 1 month ago:
It was illegal for doctors to do it during Harold Shipman’s time. Just less monitored. But most doctors refused to even discuss the subject with patients.
No one should make the mistake the nation supported it then. Changes to the law have been discussed since at least the 80s, This is the closet we have ever come to legalisation.
- Comment on MPs vote in favour of historic bill to allow assisted dying after emotional debate 1 month ago:
Explain how this law allows the state to initiate the process?
- Comment on Transport Secretary Louise Haigh resigns after Sky News revealed mobile phone guilty plea 1 month ago:
huge investment that would benefit hundreds more.
Will it. It’s a port. So employment opportunities long term are limited. Literally every job is likely to be replaced by engineering over a relatively short timespan. Jobs in ports are labour-intensive. So historically already many are replaced with machines. It is also the first jobs looked at with new tech. The few non-labour-intensive jobs are by nature AI suitable and already of huge interest to that community.
There is a reason, a company with a history of downsizing or reducing the cost of employment is interested in such investments. Other than it also expanding the profitability of its other operations.
As long as we as a nation allow the treat of other nations out bidding. It will always be a race to the bottom.
Honestly, I am older than most here. In my 50s. And have watched how children born after me are given way less opportunity to build a life than I was. Despite seeing the same reduction over my parents. While housing is a huge part of it. The general fall in wages vs living costs is also way worse. And it can be clearly seen as a choice by our governments pressured by companies like this.
At some point it is a requirement to say “NO”. Trading or investing in our nation is about more then taking profit. Its about working with us as a nation as well.
- Comment on Transport Secretary Louise Haigh resigns after Sky News revealed mobile phone guilty plea 1 month ago:
Given the actions of said investor.
When you’re trying to encourage businesses to grow in the UK
It is sorta invalid when the company is working to fire UK workers and rehire foreign ones with fewer rights and lower costs.
- Comment on GB News invite Trump to 'invade Britain' 1 month ago:
so this is what sovereignty was about?
- Comment on Tough news for protesting farmers: Labour doesn’t actually need their votes 1 month ago:
Honestly, it’s a slightly different cause and effect.
The wealthy keep taxes low by funding both media that concentrates on blaming the poor. And funding politicians that support the argument.
Same result, just different initial source. Think the old cartoon with the monopoly man sat at a table with a huge pile of cookies. Another guy with one cookie and a third with none.
“Hey that guy wants to steal your cookie”.
- Comment on Tough news for protesting farmers: Labour doesn’t actually need their votes 1 month ago:
Hardly a new take.
It’s why labour did not care about the left post Corbyn.
Why the Tories ignore the poor. And both are happy to lump blame on immigrants or shaft the disabled.
FPTP makes it worse, as community size is more powerful. But PR would only improve it a little.
Larger, more loyal voting blocks will always have more power than smaller or overtly anti the current leadership.
- Comment on A common nasal decongestant lacks evidence but is still sold in the UK 1 month ago:
Yeah at least if you live to far from the sea. tip some salt in the loo.
Just be sure not to flush first for the authentic experience.
- Comment on A common nasal decongestant lacks evidence but is still sold in the UK 1 month ago:
but is still sold in the UK
Saline has an effect. It’s minimal in the spray form. But any liquid that is safe can help a little. And at this time of year. Dehydration from fan heaters is a common cause.
So I’m not surprised the crap is sold. Just remember, boiled water with a tiny bit of salt will do as well. Often better.
- Comment on Thames Water supply ‘on knife-edge’ with £23bn repairs needed 2 months ago:
Huge saving. LOL, a bit like saying don’t worry your only going to die of a bullet, we save the rockets for the big boys.
- Comment on Thames Water supply ‘on knife-edge’ with £23bn repairs needed 2 months ago:
Thames Valley area
Just FYI: Thames water covers a larger population than that. Much of London is not technically in the Thames valley.
- Comment on Typhoo Tea teeters on the brink of administration 2 months ago:
By drinking some not crap tea.
And being shocked this shit ripped you off for so long?