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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ChatGPT has caused a massive drop in demand for online digital freelancers — here is what you can do to protect yourself⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s the same in many fields. Trainees learn by doing the easy, repetitive work that can now be automated.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does enshitification happen because companies are publicly-traded?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, but we’ve had countless examples of loss-making tech companies with sky-high valuations. Amazon didn’t make a profit for something like 20 years. Investors of course want returns, but they can differ on the timeframe they’re willing to wait for them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Waiting in a queue to see a Web site⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Are you being obtuse? English is the most commonly spoken language in the world and US culture is extremely popular worldwide.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Waiting in a queue to see a Web site⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  They didn’t assume most people are US-based. They assumed the DMV would be the most widely recognised and understood example to use.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I just want to set a timer for MY FOOD WINDOWS WHY?⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s difficult to monetise data if you source it illegally (except in China maybe). Nobody reads the ToS anyway so it’s not like you need a backdoor.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Senior officer behind Met drug strategy sacked over refusal to take drug test⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  There are presumably implications of being sacked instead of resigning. Like losing his pension?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Percentage of sewage being released to the Environment without treatment⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I once saw a man in Delhi with a literal cloud of flies permanently stationed above his head. I thought that was just a cartoon trope but I realised then that it was an actual thing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Percentage of sewage being released to the Environment without treatment⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Never been to India, huh?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨On the morning train⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I worked at a factory once where the day shifts swapped each week (6am-2pm and 2pm-10pm), but the night shift was just the night shift. And those fuckers were like ghouls.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Broken Britain: what went wrong?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  In some ways they’re arguing that austerity wasn’t aggressive enough to get the job done properly.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨incredible⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Steam engines are more complicated than people seem to think. There’s more to it than just boiling some water and voila! They’re pretty much useless without a governor. How many people know how to make this crucial component?

  en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centrifugal_governor

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sharp rise in Asian hornet sightings in UK causes alarm⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Bees with hips

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Most motorists want noise cameras installed to clamp down on loud cars⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  A taxi driver in Singapore once told me that they hold this title, ahead of the UK. He then pointed out the cameras on almost every lamp post.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This default wallpaper.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Sure, but it’s still just some dudes playing join-the-dots in the sky. None of it means anything.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This default wallpaper.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Isn’t that how all constellations came about?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨First (I repeat, first) test of menstrual products using actual blood published last week (I repeat, last week)⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  We’ve got enough to make sausages with it.