JohnSmith

@JohnSmith@feddit.uk

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨NHS spends record £241m outsourcing scan analysis to private firms⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Crudely, I would estimate one professional to cost £100k per year. Outsourcing money used for hiring would equate to 2,400 staff. That could be a mix of skills, such as radiologists, nurses, SW/ML engineers and data scientists. I’d argue you can get a lot done with that money if you know what you are doing.

  I’m sure they’ve done decent cost/benefit analysis instead of saying building our own capability is too difficult. I’m sure my taxes are being wisely spent.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Starmer bans Labour councillors from doing deals with Polanski’s Green Party⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Two party system must come down, here in the UK and anywhere else it’s dominating politics. Proportional representation inevitably leads to much more balanced governments and better politicians in power. Not perfect, but better.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨2/10 people on Lemmy, is that you?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Originally used by Wolfgan Pauli, I believe. He also said “I don’t mind your thinking slowly; I mind your publishing faster than you think.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AI is already leading to fewer jobs for young people, says Sunak⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m old enough to have lived through a good few of these technology hype cycles. There was a time when I too was excited about the imminent technology revolution and how things would soon be totally different. OK, that was a long time ago, but anyway, this time it’s really different… for reasons. Quite.

  I’m looking forward to having a really good laugh about the AI car crash that is coming. And if you think this time is different, we do have a really nice bridge near by that might be of interest to you. Just give me a call.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AI is already leading to fewer jobs for young people, says Sunak⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Nothing he says about AI is unbised.

  FTFY

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Starmer orders release of files relating to Mandelson US ambassador decision⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  pizza cook in Honduras Woking

  FTFY

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Revolution bars set to disappear from the high street after going bust⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  For reasons that remain beyond my comprehension, company Christmas party was organised in Revolution one year. For me it became two visits in one go, first and last. Good riddance.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I mean honestly im shocked⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Blistering barnacles!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does he think he is The King?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  C-U-N-T

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Scientific Exposure⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  plos.org

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The police cars pile up in the new 45th Anniversary 4K Blu-ray of The Blues Brothers⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Shit. What? Rollers. No. Yes. Shit!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Revealed: how Boris Johnson traded PM contacts for global business deals⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’d be shocked if somebody produce evidence showing that for once Boris behaved with integrity and to a high ethical standard.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Six arrested after red crosses sprayed on house⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Nah, I just don’t understand idiots.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Six arrested after red crosses sprayed on house⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I asked a fairly simple question to tomtits. Quite why you felt the urge to inject your thoughts as a response, going as far as explaining what tomtitis said on their behalf, is rather baffling. Jog on, will you.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Six arrested after red crosses sprayed on house⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Do you mean flag waving is always about racism?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Six arrested after red crosses sprayed on house⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks for an interesting answer. It baffles me that you are being downvoted.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨U.K. cops are going undercover as joggers. Will it stop women runners from being harassed?⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  No doughnuts here, strictly tea and biscuits.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What could the Cotswolds possibly offer JD Vance? I suggest a swim in one of its rivers⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Perhaps one of the Thames Water executives could join him for a swim, just to show the natural beauty of the rivers they are the guardians of.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Labour MP claims it'd cost "Upwards of £100bn to Nationalise Water". He is an extremely smart man. Why does he lie like this?⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  To be fair, they have plenty of shit, so much so that they can just let it escape.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tony Blair think tank worked with project developing ‘Trump Riviera’ Gaza plan⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Isn’t this just another one to the pile of his war crimes? It’s remarkable how Boris Johnson somehow managed to be even shittier than the war criminal Blair.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ban on controversial NDAs silencing abuse: The Employment Rights Bill will ban employers from using non-disclosure agreements that silence workplace harassment and abuse.⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Harassment is a criminal offence in the UK. No NDA will survive a legal challenge when it comes to a crime. Of course, the psychological pressure of an NDA will stop many victims on their tracks, so from that point of view this hopefully helps.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Just.....why?⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Rhod Gilbert on toothbrush is worth watching if you haven’t seen it yet.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨UK to host Donald Trump for full state visit this year, says Buckingham Palace⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’d still go with the earlier proposal: a lunch with Prince Andrew in Pizza Express in woking.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Injured dog walkers could be costing NHS £23m a year⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Great advice to deal with pulling on lead. We got a rescue as second dog year and a half ago. He had clearly not been trined at all and was pulling on walks. My wife, who is the knowledgable dog trainer in our house, got it sorted in just few walks doing just what you decribe.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Rough sleeping to be decriminalised after 200 years⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Which is what they announced in the spending review today: £39b over ten years to social housing. I was not expecting that, but I definitely welcome it. How about getting the planning system sorted and a major increase in skilled labourers happen next? Tomorrow is fine.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fraudster made £550,000 selling fake 'Scottish-grown tea'⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This is such an implausible scam that he should have gotten away with it. But not all is lost. He should relaunch the product with small print ‘not’ in front of Scottish-grown tea.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Deal with EU will make food cheaper and add £9bn to UK economy, says No 10⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  As expected, the Brexit faithful and the rightwing press are already at it: unacceptable, sellout, waiving the white flag, surrender, capitulation, etc. This deal could prove to be rather popular, so the outrage crowd may find their attacks fall a bit flat.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Heat pumps to be sold ‘smart-ready’ in plans to save households money⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Could have been me. I’ve been working on this as a hobby for over five years yers since we got solar panels, EV and a dedicated battery for storage.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Heat pumps to be sold ‘smart-ready’ in plans to save households money⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Smarter devices support demand side response, which is welcome to make the grid more efficient. A good local energy-efficient solution includes in my experience three key ingredients.

  First you need local energy storage to allow for extra flexibility to handle life’s ebbs and flows. This could be an EV or dedicated storage battery, which can be charged when electricity is abundant, and discharged when supply is tight and something energy hungry needs doing.

  Second the grid side will not know when I’m planning to do something energy hungry, or when I want the EV battery full instead of the usual 80% charge. Therefore some way of providing input is needed. It might be possible to learn reasonable local demand forecast models reflecting local behaviour patterns, but I’m not yet convinced about this and tend to trust human guidance more.

  Third you need intelligent control to respond to grid signals (e.g. price changes) and combine those with local inputs and any local consumption and production (e.g. from solar panels or micro wind turbines) forecasts.

  Energy companies will of course want to have the intelligent control in their hands as it creates them price arbitrage. For majority of consumers that will be the best solution. Some of us will not necessarily want to give them that control and prefer a local solution.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Thames Water picks US private equity firm KKR as preferred buyer⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Executive and board compensation as a result of any deal of this nature should be public information.