wewbull
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- Comment on UK launches urgent review into foreign interference in politics over "shocking case" of former Reform UK politician Nathan Gill 2 days ago:
Was that while the other side was in power? Might have had a muted reception when it was delivered.
- Comment on 1.2 Å 1 week ago:
Angstroms hurt my brain. A $10^{-10}$ of a metre, but not a nanometre or a picometre. Just…why?
- Comment on Why you think the net was born? 1 week ago:
Context for the context
- Comment on A rogue object so strange, scientists aren’t sure what to call it. 1 week ago:
No star = no charged particles = no lights. Doesn’t matter how big the magnetic field is.
That’s all he’s saying.
- Comment on Patients clogging up A&E with hiccups, sore throats and niggles 2 weeks ago:
I would say yes, or at least there’s no reason that a doctor has to run a business in order for a GP surgery to exist. They are medical practices, not small business managers.
- Comment on qt π 2 weeks ago:
That there is an American Kestrel. According to Wikipedia…
… it is not actually a kestrel in the phylogenetic sense. Instead, a process of convergent evolution to fit a similar small prey niche in the ecosystem as the true kestrels have left it with similar physical characteristics and hunting methods.
- Comment on Shout out to my engineering homies. 2 weeks ago:
This is why I focused on graphics hardware for so long… Then some arsehole came up with running AI on GPUs.
- Comment on Shout out to my engineering homies. 2 weeks ago:
"our hiring system is even less discriminatory than our targeting system!" -their motto, probably
Bravo!
- Comment on Ex-leader of Reform UK in Wales sentenced to 10-and-a-half years for taking pro-Russian bribes 4 weeks ago:
Americans, this is what you do.
- Comment on eleven 5 weeks ago:
Remembering those who died in service maybe…
“The 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month” is when WW1 ended and is held as Remembrance Day across Europe .
- Comment on Quentin Willson: Former Top Gear and Fifth Gear presenter dies aged 68 5 weeks ago:
Damn. He was politically active recently trying to push environmental policy. He was a great spokesperson for that kind of thing given his history.
That’s a bit young to go.
- Comment on MPs urge minister to adopt definition of Islamophobia amid rise in hate crime 1 month ago:
The key point here seems to be the because Islam is a religion and not a race then it doesn’t get classed as racism, and that matters because certain laws reference racism.
To me, this points to a problem with our laws where we need a crime to be in the right category of motivation to be treated properly. Why is a racially motivated assault any different to a assault motivated for any other reason? Assault is assault and should be dealt with by the same law.
- Comment on ‘Elon Musk won’t stop. It’s time the British government got off X’ 1 month ago:
True, but it’s a step in the right direction.
- Comment on Is that a fucking threat 1 month ago:
I’m pretty sure it’s Fat Albert.
- Comment on Space is beautiful 1 month ago:
Sound of Linguine
- Comment on Over 47% of Stop Killing Games Signatures Have Already Been Verified 1 month ago:
There’s a lot of crossover here. It encompasses the “you rent everything and own nothing” aspect of today’s society. It’s multi-billion corporations against consumers.
A win here will be something that will expose chinks in the armour for a lot of other issues. I know it might seem unimportant because it’s games, but that’s its beauty. It’s a backdoor into so many other fights.
- Comment on William Hill owner says it could shut shops if Reeves raises gambling taxes 1 month ago:
- Comment on Rachel Reeves ‘plots tax raid on solicitors and GPs in crackdown on UK’s wealthy’ 1 month ago:
FFS!
How hard is it ? Nobody needs more reasons not to be a doctor. They are valuable to society. That justifies good pay. Nothing wrong with that. Lawyers are more debatable, but certainly they perform a civil function and often serve a community.
Go after the companies that are robbing you blind.
- Comment on I need someone to help me identify this shark plz. Spotted in the wild. Maybe a new species. 2 months ago:
I think you’re seeing the tragic result of a shark having shark repellent bat-spray used on it.
- Comment on Xbox requires age verification now 2 months ago:
Won’t somebody think of the children? (/s)
The death of online gaming? - Comment on 2 months ago:
Or he’s old enough to be able to been schooled in handwriting?
- Comment on those of you with good skills to defuse a tense situation at the workplace, what advice can you give me? 2 months ago:
Conflict often arises because somebody is pissed off and nobody is listening. The first thing to do is listen and understand where they are coming from.
Tense situation is a karen yelling at one of my colleagues because her father’s operation was postponed because I kid you not 4 doctors called in sick today. Rumor has it they’re striking for better pay.
So, this “Karen” has a sick relative that she wants be helped, and nobody is helping. Sounds like she’s got a fair reason to be agitated. Now you may not be able to do anything personally about it, but ignoring her makes the situation worse. Listening and then explaining why you’re unable to help, maybe pointing her in the direction of somebody who has responsibility.
The first thing is to listen, then show a little fucking empathy.
- Comment on Mary E. Brunkow, one of this year's Nobel Prize winners in Medicine, has only 34 published papers and an H-index of 21. 2 months ago:
A paper mill will produce a lot of papers.
- Comment on Tories set a low bar after misspelling Britain on conference chocolate 2 months ago:
You know the company printing out all those labels was going “Didn’t pay for the spell check service…”
- Comment on Tories set a low bar after misspelling Britain on conference chocolate 2 months ago:
Probably was.
- Comment on 2 months ago:
Try reading them in bed laying on your back. When you fall asleep and drop them on your face, the heavy ones will make you cry.
- Comment on 'Buy one, get one free' deals for unhealthy food banned in supermarkets 2 months ago:
FFS the problem is the price disparity between standard prices and “loyalty card” prices. It’s anti-competitive.
How is that not obvious to politicians?
- Comment on Should Neutron Stars be Added to the Periodic Table? 2 months ago:
Earth, Wind and Fire is where it’s at.
- Comment on Keir Starmer says digital ID cards an ‘enormous opportunity’ for the UK 2 months ago:
Yes, but we don’t actually want that.
We live in a surveillance state and don’t want it to go further.
- Comment on Petition: Do not introduce Digital ID cards 2 months ago:
No they can’t because we use them for different things. One ID means one system that tracks everything. Also, you don’t have to have a passport. You don’t have to have a driving license. Everybody needs an NI number to work, but it’s not an ID (No photo, DOB, etc).
