danielquinn
@danielquinn@lemmy.ca
Canadian software engineer living in Europe.
- Comment on [Video] People Against Genocide target DSV's logistics office in Bristol. DSV transport parts and weapons for Israel's biggest arms firm, Elbit Systems. 1 day ago:
The red paint is nice and all, but hardly puts a dent in their business and puts the “vandals” at risk of being arrested for terrorism.
If they’re willing to take that risk, I don’t understand why they don’t target Elbit’s ability to move their weapons. A bunch of flat truck tires would have a greater effect than a few broken windows and some paint.
- Comment on [Video] Woman assaulted after heckling Nigel Farage at his conference 1 day ago:
…and for holding up paper signs.
- Comment on What happened to Sangita Myska, LBC - Count Binface 4 days ago:
I also had to look her up on Wikipedia, but then went one step further and found the interview that seems to have gotten her blackballed: www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5i7NEjBQks
Honestly, it’s pretty tame, and her questions are quite reasonable… so of course they had to kick her.
- Comment on Zack Polanski says he'll run for former PM Starmer's seat in by-election 6 days ago:
Godspeed sir!
- Comment on New 'Star Trek' Movie Writers Tease "Dark" Story And New Franchise 1 week ago:
They really are determined to undermine Star Trek.
- Comment on They’re Smearing Zack Polanski. Here’s Why 1 week ago:
We all knew that this was coming, that the British press would absolutely smear a party leader as antisemitic if he dared defend Palestinians. I’m not surprised, but I am frustrated. We need a better strategy to reach the public because the media is clearly acting as gatekeepers and has its own agenda.
The typical answer to this is lately been: “Just leverage social media! It worked for Trump!” but this ignores the fact that legacy media has played a critical role there, amplifying his message and creating stories from that manchild’s tweets. The Greens are never going to get that level of special treatment unless it’s to destroy us.
- Comment on Number of children injured in e-scooter crashes in England surges 4 weeks ago:
There are some serious gaps in the article around what the riders were colliding with. The only detailed account was with a car, in which (surprise surprise) the scooter rider was the one penalised.
These scooters are new, but that doesn’t make them a bad idea. I see parents using them to drop off their lids at school every day for example. Every person you see on a scooter is someone who would otherwise be in front of you in a car.
If we’re really concerned about the health and safety of kids riding these things, we should:
- reduce/remove car traffic
- patch potholes
- Comment on This is what Democratic voters are saying. Will the party listen? 4 weeks ago:
If the voters are already committed to voting democrat, the party doesn’t need to care about what they think.
- Comment on Primary schools to be told to identify children at risk of future unemployment 5 weeks ago:
I think you and I are on the same page, but everything I know about this country and government has stripped me of your optimism.
- Comment on Primary schools to be told to identify children at risk of future unemployment 5 weeks ago:
Evaluating a six year old based on their likelihood to perform as a worker is deeply fucked up, and identifying them for “help” to become employable is not what they need.
It’s addressing a problem from a backward position. Underemployment is objectively a problem with availability of work paying livable wages, so a reasonable solution would be addressing that fault, not pigeonholing children based on their likelihood to contribute to GDP.
- Comment on Primary schools to be told to identify children at risk of future unemployment 5 weeks ago:
The fuck is wrong with this country?
- Comment on Self-hosted fully working ST:TNG voice computer interface 1 month ago:
What do you use for voice synthesis?
- Comment on Self-hosted fully working ST:TNG voice computer interface 1 month ago:
OMG I love this. Thank you for sharing!
- Comment on Unauthorised car park near Stansted Airport grows after notice 1 month ago:
Tow every last one.
- Comment on Favorite Trek episode that's not in the usual top 57 lists? 1 month ago:
I really liked VOY: “One Small Step” (s06e08) wherein the crew work to salvage the wreckage of an ancient Earth probe from a dark matter asteroid
It’s a nice acknowledgement of the reality that space is fucking dangerous, and of the bravery of the men and women who shot themselves into it with little more than a few layers of metal and their wits to protect themselves. All this in the name of advancing science and exploration.
It closes with seven reading a eulogy for the centuries-dead astronaut who died diverting all power to the sensors so that knowledge would be preserved.
- Comment on Favorite Trek episode that's not in the usual top 57 lists? 1 month ago:
- Comment on London council set to cut Haifa ties over Israel's apartheid against Palestinians 1 month ago:
It’s always nice to see Greens following through on their promises.
- Comment on Wildfires 'stark reminder' of extreme climate challenge, says William 1 month ago:
Why does anyone give a shit about what this man thinks?
- Comment on Britain ‘Does Not Have Enough Water’ for Planned AI Data Centre Boom 1 month ago:
Well we are in the midst of a massive drought.
- Comment on Britons urged to take ‘small steps’ to prepare for potential national crises 1 month ago:
“Small” steps, because the necessary big steps like insulating homes and rebuilding our road infrastructure for flood resistance is work the state must do… and they’re too busy throwing old ladies in prison for holding up signs and splashing paint.
- Comment on Tutorial for setting up Iocaine (Scraper tarpit) 1 month ago:
That’s an excellent tutorial, but the bit about blocking legitimate web crawlers should be a little higher up in the article. I read all the way down and was ready to try it out when I encountered that deal-breaker.
- Comment on UK children will be one of unhealthiest generations in decades, doctors say 1 month ago:
They paved everything and filled the streets with monster trucks that park on every possible surface. Children are prisoners in their own homes. None of this should be surprising.
- Comment on We are living fewer years in good health: Is the NHS part of the problem? 1 month ago:
I agree 100% but would point out that simply having healthier options available at reasonable prices is only half the solution. The other half is time. With much of the working class working 9-10hr days and commuting for an additional 2hrs, that doesn’t leave a lot of time for the gym or cooking healthy meals. …and that’s for those lucky enough to be working only one job.
- Comment on ‘Children were calling for their mummies’: UK pupils struggle in 40C-plus classrooms 2 months ago:
Not unless those AC units are combined with rooftop solar. Most schools have massive amounts of space on the roof, so solar should be cheap and potentially even profitable to install.
- Comment on ‘Children were calling for their mummies’: UK pupils struggle in 40C-plus classrooms 2 months ago:
Also way cheaper.
- Comment on Video - Nigel Farage’s SECRET Millions: IT’S WORSE Than You Think 2 months ago:
There’s absolutely connections between them, though most of their videos seem to be bending over backwards to draw lines between some of them. The problem is in the presentation: insisting on drawing so many connections is unnecessary, especially when some of them are so tenuous.
- Comment on Video - Nigel Farage’s SECRET Millions: IT’S WORSE Than You Think 2 months ago:
I love the idea of DDN, but so many of the videos are just the same dude spinning connections between different parties until it’s just a big ball of red yarn pinned to a wall. This, coupled with the spooky music and those ridiculous title cards (it’s always EXPOSED!) I just can’t with them.
- Comment on Andy Burnham backs under 16s social media ban and wants 'urgency' in delivery 2 months ago:
Absolutely not. We should regulate them into transparency and prevent them from experimenting on children.
…but that’s not what he’s doing is it? This is punishing children by excluding them from their community because he lacks the courage required to stand up to American techbros.
- Comment on UK June heat record broken for third day in a row as ministers urged to act 2 months ago:
“Act”? Like, “just stop oil”? Nonsense. That’d be terrorism. /s
- Comment on Greens leader Zack Polanski calls the genocide in Gaza the moral litmus test for politicians 2 months ago:
All perfectly reasonable requirements.