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The only advantage most of these parties have is not having been in a position of power to demonstrate they are at least as incompetent as other parties that have, if not significantly more so.
Re:Biff.core: system composition for Clojure web apps on Wednesday June 10, 2026 @08:15AM (#48475158)
Well if it helps I'm cheerful and young(ish) and feel the same.
Re:AI Is Slowing Down on Tuesday June 09, 2026 @05:16AM (#48458624)
How would cooling work in space based computing? To a layman like me it seems like a significant hurdle to overcome.
Re:To Protect and Swerve: NYPD Cop Has 547 Speeding Tickets on Thursday April 23, 2026 @12:21PM (#47877633)
Worth noting that speeding past a school is also an aggravating factor in the UK for sentencing if you're required to go to court over speeding.
Re:GrapheneOS – Break Free from Google and Apple on Tuesday February 17, 2026 @06:27AM (#47046315)
What about the small matter of having to purchase a Google phone in the first place?
I can relate to this, it is what ultimately caused me to leave the field of ecology/conservation. It all felt depressingly pointless.
Re:Local Journalism Is How Democracy Shows Up Close to Home on Tuesday January 13, 2026 @10:55AM (#46602659)
Not sure I agree about this, in the UK we have some excellent examples of independent local journalism, for example the Bristol Cable that is funded by readers.
Re:Cloudflare CEO on the Italy Fines on Saturday January 10, 2026 @11:06AM (#46566837)
These tech CEOs just want to have to spend as little as possible to maintain their platforms. They don't actually care about freedom of speech beyond that.
Maybe this was the case a few years ago, but I would argue the landscape has changed a lot since then - with many more distro options for Arm64 devices.
Re:The Quiet Disappearance of Skeptics in the AI Gold Rush on Tuesday August 12, 2025 @09:37AM (#44876045)
And chip producers
Re:“No tax on tips” is an industry plant on Friday August 01, 2025 @07:52AM (#44755517)
As someone who also lives in the UK this surprises me. Almost every restaurant I eat at now takes the liberty of adding a 10% service charge onto every bill. I assume the idea of which is to make it awkward/embarrassing for you to request to have it taken off.