Felix

they not like us

tbf you are in range, the real problem in London at least for me is there are 4 networks (3, Vodafone, VMO2, EE), and each seems to have about 60% coverage in the suburbs and 30% indoors in the central city, so everyone is in range of one, just usually not the one you've subscribed to.

Curiosity got the best of me in ALDI with their new line of vegan sugar free sweets, so I’m happy to confirm their new line still acts as a violent and immediate laxative; I probably won’t learn from this

Somebody really is in a hurry

"talking to people in the UK ... makes me really optimistic" - something I haven't heard in a while
🇬🇧💪

I wonder what it's like if you're super into psychoanalysis and dream interpretation and wake up from something like this

and the actual structures aren't driving the value - it's land and the deliberately obtuse planning system

Ireland really are free-loading off of the EU, surprised they don't get more pushback for that and their tax haven status.

you can whaaat?

We can have both. ¿porqué no los dos?

Can someone explain how they paid negative income tax?

the first time I try this game and you give me this one, wow that was tough and definitely didn't require a quick globe check.

“systems thinking”, once the preferred analytical frame of the tech intelligentsia, is increasingly an out of fashion mental model for the world

in its place - direct, reductionist weltanschauung:

“you can just do things”
the midwit meme
“high agency” mysticism
grand histories

hurr durr
*coughing and spluttering*
my mum beat me over the head when I asked for sixpence to buy some sweets after every tr, and look how I turned out. Alright, innit kid, so now I'll beat you lads to keep this goin

This is the only reasonable argument for 'reasonable' punishment in my eyes.

And people just can't seem to fathom that you can still own a car in about 90% of London, and drive to the supermarket and other places, or that some people wanting to live in 15-minute cities without cars isn't a personal affront to you or your vehicle. Genuinely frustrating to me at this point.

Maybe I have Stockholm syndrome at this point, but I can't imagine living in a car centric city and enjoying it. Everything just sounds like such a pain, and even things like driving to a gym to have a treadmill to actually safely walk on are so baffling to me.

wishing: sure would be nice if I had x, whoever's listening, please give me x

manifesting: aah my head is hurting already, but if I think hard enough that I have x, I'll get it. I HAVE X. I HAVE X. I HAVE X.

Jimmy Carter, Who Has Died at Age 100, Spared Millions of People from Guinea Worm, a Debilitating Parasite Former president Jimmy Carter’s charity has helped transform Guinea worm from a disease that used to infect millions to one that infects fewer than a dozen

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I've lived in the UK my entire life, what *is* Gavin and Stacey?

"if you give $1,000 to an Extraordinary Charity, you can achieve more than someone who gives $90,000 to a Good Charity.

The best charities are not just a bit better than the average ones but way, way, way better."

The FT, right wing? The same FT that endorsed Labour?

What's next? Objective facts have a right-wing bias?

At Climate Summit, presenter has long list of advantages to making more sustainable choices and addressing #ClimateChange. Audience member asks “what if it’s a big hoax and we create a better world for nothing?”

15 years old, but still completely relevent — and if we had acted 15 years ago, the “better world” we could be creating today would be a LOT better and easier to reach. There are real consequences we’re just starting to see to not heeding this cartoon a lot sooner. Heed it now. #ClimateCrisis

We could all be a bit more precise about societal adaptation

Looks to be working, didn't realise but they seem to have out-performed similar European countries over that timeframe.

Also, I don't know what the views of a random 'right-wing thinktank' have to do with what 'Oxford dons' think about something - you shouldn't just get a quote from a random bunch of nobodies to say what the author seemingly wants to say without saying.

but it's

🔥 Crazy low

how could anyone resist?

✔ I didn't think LLMs could scale to AGI