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Programmer from the 8-bit era. Interested in gamedev, photography & film.

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The markets can stay irrational longer than a shorter can stay solvent.

But in the end, gravity always wins.

14.03.2026 11:06 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Even Waymo's business model has been disrupted by passengers not closing the door when they exit the vehicle...

14.03.2026 11:04 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

When the crash comes we won't have to look at Elon's stupid mug at the top of the rich list.

Hopefully he'll be so poor he won't be able to buy elections for fascists anymore.

14.03.2026 11:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Even if the DOGE muppets were miraculously jailed, the current administration would make sure they were put in a cushy low-security prison and given a puppy.

13.03.2026 16:35 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

DEI wants a fair process. It doesn't want privileged men who know the right people or are members of the right clubs to get preference.

It isn't giving preference to minorities. That's the anti-DEI definition.

13.03.2026 16:31 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It's not like the current US administration likes or respects the UK anyway. So who cares if the orange felon doesn't like it.

13.03.2026 16:27 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I know it might cost the government to kick Palantir to the curb. But I think the cost of keeping them is higher in terms of risk and further contracts.

This government needs to make it a priority to remove them.

13.03.2026 16:26 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

C# has Interlocked.Exchange() which is an atomic operation.

13.03.2026 13:40 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It was more a comment on their overtly evil plans. Almost comical in their outlandishness.

Kind of like Elliot Carver in Tomorrow Never Dies (minus the submarine stealing ship).

13.03.2026 13:17 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Pretty much, yes (except in summer when no heating required).

They're best coupled with solar and battery. Or at least a cheap night tariff for when the hot water tank is heated.

13.03.2026 08:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The guy is an actual Bond villain.

12.03.2026 19:57 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

He's like Harold Shane (played by Bob Hoskins) in The Long Good Friday.

A wealthy mafia boss who can't comprehend his situation or his opponents when the IRA target his operation.

12.03.2026 18:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Miller even looks like Putin.

11.03.2026 18:54 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Some savvy backbencher should add an amendment that says government can't make the data provider immune from civil suits if they're hacked.

No company would bid for a contract if they'll be on the hook for damages.

11.03.2026 10:10 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Boomer: β€œit seems like everyone your age is on antidepressants for anxiety and depression”

Me: β€œyeah for reference I spent most of my 20s in a global pandemic and every presidential election i’ve been old enough to vote in has had donald trump on the ballot”

10.03.2026 21:51 πŸ‘ 1175 πŸ” 149 πŸ’¬ 76 πŸ“Œ 14

He's like the villain from Tenet. If he can't rule the world, he'll burn it down.

08.03.2026 16:40 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

As a game developer, and not a letcher (I never played Tomb Raider or similar), would a couple more vertices on the Lara Croft character model really tanked the rendering performance?

If anything, brunette Madonna just draws the eye even more.

06.03.2026 22:22 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

Tech bros: anxiety is a modern malaise.

Tech bros: anxiety proves this model is conscious.

06.03.2026 21:04 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I suspect the people who complain about "over-diagnosis" actually just don't think ADHD is a real thing.

So stats / research won't persuade them.

06.03.2026 18:07 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I thought she was paraphrasing Jack Nicholson's character from A Few Good Men.

He played the villain.

05.03.2026 21:24 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Harold Camping's war.

04.03.2026 09:18 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Same here. Considering it is a satire of the spy / action genre, Cameron made one of the best spy / action films.

02.03.2026 22:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Institutions are always looking to offload their risky assets on to retail investors when the writing is on the wall.

02.03.2026 21:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Those are the types of people who think The Purge is a cool concept.

02.03.2026 20:33 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Why has the world's first hydrogen double-decker fleet failed? The multi-million pound project in Aberdeen was meant to be the future of clean public transportation.

Hydrogen was a scam created by fossil fuel companies. Useful-idiot petrol-heads pushed it because they didn't like EVs.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

01.03.2026 06:58 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

When it happens, let me know the company name so I can short its stock into Hades.

28.02.2026 21:47 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Get ready for anal probes as part of airport security theatre.

28.02.2026 19:54 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

These think-pieces don't move the needle for the brainwashed. Only economic meltdown will do that. So not long to wait...

28.02.2026 19:51 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Have we considered the OpenAI / US gov partnership is an attempt to increase the chances of a bailout that makes no rational financial sense? @edzitron.com

28.02.2026 18:40 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Part of me wishes it was publicly traded so I could short the hell out of it.

But, sadly, it would work its way into pension and index funds and I don't wish that on people.

27.02.2026 19:10 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0