ashic
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Data Science & Engineering / Distributed Systems / Rescue Diver / Sarcasm.
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There's definitely a productivity issue in the UK that's more idiot tax related. My 40 y/o wife just got refused at the till of a #b&q trying to buy mould spray because she didn't have a physical id on her proving she's over 21. Scan of passport on the phone not enough.
October 26, 2025 at 12:00 PM
There's definitely a productivity issue in the UK that's more idiot tax related. My 40 y/o wife just got refused at the till of a #b&q trying to buy mould spray because she didn't have a physical id on her proving she's over 21. Scan of passport on the phone not enough.
Gotta wonder what advertisers think of #youtube .. Just been shown a BA Holidays ad video immediately followed by one of Easyjet Holidays... Surely that can't be right?
October 26, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Gotta wonder what advertisers think of #youtube .. Just been shown a BA Holidays ad video immediately followed by one of Easyjet Holidays... Surely that can't be right?
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A bleak dystopia where Sharia law predominates, while economic and cultural divisions mean that the different communities live parallel, segregated lives.
Oh, wait, that’s Dubai …
Oh, wait, that’s Dubai …
October 18, 2025 at 8:24 AM
A bleak dystopia where Sharia law predominates, while economic and cultural divisions mean that the different communities live parallel, segregated lives.
Oh, wait, that’s Dubai …
Oh, wait, that’s Dubai …
This thing from Mahmood seems rather strange. People applying for #ILR have to be on a work visa earning significant wages, paying NI, not having recourse to public funds, passing the life in the UK test, not having a criminal record, having to pass an English test to get the work visa, etc.
September 29, 2025 at 3:17 PM
This thing from Mahmood seems rather strange. People applying for #ILR have to be on a work visa earning significant wages, paying NI, not having recourse to public funds, passing the life in the UK test, not having a criminal record, having to pass an English test to get the work visa, etc.
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So if Tylenol creates autism we’re cool then with vaccines right? RIGHT????
RFK jr is insane, so it POTUS
RFK jr is insane, so it POTUS
September 23, 2025 at 1:14 AM
So if Tylenol creates autism we’re cool then with vaccines right? RIGHT????
RFK jr is insane, so it POTUS
RFK jr is insane, so it POTUS
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My most centrist dad take is that most governing politicians deserve sympathy because almost every policy that's actually any good for the country is unpopular, and almost every popular policy is probably bad.
Johnson's Brexit approach was far worse than Chequers IMHO but 20ppts more popular 1/
Johnson's Brexit approach was far worse than Chequers IMHO but 20ppts more popular 1/
September 16, 2025 at 7:44 AM
My most centrist dad take is that most governing politicians deserve sympathy because almost every policy that's actually any good for the country is unpopular, and almost every popular policy is probably bad.
Johnson's Brexit approach was far worse than Chequers IMHO but 20ppts more popular 1/
Johnson's Brexit approach was far worse than Chequers IMHO but 20ppts more popular 1/
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It was my sons 21st birthday party yesterday and his girlfriend and her sister, both Muslims of Arabic descent, stayed over at my house the night before and after, because they were so fearful of travelling across London by tube to get to us. Angry doesn’t cover it.
September 14, 2025 at 10:01 AM
It was my sons 21st birthday party yesterday and his girlfriend and her sister, both Muslims of Arabic descent, stayed over at my house the night before and after, because they were so fearful of travelling across London by tube to get to us. Angry doesn’t cover it.
Wow... Elon sure has unleashed a horde of white supremacist accounts on twitter today in reaction to non-caucasians getting significant posts in the #UK govt.
September 6, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Wow... Elon sure has unleashed a horde of white supremacist accounts on twitter today in reaction to non-caucasians getting significant posts in the #UK govt.
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Today is the first day of public trading for Trump’s crypto scam.
September 1, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Today is the first day of public trading for Trump’s crypto scam.
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As noted elsewhere in this thread, Isaac from Crystal Clean Windows York Limited came over and cleaned the restaurants windows for free and helped remove the graffiti.
That's patriotism! Trying to make your community better. Reaching out and helping others.
That's patriotism! Trying to make your community better. Reaching out and helping others.
August 31, 2025 at 7:48 AM
As noted elsewhere in this thread, Isaac from Crystal Clean Windows York Limited came over and cleaned the restaurants windows for free and helped remove the graffiti.
That's patriotism! Trying to make your community better. Reaching out and helping others.
That's patriotism! Trying to make your community better. Reaching out and helping others.
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Happy b’day, “American Idiot” — released as a single 21 years ago today, and written in the wake of the Iraq War.
“The country had gone into a war based on lies,” said Billie Joe Armstrong, “and no one seemed to care. .. It was a song that came from a very honest, pissed-off place.”
“The country had gone into a war based on lies,” said Billie Joe Armstrong, “and no one seemed to care. .. It was a song that came from a very honest, pissed-off place.”
August 6, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Happy b’day, “American Idiot” — released as a single 21 years ago today, and written in the wake of the Iraq War.
“The country had gone into a war based on lies,” said Billie Joe Armstrong, “and no one seemed to care. .. It was a song that came from a very honest, pissed-off place.”
“The country had gone into a war based on lies,” said Billie Joe Armstrong, “and no one seemed to care. .. It was a song that came from a very honest, pissed-off place.”
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Trump fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics after a weak jobs report because labor stats are a lot tougher to fake than a doctor’s note saying you weigh 215 lbs.
August 4, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Trump fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics after a weak jobs report because labor stats are a lot tougher to fake than a doctor’s note saying you weigh 215 lbs.
It does feel like #twitter is mostly random paid accounts tweeting utter nonsense and other bot accounts in Russia and India agreeing with the nonsense. Seems like 80% of everything there is now garbage. Guess it's lucrative for low income countries to make some cash.
August 3, 2025 at 3:46 PM
It does feel like #twitter is mostly random paid accounts tweeting utter nonsense and other bot accounts in Russia and India agreeing with the nonsense. Seems like 80% of everything there is now garbage. Guess it's lucrative for low income countries to make some cash.
On the new mac, finally trying out #nix. I like the idea, and will use it, but setting it up first time is gnarly to say the least. And so many edge cases.
July 11, 2025 at 8:38 AM
On the new mac, finally trying out #nix. I like the idea, and will use it, but setting it up first time is gnarly to say the least. And so many edge cases.
I finally give up. I'm about to buy my first #crApple laptop with my own money. My trusty old Precision 5510 is 10 years old and I've been getting by with client laptops, but it's time. While I'd love a Linux one, the battery life is just not enough.
#Linux on the desktop still, though.
#Linux on the desktop still, though.
July 7, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Been out of the tech conference loop for ages. Do people actually pay to travel to paid-for conferences these days? Ten years ago, such conferences were quite frowned upon...
July 1, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Been out of the tech conference loop for ages. Do people actually pay to travel to paid-for conferences these days? Ten years ago, such conferences were quite frowned upon...