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by gib444 4mo ago
Using Haskell for a horoscope app is like hiring a mathematician to read tea leaves
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by gib444 4mo ago
which ones do u want to keep
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by gib444 4mo ago
I don't have kids but I do wonder if maybe the downsides of WhatsApp etc outweigh the benefits? Lack of practice with face to face communication, near inability to talk on the phone, less quality connection with people in general, cran
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by gib444 4mo ago
Screen Time let's you turn off notifications. I have all notifications on my phone off, except for phone calls
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by gib444 4mo ago
Just a shame the airlines mostly opted for an interior that ignores obesity rates and the existence of shoulders
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by gib444 4mo ago
It's so much worse than some Google results: people see LLMs as a trusted friend who never talks back and never questions you, who is excellent at convincingly communicating their bs, reeling you in with "tell me more so I can rea
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by gib444 4mo ago
Why does any country or bloc need to learn lessons about "falling behind" the US? Why is that the yard stick? I certainly don't spend all day dreaming of F150s, McMansions, the psychopaths leading silicon valley, 9 lane highw
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by gib444 4mo ago
Spelling, grammar and punctuation matter everywhere, in my opinion. I wouldn't have read your comment if it were all lowercase and used zero punctuation, for example.
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by gib444 4mo ago
> Not even the whole of the UK - really only England and Wales "Only" England & Wales ... which is ~90% of the UK population. It's a fair generalisation in a casual context like this. We get it, cricket isn't wild
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by gib444 4mo ago
...South Africa, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, West Indies...
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by gib444 4mo ago
Classic display of hoop-shorting and running wide and low, all while ignoring the reds on the board The chums are going to rib him rotten over the cucumber sandwiches and tea in the wains room at half-over time
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by gib444 4mo ago
Native English speaker. I scanned it and IMO there's a slight overuse/misuse of hyphens. Maybe the AI tool could be asked to identify and correct? (The hyphens might be triggering people to think it's AI, too). They mostly ne
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by gib444 4mo ago
That strawman is so large it would even scare away a human
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by gib444 4mo ago
What is with this Twitter esque style of discussion? Post some vague comment with no real stake in the ground, but just reply to follow ups asking for clarifications about the right way. It's exhausting. Why not put all that effort int
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by gib444 4mo ago
If my house isn't a fortress I should just leave my doors open :D I'm so clever, everyone else is stupid
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by gib444 4mo ago
Hear hear
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by gib444 4mo ago
> The messaging, in general, has been abysmal Indeed, which has eroded trust. That along with huge cost revisions, you can see why some people are incredibly pessimistic about the entire project It was all planned lies: high speed rail i
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by gib444 4mo ago
It's a whopping (!) 4.3% according to [0] though maybe in the 90s/10s it was lower [0] https://www.tescoplc.com/investors/reports-results-and-prese...
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by gib444 4mo ago
> Work will not be the motivator, but we both have options. Which work visa did you apply for? Or do you have an EU passport?
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by gib444 4mo ago
> Like all the other versions of this, the savings are absorbed by the company, not passed on to the consumer. Grocery stores (at least here in the UK) are notoriously low margin and have been for a long time. I think this is the one sec
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by gib444 4mo ago
> Max line speed of HS2 is 360km/h, with provision for 400 in some sections in future. That's already been reduced to 320 km/h under this year's "HS2 reset". Which I imagine in reality will be 300 km/h
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by gib444 4mo ago
You're absolutely right. Sorry
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by gib444 4mo ago
> EDIT: Parent commenter completely rewrote their comment while I was replying. You were extremely quick! :) I thought I was still within my 'delay' window. I've increased it now But people editing their comment to bring i
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by gib444 4mo ago
I guess we now need AI tools to filter security report spam. I'll go out on a limb and say such products already exist.
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by gib444 4mo ago
> The UK buys most of their trains from Deutsche Bahn (German Rail) and just brands them differently. This is totally incorrect. We buy our trains from French/Swiss/German/Spanish/Belgian manufacturers, or build them
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by gib444 4mo ago
There was a GSM-R outage in the UK last month ago too [0] [0] https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/nationwide-gsmr-outage-...
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by gib444 4mo ago
We'll talk to China
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by gib444 4mo ago
> 5 months to land another contract that only lasted 6 months My god this is insanity
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by gib444 4mo ago
How do they know what he will do to the economy before even he does? That's impressive I wasn't referring to his becoming PM but what he does during the premiership, you know, the more important part
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by gib444 4mo ago
Will this help us see how badly Burnham bungs bonds in real time? I jest I jest

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