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by octo888 1y ago
https://www.plumplot.co.uk/City-Bradford-crime-stats.html it is the 2nd most violent city in the UK It's a city, by the way, not a town. What took you as an Australian to Bradford? How long did you spend there? I'
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by octo888 1y ago
Which is why you see eg UK making it illegal to demonstrate, want more backdoors in communication tech (so they can scan for wrongthink), going harder banning free speech etc
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by octo888 1y ago
So funny how countries move in lock-step
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by octo888 1y ago
A twice-yearly injection with the same efficacy as daily PrEP is a fantastic development
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by octo888 1y ago
There has been a good reason to use a VPN for 25 years now (Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000)
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by octo888 1y ago
And criticised by the current party in power for not going far enough. Then passed by them
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by octo888 1y ago
Myths not without an element of truth. Have you spent any serious amount of time in Bradford, for example?
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by octo888 1y ago
I want to believe Mullvad is legit but I'm too old, have read too much and I'm way too cynical
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by octo888 1y ago
Albania works pretty well. I think Youtube doesn't show ads either.
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by octo888 1y ago
> taxed to the eyeballs Emotional phrases aside, what is your total NI + income tax deduction percentage, and what percentage do you think you should be paying?
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by octo888 1y ago
Thanks :) Happiness Forgets is right next to where I was going to grab some pizza later. Sorted
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by octo888 1y ago
Any particular recommendations for London? I feel a thirst coming on!
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by octo888 1y ago
Well companies seem to absolutely love offshoring at the moment so these kind of LLMs are probably an absolute dream to them (And imagine a CTO getting a demo of ChatGPT etc and being told "no, you're wrong". C suite don&#x27
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by octo888 1y ago
Makes you wonder if these climate-driven food shocks would have happened if COVID/ZIRP ending hadn't ... Are there any comparable periods of weather extremes resulting in such widespread price hikes?
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by octo888 1y ago
I'm well aware ;)
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by octo888 1y ago
LLM linkedin slop. "Just doing x? That isn't enough" Writing articles using chatgpt? That doesn't cut it in 2025.
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by octo888 1y ago
The two parties who had/have a chance of winning the/an election both wanted this
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by octo888 1y ago
> both parties We are not technically a two party system and more than a handful voted for parties other than Labour and the Conservatives
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by octo888 1y ago
Avoid France too for the same reasons. Similar laws exist for disclosure of passwords etc
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by octo888 1y ago
They'll just find another to screw you but if you like to believe in the coordinated game of cat and mouse actually does any fundamental and long term good, you do you
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by octo888 1y ago
Right! Beyond awful
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by octo888 1y ago
My new favourite saying!
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by octo888 1y ago
Careful what you wish for. What you may get in one hand they'll take in another. They're pulling other crap like cleaning fees for a grain or two of sand too. Should the EU our saviour protect us against that? Plenty alternatives
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by octo888 1y ago
I like how ChatGPT text is so easy to spot
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by octo888 1y ago
Knowing Hertz, the 360 degree camera scan still won't be proof that you didn't steal the vehicle from them
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by octo888 1y ago
Unbelievably brazen to not bother trying to push an upsell, and just charge it without authorisation. Crazy
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by octo888 1y ago
"Fire Safety Device Interference Fee: $1,000"
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by octo888 1y ago
Just like how car rental companies can charge damage fees and not repair it (thus charging it multiple times for multiple customers!)
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by octo888 1y ago
Looks like hotels looked at the car rental industry and took a lot of inspiration.
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by octo888 1y ago
Think how your banking app might contain different data to other apps

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