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by scott_w 8mo ago
Because that's not how corporate maths works. The comparison is not "what is the cost of this vs our current revenue?" The calculation is "what could that engineer be doing instead and what is that worth vs fixing this i
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by scott_w 8mo ago
Just to be clear, I'm to ignore: * Internet Watch Foundation * The BBC * The Guardian * X themselves * Ofcom And believe the word of an anonymous internet account who claims to have tried to undress women using Grok for "research.
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by scott_w 8mo ago
> That post doesn't contain such an admission, it instead talks about forbidden prompting. In response to what? If CSAM is not being generated, why aren't X just saying that? Instead they're saying "please don't
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by scott_w 8mo ago
For more evidence: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvg1mzlryxeo Also, X seem to disagree with you and admit that CSAM was being generated: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/01&
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by scott_w 8mo ago
Did you miss the numerous news reports? Example: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/08/ai-chatbo... For obvious reasons, decent people are not about to go out and try to general child sexual
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by scott_w 8mo ago
Just to be clear: I understand the difference. What I couldn’t do was explain to someone who has no concept that customs are not a security check. Or that you don’t need customs for (effectively) internal flights. I suspect part of this is
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by scott_w 8mo ago
Neither did I, thus why I didn’t really know how to respond.
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by scott_w 8mo ago
Basically this. She was confusing Customs with Security, I think.
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by scott_w 8mo ago
> I’d hazard that this may be true now, but this feeling was created by the same “security measures” we’re discussing. Slight tangent but I recall travelling within the Schengen Zone for the first time and just walking off the plane and
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by scott_w 8mo ago
I had a similar (but not as good) thought which was to separate out the action from the planning in code then inject the action system. So —-dry-run would pass the ConsoleOutput() action interface but without it passes a LiveExecutor() (I’m
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by scott_w 9mo ago
Not really, unfortunately. The thing is, if you mistype a configuration key, Django won’t pick it up. It’ll just leave the default value in place. I also don’t think it does any validation on settings values, it’ll just pass them to whateve
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by scott_w 9mo ago
And yet here you are, desperately trying to soothe your bruised ego by proclaiming you aren’t bothered.
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by scott_w 9mo ago
The author makes a great last point about Settings and it’s something I’ve not considered… ever! I wonder if there’s a feature request for this because having a pre-configured object would be nice for the ability to verify correctness on st
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by scott_w 9mo ago
You didn’t rebut my point at all. Try again.
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by scott_w 9mo ago
Definition: > State media are typically understood as media outlets that are owned, operated, or significantly influenced by the government. Which part of this definition is lacking, in your opinion? Which part of the UNESCO report do yo
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by scott_w 9mo ago
Your definition conflicts with UNESCO’s definition. By your reasoning, private US media outlets would have qualify as “State Media” because they kowtow to the Trump government - “some other kind of influence”. This is patently nonsense, so
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by scott_w 9mo ago
Did you miss this: > UK Government cannot determine its agenda or directly influence its funding. > The BBC will regularly criticise the government The funding is set for a 10 year cycle, beyond the scope of any individual government
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by scott_w 9mo ago
It's set every 10 years as part of the charter renewal process agreed with the government and Parliament. Not paying the Licence Fee is a criminal offence. None of these make the BBC "state media."
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by scott_w 9mo ago
Most of these cuts happened under the previous government, including where they restricted how revenue from BBC World Service can be recycled into its local broadcasting. You'd almost think the Conservatives were trying to get rid of i
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by scott_w 9mo ago
Just for clarity: the BBC is not "state media," it's a public broadcaster. This is an important distinction as the UK Government cannot determine its agenda or directly influence its funding. The BBC will regularly criticis
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by scott_w 9mo ago
This and when an author wants to ignore it, they do. You don't need to justify your choice since the person is openly saying "I'm bikeshedding" to you.
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by scott_w 9mo ago
Ironically though, cyclists inhale less pollution than drivers (who inhale the most)! Sources: https://usa.streetsblog.org/2019/10/08/report-drivers-arent-... which references the BBC
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by scott_w 9mo ago
That’s why time limiting rather than estimating works for me. It forces me to contend with the question: “can I get this done today?” That’s usually an easier question to answer because it’s to tightly time bound. I’m not always correct but
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by scott_w 9mo ago
There’s also something more concrete about asking “Can you get it done by end of tomorrow? What does that require?” I prefer it over estimating which feels more like asking the length of a piece of string.
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by scott_w 9mo ago
> What you are describing is what we call power dynamics, the effect of a power differential on the dynamics of a relationship. My wife and I have a formal relationship: our marriage contract. If I violate that contract then there can be
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by scott_w 9mo ago
For your hypothesis to work, it would mean it’s not possible for me to tell my boss “no.” Yet I do this all the time without repercussion. Trying to boil every relationship down to “power dynamics” is outright childish. Do my boss and I h
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by scott_w 9mo ago
That wasn’t the intention of what I wrote. I was referring more to how people speak. It’s very common in British English to phrase a request as a question. The “relationship” I refer to isn’t “they’re your boss,” it’s “how do you and your b
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by scott_w 9mo ago
Only if you’re a Guesser ;-) Seriously though, it depends on the boss and the relationship you have with them. It can really fall into either camp and it might even be situational with the same person! I would say that, generally, I would p
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by scott_w 9mo ago
> I've seen tables where 50%-70% were soft-deleted, and it did affect the performance noticeably. Depending on your use-case, having soft-deletes doesn't mean you can't clean out old deleted data anyway. You may want a pro
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by scott_w 9mo ago
True unlimited PTO can exist in the UK, though the "unlimited" PTO can't, as employees can't agree to less than the statutory minimum. That said, unscrupulous employers try to get around this by putting stupid requirem

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