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8mo ago

4chan and Kiwi Farms Sue the UK Over its Age Verification Law
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Patch @feddit.uk 8mo ago
This does sound like exactly the sort of opponents to really put people off opposing the OSA.
I already feel myself involuntarily warming to the OSA just because I know it pisses 4chan off.

8mo ago

Thoughts on these giant biscuits?

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Patch @feddit.uk 8mo ago

I'm against it. Ratios are all wrong; I'd rather have 4 small Bourbons than 1 Bourbon 4x as big.

8mo ago

What is going on with people painting the red cross on the roundabouts to make the flag of england?

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Patch @feddit.uk 8mo ago

"This has nothing at all to do with racism, it's just pride in our football team. But apropos of nothing, how about all those illegal immigrants?!"

8mo ago

What is going on with people painting the red cross on the roundabouts to make the flag of england?

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Patch @feddit.uk 8mo ago

It's also against the law to mess with road markings. Road markings need to look like they're supposed to look; how they look conveys their meaning. You can't just let anybody with a tin of Dulux and a Very Important Cause go around making up their own road markings.

Highways authorities are required by law to remove vandalism like this, and the groups responsible will inevitably use this as an excuse to cry about being censored.

8mo ago

Who else does this?

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Patch @feddit.uk 8mo ago

Come on mate, you've got to earn it.

8mo ago

Start looking for other coffee brands than Douwe Egberts

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Patch @feddit.uk 8mo ago

Worth noting for any Brits that Kenco is owned by Douwe Egberts, so the same applies.

Taylors of Harrogate (the people who make Yorkshire Tea) do a decent coffee, for those that want a British mainstream alternative.

Personally I get most of my coffee from Revolver Coffee, who are a British cooperative who source all their beans from growers' cooperatives.

8mo ago

What book(s) are you currently reading or listening to? August 26

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Patch @feddit.uk 8mo ago

Currently reading The Glass Hotel by Emily St John Mandel. I'd previously read her book Station Eleven and adored it. This one is also very good, although possibly lacking the sheer punch of Station Eleven. Very good author, anyway; highly recommend.

8mo ago

Kick faces possible $49 M fine after French streamer Jean Pormanove dies on air

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Patch @feddit.uk 8mo ago

I'm not exactly a US constitutional lawyer, but I'm willing to bet that snuff films aren't protected by the First Amendment.

9mo ago

Gonna trigger half of Lemmy with this one, but I'm heckin annoyed.

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Patch @feddit.uk 9mo ago

I probably swear less since having kids and use more non-swearing expletives ("flipping heck", "crikey" etc.) in real life speech. Some of that inevitably bleeds into how I write online even though it's not directed at kids, just because language is habit-forming.

But I really, really hate the "f--k" thing. Either swear or don't. Swearing like you're trying to get one over on teacher is weird.

9mo ago

Steam Users Rally Behind Anti-Censorship Petition

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Patch @feddit.uk 9mo ago

Quakers were

Are. They're still around. Still a relatively big minority Christian group in the UK.

Still everyone's favourite Christian denomination. Cool bunch.

9mo ago

Steam Users Rally Behind Anti-Censorship Petition

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Patch @feddit.uk 9mo ago

Local/national banks with their bankcards and payment platforms

I don't know what it's like where you're from, but here in the UK all banks use Visa, MasterCard or Amex for their bank cards.

9mo ago

French Car Brand Renault To Go Completely Leather-Free By The End Of 2025

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Patch @feddit.uk 9mo ago

The only mass scaled alternative

The only mass scaled alternative with an identical look and feel. There are plenty of alternatives if you don't need it to look like leather. Like the infinite variety of fabrics.

9mo ago

French Car Brand Renault To Go Completely Leather-Free By The End Of 2025

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Patch @feddit.uk 9mo ago

Agreed. My mum's car and my boss's car have leather seats and I hate it. Both of my cars (and almost every other car I've ever driven in) have fabric seats, and they're infinitely more comfortable. And I presume considerably cheaper.

9mo ago

Thread concept: List of sites about to block the UK over the Online Safety Act

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Patch @feddit.uk 9mo ago

Do we have site of any Lemmy instances that defederate from us? It'll be interesting to see if many do.

Not that that's a solution, as UK users can join any Lemmy instance (and non-UK users can join feddit.uk), but I can see some going for it as a quick fix.

10mo ago

Password manager by Amazon

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Patch @feddit.uk 10mo ago

How the fuck do you know my PIN number?!

10mo ago

Nintendo’s Zelda movie has found its princess and hero of time [Bo Bragason and Benjamin Evan]

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Patch @feddit.uk 10mo ago

That's pretty lore accurate, though, right?

Most Links are portrayed as being either kids/teenagers or very young-looking adults, and Zelda is often portrayed as being a more experienced character, still young but often already embroiled in the politics or conflicts that are core to the story's initial setup. Link usually shows character growth as he rises to the challenge, but Zelda is often a more static character, who starts the story fully fledged.

I've never heard of either actor, but a cursory Google to look at their various photos and I can see them working in the roles. Obviously assuming they can act, too.

10mo ago

It's rude to show AI output to people

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Patch @feddit.uk 10mo ago

If only the biggest problem was messages starting "I asked ChatGPT and this is what it said:"

A far bigger problem is people using AI to draft text and then posting it as their own. On social media like this, I can't count the number of comments I've encountered midway through an otherwise normal discussion thread, and only clocked 2 paragraphs in that I'm reading a chat bot's response. I feel like I've had time and braincells stolen from me in the deception for the moments spent reading and attempting to derive meaning from it.

And just this week I received an application from someone wanting work in my office which was very clearly AI generated. Obviously that person will not be offered any work. If you can't be bothered to write your own "why I want to work here" cover letter, then I can't be bothered to work with you.

10mo ago

Password manager by Amazon

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Patch @feddit.uk 10mo ago

Unfortunately it's a combination lock, and the code is written on a post-it stuck on the front of the drawer.

10mo ago

Cybertruck Sales Are Dead in the Water

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Patch @feddit.uk 10mo ago

They have some valuable IP (patents and designs around their battery and charging systems, mostly), but none of their physical assets are really worth any more than face value (at the end of the day a battery factory is a battery factory).

Potential buyers would be far better off waiting for them to collapse and then snaffling up the IP on the cheap. Paying their current meme stock price is just throwing money away.

10mo ago

Ow my liver

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Patch @feddit.uk 10mo ago

It's just old fashioned terminology. 4% was the strength of a standard bitter or lager, round about 5% a premium bitter or lager.

The UK doesn't use the term "light beer", so you can probably just think of it as being the equivalent to that distinction.

Obviously there are some wildly strong craft beers out there these days, but the lingo still is what it is.