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Labour abstain on bid to criminalise water companies for sewage pollution
  • tacking unrelated stuff on to bills is not how our system works

    Parliament has exclusive cognisance, it works how the members want it to work.

  • Why are people talking about flying a flag upside-down?
  • Yes.

    In the upper corner of the flag nearest the flagpole, the wider diagonal white stripe should be above the red diagonal stripe. If the red is above the wider white stripe the flag is upside-down.

    https://www.college-of-arms.gov.uk/resources/union-flag-faqs

    Even our own government screws it up though https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2020/03/05/union-flag-has-flying-outside-parliament-upside/

  • Why are people talking about flying a flag upside-down?
  • Flying the US flag upside down on ship is apparently a distress signal.

    (Flying the UK flag upside down just makes people think you're an idiot.)

  • DWP told to pay £50,000 to Deaf job-seeker after repeated failure to provide BSL interpreter
    www.disabilitynewsservice.com DWP told to pay £50,000 to Deaf job-seeker after repeated failure to provide BSL interpreter

    A tribunal has told the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to pay nearly £50,000 in damages to a Deaf man after repeatedly failing to provide him with the interpreters he needed for job-related…

    DWP told to pay £50,000 to Deaf job-seeker after repeated failure to provide BSL interpreter
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    Python Big O: the time complexities of different data structures in Python
  • Damn, I was hoping someone had python running a Megadeus.

  • Prominent Android manufacturers commit to supporting phone software for 7 years
  • Why are we still relying on manufacturers for software updates?

    I know there's driver issues, but I'm pretty sure google could engineer android to at least allow direct security updates within the same android version. Google play services still provides updates for android 5. Even Yocto linux has opkg for updates.

  • Prominent Android manufacturers commit to supporting phone software for 7 years
  • 20 years ago, no one owned a smart phone.

    The handspring visor, one of the first smartphones, was released in 2000. I owned one, although a few years later and second hand.

    It still works too, except the phone part is 1g only, so there's no network for it any more.

  • Three councillors resign over Labour's ‘lily-livered stand’ on Gaza
  • The saying came from Macbeth, or at least that's the first recorded use.

  • Fat cats breaking the economy with 30% higher profits than pre-pandemic, landmark Unite study finds
  • Capital controls worked, which is why Thatcher abolished them.

  • Recommendations of what fabrics to wear?
  • For me, the fabrics i like are:

    • Wool, especially merino
    • Linen
    • Hemp
    • Raw denim

    Cotton I'm kinda neutral on, I dislike polyester and most synthetics.

  • What band or music group would you not have minded if they didn't have a certain band member?
  • Lars from Metallica after he attacked napster.

  • Sony Music opts out of AI training for its entire catalog
  • Sony didn't care about consent when they put rootkits on millions of CDs.

  • Winamp has announced that it is opening up its source code to enable collaborative development of its legendary player for Windows.
  • It doesn't say what license they are going to use, so it may not be open source. The wording is very weaselly.

  • What possible, fundamental, misunderstanding of the nature of the universe could make current academics look like flat earthers?
  • If a Maxwell's demon was ever proven practical it would basically disprove the second law of thermodynamics.

  • key Unite committee walks out, says will start legal action against union
    skwawkbox.org Exclusive: key Unite committee walks out, says will start legal action against union

    Elected representatives walk out accusing Sharon Graham of stifling democracy and destroying the union, with Unite’s employed officers on the verge of industrial action against the union Prot…

    Exclusive: key Unite committee walks out, says will start legal action against union
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    Raspberry Pi Ltd is considering an IPO
  • Raspberry pi is basically a marketing exercise for broadcom that got out of hand, so it doesn't surprise me they're doing this, unfortunately.

  • Server as heating device - how do I do this?
  • Computers are just heaters that do maths as a side effect, so it makes sense. There's even a company monetising the idea for ESG credits

    Two issues i can see are

    • Humidity in a grow room will be bad for a computer
    • With modern computers the heat output will in part depend on the workload, so you will need to find a way to make the computer do more work when you want more heat.
  • Raspberry Pi Ltd is considering an IPO

    "Raspberry Pi Ltd, a leader in low-cost, high-performance computing, announces that it is considering an initial public offering (the "IPO" or the "Offer") and that it intends to publish today a registration document (the "Registration Document"). The Company is considering applying for admission of its ordinary shares to the premium listing segment of the Official List of the FCA and to trading on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange ("Admission")."

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    Raspberry Pi Ltd is considering an IPO

    "Raspberry Pi Ltd, a leader in low-cost, high-performance computing, announces that it is considering an initial public offering (the "IPO" or the "Offer") and that it intends to publish today a registration document (the "Registration Document"). The Company is considering applying for admission of its ordinary shares to the premium listing segment of the Official List of the FCA and to trading on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange ("Admission")."

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    Solicitor general to appeal over case of climate activist who held sign on jurors’ rights
  • As a long time supporter of jury nullification I'm biased, but it's crazy that he's appealing this. The sign was quoting a plaque that sits outside the old bailey ffs

  • Fonts : what are your source(s)?
  • There are some font sharing groups/pages on VK. They often focus on fonts with Cyrillic support for obvious reasons, which I assume requires a certain level of completeness a web rip doesn't have.

  • Mandela’s grandson calls Lammy ‘apologist for genocide’
  • He could be wrong, but he has a better chance of knowing what his grandfather would have thought about something than a random lawyer.

  • Mandela’s grandson calls Lammy ‘apologist for genocide’
    skwawkbox.org Mandela’s grandson calls Lammy ‘apologist for genocide’

    Shadow Foreign Secretary blasted after claiming anti-apartheid hero would have condemned student pro-Gaza campus protests, as Mandela’s grandson calls for students worldwide to join protests …

    Mandela’s grandson calls Lammy ‘apologist for genocide’
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    Israel lobby, Murdoch press hunting Greens after party gives ground to pressure
    skwawkbox.org Exclusive: Israel lobby, Murdoch press hunting Greens after party gives ground to pressure

    Times shaping up for Corbyn-reminiscent witch-hunt of elected Greens who have stood up for Palestinians against Israeli genocide The UK pro-Israel lobby is again pursuing those who speak out agains…

    Exclusive: Israel lobby, Murdoch press hunting Greens after party gives ground to pressure
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    The 2025 Real ID deadline for new licenses is really real this time, DHS says
    eu.usatoday.com The 2025 Real ID deadline for new licenses is really real this time, DHS says

    You might have heard about the Real ID deadline before but this time, DHS says it's legit: You'll need a Real ID license by May 7, 2025.

    The 2025 Real ID deadline for new licenses is really real this time, DHS says
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    Bumble Founder Shares Odd Future of Dating: Your AI Dates My AI
    gizmodo.com Bumble Founder Shares Odd Future of Dating: Your AI Dates My AI

    The founder of Bumble defended a new AI feature from Bumble and described a not-so-sexy future of AI-based dating.

    Bumble Founder Shares Odd Future of Dating: Your AI Dates My AI
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    Smart meter data: the Government’s at it again
    www.openrightsgroup.org Smart meter data: the Government’s at it again

    Back in October 2022, ORG exposed Government plans to snoop on UK residents’ smart meters and energy consumption data.

    Smart meter data: the Government’s at it again
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    Palestine Action occupy Elbit’s Leicester weapons factory
    skwawkbox.org Palestine Action occupy Elbit’s Leicester weapons factory

    Image: Palestine Action Twitter Activists from Palestine Action (PA) have again targeted Israeli weapons-maker Elbit’s Leicester drone factory, UAV Tactical Systems. One contingent used an ar…

    Palestine Action occupy Elbit’s Leicester weapons factory
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    Second Boeing whistleblower dies suddenly
    www.newsweek.com Second Boeing whistleblower dies suddenly

    Joshua Dean, a former Spirit AeroSystems employee, had accused the aircraft manufacturer of ignoring defects in the production of 737 MAX planes.

    Second Boeing whistleblower dies suddenly
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    Second Boeing whistleblower dies suddenly
    www.newsweek.com Second Boeing whistleblower dies suddenly

    Joshua Dean, a former Spirit AeroSystems employee, had accused the aircraft manufacturer of ignoring defects in the production of 737 MAX planes.

    Second Boeing whistleblower dies suddenly
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