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THE TRUTH IS A LEMON MERINGUE!
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FridayoLeary··on Record wind and solar saved UK from gas imports worth £1B in March 2026
That would be wonderful. But that hasn't happened yet, so i'll point out that whatever our current energy strategy is, it's failing miserably and wrecking the economy. For some reason other countries seem to have it figured out much better, so forgive me for not falling over in excitement over the fact that some war in the middle east is costing us a billion less then it might have.
FridayoLeary··on Record wind and solar saved UK from gas imports worth £1B in March 2026
We have some of the highest electricity prices in the world. The politicians obsess over net-zero at the expense of dealing with the issues affecting most people.
FridayoLeary··on Why mathematicians are boycotting their biggest conference
It's just grandstanding.They are mathematicians not political activists. If they want their organization to slide into irrelevance, getting involved in left wing (or right wing, but with academia it's usually left wing) politics is a great way to do that.
FridayoLeary··on France's aircraft carrier located in real time by Le Monde through fitness app
I kind of understand that, although of course i completely disagree with their line of thinking. Iran is everyones problem and open conflict like this would have been hard to avoid down the road. Point is they had months to anticipate this latest conflict, why did they do absolutely nothing to mitigate this? Why was the UK apparently completely unprepared? Europe's economy is suffering, more then America. Why do we even bother with a Navy if we don't wan't to use it?

Also what military support did they drop exactly? Ukraine isn't part of NATO, and the US has been carrying 90% of NATO since forever. I will point out that it was the US, through a combination of bombing and diplomacy that got rid of the Houthi threat to shipping. Nobody else succeeded.

FridayoLeary··on 4Chan mocks £520k fine for UK online safety breaches
Internet filters exist. I think we should legislate them, making it mandatory for children, or a similar solution.
FridayoLeary··on 4Chan mocks £520k fine for UK online safety breaches
In my mind it is. I understand both sides of the debate. I'm not switching one set of beliefs for something i believe is inferior, but i'm still open to hearing arguments why i'm wrong. Nobody has responded with anything more persuasive then "it's not my problem, why are you bothering me".
FridayoLeary··on Justice Department seizes several websites it says spread terrorist propaganda
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-disrupts-i...

The CNN headline implies it's not an objective fact.

FridayoLeary··on Xiaomi launches next-gen SU7 with 902 km range and Lidar, still undercuts Tesla
nah. electric is and always was a political fantasy. Perhaps its day will come, electric cars are here to stay and will find their niche, but the car manufacturers are reluctantly admitting that so is ICE. Electric cars can't compete on the figures, electricity is expensive, at service stations it's exorbitant. The electricity infrastructure is woefully inadequete to handle the large numbers needed. Not to mention enviromental benefits are not that huge either.
FridayoLeary··on 4Chan mocks £520k fine for UK online safety breaches
I agree with you about infinite scroll. I don't know you so i couldn't possibly comment on your other claim...
FridayoLeary··on 4Chan mocks £520k fine for UK online safety breaches
The evidence shows they don't have sufficient control. Parents these days clearly are unequal to the task, i'm passing no judgement just observing.

>We don't put protections on kids walking out the front door

My view is that we most certainly ban and/or heavily discourage children from entering certain places and talking to random strangers. There are many safeguards in the real world, there is simply not enough in the internet.

I don't say this lightly. I am very firmly against the nanny state, and i feel equally strongly in parental rights. I've made comments in the past against these laws but i feel it's the only way forward. The only question that remains is how to best implement such policies to minimize the inevitable erosion of our privacy.

I don't like it, but that's how it is.

FridayoLeary··on 4Chan mocks £520k fine for UK online safety breaches
I'm moving away from that line of thinking. We can discuss how poorly formulated this law is, and the implications for privacy of internet control bills, and the resulting eroding of our freedom of speech. It's correct to be suspicous of attempts to regulate the internet. But I'm becoming increasingly convinced that "for the sake of the children" such measures are necessary. The reality is that most kids these days have basically zero restrictions on internet exposure, and it's frying their brains[1]. Casual warnings from parents won't cut it. Not that they don't have the ultimate responsibility, but as in every other area of child rearing, they need help from the wider society they live in.

[1] I'm not going to quote studies, but plenty exist. I think it's pretty self evident to everyone here how bad internet can be for the mental health even of adults, let alone children with developing minds.

FridayoLeary··on Hong Kong pro-democracy tycoon Jimmy Lai gets 20 years' jail
Nonsense. They can and should push back much more. If Europe were to show a united front there's little China could do to punish them. Their only option would be to cosy up to America/Trump, which is a realistic possibility, but it's something they would be very uncomfortable with.
FridayoLeary··on Please don't say mean things about the AI I just invested a billion dollars in
Why drag your dead ancestors into the debate?

On that note they say oil is dead dinosaurs, maybe have a word with Saudi Arabia...

FridayoLeary··on Please don't say mean things about the AI I just invested a billion dollars in
But op is frankly absurd. It sounds reasonable for about 1 second before you think about it. What sets tech apart from every other area of human innovation? And why limit it to that? What about mineral exploitation? Oil etc.

It's just not a well thought out comment. If we focus on the "better path forward", the entrance to which is only unlocked by the realisation that big techs achievements (and thus, profits) belong to humanity collectively... After we reach this enlightened state, what does op believe the first couple of things a traveller on this path is likely to encounter (beyond Big Techs money, which incidentally we take loads of already in the form of taxes, just maybe not enough)?

FridayoLeary··on Please don't say mean things about the AI I just invested a billion dollars in
Sounds like you just want some of their money.
FridayoLeary··on UK Government’s ‘AI Skills Hub’ was delivered by PwC for £4.1M
Being cynical i would say it's because Burnham could potentially challenge Starmer. Less cynically Labour has a big enough majority they can afford to lose this by election. The headache of replacing the mayor of Manchester is not worth it.

Why can't he just do both jobs? Boris did it iirc.

FridayoLeary··on Over 36,500 killed in Iran's deadliest massacre, documents reveal
Or that it unnecessarily dragged out a conflict by hamstringing Israel and thus empowering Hamas.
FridayoLeary··on Over 36,500 killed in Iran's deadliest massacre, documents reveal
I came on here to say that point but you said it much better then i ever could. For the record i am unapologetically pro israel, and their actions in Gaza while regrettable were largely unavoidable.

What is striking is that the death toll in Iran from a couple of weeks of demonstrations is half as much as what Gaza suffered in 2 years of a devastating war. Even taking into account the difference in population this is shocking.

Well done to my fellow Hners for trying to gaslight op that the 2 are not comparable, when everyone here knows what is really behind this anomaly.

You have all my sympathy. Even Israelis understand the difference between the regime and the people of Iran. From a practical point of view how do feel the West should respond? Would you welcome American airstrikes? What do you feel about the looming possibility of another conflict with Israel?

FridayoLeary··on US administration to require app, social media, possibly DNA for travelers
I would love to visit the US one day and i do understand that it has no obligation to just let me in, but this seems a bit excessive for a short visit especially seeing as my country has a deal with the US not to require visas. I wonder if i would have to disclose my hn account(s). My cover would be blown! I guess i'm lucky i've made pro Trump comments...
FridayoLeary··on iPhone 5s Gets New Software Update 13 Years After Launch
People complain a lot about planned obsolescence but i'm mildly impressed, even if this update is only to keep the lights on and nothing else.

I remember people complaining that the design of the 5 was already outdated when it was new and they needed to have bigger screens and be thinner to compete with Samsung...

FridayoLeary··on Iran's internet blackout may become permanent, with access for elites only
lol
FridayoLeary··on U.S. Formally Withdraws from World Health Organization
And it was the scientists and doctors of the WHO, who denied the existence of Covid until after every country in the world had shut down. I thought covid denial was a bad thing, but you're still getting downvoted... In response to your last question i've got no idea. I don't have any confidence the vaunted scientists got it right back then either. Just look at the disasters inflicted on countries and states that imposed heavy handed and IMO largely unnecessary covid measures.
FridayoLeary··on U.S. Formally Withdraws from World Health Organization
I think the WHO have a lot to answer for over the Covid debacle, international health cooperation is important but i don't care if WHO dies so another body can be built on it's ashes.
FridayoLeary··on Douglas Adams on the English–American cultural divide over "heroes"
What i find in dr who is that, at least at the beginning of every episode he doesn't even attempt to control what's happening even when his life is threatened. He's perfectly happy to let events unfold before stepping in.

And he hates using guns. He walks into danger with zero ability to defend himself besides some weird tool with painful limitations. In a way he's the most un American hero possible.

FridayoLeary··on Douglas Adams on the English–American cultural divide over "heroes"
So the exact opposite of David Brent. As the show goes on you don't discover a single thing to make you like him.
FridayoLeary··on The super-slow conversion of the U.S. to metric (2025)
They got rid of the penny. Just suggest that the Imperial system is some leftist conspiracy and they'll have moved over by the end of the month.
FridayoLeary··on Microsoft chief Satya Nadella warns AI boom could falter without wider adoption
Saying the quiet part out loud. Also isn't it his fault for investing in it the first place? Desperately finding things to put copilot onto in Windows isn't working out so well, it seems.
FridayoLeary··on Harvard legal scholars debate the state of the U.S. constitution (2025)
Which is something people arguing to make the house of Lords fully democratic don't appreciate.
FridayoLeary··on Harvard legal scholars debate the state of the U.S. constitution (2025)
The problem is the inflexibility of the constitution. If judges hadn't made the conscious decisions to turn the constitution into whatever they feel like, you'd be stuck in an even worse system of obsolete 18th century government.
FridayoLeary··on Harvard legal scholars debate the state of the U.S. constitution (2025)
Exactly. I won't even say it's a good system, but it's a straw man he's attacking. Also, maybe i'm over sensitive but i feel like he's insinuating the constitution is wrong because it's inherently racist and elitist. Maybe i'm straw manning but sadly that choice of words often goes hand in hand with such ideas and reckless, poorly thought out solutions.
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