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swarnie··on U.S. war in Iran has cost $25B so far, says Pentagon official
Maybe they expect this not war to last 7x longer?

Have any of the not objectives for the not war been accomplished yet?

swarnie··on Anna's Archive loses $322M Spotify piracy case without a fight
One or two dementia Truths penned by media bribers/donors and the world moves on.
swarnie··on US – Iran negotiations end with no deal reached
Why would you even agree to talks if your starting negotiation position is going to be so unreasonable, its pointless.

Attempting to deny a country security in the form of controlling their own water ways, controlling their own energy independence or holding a deterrent to prevent genocidal neighbours from attacking is simply wrong.

swarnie··on Maine is about to become the first state to ban major new data centers
Imagine the additional space needed to power a scaled DC with solar. I think the number of people opposing the construction would increase when they release its half the county.

But what's an extra 500 acres between friends.

swarnie··on US and Iran agree to provisional ceasefire
> Opening the Strait

So the US started a war with an objective to open the Strait which only closed due to the war they started.

Can you explain what you mean here mate?

swarnie··on Japanese, French and Omani vessels cross Strait of Hormuz
> 2 years and 9 months remain

You think.

Peaceful transfers of power are always tricky in younger democracies.

swarnie··on Italy blocks US use of Sicily air base for Middle East war
I can't tell if this is satire or a shocking indictment of the US education system
swarnie··on U.S. stocks are set to deliver their worst quarter in nearly four years
It's been a fairly stress free quarter in rainbow bear land.

Buy puts, wait for Trump to say something dumb (don't worry, it won't take long), sell, return to step one.

swarnie··on Britain today generating 90%+ of electricity from renewables
Are you sure?

The Octopus subreddit seem pretty convinced they get negative pricing when its windy.

swarnie··on Britain today generating 90%+ of electricity from renewables
Unless i'm reading this wrong I'm pretty sure i already have this in the UK nad have done for years. What's the trial even for...
swarnie··on Britain today generating 90%+ of electricity from renewables
Economic rocket fuel lands in Dover most mornings, it'll balance out. - Ed Miliband 2026 (probably)
swarnie··on AMD's Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition crams 208MB of cache into a single chip
Factorio mega basing just found a new ceiling.
swarnie··on France's aircraft carrier located in real time by Le Monde through fitness app
Reminds me of Fitbit using heartrate to approximately guess calories used.

I'm told with a lengthy night on uppers can you can get your 24/hr burn up to the 7000-10000.

swarnie··on France's aircraft carrier located in real time by Le Monde through fitness app
Billy Boy from the Island can use commercial satellites to map mud huts for his vaccine NGO, i'm sure any nation state can find a few quid to locate a war ship.
swarnie··on 4Chan mocks £520k fine for UK online safety breaches
One click its Algeria, or Singapore, or Canada.

We can move much faster then they can legislate.

swarnie··on 4Chan mocks £520k fine for UK online safety breaches
After bending over backwards for US media companies in the 2000s they thought it went both ways, turns out it doesn't.

Oh well, the uncensored web from my NL VPN still looks the same.

swarnie··on Iran war energy shock sparks global push to reduce fossil fuel dependence
Now you see, the only country to have used a nuclear weapon in anger also elected itself as world arbitrator of who gets energy and who doesn't, because reasons.

Every country should be speed running nuclear tech as fast as possible if only to scare the freedom fighters away...

swarnie··on 2026 tech layoffs reach 45,000 in March
META rumoured to be purging by Tuesday.

Calls locked in.

swarnie··on Life as an OnlyFans 'chatter'
> As of early 2026, the minimum wage in the Philippines is set daily rather than hourly and varies by region, with a common daily minimum of approximately 695 PHP in some sectors, often equating to less than $2 USD per hour

Pretty much any Wagie job?

swarnie··on I put my whole life into a single database
This is disappointing.... Last year i noticed large chunks of my life were being monitored via many spreadsheets and i endeavoured to bring them all together in to one Oracle DB. My plan was to eventually put some ui and graphing on top very similar to OP but seeing this is making me think twice.
swarnie··on How Big Diaper absorbs billions of extra dollars from American parents
What is a diaper service?
swarnie··on Uploading Pirated Books via BitTorrent Qualifies as Fair Use, Meta Argues
I'm going to need a copy of your latest bank statement before i can accurately answer that.
swarnie··on US Military says 3 service members have been killed
Sovereign countries that dont expect to be bombed?

51.50682730317355, -1.964190908830932

51.163248703261374, -1.7644273386532592

50.79917462916731, -1.1036180056831038

swarnie··on OpenAI raises $110B on $730B pre-money valuation
Not sure why this made people sad.

If you try to cancel they just straight up give you a month for free. Take the VC money....

swarnie··on OpenAI raises $110B on $730B pre-money valuation
Have you tried to cancel recently?

Might save you €20 next month.

swarnie··on You Want to Visit the UK? You Better Have a Google Play or App Store Account
You've described exactly what the EU are implementing this year
swarnie··on You Want to Visit the UK? You Better Have a Google Play or App Store Account
Have you filled one out lately? The questions have got a bit wild.
swarnie··on You Want to Visit the UK? You Better Have a Google Play or App Store Account
Its pretty common for international travel....?

USA, Canada, Australia all have a small fee to process a visa. Some even have tourist/hotel taxes if you really want to get a huff on.

swarnie··on Stripe reportedly makes offer to acquire PayPal
Is it because no one you know IRL uses paypay? It hasn't been relevant in a lot of countries since Ebay was popular in the mid 2000s.

A free/standard current account will do physical/online payments, cash withdrawal, currency conversion, spending abroad ect ect.

swarnie··on Tesla Sales Down 55% UK, 58% Spain, 59% Germany, 81% Netherlands, 93% Norway
No, the social media company.
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