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swarnie··on Hackers strike Harrods in latest UK cyberattack
That's just a general statement; nothing suggests these children are working with or acting on behalf of Russia.

More likely they are spectrum'd to fuckery or pushing a political agenda.

swarnie··on Hackers strike Harrods in latest UK cyberattack
What's state sponsored about a bunch of bored children putting in dummy calls to retail helpdesks?

I dont see what this has to do with russia russia russia

swarnie··on Hackers strike Harrods in latest UK cyberattack
> In July, four people including a 17-year-old boy were arrested on suspicion of being involved in cyberattacks on Harrods, the Co-op, and Marks and Spencer, and were bailed pending further inquiries.

Your proposal is we have a foreign army come over and start executing children? What is this Bush era nonsense.

swarnie··on Hackers strike Harrods in latest UK cyberattack
Great, that'll be another intelligence review Monday morning.

Can someone give the kids a ping pong table or something so i can eat my breakfast in peace?

swarnie··on YouTube caves to Trump with $24.5M settlement
In unexpected news Larry E. and Jared K. have just announced the formation of a ballroom building company.

Who saw that coming?

swarnie··on FAA is granting Boeing “limited delegation” to certify airworthiness
Make the smart choice, fly Airbus.
swarnie··on The Jaguar Land Rover hack: stalled factories, outsourced cybersecurity
The unions calling for Covid ear support are hilarious when the business has billions in cash on hand. If they want to maintain their supply chain / operations its time to pay up.

Remember when bad businesses could make crappy decisions are just go under? No me neither.

swarnie··on UK Millionaire exodus did not occur, study reveals
I'm also interested in how they've come up with the 3 million millionaires in the UK figure, they only seem to cite themselves for the data.

4.5% of the entire country are millionaires? On paper or in home equity + pension maybe... But those aren't the people we're concerned about leaving.

swarnie··on Microsoft memo advises H1B employees to return immediately if currently abroad
Doesn't the 100k fee ensure only the best (most worthwhile in a capitalist system) come and you don't end up with mass used to undercut local wages?
swarnie··on Nvidia buys $5B in Intel
Nana can stop spinning in her grave now, i think he just broke even....
swarnie··on Charlie Kirk killed at event in Utah
They can nuke you from orbit with the click of a button, nothing you can acquire legal or otherwise can prevent that if they so wish.
swarnie··on Microsoft PowerToys
OSRS players - You can use this to remap your 2 and 6 keys, makes mahogany tables less painful as you reach the third hour.
swarnie··on Visitors dropped for a 6th straight month in Las Vegas
I wonder if its a generational thing or at least a failure to market to a new generation, i know Vegas by reputation but what does it actually offer? 9/10 of the top destinations on TripAdvisor for Vegas are to leave Vegas....

Gambling? We've been able to do that via our phones since the mid 2010s.

Collect an interesting variety on venereal diseases? Same, smartphone compatible for a decade or more.

Celebrity fronted restaurants? Mr Ramsey will ship his slop directly to my door in 48 hours or less.

If forced to travel to the USA a team of marketing grads haven't made it clear to me why i should go to Vegas.

swarnie··on Australia Post halts transit shipping to US as 'chaotic' tariff deadline looms
Because the US has treated its allies well over the last few years?

I can understand why some are looking elsewhere.

swarnie··on UK government states that 'safety' act is about influence over public discourse
England is the only one of the four without its own parliament.

Providing you accurately define the Irish in question all four are subject to the OSA, none have actively opposed it in any meaningful way.

swarnie··on UK government states that 'safety' act is about influence over public discourse
Why single out England particularly?
swarnie··on US Wholesale Inflation Rises by Most in 3 Years
Maybe these are the numbers after they were fudged to save a job?
swarnie··on Online Safety Act – shutdowns and site blocks
It happened almost immediately. Certain protest footage posted to X was already blocked in the UK.

Get back to work Nicholas 30 ans. The Uniparty demands another day of sacrifice.

swarnie··on U.S. preparing IPO for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac later this year
Coupled with a new Fed chair this is going to be rocket fuel to the housing market. Try not to be the one holding this editions Bear Stearns at the end.

Why no chuck Klarna a banking charter and an IPO while were at it?

swarnie··on Car has more than 1.2M km on it – and it's still going strong
> This car has 1,253,070 kilometres on it — and counting.

> When it turned over from 999,999 kilometres to 000,000 kilometres in September 2017

The idea of averaging 31k miles a year is just insane to me. My car hasn't done that since i bought it new 8 years ago.

swarnie··on Microsoft tops $4T in valuation: Great news for MSFT, not so great for workers
If i could even find a comparable OS/Productivity/Communications package to replace the existing i'd lose my own job for proposing it.
swarnie··on Figma will IPO on July 31
RH hasn't opened up IPO access in my country, will need to wait for the options market to open unfortunately.
swarnie··on Ask HN: What software subscriptions are worth paying for?
YouTube subscription - Ever since they tied play/pause to the screen lock a subscription is essential if you want to use it as an audio only app.

I hate it.

swarnie··on Myanmar’s proliferating scam centers
That's a really tough call, what sets off your internal "Scam alert" more, a thick Indian accent from a busy call centre or a TikTok robot voice?
swarnie··on The fish kick may be the fastest subsurface swim stroke yet (2015)
What improvements are you thinking?

I see three avenues:

1) Clothing - Already banned in the Olympics

2) Medication - Also officially banned in the Olympics but the Enhanced Games look like a promising test bed.

3) Go full Cult Mechanicum?

swarnie··on At Least 13 People Died by Suicide Amid U.K. Post Office Scandal, Report Says
Its in OPs comment

> a retail position and end up hopefully clearing a middle class salary

Normal retail work is below the poverty line.

Beyond that i think it might be the social/community aspect. I simply can't use the post office in my town as its used as a social club for everyone over 70. Some people are just in to that kinda thing i suppose.

swarnie··on Linda Yaccarino is leaving X
No that isn't my argument.
swarnie··on Linda Yaccarino is leaving X
Sorry, maybe i wasn't clear.

I posted on the ReformUK subreddit in opposition to something that was being touted there. The context of the post doesn't matter, posting on that sub is enough to get you blanked banned from many other placed.

Getting banned from a default sub you've never posted in because you told a racist boomer somewhere else they might be falling for propaganda is bloody weird.

swarnie··on Linda Yaccarino is leaving X
Reddit really doesn't.

I commented on a particular sub (in opposition to what i think the core hivemind is there) and was immediately banned from about 30 others.

Reddit is the most insular, single minded set of communities I've seen on social media. I dont think you can claim diversity if the userbase all wall themselves off from each other with bots.

swarnie··on Sleeping beauty Bitcoin wallets wake up after 14 years to the tune of $2B
Why would they throw a dozen South American coups, import tonnes of crack to the inner cities, conduct illegal human experimentation or attempt the assassination of multiple democratically elected world leaders?

Honestly no idea, they seem a little fash-y for any logical reasoning that i can comprehend.

Maybe they had another insurgency to fund and didn't want it going through the vast ^official^ books?

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