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swarnie_··on Robinhood S-1 IPO
That's exactly what i'm aiming for, i'll chuck a few grand in the opposite direction just for a laugh.
swarnie_··on Robinhood S-1 IPO
> In 2011-2015, Daniel Gallagher was 1 of 5 Commissioners of the SEC

> his previous job was at WilmerHale, a firm specializing in defending other firms against the SEC.

How is that situation even remotely legal?

swarnie_··on Robinhood S-1 IPO
I imagine a large portion of the internet newly flushed with GME/AMC/WISH cash are lining up to short this in to the ground.

I'll personably be buying everything i can get my hands on three months after launch

swarnie_··on US Navy set off a 40k-pound explosive to test its new supercarrier
> and elicit a similar response

You mean your going to invade a totally unrelated country and fight another 20 year unwinnable war?

Sign me up, that'll do wonders for my options scheme.

swarnie_··on Saudi Operatives Who Killed Khashoggi Received Paramilitary Training in U.S.
Its a testament to the US military that i can't tell who you're referring to here.
swarnie_··on US Navy set off a 40k-pound explosive to test its new supercarrier
> since sinking a US aircraft carrier probably means nuclear war.

Nice to know the US mentality hasn't budged an inch in 75 years. Please don't nuke the rest of us because you lost a dick waiving contest.

swarnie_··on It’s hard work to make ordering groceries online so easy
Supermarket floors aren't designed for pick and pack efficiency, they're designed from the ground up for phycological manipulation.

Warehouse trumps Supermarket for efficiency by multiple factors easy.

Just as an example imagine the 50 most ordered items. I can put these in a tiny area closest to my packers in a warehouse. How far to you think you'd need to push a cart between those 50 points in an average Walmart?

swarnie_··on It’s hard work to make ordering groceries online so easy
I tried doing online deliveries while at university back in 07-09 and found the whole ordeal so rubbish that i've never gone back to it even during the pandemic. Glad to hear they smoothed it out a little.

I wonder if the US is better or worse for using middleman start-up services where as picking nad delivery here is traditionally done in house.

swarnie_··on EA got hacked and games source code leaked including new game Battlefield 2042
They publish the same sandbox reskinned 3 times a year, i could effectively do your job with a find and replace tool coupled with Ctrl C + Ctrl V.
swarnie_··on EA got hacked and games source code leaked including new game Battlefield 2042
It couldn't happen to a more deserving company.. Well, maybe Ubisoft.
swarnie_··on EA hacked and source code stolen
And nothing of value was lost.

Seriously who is still lining up to buy these lootbox infested gambling simulators in 2021?

swarnie_··on Space Debris Has Hit and Damaged the International Space Station
> Over 23,000 pieces are being tracked in low-Earth orbit to help satellites and the ISS avoid collisions - but they're all about the size of a softball or larger.

Why do they always do this, give a non-standard unit of measurement which 90% of countries in the world for no reference for.

Its like when they describe something as "X number of football fields" - Nice one, only one country plays and misnames Handegg. its useless to the rest of us.

swarnie_··on Cheese photo leads to Liverpool drug dealer's downfall
Chap got 13 years, considering how lenient our sentencing usually is i can only assume he was moving massive quantities. Couldn't have gone unnoticed even in a place like Liverpool.
swarnie_··on Most and Least Affordable Places to Buy a Home
So what's the scoop on these affordable places for a non-native?

I know flint and Detroit from hilarious news segments and Gary from reddit posts. Are the others just as bad?

swarnie_··on Bill Hwang of Archegos Capital lost $20B in two days
The four million new users spamming WSB with comments like this have fundamentality ruined the sub this year.

Congrats on killing it....

swarnie_··on 2021 Williams F1 Computational Fluid Dynamics
Why would you study one of the worst cars on the grid? For a laugh at the Christmas party?
swarnie_··on The Rise of North Korea's Hacking Army
Its hard to narrow down my picks but ill go with the big 3.

500k Iraqis

2000k Vietnamizes

300k Afghanis

This is ignoring any "indirect" involvement in many, many coups in south America.

I honestly think the world would be safer if you fucked off for 50 years or so. Find a pet project closer to home you're interested in, those Mexican kids won't put themselves in cages after all.

swarnie_··on The Rise of North Korea's Hacking Army
I mean... You have genocide'd your way across the world since the 40s, dear leader may have a point.
swarnie_··on Stuxnet sibling theory surges after Iran says nuke facility shut down
Presumably

A) They don't want to play economic ball with Uncle Sam.

B) The country can't be conquered by conventional means so can "act out" as much as they like.

C) They aren't really that bad, US propaganda is just really, really effective.

swarnie_··on Stuxnet sibling theory surges after Iran says nuke facility shut down
> is not entitled to nuclear weapons

But.... Why?

Why do some nations with weapons get to decided who else should and shouldn't have them?

If you subscribe to the MAD theory then every nation or organisation should have a stockpile and that would create world peace over night.

swarnie_··on Stuxnet sibling theory surges after Iran says nuke facility shut down
That's my point.

Only one nation has ever demonstrated and itchy trigger finger when it comes to these weapons.

Maybe you could make a case that having these weapons would make them more hostile/expansionist/aggressive. It certainly has merit considering what the US has been up to since 1945.

swarnie_··on Stuxnet sibling theory surges after Iran says nuke facility shut down
Why shouldn't Iran have access to nuclear power, or nuclear weapons for that matter?
swarnie_··on Equivalent of 97% of Scotland’s 2020 electricity consumption was from renewables
Bringing the inf. online will take time and needs government backing.

I have my issues with this Tory decade but in this small area they've absolutely smashed it out the park.

swarnie_··on Israel's autonomous 'robo-snipers' and suicide drones raise ethical dilemma
> Nuclear weapons are not necessary either, but they certainly do give an adversary pause when considering to attack you.

This is something i've always found weird... Nukes arguably make the world safer by your definition one but particular country gets to decide who is safe and who gets a free conversion to democracy.

Its maddening.

swarnie_··on China and Russia to build lunar space station
New space race riot? I'm in
swarnie_··on Food Prices Are Soaring Faster Than Inflation and Incomes
> the number of varieties of vegetables stocked by my local Tesco, for example, has plummeted, and the stock sells out almost immediately after delivery.

Are you in a really shitty area or something? I only saw what you described in the first week of lockdown one. Nothing has noticeably changed in my local Morrisons for the last few months.

swarnie_··on Food Prices Are Soaring Faster Than Inflation and Incomes
We have a similar situation in the UK where minimum wage is payed but work and living conditions are horrendous.

No locals will do the work because... Why would you. Living in a caravan for the whole summer and working 12 hours a day isn't a good deal. Maybe its worth it if you intend to move back to a county where you get much better purchasing power?

swarnie_··on Honda's now selling the first production car with level 3 self-driving
I too have been driving some some time now but we have this thing called the internet, where you can see and share information.

Lemme help you out friend - https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=tesla+autopilot...

swarnie_··on Honda's now selling the first production car with level 3 self-driving
The issue is when there is a crash or a death could that situation have been avoided if the driver was looking ahead with two hands on the wheel, like you would in any other car without the marketing hype.

I've seen more then enough crashes and deaths in Telsas that were perfectly avoidable providing the driver wasn't watching their ipad.

swarnie_··on The U.S. Air Force just admitted the F-35 stealth fighter has failed
How is 9/11'ing an Afgan goat farmer or a Pakistani wedding "global security"?
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