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epanchin commented on 4Chan Lawyer publishes Ofcom correspondence   alecmuffett.com/article/1... · Posted by u/alecmuffett
epanchin · 2 months ago
Is there a solution where we can compel parental control to be enabled by default on kids phones?

That would seem to be least intrusive option.

Using the internet in the UK/EU is such a horrible experience, every cookie pop-up is a reminder how badly thought out these rules are.

epanchin commented on Solar energy is now the cheapest source of power, study   surrey.ac.uk/news/solar-e... · Posted by u/giuliomagnifico
epistasis · 3 months ago
Do you think those are significantly different for solar versus other technologies? Seems they would be right in line with anything else...
epanchin · 3 months ago
In the UK, wind is primarily in Scotland away from most of the population - people don’t build where it’s windy.

So transmission of solar should be less, as the sun shines everywhere, and people like to build houses where it shines the most.

epanchin commented on Hosting a website on a disposable vape   bogdanthegeek.github.io/b... · Posted by u/BogdanTheGeek
Eric_WVGG · 3 months ago
There's a pretty amazing video where a guy makes an entire functioning e-bike battery out of disposable vapes that he gathered around a music festival. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcVp9T8f_W4

I can't fathom why disposables are legal. Really believed that the post-boomer generations actually gave a damn about waste.

epanchin · 3 months ago
They’re already illegal in places, eg UK
epanchin commented on Microsoft to force install the Microsoft 365 Copilot app in October   bleepingcomputer.com/news... · Posted by u/mikece
epanchin · 3 months ago
I would love to see a chart of how long it takes windows to load by year.

It power on instantly, and now it’s minutes.

Bloat bloat bloat.

epanchin commented on How can England possibly be running out of water?   theguardian.com/news/ng-i... · Posted by u/xrayarx
sandbags · 3 months ago
As the article mentions, privatised water companies have built no new reservoir capacity and relied on drawing from rivers and other sources.

What the article doesn’t mention is that pre-privatisation a new reservoir was built every year up to about 1960 and then every few years until privatisation in 1992.

So we are about 30 years behind in adding capacity to the system. This combined with the inadequate levels of investment in the system leading to enormous wastage, is the answer.

Water should never have been privatised. At least not without a framework for a national strategy for water. I suspect that wasn’t done because it would have made water companies and unattractive source of profit.

epanchin · 3 months ago
The Town and Country Planning Act 1990.

Responsible for putting a pin in development and turning Britain into a museum, with insufficient water or power.

It should urgently be reformed.

epanchin commented on FCC bars providers for non-compliance with robocall protections   docs.fcc.gov/public/attac... · Posted by u/impish9208
epanchin · 4 months ago
It’s important to make it clear to Americans that this problem is mostly solved in other countries. It should be possible to end this tomorrow in the US.

Spam calls in the UK for example, are rare. All of the spam calls I get are from my US desk number.

epanchin commented on Facial recognition vans to be rolled out across police forces in England   news.sky.com/story/facial... · Posted by u/amarcheschi
extraisland · 4 months ago
> The government also insists the tech is independently tested at the National Physical Laboratory, which found the underlying algorithm to be accurate and free of age, gender, or ethnicity-related bias.

I feel so much better! /sarcasm

How tone deaf can they be?

Whenever there are serious privacy concerns about how this sort of technology, you have a statement like attached. It doesn't address what people are worried about. They never directly address it.

epanchin · 4 months ago
The vast majority of newspaper articles/videos about this tech relate to innocent black people being flagged.

Racism is certainly the biggest concern of the media, which may or may not reflect the publics general concern.

epanchin commented on Show HN: Use Their ID – Use your local UK MP’s ID for the Online Safety Act   use-their-id.com/... · Posted by u/timje1
timje1 · 5 months ago
Because that's expensive as hell and I didn't know if anyone would visit the site..
epanchin · 5 months ago
Ideally you would save them as they were generated, and deliver the saved version the second time?
epanchin commented on Menstrual tracking app data is gold mine for advertisers that risks women safety   cam.ac.uk/research/news/m... · Posted by u/_p2zi
Aeolun · 6 months ago
Can anyone tell me why this would be as much of a problem for safety as they are saying?

The only thing I can see happening is easier selling of pads and tampons during a certain phase of the moon. Apparently this is what the article suggests too, that certain things are easier to sell at a certain point in the cycle.

It’d be embarrassing if someone knew, not dangerous. And even that much feels weird to me for a very well known biological function.

epanchin · 6 months ago
CNN: “A West Virginia prosecutor is warning women that a miscarriage could lead to criminal charges”.

A gap in periods followed by their resumption could theoretically be enough to lead to prosecution.

u/epanchin

KarmaCake day1157September 5, 2016View Original