Notices by Nicovel0 🍉 (nicovel0@mastodon.social)

@skinnylatte @kissane @luis_in_brief living in UK here, and it blows my mind you get your vaccines from *Costco*

@cstross @pluralistic @CaffeinatedBookDragon @utopiarte @Oggie @tierranietos this is why I’m in favour of bollards: they work 24/7 even when the network is down, don’t spy on anyone, 0 power requirements, and mete out instant justice to offenders.

@AnarchoNinaWrites I am agreeing with you?

@AnarchoNinaWrites I think they’re right for a change, like they were in 1938 and 1939 dedicating their cover to Hitler and Stalin, respectively.

This is a fantastic thread that clearly explains why generative AI is still being pushed so hard despite its downsides

From: @inthehands
https://hachyderm.io/@inthehands/113603661215753448

@Limnobotanik @futurebird as someone who attends scientific conferences regularly I can assure you that scientists will mispronounce at least one technical word in each presentation they give, and the incidence goes up whenever there’s Greek/Latin

@goatsarah LOL you might as well tell us those dimensions in peppercorns

@mekkaokereke “starter packs are easy, and easy is how we got Sunday mornings”
Am I doing this right?

@cstross @ianb very good, let’s keep this quiet so the headbangers don’t notice

@glynmoody Microsoft is now limber and cool? Says who?

@aral @noybeu but that’s something that could lead to a big EU fine if they pick it up

@christineburns @ChrisMayLA6 the only chance Europe has now is if they can leapfrog Li ion to salt batteries, but we’re lagging there as well.

Today in “that’s not ethnic cleansing actually, it’s sparking human rights offences” news

Palestinians will not be allowed to return to homes in northern Gaza, says IDF https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/06/palestinians-will-not-be-allowed-to-return-to-homes-in-northern-gaza-says-idf

@aral and it’s not like the “west” doesn’t do that either. A few months ago it was revealed the CIA was behind an anti Chinese vaccine campaign in Asia.

@futurebird @amsomniac I live in London, UK. Roughly every 15 minutes an electric bus that can carry up to 60-ish people (not a double decker) drives past my house. It’s made by a Chinese company. It would blow Musk’s mind away.

Boris Johnson has inserted himself into the working from home discourse. Amazing https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2024/sep/23/boris-johnson-has-inserted-himself-into-the-working-from-home-discourse-amazing

@TimWardCam @GeofCox @Roadwarrior29 @CloudyMrs @ChrisMayLA6 this is absolutely what it does: people on low income are not eligible because the payments can take them below minimum wage and they end up having to pay more for their bike or buy a cheaper one. Whereas people like me can pick a very nice bike at 25% discount (or 42% if you’re higher rate). Horse before the cart.

@goatsarah LOL beginners mistake you need to make yoghurt with it

@goatsarah and then realise that if it has tits, you can milk it and put it in your cereal

@goatsarah now if only we could get the Covid boosters