Notices by localzuk (localzuk@ohai.social)

On the face of it, the Met police appear to be abusing their powers.

On one side, you've got protesters who have a legal right to freedom of expression and freedom of assembly, as guaranteed by the Human Rights Act.

On the other, you've got people who have a general feeling of being unsafe, even though there has been no specific crime against them, no threats, and no violence.

The protesters should pursue a judicial review of this decision.

#UKPolitics

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/jan/10/mark-rylance-joins-criticism-of-police-ban-on-pro-palestine-march-in-london

Slovakia has had more than enough time to figure out alternatives. Just like the rest of Europe has done.

This is not of Ukraine's doing. It is Russia's fallout, and Slovakia needs to stop funding the Russian warmongers.

https://kyivindependent.com/fico-criticizes-zelensky-over-refusal-to-extend-russian-gas-transit-warns-of-crisis/

Worse than Trump likely being president again is the Republicans taking the Senate. They're likely to keep the House as well.

It means they have total control of the government, and the USA is in for a very rough few years.

The already highly packed judiciary will be packed with even more conservative justices.

The US is going to feel the legacy of Trump for many years and decades to come.

#USElection

Our entire system is broken.

Imprisoning someone costs considerably more than housing them.

Yet we are putting them on the street and acting surprised when they end up back behind bars.

Prison doesn't work.

#UKPolitics

Prisoners on early release 'reoffending to escape homelessness' | UK News | Sky News
https://news.sky.com/story/prisoners-on-early-release-reoffending-to-escape-homelessness-13225597

Every time Badenoch opens her mouth, it's to say yet another bit of extremist ideology.

If she gets chosen, the Tories can say goodbye to winning an election. The population have said they don't want more extreme right-wing nonsense.

#UKPolitics

Maternity pay has gone too far, says Kemi Badenoch - BBC News
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c781m9v4255o

Why is glass being penalised? It's one of the few materials that can easily be reuse or recycled.

On that note, why don't these companies that use glass bottles group up to form a reuse organisation. All of them buy into it, the organisation would collect empties, clean and return them to the manufacturers.

No need to recycle.

#UKPolitics

Packaging tax will raise price of many everyday items, say UK firms | Food & drink industry | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/sep/20/packaging-tax-price-everyday-items-uk-firms--extended-producer-responsibility

Hungary proving yet again that they're not a European nation, but a wannabe Russian state.

Hungary law restricting support for Ukrainians comes into force - BBC News
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckg2jxjd7r7o.amp

This article is 100% correct.

I've never bought a "high end" chip unless I was a generation behind.

I run a 3800x, paired with a 4070Ti now and it runs everything very well. The card is the only thing holding back performance.

Midrange CPUs Are All You Need for Gaming
https://www.howtogeek.com/midrange-cpus-are-all-you-need-for-gaming/

Microsoft's Recall function is looking like a total security disaster.

https://doublepulsar.com/recall-stealing-everything-youve-ever-typed-or-viewed-on-your-own-windows-pc-is-now-possible-da3e12e9465e

#Microsoft #Recall #CyberSecurity

Well, McDonald's is now on my blacklist. Third delivery order that's been wrong, and they won't refund because of "McDonald's policy"...

Spent the last few days trying out Manjaro linux on my home gaming PC. Same conclusion as always - lacking in finish for gaming.

Specific issues - Wayland + Nvidia is still a "you have to do all this fiddling" mess to get it to work.

Tried it with X11 instead, but then half the stuff in Lutris doesn't work, and the response for others with similar issues is "all the devs use Wayland, so you're on your own".

Doesn't seem to matter how much time goes by, the Linux community stays the same.

Just saw a company advertising their compatible Nespresso pods.

Nothing strange there.

Except their unique selling point is that they aren't made of aluminium, as "aluminium takes 500 years to break down".

Instead? They're made of PLA. So are "compostable". But only industrially. So you can't stick them in your compost bin.

How ridiculous is that?

Aluminium is the perfect material to make pods from as... it can be recycled!

Group of people who have spent decades preventing the switch to green energy say we should all just give up as it's too hard...

Time for governments to start apportioning costs for fossil fuel cleanup directly to these companies. Get rid of any subsidies too.

Let's see if they think it too hard then? When their pile of wealth disappears overnight.

Some of them should be in prison tbh.

https://amp.theguardian.com/environment/2024/mar/20/fossil-fuels-oil-and-gas-clean-energy

"The DfT has claimed this will be enough to resurface more than 5000 miles of roads over the next decade."

Ooh, big clap for the DfT. 5000 miles! Out of a network of 200,000+ miles. At most 2.5%. So, at the rate, it'll take 400 years to resurface it all...

https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/consumer/councils-not-spending-governments-potholes-fund

One of the biggest flaws in modern technology is lack of diversity.

Not racial diversity. No.

I'm talking about class and wealth diversity.

How many working class people are involved in creating AIs? The answer is simple - not many. Simply because that's how our education systems work.

You can follow this lack of diversity back to government. Look at your representatives. Are they from the working class? Do they even understand working class people?

I doubt it.

#Politics #AI #Technology

And just for clarity, I do think there's a racial diversity problem, too. But that's been widely covered by mainstream media over the years. I can't think of any media articles talking about wealth and class diversity in technology though.

How are so many people generating photorealistic images with AI? Every time I have tried any of the image generators, the outcome is a hilarious mess. Such as this nightmare from Dall-E.

The prompt? "A fleet of 5 British aircraft carriers in a large NATO taskforce at sea."

Its vaguely taskforce-y, but its hardly what I asked for...

#ai #aiart

Travelling on trains always makes me realise that I'm tall. We all stand up to get off the train, and I'm towering over everyone.

Everyone else needs to grow more.

I find it outrageous and incredibly offensive how often subtitles are censored.

I've experienced it on broadcast TV. On Amazon. On YouTube. And elsewhere.

Deaf people do not need swear words hidden. Those of us with hearing loss don't suddenly decide, "Ah, yes, because I can't hear fully, I don't want to experience swearing anymore."

Stop censoring our content!

#Subtitles #ClosedCaption #Censorship

I keep seeing articles about getting rid of self service tills in supermarkets. The people that end up interviewed are invariably boomers.

What about those of us who LIKE self service tills? I like being able to shop without having to interact with strangers. There's plenty of people like me as well.

Rather than talking about banning them, how about we just make sure there's both manned and self service tills in shops?

#UK #Supermarkets