Comment Re:Good news everyone. (Score 1) 103
Comment Re:Reddit is shit. Where is the open alternative ? (Score 2) 103
Comment Re:People still use reddit? (Score 2) 103
My
Comment Re:Where i live... (Score 1) 110
I always preferred bayonet mounts over Edison screws. Thankfully 90% are the former around here. But I digress... I changed all my light bulbs to LED ones about nine years ago when we did some renovations and haven't changed any since. What the hell's going on with yours?
Comment Re:Where i live... (Score 1) 110
The wildlife in Amsterdam is very engaging to watch!
Comment Re:What is public? (Score 1) 64
That's easy to fix around here: if the employee was working at the time, they represent the bank, so ask the bank about their GDPR policy and information about the recordings the employee made and how they're being handled.
I'd think the bank would want to stamp that practice out anyway because they don't control the recordings, which could lead to a security issue for them.
Comment Re:Why just there? (Score 4, Interesting) 64
Just to add: if the government, including the police, started mass video surveillance, there would be justified outrage. Meta has more data processing than at least the UK government and consequently should be given less leeway.
Comment Re:Why just there? (Score 5, Insightful) 64
As a Meta customer or user, the person with the glasses has had to agree to Meta's terms and conditions, including their data processing. For me though, an innocent bystander in the street, I haven't agreed to have information processed about me by Meta. Meta has a long suspected problem with shadow profiles, and I don't want their massive processing capabilities to be able to reference me wherever I am, even if it's in a public place. They have no system for me to make a GDPR request about the data they're holding on me. Based on Meta's behaviour over many years and statements from Zuck about privacy, they simply cannot be trusted with people's personal data.
Comment Re: The hidden subsidies to the nuclear industry (Score 1) 145
You're right: civilian nuclear programmes are not cost effective compared with renewables. But, there's also the military aspect to this too. Military nuclear benefits by hiding/sharing some of the costs, industrial infrastructure, training, expertise, supply chains, etc with a civilian programme. If there was no civilian nuclear programme, the defence budget would be much bigger to fund things like the nuclear navy.
Comment Re: The hidden subsidies to the nuclear industry (Score 1) 145
The UK is at 46% renewables, and that number is increasing rapidly. Why hasn't it collapsed yet?
https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fourworldindata.org%2Fgra...
Spain is at 56%:
https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fourworldindata.org%2Fgra...
Iceland is at 100% renewables:
https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fourworldindata.org%2Fgra...
You fail.
Comment The only appropriate response is to: (Score 1) 92
Rename the North Atlantic to the English Pond, and have King Charles scribble his name in a giant black marker on the bill when it makes its royal ascent.
Comment Straining relations? (Score 1) 92
Whitehall's taste for secrecy is 'needlessly' straining relations between the two allies.
Never mind the thin skinned orange man baby and the effect heâ(TM)s having on relations with all his back stabbing and attacking of allies! Perhaps look a closer to home and fix your own house first.
Comment Re:Fair point (Score 1) 92
Why does the UK need to respond to what some American politicians think?
Comment Expedia and Hotels.com (Score 1) 93
These are the same thing these days!
After Expedia bought Hotels.com, they killed off their rewards scheme and all their prices went up against others like Booking.com. They backtracked on the rewards scheme, but it's still not as good as it was before. They also made things like the login experience harder (why are they sending me 2FA emails instead of text messages, which are faster and auto populate in my browser almost immediately?!).
I haven't booked through Hotels.com for years because they are more expensive. Expedia gives the same results for hotels, so it's pointless. I only use Expedia to search for flights because it's more reliable than sites like Skyscanner, but then I go to the airline's website and book direct. I'd rather deal directly with the airline if there's a last minute problem with the flights than have to try to get Expedia to help.