PhobosAnomaly

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[–] PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk 2 points 7 months ago

Awesome, thank you for the insight!

[–] PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk 5 points 7 months ago (6 children)

Alright, I'm going to be a real pain in the arse here and throw some edge cases at that idea - not because I'm trying to be a cockwaffle (I can manage that all by myself), but trying to straighten out my understanding of these things...

In short, what criteria does the data have to meet to make it immutable, and can that be changed in future?

Birth certificates are brilliant for establishing time dates and places, but what if someone changes their name or gender partway through life? Is there a function to amend the original blockchain entry, or is a new one created that supersedes an old entry in the ledger?

[–] PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk 10 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Fair play, I love how the community has taken on remastering duties over the years.

Fallout New Vegas is basically a different game with the QoL mods installed, and Descent was actually enjoyable on modern hardware with Rebirth.

I never thought I'd say this but I'm actually quite looking forward to playing Sonic 2006 as Project 06.

[–] PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk 4 points 7 months ago

Zone 1: UK, EU, Canada, US

Zone 2: Switzerland, Norway, Lichtenstein, Japan, Mexico, South Korea

Zone 3: Rest of world

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[–] PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk 21 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

A shitpost duel awaits.

The winner gets seven statues on all continents, each facing a finely-calibrated direction - the intersection of their gazes meet at a point where the secret to humanity is buried.

The loser gets a year using the upside-downternet, six months on ISDN, or a week on MySpace as the only communication method with the outside world.

[–] PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk 38 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk 43 points 8 months ago (10 children)

Casio F-91W - the undisputed ruler of functional wristwatches.

[–] PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk 7 points 8 months ago (3 children)

It's frustrating. I kinda get it though - the French are proud of their language, and if they've got well-meaning travellers coming through and butchering it in new and inventive ways (particularly in high tourism areas) day in, day out... I can see how it would be grating.

I was in Starbucks on the outskirts of Paris, and ordered by drink in pigeon French, and the barista answered me in English. I answered her question in French, and she answered me in English. This went on for a couple more exchanges before we both laughed at how absurd it was - I asked "is my French really that bad?" and she just says "no your French is fine, but I can speak English better". Fair enough.

I have heard though that outside of Paris though, people are far more appreciative of someone learning the language, to the point of being brutal with it. A friend was out in the North of the country, the locals loved that he was learning, but then let him absolutely sink when he reached a stage of a conversation where he was struggling. They could quite easily have bailed him out in English, but in fairness they made him think that little bit faster to make him learn.

[–] PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk 40 points 8 months ago (13 children)

I was at a Hard Rock Café in Paris (yes I know they're overpriced, but the historic stuff on the walls is pretty cool), and I hobbled my way through a conversation in my very basic French, before adding a little self-deprecating "je suis désolée, mon Français est mauvais", to which he replied "yes, it is a bit shit".

I laughed, he laughed, my other half laughed, I paid over the odds for a pint, the French dude got a kick out of pointing out the flaws in my attempts, everyone went on their day.

[–] PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk 12 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yes, but also no.

The Civil Service runs on menial tasks, the public sector could trim down by - and I'm pulling a figure out of thin air here - at least 20% if a lot of the superfluous admin grade jobs were automated or trained on.

That said, nobody can hallucinate and produce wildly neutral and self-defeating policies quite like the civil service. That's something we'll intuitively beat AI at for centuries yet.

[–] PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk 10 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I mean, it sucks yes, but there has to be an acceptance that if you continue to use Meta products in the knowledge that Meta will rip you off for every shred of data that they can, then there's not really a defence of ignorance any more.

Meta are absolutely a cunty company, but it's not as if that's not common knowledge any more.

It will only stay as the default messaging platform for as long as people bury their heads in the sand as tradeoff for convenience.

[–] PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk 9 points 9 months ago (2 children)

My friend, I can write my entire knowledge of baking on the back of a postage stamp in black marker, but judging by the pictures, I'd call them scones - the pronunciation of which is a matter of controversy even in the UK.

They would be small cakes though, speaking generically!

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