Posts by SundogUK

Ghost gun legislation casts shadow over 3D printing

Re: Maybe...

A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.

Making it illegal to buy firearms definitely infringes the right to keep and bear.

'The EU runs on Microsoft' – and Uncle Sam could turn it off, claims MEP

"There never was any serious desire to annex Greenland"

This is true. The rest of your post is conspiracy theory bullshit.

Trump was just doing his usual hard ball negotiating - demanding way more than he actually wants and then settling for what he was really after.

Re: Reality bites

They're not leased, they don't use GPS and you are talking out your arse.

Re: Reality bites

"The UK's nuclear deterrent is rented from the USA and can only be used with American permission."

This has not been true for decades. The UK deterrence systems are developed here: https://www.awe.co.uk/

The US Marshall Plan was for rebuilding Europe after the damage of WWII. The European Coal and Steel Community was planned as a way of stopping it happening again.

Euro firms must ditch Uncle Sam's clouds and go EU-native

Re: Not a Trump thing.

Well that's a fucking stupid thing to say.

Re: Not a Trump thing.

Not vaccinated. Not dead.

"Under our current government, we're simply not trustworthy."

But you would have trusted Biden or Harris?

Challenger at 40: The disaster that changed NASA

Re: It's All Down To The Romans or What Have The Romans Ever Done For Us?

It's no loss. Snopes has been fake news for a long time now.

Pope warns flock to raise their faces, protect their voices in fightback against AI

Re: He said what?

"demands blind faith and unthinking obedience"

How to show your ignorance... etc. etc.

Tech employees demand their leaders take a stand against ICE

Re: Correction to article

There are videos which are being widely misinterpreted, mainly through ignorance but also through politics.

450 People?

The 2024 Presidential election had over 150,000,000 votes cast but 450 techies think they should have the final say?

UK digital ID goes in-house, government swears it isn't an ID card

Re: It's not an ID card

If it's bad now, why let them make it worse?

Re: It's not an ID card

It's called freedom, you might have heard of it.

Re: Reads like…

What cognitive dissonance is that?

Re: First People

Yeah. I don't care who and how long the pilot takes, I ain't buying.

UK border tech budget swells by £100M as Home Office targets small boat crossings

Re: Home Office targets small boat crossings

It's not an ecological question. At least some of the boats are being 'recycled' by being sent back to France for another load.

Future of UK's multibillion Ajax armored vehicle program looks shaky

Re: The end is near for the AJAX armoured vehicle

What would they be doing different id the program was being run by the CCP?

Child safety or age-gating for all? UK social media ban plan draws fire

Of course it is.

See title.

Re: Parenting

Communism is always the answer for you people, isn't it. Spoiler alert! It doesn't work.

Cop cops it after Copilot cops out: West Midlands police chief quits over AI hallucination

Re: A storm in a teacup

"A reputable Chief Constable"

He was a proven liar.

Wine 11 runs Windows apps in Linux and macOS better than ever

Re: What?

Talk about staying in your bubble.

Apple, Google pulled into Grok controversy as campaigners demand app store takedown

Re: Facilitating Access to NCII and CSAM

This is nothing to do with NCII and CSAM. They don't like Musk's politics and want to shut him down. That's it.

UK backtracks on digital ID requirement for right to work

Re: Sometimes U-Turns are an improvement

"Don't worry, billionaires will enslave us one way or another."

How?

Google pushing Gemini into Gmail, but you can turn it off

Re: Extraordinary

Rather that than a Google FANBOI!

UK urged to unplug from US tech giants as digital sovereignty fears grow

Re: It doesn't matter what direction Trump heads off to

"And the events in Venezuela have now given the green light to Chine to invade Taiwan, and for Russia to invade..."

Bollocks. The US operation in Venezuela has just shown China et al that all the shiny military technology they have paid for is worth zip against the US. You can be sure the CCP are scrapping all their current invasion plans and starting again from scratch.

Your smart TV is watching you and nobody's stopping it

Re: Old, old news

"...or seek to create division..."

You mean people disagree with you? How terrible!

Labor unions sue Trump administration over social media surveillance

Re: Does The First Amandment Apply to Non-US Citizens ?

Never been to China, have you?

GOV.UK to unleash AI chatbot on confused citizens

Everyday life?

When people want to "...ask questions as they would in everyday life" it generally involves actual people being there to answer, not an hallucinating LLM.

Faith in the internet is fading among young Brits

Instagram, TikTok, Facebook.

There's your problem, right there. Instagram, TikTok, Facebook are not the internet.

BBC tapped to stop Britain being baffled by AI

The BBC actively acts against my interests and beliefs, so they can fuck off.

Re: Why a TV licence?

So the BBC isn't left-wing enough?

Re: Why a TV licence?

Those on the right: "The BBC is biased to the left."

Those on the left: "The BBC isn't biased enough to the left."

Re: Why a TV licence?

Good god. Can you even hear yourself?

Re: Why a TV licence?

"...the BBC reflects British life quite well, for the most."

Absolute bollocks. If this were true, more than half the country are BAME or LBGT...

Re: Why a TV licence?

"The BBC is an excellent institution." = I agree with them and like what they do. Not everybody does.

Re: Why a TV licence?

The BBC is the sole beneficiary of the intimidation carried out.

Re: Why a TV licence?

Independence? You're having a laugh.

Re: Why a TV licence?

Not being able to avoid it doesn't mean you should have to pay for it. I would be quite happy if the BBC disappeared and I never encountered anything by them for the rest of eternity. If I want something they have done, I will pay for it specifically.

Re: Except

The lowest common denominator like renaissance Italy, where nothing was funded by government? If you wealthy fuckers want culture, you can pay for it.

Ten mistakes marred firewall upgrade at Australian telco, contributing to two deaths

...contributing to two deaths

How do you know? They may well have died regardless.

US freezes $42B trade pact with UK over digital tax row

Re: The last time there was a "know-nothing populist arsehole"

Seriously? Joe Biden...

Reddit sues Australia to exempt itself from kids social media ban

Re: Rant

Missing the point completely. The issue is that this means EVERY Australian now has to prove their age before accessing social media. Which means submitting PII at some point. No thanks.

UK digital ID plan gets a price tag at last – £1.8B

Exactly where we wanted to be.

Manchester hits snooze again on joining Palantir-run NHS data platform

Re: Waiting for evidence?

Much more likely to turn up owned by some Democrat ally. Trump does not and has not ever had any involvement with the medical industry.

You are entirely correct about Hancock and Streeting but NHS management is a classic case of Pournelle's Iron Law.

https://jerrypournelle.com/reports/jerryp/iron.html

Whatever your job, mentoring is your job – and the one that matters most

Re: "Whatever your job, mentoring is your job – and the one that matters most"

Absolutely this. The article is all extraverts thinking everyone should be extravert and behave like an extravert.

Nope. Not happening.

SpaceX and Musk called on to rescue China's Shenzhou-20 crew

"Unfortunately, the current inhabitant of the White House has shown repeatedly he doesn't know or care about the value of another human life."

Please provide examples.

Google's Gemini Deep Research can now read your Gmail and rummage through Google Drive

Re: Same old story

Yours, maybe.

Musk gets approval for bumper Tesla payout but, unlike his robot, there are strings attached

You are worth exactly what someone is willing to pay you.