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Posts by Pontius
11 publicly visible posts • joined 29 Nov 2016
Minister slams 5G coronavirus conspiracy theories as 'dangerous nonsense' after phone towers torched in UK
I'm still not that Gary, says US email mixup bloke who hasn't even seen Dartford Crossing
Remember the Uber self-driving car that killed a woman crossing the street? The AI had no clue about jaywalkers
Thursday 7th November 2019 00:30 GMT
Jaywalking in South Africa
Back in the '80s my wife and I were in East London in SA. We'd split up and arranged to meet later, and at the designated time arrived back at our meeting point. I found my wife in very heated conversation ( she is not the quiet retiring type) with a policeman. Apparently her having safely crossed the road, but not at a crossing, he was berating her for jaywalking. I arrived. 'Is this your husband?'he asked, then turned his attentions to me, saying I should have had more control of her and ultimately I was to blame. This did not go down well with my dedicated feminist beloved who waded (verbally) into him, yet again. We escaped with a warning after I humbled myself and apologised profusely, seeing how this confrontation could possibly end up.I did not want my day in court. On another occasion I winced as I witnessed her fantastically effective verbal demolition of the manager of a company that had aggrieved her. She is not a woman to be messed with. For the sake of my dangly bits, she is now my ex-wife...
Metropolitan Police's facial recognition tech not only crap, but also of dubious legality – report
'Software delivered to Boeing' now blamed for 737 Max warning fiasco
Ok Google, please ignore this free tax filing code so we can keep on screwing America
Stop us if you've heard this one: IBM sued after axing older staff, this time over 'denying' them their legal rights
Sure, we've got a problem but we don't really want to spend any money on the tech guy you're sending to fix it
Friday 8th March 2019 20:59 GMT
Had a call from a customer in Switzerland near the French border and had to get there fast to sort out a problem. Got off the plane at Mulhouse after flying business class (all that was available at short notice) , to find two of our company directors and two salesmen getting off from economy. They were visiting the same customer and their flights had been booked well in advance. If looks could have killed...
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