PhobosAnomaly @ PhobosAnomaly @feddit.uk

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Awesome, thank you for the insight!

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?

I'm fortunate in as much that my professional accreditations (and being a part time student) get me access to all sorts of discounts, but even still it's worth asking for a student discount (or whatever they offer at the till) all the same.

Nine times out of ten, the retail staff aren't paid enough to give two fucks, so they'll just put it through as whatever discount appears on their till.

The worst they can say is no, after all - and that costs nothing.

I mean, there really is a need for speed at Merc, they need a lot more.

I have products prescribed to me with Fluticasone in them. Common trade names are Beconase or Avamys or Pirinase.

Good luck!

I'm a lad from Bradford, in the UK.

my condolences, friend

It's an awful decision!

I've seen a similar design fail at a veterinary kennels - super Gucci, super nice, super high tech... but useless because a deep scarlet was used as a kennel floor paint. For the sickest of dogs (in the health sense, not busting 900's in a doggy daycare halfpipe) - one of the first signs of serious illness is blood being left from one or more orifices in the kennel after a set amount of time. The nature of the floor meant that this couldn't be seen at first glance.

Same thing with black latex gloves - they might make you feel like you're about to pull of a diamond heist, it they're a bit shit for medicinal use as a medic or first responder can't check for (or otherwise notice) hidden blood or leakage during an initial survey.

Interesting stuff if you ever get to work beside those sorts of folks.

Consider the young persons of today - going about their lives with their AI functions and ChatGPT or Mistral technologies - trying to hide the fact that they have cheated on their school homework, when it's really the tech created by that rogue Sam Altman that's done the research and drafting of it - but they should hang their heads in shame, because it can't replicate how the boys in Scotland talk amongst themselves in this day and age.

Fuck me I wrote that, and still struggled to rewrite it in British English.

See aw these weans cuttin about wi their AI or GPT Mistral or fitever it is, kiddin oan they've done their homework kennin fine well that Sam Altman or fa'sever it is aats i meatball that's done it really - they can al get tae fuck so they can but, nae cunt's replicatin how loons are gabbin awa, eh?

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.

It's a disgrace really. Waterways older than the cities that sat below where the cities are today, polluted to fuck by a mix of general disregard for the environment, and shitty (literally) utility policies.

The Oxford Cambridge boat race had a similar ending this year - where competitors fell ill afterwards, and never even did the celebratory self-yeet into the river after the race because of the number of jobbies in the water.

That is however a very British view, and Thames Water have some less-than-minor problems of their own.

I feel seasick

Why is Kimi Raikonnen in my house?

The toilet roll bandits are just the woooooorst

Yeah, the bloke's a bit of a penis, but I can't help but respect the whole "it was there for a good time, not a long time" thing.

Obligatory British "lottery lout". Outstanding.

Intelligence is domain specific.

I need this on a plaque above my desk phone. It's perfect.

Ah sorry, I wasn't clear - I meant the way the issues were sensibly and rationally outlined!

I mean in fairness it will probably end up being both. It would appear she's danced along the line of being incendiary-but-not-enough-to-get-charged up to now, but I can't see it being long until she talks enough shit that she ends up with a fine - which is a bit pointless in her position as it's probably lost in the noise of whatever riches she sits on.

As for why not her, I'd argue that - based admittedly on some pretty big assumptions - what experience has she had of being marginalised in recent times? How have the struggles for trans rights recognition negatively (or positively) affected her? What has she done to constructively make life better for the LGBTQIA+ communities which may have averted the need for a hate crime law?

My assumption is that the answer will largely be fuck all, where there are people - a set that I couldn't possibly quantify - who are actively struggling with getting to grips with their own identity, or have lived experiences of marginalisation or ill-treatment that can actually speak on the issue of how the hate crime law is a net positive or net negative for those communities.

Those are the people I feel are the ones who are best placed to make for a constructive discussion on the matter, not someone who's opinion is somehow disproportionately amplified because of her bank balance and status. That's the argument I'm trying (and probably failing to do so articulately enough) to make - not just for Rowling, but for Musk and Rogan too seeing as they were named in the initial article.

Interesting stuff though, and I appreciate your input!

yeah yeah yeah but how can we get the rage about sensible and rational issues like that???

I have yeah, it's a fine line where to draw the line though. That can equally be used to silence people whose views are entirely sensible but inconvenient to whoever is writing the rules.

The question I'm struggling to grasp is why her? How come she's the lightning rod for these opinions when she's just spewing nonsensical bollocks and bile?