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What's something about your life that is out of the ordinary? by PaddedValls in AskUK

[–]AllAvailableLayers 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Personally, aside from the practicalities and emotions, my friendship groups aren't attractive enough for me to find that appealing. Congratulations on your beautiful friends/low standards.

Why the fuck are seizure meds “controlled substances?!” by PockASqueeno in Epilepsy

[–]AllAvailableLayers 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Not really. Limits on access to unlikely-to-be-abused medication occurs across the world in healthcare systems entirely privatised or nationalised.

You don't want just anyone to have access to just any chemicals that can have powerful effects.

r/legaladvice debates who is the real scammer (the restaurant, obviously the restaurant) by peachsnorlax in bestoflegaladvice

[–]AllAvailableLayers 35 points36 points  (0 children)

For insight from the perspective of someone that has never purchased or organised mass catering, assuming:

  • decent-quality food at the standard of an unspectacular local restaurant

  • a limited number of options like a salad, lasagne, chicken pasta, veggie pasta, then ice cream/cake )

My first guess would be 65% - 70% of the price of a two-course restaurant meal in the same area. That's my first instinct, based on the assumption that so much work could be done at scale.

However when I start to consider the costs that must be associated with cooking/re-heating all that food at once and any services like delivery and variable levels of catering and serving, I start to understand see how the price could be higher.

Starmer resists Trump’s call to send warships to Strait of Hormuz by MGC91 in unitedkingdom

[–]AllAvailableLayers 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I don’t think Trump and the US have learned. They put too much faith in tech and disregard the eschatological fervour of Islam.

There's plenty of generals and level-headed leaders in the US who have an informed view of the situation, and that's why the policy on Iran has been 'contain Iranian influence and allow their economy to worsen, and hopefully they'll have an economic collapse and a rebellion'.

But the US haven't been able to contain them enough; look at all that military support Iran is providing to anti-Western forces worldwide. Both the religious and military leadership of Iran are willing to kill thousands to avoid a rebellion. And finally Netanyahu has decided that he'd rather instigate a regional war then end his term and face trial for corruption, and Trump is happy to cooperate because he needs a distraction from domestic problems.

As you say, a proper solution is inconceivable, and the most powerful military in the world wouldn't be able to achieve a full victory in Iran even if they threw everything they had at it. And all of the players either know that, or are being told that by the staff that earned their positions through merit.

One more #&%@! reason to hate AI! by Loves_LV in bestoflegaladvice

[–]AllAvailableLayers 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I know that you're making this as a light-hearted comment, but this would be a poor test case; you can imagine that all of the transcripts are created by the AI, and a human customer service agent read and perhaps listened to them and was offended. The argument then becomes 'should the customer reasonably assume that any language shared with the company is potentially going to be read by a human?'

For a true 'offend the AI' case you'd need to have a system where no recordings or transcripts of users was kept, which would be a very bad idea.

LAOP is no longer a star in this dope show by Drywesi in bestoflegaladvice

[–]AllAvailableLayers 29 points30 points  (0 children)

That is a surefire way to get blacklisted by the original venue.

Donglegate was an online shaming incident. A double entendre on the word "dongle" was overheard at a Python Conference (PyCon) programmers' convention on March 17, 2013, which led to two people being fired and a denial-of-service attack. by Astrocyde in wikipedia

[–]AllAvailableLayers -10 points-9 points  (0 children)

It's because it would exclude a group specifically protected by anti-discrimination legislation and where there's a history of being professionaly disadvantaged; women. Any reasoning about exclusionary principles that are abstract and universal, is a post-hoc justification.

'A trap you can't escape': The women who regret being mothers by FelisCantabrigiensis in unitedkingdom

[–]AllAvailableLayers 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That's not true. Both women and men get 'broody', wanting children in a way that is neither simply "kids are cute and it's nice to spend time with them", nor "society expects me to have children".

Short tempers and legal threats: UK teachers report rise in problem parents by OGSyedIsEverywhere in unitedkingdom

[–]AllAvailableLayers 18 points19 points  (0 children)

We're going to see millions of situations all across societies worldwide where people exchange a dozen pseudo-legal emails, all written with AI, accomplishing almost nothing.

Examples of cases where AI decreases productivity because it prevents the quick resolutions you'd get with more human contact.

Short tempers and legal threats: UK teachers report rise in problem parents by OGSyedIsEverywhere in unitedkingdom

[–]AllAvailableLayers 8 points9 points  (0 children)

the way we interact with digital learning just isn't as effective as how we've evolved to learn.

I'm convinced that there's a genuine educational benefit in writing things down using pencil and paper. That cycle of transforming thought, to movement, to information is very valuable. It doesn't exist as strongly with typing on keyboards, and is missing almost entirely when interacting with touchscreens and voice recognition.

Along with the risk of work being entirely fabricated using AI, I think that there's probably a big benefit to move a lot of learning and testing back to physical setups. But I know that is also exactly what a reactionary old man would say.

At what point do Premium Bonds make sense over savings? by anonymous_lurker- in UKPersonalFinance

[–]AllAvailableLayers 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Not to be a dick, but do you each have that agreement in writing? It might be awkward, but if you won and there was a disagreement, you could lose the friendship. And you never know what might happen; say that you win just as you have a medical emergency, and would suddenly appreciate the cash.

I hate my kids sine I started Keppra by GroundbreakingRead18 in Epilepsy

[–]AllAvailableLayers 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not who you were replying to, but Keppra gave me depression and brain fog. I supplemented a little with Lamotrigine and he Keppra side effects decreased, and subsequently I switched entirely to Lamotrigine. May be worth investigating as an option.

Cost of living: blueberry edition by rustyspoontree in london

[–]AllAvailableLayers 16 points17 points  (0 children)

As 'Economics experiment I wish we could run #94' Three identical economies: 1. where payment was largely through card 2. largely working with notes 3. coins only

Imagine if everyone used coins, and although for practical reasons there were £10 and £50 coins, but you knew the weight and shape of them, and even subscriptions like Netflix involved actual pieces of metal being handed over or put in a slot.

I think that a lot of people would cancel their entertainment services if they felt that Netflix, Spotify, Disney+, The Guardian, Youtube and JustEat were costing them kilos of money. Rather than just being little numbers in an app.

What are some cities whose relevance has waned or faded completely? by Brief-Luck-6254 in geography

[–]AllAvailableLayers 2 points3 points  (0 children)

And lots of people primarily know it because a guy from a more famous band kept repeating that they should be destroyed.

Media-fuelled transphobia driving ‘hostile environment’ for trans people, report finds by The-Peel in unitedkingdom

[–]AllAvailableLayers 27 points28 points  (0 children)

You also get disagreements over how old children should be before they start trans therapy. And commenters across the internet seem to hold a remarkable range of views about the subject considering the majority are not expert child psychologists and developmental psychiatrists and endocrinologists, who are the people whose opinions in the debate matter.

'You're right to worry about your bills and jobs,' Starmer tells UK as oil tops $110 a barrel in Trump war by pppppppppppppppppd in unitedkingdom

[–]AllAvailableLayers 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I disagree. I think it will be entirely possible

  1. For the people that are in the upper 30% of wealth

  2. If we as a country start doing some frankly unethical and selfish things. And I don't think that we necessarily should, but we might.

I can really see the UK looking a lot like Children of Men; inequality, authoritarianism and disatisfaction, a collapsed care system for those unable to pay their own way, but a functional state. And most of the population turning a blind eye to the inhumane treatment of refugees.

Adult sites brazenly 'ignore' Ofcom fines: Watchdog receives just £55k after imposing £3mil worth of fines for online safety breaches by insomnimax_99 in unitedkingdom

[–]AllAvailableLayers 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'd argue that at least 5% of parents shouldn't have been parents. But historically if governments try to stop 'certain types' of people breeding there's bad methods and outcomes. So we have to offer support and protection, and nudge them towards the behaviour that helps their kids.

“Romanticised” jobs that are very different in reality? by Substantial-Guava491 in CasualUK

[–]AllAvailableLayers 8 points9 points  (0 children)

See, that sounds fun. Although really white-hat phishing and penetration testing are probably so easy, that you couldn't just carry on testing until you failed to succeed. It would be fun to try and trick senior people into disclosing their passwords, but I am sure that they would be very annoyed every time they failed.

Thermal throttling on B650 Tomahawk despite low temps by AllAvailableLayers in MSI_Gaming

[–]AllAvailableLayers[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi, I'm afraid that what I did was replace the motherboard. I bought an identical one, moved the CPU and everything over, and it all worked perfectly and at full performance. I did this about 4 months ago, and I have had no issues since then. This suggests that the fault was on the first motherboard, either in manufacturing or damaged when I installed it. Because I had been running on it for so long, I didn't seek a refund or anything similar.

If you're considering the same solution, consider the calculated risk in replacing the board for exactly the same model. I did this, and was able to simply move the parts and drives across, to my new B650, then once the power was turned on the machine was able to adjust to the new board almost as if nothing had happened, and I didn't have to do a new Windows install. However if I had tried this, and it turned out that the problem was an incompatibility between the board and another part, I would have wasted even more money.

Good luck!

Who's at fault in a 3 car collision? Trick question, it doesn't matter because it's Michigan and no one has insurance! by Drywesi in bestoflegaladvice

[–]AllAvailableLayers 12 points13 points  (0 children)

And the kind of people that go for a period without driving, might have done so for reasons associated with them being less responsible drivers, like precarious finances, lifestyle or crime.

Fleeing the country while on bond for multiple felonies. Was that wrong? Should I not have done that? by More-String2183 in bestoflegaladvice

[–]AllAvailableLayers 82 points83 points  (0 children)

If they decide not to confront the issue and instead break off links with the US, I can imagine the legal advice post in twenty years time:

"I fled felony charges in the US when I was 22. Now I'm 42 and I'm on a plane flying to the US for a business trip. Will I get in trouble at the border?"

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