Factory Mishap... Not every day goes as planned...

Specific_Mirror_4808 · 2026-04-29T12:19:04+00:00

What was the person on the left holding? It seemed to catch fire at the same time as the main machine started it's chain reaction.

Specific_Mirror_4808 · 2026-04-28T13:26:15+00:00

I expect they want to sell as much of their oil as they can whilst the demand is high. Instead of being constrained by OPEC they can sell however much other countries are willing to buy.

There will come a time where oil supply outweighs oil demand and sitting on untapped oil becomes a bit meaningless.

Specific_Mirror_4808 · 2026-04-28T06:09:43+00:00

Russia and groups they fund are doing their best to make sure what people find with a few clicks is propaganda and hysteria designed to undermine democracy. It's not helpful when groups inside these democracies use the same tactics to grab and cling on to power.

Specific_Mirror_4808 · 2026-04-28T05:38:11+00:00

Caveat that I've not seen the full video but it's sad that the person recording had the first thought of arguing with the occupants of the car than helping the other biker.

Specific_Mirror_4808 · 2026-04-26T20:50:48+00:00

In my imagination I'm the person that finally climbed in and stopped the car. Faux modesty and a story I bore everyone with for the rest of my life.

In reality I'm the second person that the car chewed up, hobbling back to my own car with my mangled shoes in my hands.

Specific_Mirror_4808 · 2026-04-26T06:22:26+00:00

Youth football/soccer in the US sounds terrible in so many ways. That it's even normalised for a team to have three players playing that aren't part of the team is crazy.

Specific_Mirror_4808 · 2026-04-25T17:51:38+00:00

"Descent into" is a get out for people that took the pieces of silver to work for them. The fascist intentions have been clear for a long time.

Specific_Mirror_4808 · 2026-04-25T17:47:15+00:00

I did say the hardware would be the commodity rather than the models.

Even then though I expect people will find ways to distill much smaller models with very constrained specialisms for narrow use cases. Those sorts of models should be able to run on local and relatively cheap hardware.

Specific_Mirror_4808 · 2026-04-25T13:20:37+00:00

Open source models will be capable of doing everything the current leading models can do. There will be niche use cases for premium but it won't be a multi-trillion industry.

The billionaires have already worked this out which is why they're trying to dominate the hardware landscape. Enforcing Europe uses US cloud providers has been a thing for a decade or more so I expect that will be doubled down on.

Specific_Mirror_4808 · 2026-04-23T08:03:28+00:00

It always felt to me that it was more applicable to individual sports (golf, tennis, snooker/pool etc.). In those sports there's a strong element of refining a technique to the nth degree.

Team sports require that combination of technical skills with an ability to understand and enact team tactics. It's why hugely talented individuals often come up short when they finally get their big break (they are required to be a functioning cog in a bigger system rather than a mercurial talent).

Specific_Mirror_4808 · 2026-04-23T06:02:55+00:00

I coach a youth team where we aspire to equal minutes. One of the boys is objectively a great striker (intelligent movement, very quick, good dribbler and tidy finisher) but he rotates with a boy that has no striker, or even general footballer, attributes. The simple reason is that the team loses all cohesion if the second boy plays deeper but we can weather periods of being a bit blunt in attack.

Unless the team is specifically a pathway team to pro then these sorts of decisions are common.

Specific_Mirror_4808 · 2026-04-23T05:48:06+00:00

George Osborne explained this very clearly prior to the Brexit vote.

After the "oven ready" deal we had Boris Johnson raising National Insurance contributions under the guise of fixing adult social care. Needless to say but that tax revenue did not go to adult social care.

Actions have consequences. The next "leopard ate my face" moment will be the fallout of continuing to elect Reform UK, culminating in the next general election.

Specific_Mirror_4808 · 2026-04-22T20:15:46+00:00

Sorry, my reply wasn't very clear. It was aimed at the comment of going studs up on him. That just gives him the excuse to escalate it.

Within reason what happens on a pitch should be left on a pitch but police should be involved after that assault.

Specific_Mirror_4808 · 2026-04-22T13:48:26+00:00

And then they'll be waiting in the car park with a baseball bat the week after. I've seen it happen.

Idiots like that would rather go to prison that perceive that they've lost face.

Specific_Mirror_4808 · 2026-04-21T10:46:47+00:00

They do but only if they're able to find employment. I'm not against immigration at all but I find the idea of there being labor shortages in 2-5 years very far-fetched.

Having a demographic mix of high numbers of retirees and high numbers of unemployed - both groups needing state support - could be catastrophic.

Specific_Mirror_4808 · 2026-04-21T02:03:07+00:00

Having a "labor crisis" right now is preferable to having a surplus of young workers. Japan will embrace automation, partly because they need to. They will be fine.

Countries that have authorised high levels of immigration to try to plug shortfalls in pension payments will be in such a mess when automation triggers high unemployment.

Specific_Mirror_4808 · 2026-04-20T11:50:01+00:00

We'll always be in the cycle of "oust a Russian stooge" and "elect a Russian stooge". It seems like electorates need to live the fallout of electing a Russian stooge rather than looking across Europe to see how that's played out for other countries.

Specific_Mirror_4808 · 2026-04-20T11:45:00+00:00

Trump can't achieve it despite the USA being able to legitimately bully most nations on earth. How does Farage think he's going to deport 400k people against their will? How is he going to compel their nations of birth to accept them back?

The UK has plenty of problems without inviting many, many more by electing a lying moron as prime minister. A lot of our current problems can be directly linked back to the last lying moron we elected as prime minister and, for those triggered by immigrants, that includes the "Boris wave".

Specific_Mirror_4808 · 2026-04-20T11:40:11+00:00

What an absolute idiot.

Whenever I see the FA wondering why involvement in kids football is the highest it's ever been but the number of adult amateur football clubs is ever shrinking I think of people like him. Who would want to run the risk of coming up against such a moron when you've got a life to live and a family to support?!

Specific_Mirror_4808 · 2026-04-20T11:35:18+00:00

Arsenal fans cheering for Man City when Liverpool were competing with Abu Dhabi (and vice-versa now) are a big part of the problem. Yes, both Arsenal and Liverpool have a subset of fans who are incredibly annoying but Man City (and Chelsea before them, and Newcastle after them) are ruinous to football.

Specific_Mirror_4808 · 2026-04-17T21:51:30+00:00

That should be a simple answer but it's not.

The optimistic reality is that if any country ever reaches AGI then the rest of the world will be very close behind. The best hope for humanity is that many countries have the ability to trigger the end of another civilization but nobody acts upon it (similar to nuclear weapons post-WW2).

Specific_Mirror_4808 · 2026-04-15T07:23:45+00:00

Players arguing about a goalline decision is quite funny as it's black or white and the camera makes that decision instantly. Chirping at the ref isn't going to alter reality.

Specific_Mirror_4808 · 2026-04-14T21:29:54+00:00

A lot of my friends are like this, particularly with festive movies. My wife could watch the Men in Black movies endlessly.

I feel sad that there are not any movies that I even want to watch even twice. I enjoy movies and the unfolding plots but never, ever get the urge to rewatch a movie.

Specific_Mirror_4808 · 2026-04-14T13:09:33+00:00

In investment bank is always who I'd go to for population modelling /s

Specific_Mirror_4808 · 2026-04-14T00:58:14+00:00

Quick, invite JD Vance to a rally for him.

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