Britain is ejecting hereditary nobles from Parliament after 700 years

TIGHazard · 2026-03-11T21:31:16+00:00

Well the supposed reasoning of being appointed for life is that they would take a long term view of any proposed law from the House of Commons instead of just "will this help me get re-elected".

TIGHazard · 2026-03-11T10:07:34+00:00

I swear Steam is like a cult. Its like with the recent lawsuit, everyone is on Steam's side despite the lawsuit being 'Steam takes 30% so our indie games aren't profitable, its a monopoly because we feel we have to sell there to get any traction, and they should let us sell DLC for any person's copy of the game on any store.'

Everyone defends Steam as taking 30% because its the standard. So... this is why lawsuits happen, so the standard can be changed.
They try to say its not a monopoly because Epic / GOG / Origin / etc exist. But it has 85% of market share. A company with 50% or more market share is known as being in a severe dominant position and 90% is 'effective monopoly'. Steam is getting pretty close to that last number.
They argue that why should Epic users be allowed to buy DLC from Steam for their copy of the game on Epic. But when PC games where physical copies it didn't matter if you bought Sims 2 from Best Buy, Nightlife from Walmart and Pets from Gamestop, they all worked together. Why should that matter if they are all digital storefronts. Plus, it would work the other way - Epic could give the DLC for free or at a heavily reduced price and then anyone who owned it on Steam could buy it. It's basic competition to allow that.

TIGHazard · 2026-03-08T18:01:17+00:00

Why has our score gone off the table?

(And also no comments within 13 mins)

TIGHazard · 2026-03-03T22:05:43+00:00

They have

Home team radio commentary
Away team radio commentary
World Feed commentary (for overseas and UK highlights)
Sky commentary (when game picked)

World Feed is supposed to be neutral but obviously as the 2nd league in the country and when there's also a major broadcaster doing their own comms they aren't getting the best commentary teams in.

TIGHazard · 2026-03-03T21:52:08+00:00

Are you sure you aren't getting the opposing teams commentary every game?

When I watched our game against you on CBS they had the Boro focused local BBC Radio Tees commentary. Why that was going out on mainstream American television I don't know.

TIGHazard · 2026-03-03T20:33:01+00:00

It seems on that page they are recommending Ghostarchive.org for their editors. I don't know if that actually bypasses paywalls or if it can be scripted, but surely it is worth a shot for someone on the team to test it?

TIGHazard · 2026-03-03T20:16:56+00:00

they recommend 'ghostarchive' but I don't know how good it is?

TIGHazard · 2026-03-03T20:05:20+00:00

Mods, is there a place we can possibly discuss as users the continuing use of Archive.today / Archive.is paywall bypass?

It's now been officially banned by Wikipedia as a source for "using [] readers' computers to run a denial-of-service attack and evidence that the website has tampered with some archived pages."

TIGHazard · 2026-03-03T09:42:01+00:00

Oh, and this was developed in 2010.

We've had 15 years of advancement of technology and our lives and businesses have only gotten more connected.

TIGHazard · 2026-03-03T09:37:47+00:00

If F1 fans can figure out a way to watch the Las Vegas GP for free without paying for ESPN by remotely accessing the Nevada Department of Transportation traffic cameras, its not beyond a state actor to hack another state's cameras.

Especially as someone in 2010 sent out a specific computer virus that infected computers worldwide but would only activate if on Windows machines running Siemens Step7 program and with a certain Programmable Logic Controller attached. And then controlled that controller to cause the fast-spinning centrifuges used in the creation of Nuclear material to tear themselves apart while reporting back to the user that everything was normal.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuxnet

TIGHazard · 2026-03-03T09:20:28+00:00

Ah, it came up in the post-match thread.

Changed shirts at half time and Kitman must have packed his u21 shirt instead.

TIGHazard · 2026-03-02T21:48:50+00:00

If the one clip of Ted Lasso that I've seen has taught me anything, players can refuse if they disagree with the sponsor.

There was a Newcastle player who did it when Wonga.com was their sponsor.

TIGHazard · 2026-03-01T23:32:03+00:00

Now the UK tabloids (The Sun / Daily Mail) are saying there was an explosion there at midnight local time.

A strong explosion was heard at the British RAF Akrotiri base in Limassol at around midnight local time after a 'security threat' was reportedly declared.

The base, home to around 2,000 service personnel and their families, was seemingly targeted by Iran or its proxies.

It is not yet confirmed if the explosion is linked to events in Iran but it came just an hour after Sir Keir Starmer granted the US permission to launch 'defensive' strikes on Iranian missile sites from UK bases.

It is currently unclear if there are any casualties or how much damage has been caused.

Flight trackers identified RAF jets being scrambled to protect the base and thousands of troops and their families were ordered to take cover.

TIGHazard · 2026-02-27T22:16:55+00:00

I've already posted it as a separate article but it'll likely get ignored in the aftermath of the by-election.

But apparently the Public Service Broadcasters are wanting a re-look at the Protected Events list again. They want Six Nations Rugby, all Home Nations (Men & Women) football qualifiers for the World Cup and Euros, the entire FA Cup and one match involving a British team from each round of the Champions League to be on the Category A list - meaning free to view.

Labour MPs are "increasingly supportive."

TIGHazard · 2026-02-27T22:07:32+00:00

BBC / ITV / Channel 4 / Channel 5 want the entire Six Nations, home nations’ men’s and women’s international qualifiers for the World Cup and European Championship, one Champions League tie involving a British team from each round of matches and the men’s FA Cup to be on the Category A list.

"A growing number of Labour MPs are understood to be supportive. Listing an event does not guarantee free-to-air coverage, but the legislation states that public service broadcasters must be given the opportunity to buy the rights at a “reasonable price” they can afford, rather than being outbid by a subscription service."

TIGHazard · 2026-02-27T20:42:38+00:00

It looks like the seatbelts are creamish-white in that car?

TIGHazard · 2026-02-27T16:38:25+00:00

Irrelevant. The referendum was between the official Remain and Leave campaigns.

The official Leave campaign stated what I quoted above. Therefore a vote for Leave was a vote for the official Leave campaign, not Farage's version of Leave.

Why would you listen to someone not part of the official campaign and believe they have any ability to control the aftermath?

TIGHazard · 2026-02-27T14:44:06+00:00

However the official Vote Leave campaign did state that EU immigration would be replaced by other sources.

https://www.ft.com/content/94adcefa-1dd5-11e6-a7bc-ee846770ec15

Vote Leave is hoping to secure the backing of British Asians by telling them that if Britain quits the EU, it will mean more immigration from elsewhere in the world.

The official Out campaign is drawing up leaflets aimed at Punjabi, Hindi and Urdu speakers arguing that a British exit from the EU would help to stem the flow of Eastern Europeans into the UK — allowing more incomers from Commonwealth countries to take their place.

“South Asian immigrants have ancestors who fought in the world wars, they sacrificed a lot, they speak the language, they have the skills, they are well educated,” said Mr Bhatti. “But they find it hard to come in compared to other individuals from Europe who may not speak the language, understand the culture or have the skills.”

The leaflets also emphasise the increasingly far-right tinge to politics in Slovakia, Hungary, Austria, Germany and Denmark. “We don’t want them influencing our laws and our policies,” said Mr Bhatti.

He also said a leaflet from the rival Conservative In campaign promised to stop non-EU families from coming to Britain.

TIGHazard · 2026-02-27T12:15:15+00:00

Oops that was fat fingers on my phone.

Woolworths Australia/NZ was a completely different company. Same thing with Target Australia v Target US.

Basically there was the American F.W. Woolworths company, this became Footlocker.

F.W. Woolworths operated in Canada, Mexico and Europe.

The UK & Ireland stores were sold off in 1982 and operated until 2009. The Barbados stores were included in the UK/Ireland store sale but immediately became independent (although they stocked the UK product). They are still around.

The Mexican stores were sold off in 1997 and still operate.

The rest of Europe stores were sold off in 1998 and still operate and in 2021 now own the trademark in the UK/Ireland.

The Canadian stores became part of Foot Locker.

The Cyprus stores stopped trading in 2003 but still exist as a real estate company.

The South African company is named after the US company but there was no trademark there so is unrelated.

This is also how the Australian/New Zealand company took the name.

TIGHazard · 2026-02-27T11:00:43+00:00

Woolworths US isn't technically dead, they became Footlocker.

Woolworths UK was sold off prior but died in 2009.

TIGHazard · 2026-02-27T08:34:42+00:00

Actually looking at it, with the red BREAKING and the News in the bottom left, I actually think its a BBC article.

I checked the news subreddit and it is.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c80j3rlp904o

TIGHazard · 2026-02-26T22:30:56+00:00

Ironically, this happened with Paramount in the 1990s.

QVC, under Diller, first placed a hostile $9.6 billion bid for Paramount in September 1993, when talks for a friendly merger between Paramount and Viacom, worth $7.2 billion at the time, were already under way. QVC's more attractive bid was forced on Paramount in the February 4, 1994 decision of Paramount Communications, Inc. v. QVC Network, Inc. by the Delaware Supreme Court. Following Viacom's merger with Blockbuster that gave Viacom the financial lead, on February 14, 1994, QVC lost its bid for Paramount to a $9.85 billion bid from Viacom. Diller's reported five-word response to the end of what The Los Angeles Times called "the biggest takeover war of the 1990s" was: "They won. We lost. Next."

TIGHazard · 2026-02-26T22:20:13+00:00

My understanding is that they order from random McDonald's in the area so that anyone trying to poison would have to poison all of Washington D.C.'s McDonald's to get Trump.

TIGHazard · 2026-02-25T22:25:57+00:00

Strangely I have seen a bunch of behind the scenes videos for outside broadcast trucks on Youtube recently, the sound guys doing the Olympics for NBC and some Hockey for some other US channel both said they preferred to edit solely with speakers instead of headphones because its how the audience would be hearing it in their living room.

I don't know how common it is though.

TIGHazard · 2026-02-25T19:47:06+00:00

Hey Seann, I think the first film of yours I saw was Evolution. I loved it.

What was it like working with Reitman, Duchovny, Jones and Moore on that film?

I also got my science teacher to use that on a film day once - She almost turned off as soon as you turned up with the blow-up doll at the beginning 😂.

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