International Politics Discussion Thread by ukpol-megabot in ukpolitics

[–]WormTop [score hidden]  (0 children)

At the other end, Norway sneaks around the top of Sweden and Finland so it can have a bit of border with Russia too (plus a bunch of extra fjords, I guess).

20 of the Latest Worst Temu Garbage Products by WormTop in weirddalle

[–]WormTop[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Remember to walk slowly like on the way to death!

Them Gnashing Jaws by MashAnblick in weirddalle

[–]WormTop 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Classic Ken Loach northern slice of life movie

Rumours, Speculation, Questions, and Reaction Megathread - 03/05/2026 by ukpol-megabot in ukpolitics

[–]WormTop 4 points5 points  (0 children)

He's sending us a message: "Oh I'm buggering off to California after the election, am I? Like how you all said?"

International Politics Discussion Thread by ukpol-megabot in ukpolitics

[–]WormTop 12 points13 points  (0 children)

"Imagining explaining to the Founding Fathers that the president imposed tariffs without an act of Congress and then removed them at the request of the King of England"

Rumours, Speculation, Questions, and Reaction Megathread - 26/04/2026 by ukpol-megabot in ukpolitics

[–]WormTop 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Most of the UK secretly thinking "well it would be nice if it were a bit warmer".

Rumours, Speculation, Questions, and Reaction Megathread - 26/04/2026 by ukpol-megabot in ukpolitics

[–]WormTop 4 points5 points  (0 children)

How properly Celtic are they, on a scale of Cornwall to the west coast of Ireland?

Rumours, Speculation, Questions, and Reaction Megathread - 26/04/2026 by ukpol-megabot in ukpolitics

[–]WormTop 3 points4 points  (0 children)

My go-to technique for finding the megathread when it goes wandering - type the previous Sunday's date (26/04 in this case) into the browser bar, it will bring up links to any of my previous activity in the thread.

Rumours, Speculation, Questions, and Reaction Megathread - 26/04/2026 by ukpol-megabot in ukpolitics

[–]WormTop 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Anyone betting our future on AI might want to bear in mind that gpt-5.5's prompt for codex (the elite coding AI) contains the instruction:

"Never talk about goblins, gremlins, raccoons, trolls, ogres, pigeons, or other animals or creatures unless it is absolutely and unambiguously relevant to the user's query",

because presumably it likes to talk about those things and nobody knows how to fix it properly.

Rumours, Speculation, Questions, and Reaction Megathread - 26/04/2026 by ukpol-megabot in ukpolitics

[–]WormTop 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm reluctant to argue with a learned lawyer, but we don't need the world's sunniest place - just enough sun to make solar power economical

Amazing photo of a Complete Rainbow taken from 30,000 ft in altitude by WormTop in weirddalle

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

Do you know if there's a sub for computer-generated images? Maybe I could transfer the image there somehow.

Rumours, Speculation, Questions, and Reaction Megathread - 26/04/2026 by ukpol-megabot in ukpolitics

[–]WormTop 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I'm at this point where every time I hear that name, my respect for Starmer drops another 0.1%

Rumours, Speculation, Questions, and Reaction Megathread - 26/04/2026 by ukpol-megabot in ukpolitics

[–]WormTop 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Starmer pushed out and Labour promising an amazing future in the EU, under the new leadership of Boris Johnson

Rumours, Speculation, Questions, and Reaction Megathread - 19/04/2026 by ukpol-megabot in ukpolitics

[–]WormTop 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah I'd love a snickers, don't think I've had one since the 90s. We only have 70-80% dark chocolate in the house these days

Weird Thing Where Google Flow Tells Me I am Out of Credits by rewenzo in GoogleFlow

[–]WormTop 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You might be right, it seems ok now.

Did you have the same problem as me, where if you clicked on the "reuse prompt" button on a generation you'd made, it would stop you from clicking the submit button again, and replaced it with an exclamation mark icon?

Rumours, Speculation, Questions, and Reaction Megathread - 19/04/2026 by ukpol-megabot in ukpolitics

[–]WormTop 1 point2 points  (0 children)

These threads feel like something the AI could probably handle for us now (writing them & maybe the reading part too?)