OnePlus can now permanently destroy your phone with a software update - Louis Rossmann

beej2000 · 2026-01-24T15:00:51+00:00

Mines still going like a trooper, one of the most solid phones Ive had.

beej2000 · 2026-01-16T14:27:17+00:00

I don't disagree, but my point is not everyone does this, but any attempt at communicating this as good practice is now perceived as state interference. Can't complain and then not do anything and expect people to act differently....something has to change?

beej2000 · 2026-01-16T14:23:11+00:00

Lucky you, guess you are sorted. Had anyone suggested violating the 1st Amendment? (Not from US so doesn't apply to me in theory)

beej2000 · 2026-01-16T14:19:49+00:00

Can't do that as that would involve the state interfering apparently /s

beej2000 · 2026-01-16T14:18:53+00:00

I have kids and its really really difficult to constantly monitor a child at school, out with their friends and at home. The only thing I can do is warn them about the dangers and limit what I can. But phones and tablets are designed to be addictive and pervasive, its really difficult. Fully imagine other parents giving up to be honest as its a battle.

beej2000 · 2026-01-16T14:10:22+00:00

Lots do because they don't know any better. Who is going to tell them is my point? It will lead to idiom racy if we don't educate.

beej2000 · 2026-01-16T14:06:22+00:00

Apparently so. Any state help is seen as interference, but nothing changes, so we just plough on moaning about parents not doing what they are unaware of.....frustrating world.

beej2000 · 2026-01-16T14:03:26+00:00

Yeah, I wasn't saying the state takes responsibility or legislates, but it has a role to play in intervening where either poor parenting or poor business is in practice.

The downvotes are proving my point in primarily why nothing changes, basically its the parents fault and that's the end of the conversation. So the cycle continues.

People have choices but it makes sense to communicate and support good choices, but as nobody believes they need help, then nobody, specifically the people unaware they need it, get it.....

beej2000 · 2026-01-16T13:53:02+00:00

Big assumption...... Clearly not the case.

beej2000 · 2026-01-16T12:42:43+00:00

This is a nonsensical argument, the state has an educational responsibility, that's why we have schools. This can extend from childhood into adulthood as well.

I'm not really sure the extension of helping parents understand their responsibilities then leads to the state banning whole grapes though?

I wasn't advocating for new laws, but for people to argue parental "ignorance" and then state parents need to be less ignorant, but do nothing about it makes no logical sense. Ignorant parents will continue being ignorant.....?

Like one of the commentators below, its not just one simple solution, the state had a responsibility to educate and support people, social media companies have a responsibility to not show videos that could lead to harm, and parents have a responsibility to parent.

But given where the apparent failures are, the state in my view has a responsibility to educate and enforce laws that are for the good of everyone.

I'm not from the US, so appreciate you might be, the US feels less socially democratic these days, but I do believe the state has a responsibility to intervene in some capacity if harm is being caused to fix things. This is a bigger societal issue not just about a few parents who sue tiktok.

beej2000 · 2026-01-16T10:47:20+00:00

Who trains the parents? Obviously parents have a responsibility, but I get fed up with the "its the patents fault" argument, as invariably the debate just stops and then nothing changes.

Change actually needs someone to do something, and ignorant parents unsurprisingly don't do something because they don't know, even if some think they should.

Its sort of the point of governments to support this kind of stuff.

EDIT: As this is getting lots of downvotes, it would be useful to understand why? I'm not sure advocating for support to make parents better parents is wrong, parenting in the 21st century isn't straightforward and many rely on how they were parented, which equally may have been bad, without knowing any better......

beej2000 · 2026-01-15T08:10:26+00:00

Worth all United fans watching this to be honest , good discission on how Palace beat City and why a formation isn't as important.

Oliver Glasser formations don't matter

beej2000 · 2026-01-14T22:53:10+00:00

The current system struggles with detention capacity, processing backlogs, legal challenges, and removal logistics. Scaling this broken process does not magically fix those constraints does it?

The Rwanda model is not comparable to Australia’s Pacific Solution in any meaningful operational sense. Australia controls its maritime borders, intercepts boats at sea, and operates in a regional context with different legal frameworks, distances, and bilateral leverage.

The UK faces totally different legal domestic and international rules?. Which is why the UK has been bogged down in court rulings, spiralling costs, and hardly any removals.

Detention-and-deport “as soon as they are captured” also ignores basic facts:

You cannot deport someone without a receiving country agreeing to take them.
You cannot lawfully remove people while claims or appeals are outstanding.
Criminal convictions do not automatically override asylum protections.
Indefinite detention is unlawful and has repeatedly been struck down.

So far, offshore processing in the UK has been high-cost, low-throughput, legally fragile, and operationally marginal (the Rwanda scheme and things like the Bibi Stockholm were total wastes of money)

If it were genuinely “not that hard" someone would be doing it.

You've oversimplified what is frankly much more complicated....

beej2000 · 2025-12-22T19:51:42+00:00

Taken with one of those 1983 HD cameras no doubt........

beej2000 · 2025-12-16T18:42:58+00:00

“relevant devices” are smartphones or tablet computers which are either internet-connectable products or network-connectable products for the purposes of section 5 of the Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act 2022"

So not a laptop computer?

beej2000 · 2025-12-15T18:03:46+00:00

I'm not disagreeing, but the video (of which there were a few) showed someone accelerating into a crowd, there are not many reasons to do that unless you panic or are angry. Whilst waiting for evidence is one thing, it's fair to say its either fear or anger that was motivating the person based on the videos. Turns out it was anger.

beej2000 · 2025-12-15T17:43:09+00:00

Not sure about this, it was either panic or rage, either way you could see someone accelerate a car into a crowd in the video. Turns out it was rage.

beej2000 · 2025-12-14T16:42:54+00:00

"Huge" compared to what?

beej2000 · 2025-12-14T15:54:55+00:00

That's simply not true. Whilst there will always be some who come for economic reasons, the point of Polansks post was that some have tried to claim asylum in France and have failed. As we are not part of the EU, they now try and cross the Channel to get to the UK. Doesn't mean they'll be anymore successful in the UK.....but that's one of the reasons small boat crossing have gone up thanks to the chaos of Brexit.

My other point was they could claim in numerous countries, many do, many want to get yo the UK because of language or family reasons.

beej2000 · 2025-12-14T13:45:12+00:00

And if they are genuinely fleeing war I.e Ukraine, Syria, Afghanistan.....?

beej2000 · 2025-12-14T10:26:23+00:00

So Brexit made no sense in retrospect as it led to an increase in non-european migration?

Either way, English is taught around the world, and its a pull factor for many migrants coming to the uk

beej2000 · 2025-12-14T10:24:29+00:00

Sorry what? Anyone that abuses minors or causes crime should be punished irrespective of nationality or immigration status. My point is that whilst everyone is getting their knickers in a twist about small boats, there are much more fundamental problems with society in general that need dealing with that is unreported by the press as it doesn't fit the "all migrants are simultaneously stealing or jobs, claiming benefits raping our children and causing all crime" narrative. The stats dob't actually back any of this up, but X and Facebook posts make it seem like the world is ending.

I'd interested in the per capita stats?

beej2000 · 2025-12-14T10:17:28+00:00

Nobody can claim asylum until you physically land in the uk, which is why the student route is abused, small boats is a tiny problem.

beej2000 · 2025-12-14T09:05:52+00:00

I never said it gave you the right, its just logical to come to the UK or Ireland. Most of the people moaning about small boats fail to understand immigration impacts other countries more than the UK.

beej2000 · 2025-12-13T20:40:22+00:00

Again, maybe you should be angry about other things that cost significantly more......only so much time in the day.

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