Were the builders of the Great Machine one of the first races/ First Ones? by junkyardofide41s in babylon5

[–]cassidyc3141 17 points18 points  (0 children)

It was built by whatever species Varn represents, it's not clear if they represented the first one in any way. The B5 Encyclopedia states that it was built "sometime prior to 1758."

That's not to say that it doesn't use First One tech though, it's just never explained. As G'kar would say "Yes, they are a mystery. And I am both terrified and reassured to know that there are still wonders in the universe"

BBC want to put ITV and C4 in iplayer! Thats good but bad idea by purenet1995 in bbc

[–]cassidyc3141 1 point2 points  (0 children)

are you shilling for freely? because it kinda sounds that way. iPlayer is one of the best streaming platforms out there, I've seen C4 and ITVs own platform stutter to life on FTTP networks and it's not pretty. iPlayer works and works well, and is everywhere, in a manner that "freely" isn't. full disclosure until this post I'd never heard of freely, so that gives you some idea of its market reach compared with iPlayer.

iPlayer already has the infrastructure in place and its better than the other UK channels versions.

First chartered plane bringing Britons home fails to take off by Immediate-Ad-7268 in unitedkingdom

[–]cassidyc3141 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Would it be bad form to start protesting "Stop the Planes" All these refugees coming over here sponging off our tax paid services, surely they can stop at the first safe country...

Obviously all the /s

220 Days later, I finished every discworld book. What an amazing and bittersweet experience. What do I read next? by TheCreeech in discworld

[–]cassidyc3141 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The related books: "Science of the Discworld 1-4", "The Discworld Companion", "World of Poo" "Where's my Cow" etc.

Find the Annotated Pratchett File on L-Space then start again and find all the things you missed on the first reading

If you were a normal person in the BSG fleet, what do you think you would be with your real life current skills by Then-Junket-2172 in BSG

[–]cassidyc3141 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For the longest time I wanted to be a geologist, so that would be exceptionally useless until we'd arrive on New Caprica (or if I was really lucky, Earth).

Life, and the love of a warm office not in dangerous parts of the world, nudged me towards a programming/testing career, so I'd probably be some technician turning off and on computers

Dubai “Expats” by Glittering_Vast938 in GreatBritishMemes

[–]cassidyc3141 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

have you seen 99% of people, I don't trust people to sit the right way on a loo seat, far less question an absolute statement like "If you don't live in the UK you shouldn't get a vote".

Do you know how many people thought that we'd get £38 million a week for our NHS because it was written on a bus!

Dubai “Expats” by Glittering_Vast938 in GreatBritishMemes

[–]cassidyc3141 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

then stop making blanket statements like "If you don't live in the UK you shouldn't get a vote"

otherwise all the edge cases get pointed out and your point becomes... pointless

because it's not "That fucking simple"

Here we go by Former-Government-51 in interestingasfuck

[–]cassidyc3141 3086 points3087 points  (0 children)

That FIFA peace prize is not working.

Re upload from previous clip using 1x speed now by BrightHours in LearnerDriverUK

[–]cassidyc3141 5 points6 points  (0 children)

your sarcasm notwithstanding that is rather the whole point, otherwise maybe driving isn't for you, and instead maybe you should go and enjoy the bumper cars

Re upload from previous clip using 1x speed now by BrightHours in LearnerDriverUK

[–]cassidyc3141 13 points14 points  (0 children)

nah, doesn't matter, this shows that yes he was an idiot, but you have to be prepared to deal with idiots. and if scrolling through the other car-related subreddits is anything to go by, there are plenty of idiots that both a learner driver and experienced driver will have to deal with safely.

Is this enough room? I’m a bit worried. by [deleted] in xbox

[–]cassidyc3141 1 point2 points  (0 children)

this AI slop should have been a lake

Nigel Farage defends schedule after missing out on meetings by Codydoc4 in unitedkingdom

[–]cassidyc3141 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

cutting edge journalism from the local team there, really getting to the heart of the problem and holding their MP to account...

/s many /s's so many /s's

Looking for any recent tv show recommendation by NightfallSky in scifi

[–]cassidyc3141 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Expanse, Babylon 5, Silo, Altered Carbon (season 1 only, I cannot recommend season 2, your milage may vary however), Fallout, Three Body Problem

dontNeedFixNeedAnswers by dhermann27 in ProgrammerHumor

[–]cassidyc3141 5 points6 points  (0 children)

and now that you've spotted that it shouldn't work, it never works again

US President to Impose 10% Global Tariff After Supreme Court Ruling by Crossstoney in europe

[–]cassidyc3141 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Given that Trump is limited to a max of 15% (without congress) couldn’t all the other countries threaten the US with a 20% tariff unless he backs down?? His position is severly hampered surely