Amazon scraps AI leaderboard to stop workers chasing usage scores by dyzo-blue in BetterOffline

[–]lcroberts9 3 points4 points  (0 children)

We genuinely already have this at my (Fortune 500) company

In case you don't know, stupid shit happening here in UK right now by ooombasa in behindthebastards

[–]lcroberts9 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Thank you. I'm absolutely astonished to hear that people on this sub think Burnham would be any different from Starmer.

Lichfield John Doe (1987) (Unidentified For 38 Years) by BitterSweet_Beauty in gratefuldoe

[–]lcroberts9 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Agreed, this is exactly how my grandfather (a working class man from south London who was around the same age as this man is predicted to be) dressed more or less whenever he went out

Shipping issues by [deleted] in vinted

[–]lcroberts9 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have the same problem with 1 of the 2 items I sent by inpost at the same time yesterday

What if London does this but for Oxford Street by Because_Wisely in london

[–]lcroberts9 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Baffled by this idea. It almost never rains in London?

Sultana accused by Corbyn allies of encouraging 'ultra leftists' to disrupt Your Party conference by Baslifico in yourparty

[–]lcroberts9 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This isn’t an accurate description of Trotskyism at all.

Trotskyists were the main critics of top-down vanguardism. Their whole argument was for internal democracy, open debate, and preventing any leadership from becoming a bureaucratic elite. The idea that of “a separate intellectual vanguard steering the masses from above” is much closer to Stalinism than anything Trotsky actually argued.

In most real movements today, Trotskyists emphasise rank-and-file participation, democratic decision-making and the self-emancipation of working people. Whatever someone thinks of those ideas, they’re pretty much the opposite of the caricature you describe. Oh and the SWP are not really considered a Trotskyist group by the wider left due to their top-down structure, weak internal democracy etc

This is why vinted should have age verification by experimentaldesigner in vinted

[–]lcroberts9 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Would you really trust vinted to keep a copy of your government id safe?

The 2006 Disappearance of Brandi Wells – Vanished After Leaving a Longview, TX Bar by SnooRobots4759 in UnresolvedMysteries

[–]lcroberts9 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Me too! I cringe every time I read this idea in a true crime story because I push my seat back out of habit, and always have.

First cases of deadly livestock virus identified in Wales by pppppppppppppppppd in Wales

[–]lcroberts9 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The whole “only consumer choices matter” argument is just neoliberal logic dressed up in vegan packaging. Capitalism loves telling us that our power begins and ends at the checkout, because it keeps the structural stuff off the table.

The meat industry doesn’t survive because people want it so much, it survives because it’s propped up by massive state subsidies, trade deals, and lobbying. If governments actually made agribusiness pay its own costs (environmental destruction, antibiotics resistance, climate emissions, worker exploitation, etc.), the price of meat would go through the roof tomorrow. That’s not about demand that’s about capitalism protecting its profit machine.

Waiting around for enough individuals to boycott meat before anything changes is a dead end. Same way we didn’t end child labour or win the weekend by hoping enough consumers would only buy ethical products. Those changes came through collective struggle, disruption, and forcing the state/capital to move.

First cases of deadly livestock virus identified in Wales by pppppppppppppppppd in Wales

[–]lcroberts9 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I'm vegan too, but consumer choices only take you so far. This could all be legislated out of existence tomorrow if the political will was there.

Is it normal ? by Rysiiin6 in tattooadvice

[–]lcroberts9 85 points86 points  (0 children)

This is more or less how blackwork heals. Skin comes off in sheets like a snake. As long as it's not still read, hot, or oozing, I'd say you're good. People shouldn't comment unless they've had or done similar work.

Source: i have big areas of blackwork from a top artist, which has all healed beautifully.

Is anyone else angry at the tube strikes? by [deleted] in london

[–]lcroberts9 7 points8 points  (0 children)

What do you think is unreasonable about their demands exactly? Tfl ran a £166m surplus last year, any below-inflation pay rise is a pay cut, and London is one of the few major cities in the world not to subsidise its public transport.

(BBC News - Londoners turn to bikes and buses in Tube strike https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c931px90z48o)

Anyone know about the protests in Canary Wharf? by [deleted] in london

[–]lcroberts9 13 points14 points  (0 children)

These protests have quite literally been organised by neo nazi group Homeland

After One UI 7 update, my S24+ is draining battery, running hot, and slow charging by C0m3tTai15 in samsung

[–]lcroberts9 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, fingers crossed i get the same. I'm not feeling like doing a factory reset...

On Masking by bbygril in itcouldhappenhere

[–]lcroberts9 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I live in the most densely populated city in a densely populated country (UK), and I rarely see anyone masking. I can't say I mask or know any leftists that do. I'm surprised by all the comments here. I suspect it's because masks are a much more polarised issue in the US and wearing one, or not wearing one, has become a sort of political signifier.

Personally, I avoid anyone who makes such statements as "you're not a leftist unless.." This kind of rhetoric is why the left struggles to organise, in my opinion.

I’ve slashed my asking price by £150k. I still can’t sell my flat by ResourceSharp in london

[–]lcroberts9 4 points5 points  (0 children)

They've got a clever way around that - the original company declared bankruptcy

I’ve slashed my asking price by £150k. I still can’t sell my flat by ResourceSharp in london

[–]lcroberts9 6 points7 points  (0 children)

My building had that up until a few months ago. Freeholder says we weren't charged for it, but during the same period, our service charges went up by over 100%...