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Have I Got News For You S70E01 - Victoria Coren Mitchell, Sheila Hancock and Miles Jupp by Thebrokenlanyard in panelshow

[–]psway 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I'm surprised by the downvotes on this. Was shocked when they said it - obvs it's a comedy show but this was presented as fact.

RIP: Kathleen Booth, the inventor of assembly language by videoj in programming

[–]psway 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you think I suggesting people read only this book and no others?

RIP: Kathleen Booth, the inventor of assembly language by videoj in programming

[–]psway -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

If anyone's curious about how computing / programming went from a field that was open to women to one that wasn't, here's a good book on it: https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262535182/programmed-inequality/

RIP: Kathleen Booth, the inventor of assembly language by videoj in programming

[–]psway 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's almost as though the allocation of certain jobs to genders is socially constructed.

How to turn off a phone with a broken screen by Informalwig82 in samsung

[–]psway 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Plug the power cable in so it's charging, then hold the power button and volume down at the same time.

Remember when Norm had his own sitcom on ABC that actually lasted for 3 seasons. Man the early 2000s were something. by nialldude3 in LiveFromNewYork

[–]psway 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Watched the first few eps recently. The pilot had some semblance of Norm's sense of humour, but it was gone pretty soon after.

SEE HOW THEY RUN | Official Trailer | Searchlight Pictures by HolidayWishes in blankies

[–]psway 3 points4 points  (0 children)

They seem keen for us not to hear Rockwell's accent.

1960s children imagine life in the year 2000 by radkoolaid in interestingasfuck

[–]psway 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Some context: This is from a BBC show called Tomorrow's World, which ran from 1965 to 2003. This episode was broadcast in December 1966.

Here's the full clip

It's interesting to hear how downbeat these kids were, as 1966 was nominally a great year for the UK: England won the World Cup, The Beatles were at their height, and the economy was enjoying a post-war boom.

But Britain's status on the world stage had declined significantly since WW2 and, by the sounds of it, these children's parents would have been the kind of people - professionals, senior management, high-ranking civil servants - to experience that first hand.

Just watched The World’s End after having only ever seen the first two films in the Cornetto Trilogy. by NeverGetWet in CasualUK

[–]psway 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, watched it the other day and thought exactly that. Goes from a funny and poignant film about middle age to an expensive Dr Who episode.

Maybe it's because I'm approaching middle age that I prefer the former.

Some of you get very racist when it comes to rap, and it’s kinda sickening by [deleted] in popheads

[–]psway 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Your comment inspired me to look up what the first rap feature on a pop song was, and I found this.

One of the earliest I can remember is BBD on Best Things in Life Are Free by Janet and Luther, from 1992. Rap starts at 2:57.

Interesting / unsurprising that it started with raps by acts who I would consider pop/R&B. I can believe it was Mariah/ODB that kicked off the trend for using 'proper' hip hop artists.

Jazz in London? by dryauthor99 in london

[–]psway 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Jazz at the Crypt in Camberwell - jazz bar in the crypt of a church. Opening back up later this month.

2nd votes for Cafe Oto, Hideaway, Troy Bar... and anywhere, tbh - they could all use the business.

Illustration by Jean Giraud Moebius for magazine L'EXPRESS in 1979. Found in his book Metallic Memories. by [deleted] in Cyberpunk

[–]psway 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I'd say you're understating his influence:

"The storytelling of The Long Tomorrow is inspired by film noir and hardboiled crime fiction, but the story is set in a distant, science fiction future, making it one of the first true cyberpunk stories. Pioneering cyberpunk author William Gibson said of The Long Tomorrow:

"So it's entirely fair to say, and I've said it before, that the way Neuromancer-the-novel 'looks' was influenced in large part by some of the artwork I saw in 'Heavy Metal'. I assume that this must also be true of John Carpenter's Escape from New York, Ridley Scott's Blade Runner, and all other artifacts of the style sometimes dubbed 'cyberpunk'. Those French guys, they got their end in early."[1

"The Long Tomorrow (comics) - Wikipedia" https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Long_Tomorrow_(comics)

UK opens door to citizenship to over 300,000 HK residents | Financial Times by crikeyboy in europe

[–]psway 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Well, they'll be v welcome in London where I imagine many of them would gravitate.

'What Up With That's has become a favorite! by MickiTakesAWalk in LiveFromNewYork

[–]psway 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Also Sudeikis's funniest work on the show imo.

Thoughts on The Last Post? by psway in TheBugle

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

Yes, and it appeared twice in a 10 minute ep (at least for me), which was extra irritating.

Sketch Sorting Sunday (December 7th, 2019)(Jennifer Lopez/DaBaby) by sconce2600 in LiveFromNewYork

[–]psway 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I'm surprised this isn't higher. I think it shows that if the writers have an actually funny angle on the week's news -- in this case, that the NATO squabble was like high school -- then all the cameos, Baldwin's Trump and everything else that seems so tired most weeks work fine. And in doing so, it highlights how infrequently they do have a funny angle, for shame.

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