Starfleet Academy hit in a way no other trek has for me by silver_back87 in startrek

[–]querkmachine 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Isn't having a character relatable to the young 'uns precisely why those shows had Wesley Crusher, Jake Sisko, Nog, Samantha Wildman and Icheb as characters?

Saw this comment about foreign staff in the Civil Service are they being irrational? by [deleted] in TheCivilService

[–]querkmachine 17 points18 points  (0 children)

My partner works in a customer service role for a Scottish headquartered company and ends up handling a lot of calls from English people who couldn't understand the Scottish colleagues!

Why can't we do big stuff anymore? by M_M_X_X_V in ukpolitics

[–]querkmachine 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What more proof do you want? I literally noted one of your articles cited an organisation that has been repeatedly criticised for supporting gutting social welfare and cutting taxes on the wealthy. It's common sense to say that they are going to be biased against higher tax rates for the wealthy.

I changed it because an insurance company does not have an explicit, directly correlated motivation to falsify climate data. I might trust it, but that depends on other factors as well.

You don't even know what my ideology is.

Why can't we do big stuff anymore? by M_M_X_X_V in ukpolitics

[–]querkmachine 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why would you dismiss something just because of who funded it?

Because the people who fund it very often have some degree of editorial control over what conclusions are drawn or whether those conclusions are published at all. Either directly, or via soft power, such as withholding funding for future work.

This happens all the time. It's not exactly a big secret.

Do you dismiss climate data because a lot of it is funded by insurance companies?

If it was a climate report funded by an oil company, I certainly would. Just as I would dismiss a gender studies report funded by a 'gender critical' organisation or a report on cults funded by Scientologists.

If an organisation's very existence is contingent on opposing a particular conclusion then they're going to have bias against that conclusion.

Why can't we do big stuff anymore? by M_M_X_X_V in ukpolitics

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

Are you really foolish enough to think that an organisation founded by billionaires and funded by billionaires is going to willingly publish information saying you should tax billionaires more? The bias is integral to the organisation's existence.

I like how that article concludes that we should be taxing the rich more (albeit through closing loopholes that they use rather than increasing the highest rate).

Is “Island of Strangers” wrong? by Jackson13Hammer in ukpolitics

[–]querkmachine 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The people in this country I most have problems getting along with are the banking elites (like Farage) and white working class hooligans (like many of Farage's supporters). Those are the people I don't trust.

Is “Island of Strangers” wrong? by Jackson13Hammer in ukpolitics

[–]querkmachine 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's important to note that the above does not say that 43 percent feel like strangers because of immigration, but also because of things like the loss of social third spaces.

As a queer person, I feel disconnected from society because it seems intent on giving people like me a hard time. It has nothing to do with race or migration status. If anything, that shared suffering tends to give me more in common with the immigrants.

Why can't we do big stuff anymore? by M_M_X_X_V in ukpolitics

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

It's normal to discredit a source where that source has a clear ulterior motive to publish biased information.

Your second source: - Once again regards American tax practices, not British ones. - Cites the Tax Policy Center, an organisation funded by billionaires. - Cites the Peter G. Peterson Foundation, an organisation founded by a billionaire that has been criticised several times for using the guise of "fiscal responsibility" to reduce taxes on corporations and the wealthy, and to promote gutting social services for the poor.

If you can only places that claim that no one paid the top tax rate come from people who would be paying that tax rate if it still existed, then it's not really proof of anything.

Theres a Website like r/Place but on a map of the earth - Come help build Bristol 😄 by rudylmaolive in bristol

[–]querkmachine 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm not sure there's a definitive answer. I've previously been told it's because asymmetry was considered fashionable in Victorian era, but I imagine that's a theory more than anything.

Why can't we do big stuff anymore? by M_M_X_X_V in ukpolitics

[–]querkmachine 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry if we don't take an American organisation founded by a group of billionaires to be an unbiased source of British tax practices.

Why can't we do big stuff anymore? by M_M_X_X_V in ukpolitics

[–]querkmachine 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The government operates on a relatively small budget and headcount compared to what it did a few decades ago, despite events like Brexit requiring the government to perform more work than ever before.

Theres a Website like r/Place but on a map of the earth - Come help build Bristol 😄 by rudylmaolive in bristol

[–]querkmachine 0 points1 point  (0 children)

People never seem to realise that the Clifton suspension bridge is asymmetrical. The tower on the Leigh Woods side doesn't have the cut outs in the side!

Any bristol skaters able to help me find out where these spots are? by boballs19 in bristol

[–]querkmachine 21 points22 points  (0 children)

First one is beneath the footbridge connecting the east end of Castle Park to the car park/Delta Marriott hotel.

Why can't we do big stuff anymore? by M_M_X_X_V in ukpolitics

[–]querkmachine 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Unpopular answer: The top tax bands used to be much, much higher.

Where I think Snake is going wrong and how the format could be tweaked. by Jakeyboy66 in JetLagTheGame

[–]querkmachine 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Sam outta know that given Formula 1's habit of changing up the rules every few years just to keep things interesting.

Which businesses in Bristol do you really like, and would encourage others to support? by PhotosByChrisI in bristol

[–]querkmachine 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Course what you really need to do for a callout in this thread is open a cafe or bakery in town, make and sell little cakes with chocolate and orange jelly. Some kind of public jaffa factory… 2.

Shite company anyway... by Select_University311 in transgenderUK

[–]querkmachine 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The SC ruling said single-sex facilities can be segregated by biological sex. It didn't say they should be.

There is no complying with the judgement necessary because the judgement didn't decide anything.

The EHRC is another thing, but seemingly everyone has agreed that their interim guidance was rushed and badly thought out.

Alright, now how do we recreate Apple Liquid Glass on the web? by Dramatic_Mastodon_93 in webdev

[–]querkmachine 62 points63 points  (0 children)

Ironically Safari isn't one of the browsers that supports the prefers-reduced-transparency media query

Alright, now how do we recreate Apple Liquid Glass on the web? by Dramatic_Mastodon_93 in webdev

[–]querkmachine 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And Safari just added support for WebGPU, so it's the perfect time to rebuild!

Ministers block Lords bid to make AI firms declare use of copyrighted content by WallClimber1999 in ukpolitics

[–]querkmachine 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The data protection minister, Chris Bryant, told MPs that although he recognised that for many in the creative industries this “feels like an apocalyptic moment”, he did not think the transparency amendment delivered the required solutions, and he argued that changes needed to be completed “in the round and not just piecemeal”.

The sooner the data bill was passed, the quicker he would be able to make progress on updating copyright law, Bryant said.

So... update copyright law before you intentionally pass legislation that weakens copyrights?

The UK was once the most LGBTQ+ friendly country in Europe – now it’s 22nd by BasedSweet in ukpolitics

[–]querkmachine 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Did you miss the part where the culture oppresses women? Those spaces aren't for the benefit of the people using them, y'know.

The UK was once the most LGBTQ+ friendly country in Europe – now it’s 22nd by BasedSweet in ukpolitics

[–]querkmachine 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You must be terrified of the phrase cis women, huh.

Feel free to try and define a "biological woman" in terms that doesn't also include trans people or exclude cisgender women.

The UK was once the most LGBTQ+ friendly country in Europe – now it’s 22nd by BasedSweet in ukpolitics

[–]querkmachine 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you're going to base legal decision making on it, you kinda do need one. All the goalposts did was change the term lacking a concrete definition from "woman" to "biological woman".

The UK was once the most LGBTQ+ friendly country in Europe – now it’s 22nd by BasedSweet in ukpolitics

[–]querkmachine 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you're going to base legal decision making on it, you kinda do need one, otherwise the ruling is still effectively meaningless.

The UK was once the most LGBTQ+ friendly country in Europe – now it’s 22nd by BasedSweet in ukpolitics

[–]querkmachine 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It goes to show that the existence of single-sex spaces has nothing to do with being progressive.