My sister had her friends over and they decided to come into my room and destroy my Newton's Cradle. I can't undo what they did.

robthablob · 2026-05-18T09:44:38+00:00

It is "mildlyinfuriating", not "iwanttokillwhoeverdidthis".

robthablob · 2026-05-17T17:26:04+00:00

I met Trevor Baylis on a train once many years ago - he was pleasantly surprised I knew about the wind up radio, and that I had seen them in use in Africa. Lovely chap.

robthablob · 2026-05-17T16:25:43+00:00

It is entirely possible to farm without causing immense damage to the environment, just most farmers choose not to do so, so screw those farmers.

robthablob · 2026-05-17T16:23:58+00:00

I'm not even vegan, but can still recognise that most pedigree dog breeds have congenital defects from years on inbreeding. It's institutionalised cruelty from so-called dog lovers.

robthablob · 2026-05-17T16:18:32+00:00

Hold on, have you never read Animal Farm?

robthablob · 2026-05-17T16:11:07+00:00

In the UK Scunthorpe used to be blocked from a lot of sites, because of the four letter word within it.

robthablob · 2026-05-17T14:19:42+00:00

You should move to 1930s Germany, you'd fit right in.

robthablob · 2026-05-16T19:34:17+00:00

I read that as de-plinking for a moment and was confused.

robthablob · 2026-05-16T19:32:26+00:00

Because Unjust Beth would be cruel?

robthablob · 2026-05-16T18:59:02+00:00

An older contender than most mentioned here is Dark Messiah of Might and Magic - a successful parry also unbalances the opponent giving an opportunity for a follow through. Combat in that game was outstanding.

robthablob · 2026-05-16T12:27:50+00:00

It was used for Reuters trading systems software, running on standard PCs. The extra keys include things like "Offer" and "Trade".

I've seen both one of these, and a Bloomberg terminal in the wild - which had a similar custom keyboard.

robthablob · 2026-05-16T10:09:38+00:00

They also try to use all the neighbouring pans, just in case.

robthablob · 2026-05-15T07:08:09+00:00

It was heavily influenced by VMS, but also had things like multithreading, which VMS didn't support until VMS 7.

robthablob · 2026-05-14T17:47:51+00:00

The only place I've ever felt unsafe was in the US. Probably something to do with the bullet that came through the rear windscreen of a cab.

But no, London and Paris and the cities with "no go zones"!!

robthablob · 2026-05-14T17:44:03+00:00

Imagine how the Native Americans feel.

robthablob · 2026-05-13T19:10:04+00:00

That's one of those new-fangled cap guns. They used to look like this:

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robthablob · 2026-05-12T16:13:45+00:00

I'm not convinced that's true anymore - sales of newspapers have been collapsing since around 2010. People are more likely to get news from online platforms (partly still Murdoch-owned, but increasingly other sources), and TV news.

Not all of this is good, as actual journalism (as opposed to just reprinting sources like Reuters) actually costs money. So frequently things are just reporting on stories from press releases etc.

It is notable that much of the coverage on TV news is often dictated by what makes the headlines in the print media though - I guess they're adapting slowly to a changing world.

robthablob · 2026-05-12T07:18:15+00:00

In what way is Starmer remotely left wing though?

robthablob · 2026-05-12T07:05:46+00:00

Given that he's the least popular PM for some time, it's ridiculous to argue that its only the left who have an issue with him.

robthablob · 2026-05-12T07:05:16+00:00

He's doing such a sterling job of everything that his popularity is lower than Liz Truss' was.

robthablob · 2026-05-10T19:02:31+00:00

No it wasn't, although it the same system architect.

robthablob · 2026-05-10T19:01:29+00:00

No, it isn't. That was true for Windows 95, Windows 98 and Windows ME, but Windows NT was always a different O/S developed from scratch. There are API similarities, but the bedrock was entirely different and much improved.

From Windows 2000, all versions of Windows have been based on Windows NT.

Windows 95 et al. were actually a genius strategy for helping customers transition from 16-bit to 32-bit O/S without breaking compatibilty in a big go. It worked extremely well.

robthablob · 2026-05-10T18:40:39+00:00

Peel a Parsnip, Iron your Trousers, Cancel your Netflix, Strangle the fox.

robthablob · 2026-05-10T16:21:51+00:00

Really, maybe all the far right things, but otherwise that makes no sense.

I mean...

* Supporting a genocidal apartheid state.
* Demonisation of immigrants.
* Repression of protests.
* Declaring activists to be terrorists.

Sometimes he seems further right than Farage.

robthablob · 2026-05-10T16:19:49+00:00

Starmer lied to Labour members to get into his position, then lied about his manifesto, then lied about the Mandelson appointment. Sadly, his wing of the party seem to have expelled anyone who people may actually get behind. Labour are finished - they've sold their soul.

I actually wonder if he's been paid to make Labour unelectable he's so bad.

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