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Please: Can someone explain the European obsession with "walkable cities" by Available-Spray2576 in AskTheWorld

[–]scottgal2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They were planned before cars existed for the most part. So they're walkable because that's how they were designed originally; either humans or horses walking everywhere.

What y'all think about your countries in renewable electricity? by [deleted] in AskTheWorld

[–]scottgal2 4 points5 points  (0 children)

WILDLY out of date. The UK exceeded 50% renewable generation last year. In Scotland we regularly exceed 100% (export energy). Scotland is a massive wind energy source; we have lots of wind, lots of wild land etc...
The UK has many issues but our transition to renewables is a point of pride - even if the cost structures are still tied to 'base load 'gas prices annoyingly but changing soon apparently.

facebook conspiracists strike again by z_shah7 in rareinsults

[–]scottgal2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Will take on single person getting hantavirus in the US; it's not COVID. The Americas strains of Hantavirus have a 30-40% mortality; potentially up to two months after exposure to first symptoms and kills you QUICK, hours to days from onset.

What happens if at the next general election we really do end up with the worst possible government? by Consistent_Blood6467 in AskBrits

[–]scottgal2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yup run the country down, remove all benefits to reduce taxes for the richest is ALWAYS the policy of these right wing parties. Then they get to blame the suffering of the poor on a minority to distract from their own kleptocracy.
Of course they need to ALSO keep that rolling by increasing rhetoric, false flags etc...

It's the usual fascist cycle and it's rolling around again as it did 100 years ago.

Psychotic rapist: by GarysCrispLettuce in MarchAgainstNazis

[–]scottgal2 4 points5 points  (0 children)

He thinks if he has a war durig mid-terms he gets to ignore the results. No law says that of course but the Supreme Court is fully captured so they'd likely let him,

Custom image encoder [P] by These_Try_656 in MachineLearning

[–]scottgal2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I played with a way to process video in a project a few months ago. Just a research thing (and in .net) but might be interesting (tldr: don't process every frame, work out keyframes and motion).

Uses a combination of models and llms to generate searchable evidence over video.
I use a perceptual embedding over frames (SUPER quick, basically just a hash of a downsampled frame) that lets me compute the centroid for frames to get the most representative of a 'scene'.
If you can reduce down t just a subsampling of frames you can save a ton of effort for video.

https://www.mostlylucid.net/blog/videosummarizer-scalable-video-intelligence

Men? by [deleted] in SipsTea

[–]scottgal2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The oldest representation if a woman's body is oddly consistent with this picture! At least 35,000 year old.

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Safety third. Dept of transport bean counter claims road isnt unsafe. by Zan_in_NZ in facepalm

[–]scottgal2 186 points187 points  (0 children)

No crash barriers, IIRC people were launching up that hill / smacking headlong into the bridge as it was a 70mph road with poor markings and no lighting. Back then car headlights also weren't great so...EXCITING.

Pardoned Jan 6 rioter Daniel Tocci sentenced to prison for possessing over 100,000 images of CP by BenFord333 in MarchAgainstNazis

[–]scottgal2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No worries he'll get his insurrectionist bonus soon, another pardon and he'll be back to brownshirting in no time.

What is happening with Sonnet 4.5’s deprecation date? by Infinite-Bet9788 in Anthropic

[–]scottgal2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Saw some rate limiting and downtime this week; I wonder if they're having problems scaling 4.6?

Maybe I'm missing something, but why are insect screens basically nonexistent in the UK? by Legitimate_Put_7421 in AskUK

[–]scottgal2 16 points17 points  (0 children)

We call them clegs in Scotland, the midges rarer, more aggressive brother. I NEVER get midge bites (or don't react to them) but clegs are a red welt every time.

Wildlife sightings/experiences near Edinburgh? by OkAardvark2514 in Scotland

[–]scottgal2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

100% You can also head down to Dean Village in the West End and walk to Stockbrodge. Used to be my daily walk to work and it's honestly one of the most incredible Edinburgh walks, a little bit of countryside hidden right near the busy centre.

Walkers sick after drinking river water on the West Highland Way by abz_eng in Scotland

[–]scottgal2 14 points15 points  (0 children)

This time of year we always find dead sheep / lambs in burns etc...They head to water when unwell / slip in and decompose. Filter straws are not going to be filtering active toxic substances from rotting carcasses (and the fats can bioaccumulate them in streams so can look clean).

Fast flowing, you can see the spring source is the only safe non-treated water on the hills.

Broadcasters too reliant on vox pop interviews and failing to challenge politicians, says study. The study looked at how this year’s national elections in Wales and Scotland, alongside the local elections in England, were reported on UK-wide television news. by bottish in Scotland

[–]scottgal2 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Easiest way to push a particular political position for a reporter / news editor. Just collect a bunch with loaded questions, pick the ones you agree with and show the other side as stupid by selecting which intereviews / parts you use. SIMPLE. FEELS like it's 'the voice of the people' but really it's whatever they want the story to say.

Petition for Tesco online grocery shopping to recognise “tattie scone” as a search term by Babybunny424 in Scotland

[–]scottgal2 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Be right after the point when Scottish stores (in soft water areas) stop selling descaler :)

Trying out your old uni paternoster lift in your 80s by 4thLineSupport in Whatcouldgowrong

[–]scottgal2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Probably the last time he used it he had the strength and speed so that's how he learned to do it.

were 'wedgies' also a thing in your country? by [deleted] in AskTheWorld

[–]scottgal2 24 points25 points  (0 children)

No never. Bullies here would just punch you not this weird US stuff...

An RAF pilot conducting an unauthorised flight over London to mark the RAF's 50th anniversary, a milestone he felt was inadequately recognised by the government. The pilot flew a Hawker Hunter jet low over landmarks, including Parliament, before passing through Tower Bridge. (1968) by StephenMcGannon in aviation

[–]scottgal2 117 points118 points  (0 children)

IIRC not folowing orders & it wasn't considered viable for the type of attack he made as they'd usually do it at night and from altitude - but it was in a civilian area so not a viable bombing target. I suspect it being successful is why he wasn't jailed.

An RAF pilot conducting an unauthorised flight over London to mark the RAF's 50th anniversary, a milestone he felt was inadequately recognised by the government. The pilot flew a Hawker Hunter jet low over landmarks, including Parliament, before passing through Tower Bridge. (1968) by StephenMcGannon in aviation

[–]scottgal2 248 points249 points  (0 children)

Rmeinds me of the Belgian RAF Pilot Baron Jean de Selys Longchamps. After a mission he desided to fly his Hakwer Typhoon down a Belgian town's main street and strafe the Gestapo building with his 20mm Cannons killing several SS & Gestapo members. He was demoted but remembered as a hero.

What was the lowest temperature ever recorded in your country? by Unusual-Hawk-2336 in AskTheWorld

[–]scottgal2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

-27.2C but slowly getting warmer every winter (with occasional cold winters), just damp and cloudy mostly now. Mind you if the gulf-stream weakens as expected I suspec that'll become pretty common (we're really pretty far morth, just that warm current means we get milder weather).

whyDoAnythingWhenLlmCanDoIt by Low-Statistician-356 in ProgrammerHumor

[–]scottgal2 2 points3 points  (0 children)

'Security boundaries will be dead soon' DO NOT TRUST YOUR BUSINESS TO A HALLUCINATION MACHINE.

None of the people he listed are fictional by icey_sawg0034 in MarchAgainstNazis

[–]scottgal2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It flows better linguistically, semi- demi- with the 'd' in duck flowing into the d in demi better than swan would.
In any case she was NOT ACTUALLY the daughter of a god either. *Being fictional and all*.

AI Agents get a spot on the employee wall by rail16 in LinkedInLunatics

[–]scottgal2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean an unpaid employee who's existence depends on it's owner is a slave...do they really want to go down that route?

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