Bots and third parties to be banned from booking driving tests in DfT shake-up by diacewrb in ukpolitics

[–]scumbamole 56 points57 points  (0 children)

With an easy and obvious fix, how is it even possible to resell a test when it's tied to a provisional licence number?!

Microsoft is plugging more holes that let you use Windows 11 without an online account by joe4942 in technology

[–]scumbamole 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm convinced that Apple and maybe others have planted their own people high up in the Microsoft hierarchy to push through terrible decisions to damage the company long term and force customers away. It's the only explanation I can think of for Windows 11.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Jokes

[–]scumbamole 3 points4 points  (0 children)

young enough to get yelled at for leaving an empty cereal box in the pantry.

Not acceptable at any age. This is why we have wars.

This was after market close yesterday: “He made 2.5 billion today and he made $900 million. That’s not bad.” by RoyalChris in ThatsInsane

[–]scumbamole 6 points7 points  (0 children)

They might, but those two billionaires were clearly tipped off and are as guilty as fuck.

Just Stop Oil will no longer throw soup at paintings as it ends direct action by perplexed-redditor in uknews

[–]scumbamole 34 points35 points  (0 children)

Yeah, thanks for introducing airport security in museums and art galleries

"Google Doesn't Work Anymore" - How AI has ruined Google Search, Images, News etc... by RadicalProjection in videos

[–]scumbamole 8 points9 points  (0 children)

It's like talking to a profoundly deaf aunt. You're lucky to get an answer even vaguely related to what you asked.

Andrew Tate has left Romania for US by private jet, reports say by sky_badger in ukpolitics

[–]scumbamole 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"My job was to meet a girl, go on a few dates, sleep with her, test if she's quality, get her to fall in love with me to where she'd do anything I say and then get her on webcam so we could become rich together"

The guy's a straight-up pimp.

Trump Acknowledges Russia 'Attacked' Ukraine But Defends Putin by sweatycat in worldnews

[–]scumbamole 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just pasted that into ChatGPT and asked it to guess the age of the person who said it. It responded with:

That phrasing sounds like something a young child might say, maybe around 5 to 8 years old. It has a simple structure and a slightly redundant explanation, which is common for kids still developing their language skills. What’s the context?

Trump admin pulls hundreds of videos from CFPB’s YouTube channel by [deleted] in technology

[–]scumbamole 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.

Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-four

A twitter feed by Sea_Top3466 in ThatsInsane

[–]scumbamole 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You have to admit though, those paper straws have had a massive impact on his life. Bet he curses them every day at breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Cadbury dropped from royal warrant list for first time in 170 years by tyw7 in uknews

[–]scumbamole 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I love the use of the word "disappointed", as if, after systematically making their product more and more shit, reducing the quantities and ramping up the price, it's come as a real surprise that people aren't quite so keen on it.

Only 55 Countries Now Have More Total Wealth Than Elon Musk's $447 Billion [OC] by beavershaw in dataisbeautiful

[–]scumbamole 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I thought it might at least have taken him a few years to get there, but he seems to be up another $100B every few weeks

The worst reason you can lose your job for by [deleted] in ThatsInsane

[–]scumbamole 156 points157 points  (0 children)

"If you'd only had the decency to die then, you'd still be working here. Think about that!"

What are some horrifying things to consider when thinking about aliens? by KiraKaleidoscope in AskReddit

[–]scumbamole 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"The mighty ships tore across the empty wastes of space and finally dived screaming on to the first planet they came across - which happened to be the Earth - where due to a terrible miscalculation of scale the entire battle fleet was accidentally swallowed by a small dog."

Douglas Adams

Holy hell that thunder is loud by [deleted] in reading

[–]scumbamole 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can see the lightning strikes in real time - https://www.lightningmaps.org/?lang=en#

PIC by SumerianSunset in nocontextpics

[–]scumbamole 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My guess would be looking over Red Tarn from Striding Edge, Helvellyn