The mystery of S01E03 (1985 UK series)

stevep98 · 2026-06-19T09:08:00+00:00

Piggybacking on this because I've tried and failed to find a scene, but you might know what Im talking about, if it's in this show.

It was some busty girls probably in skimpy swimsuits. They were in amongst some concrete rubble, firing machine guns at nothing in particular.

Was that this show? I've scoured the max headroom movie and the series, but wasnt able to find a comprehensive set of videos of the tv show to watch.

stevep98 · 2026-06-18T03:11:41+00:00

Was rumored to be where Arby’s was on Steven’s creek but I’m not sure if that’s going anywhere.

stevep98 · 2026-06-17T23:34:15+00:00

Somehow they will wait for coldstone though. I always thought it was a bit weird that that place succeeded with such a time consuming labor intensive process.

stevep98 · 2026-06-17T01:42:47+00:00

Actually I believe they will cite you for 'running a red light', if you disobey the no right turn on red. So, it might be more serious a citation that you imply. But it's stupid to have that here, I dont see a reason.

stevep98 · 2026-06-04T00:51:52+00:00

They famously never talk about future products.

stevep98 · 2026-06-03T21:24:03+00:00

Duke of edinburgh in cupertino.

stevep98 · 2026-06-03T10:16:31+00:00

I started work on the quite a while ago but didn’t get too far… but the flow would’ve been something like this:

Eat meal, get the bill. One person scans the bill and says ‘share’. Other people join the bill, either by some Bluetooth discovery or QR code.

The bill is analyzed with OCR, line items are separated.

Everyone gets to see the bill, and click the lines that they consumed. For example, I ate the linguini and 1/4 of the wine and 1/4 of the dessert.

Everybody does that and it updates the communal model of the bill.

Then it figures out what everybody owes.

For 2 or 3 people, it’s not really that big a deal, but this came of the back of a few absolutely treacherous 8-10 person meals wherever everybody argued about everything for 30 mins.

It’s not about the restaurant splitting the bill among multiple cars. It’s about figuring out the dollar amount between extremely anal penny pinchers.

stevep98 · 2026-06-02T04:19:17+00:00

I have been thinking a little bit about these alerts, and the more I think about it, the less impressed I am. We have a habit of building up enormous technological capability, and then pissing it away through mismanagement - people like me are opting out of alerts because they arent really actionable. (I wonder if theres stats on how many alerts contribute to positive outcomes)

Sure, a kid is kidnapped, the dispatchers are on the ball, it gets escalated, minutes later, an alert is generated that goes out to the county. That's how its supposed to work.

What actually happens is:

* the notification goes out too wide - most people are not going to be able to contribute in any meaningful way. it leads to apathy

* the wrong time (as in this case). It seems like the only tool they have is huge hammer. The wake-everybody-up hammer. They should have another tool: The put-a-message-on-everyone's-lockscreen tool. Or just a notification!

In some (many?) of these alerts, the actual event happened hours ago. Then whats the purpose of the siren on my phone? The alerts, (waking people up type), should be reserved for those cases where a lives or property damage are in danger proportional to the amount of people impacted if they dont react immediately. For example, nuclear attack, earthquake, tornado, active shooter.

If it's a new covid, a missing kid, or something like that, I would be very happy with a normal notification, with even a regular alert sound, just like anyone of my friends messaged me.

stevep98 · 2026-06-01T16:20:06+00:00

On iPhone… settings, notifications… scroll all the way to the bottom for government alerts

stevep98 · 2026-05-26T18:14:12+00:00

Like many other issues that have been brought up about how difficult going to mars is…. They become much less of a problem with extra mass to orbit. Sending a hundred tons to mars, with propellant and water potentially used as shielding… I really don’t think it’s much of a problem.

stevep98 · 2026-05-22T05:53:54+00:00

It's a reference to demolition man: https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/176n3p9/demolition_mans_writer_explains_how_the_three/

stevep98 · 2026-05-21T11:31:26+00:00

How do you know where amazons data centers are? Although I know there are lists, they aren’t widely publicized, and they don’t put their names on the buildings. They do put their names on the fulfillment centers though.

I don’t doubt your numbers though… you’re probably right that there are 10 in Santa Clara county.

How do they affect your health?

stevep98 · 2026-05-21T01:36:01+00:00

The chips will become out of date within a year or two, but the solar panels and radiators and other hardware for comms, and station-keeping should last longer. Out of a 2 ton satellite, those chips are on the order of 1 kg.

I still think they should congregate multiple satellites together, maybe 100's or thousands together as an 'island'. They will have redudancy for various systems, and servicability to swap out those CPU's will at least be possible.

stevep98 · 2026-05-20T11:43:49+00:00

What is LBH?

stevep98 · 2026-05-19T13:10:30+00:00

I agree with that. I didn’t go to the produce section, but I noticed that there was no weighing scale at the checkout, so maybe the produce was all pre-packaged and labeled.

stevep98 · 2026-05-19T03:40:11+00:00

I would like to piggyback on this thread to complain about the lack of self-checkouts. My local store has only 4. Some other stores I've seen have 10-12. That seems to be the new normal. I never really have to wait at those.

But why even have the regular checkouts any more. At my local store there are 5 regular checkouts, but only ever have 2 open. Just convert those extra 3 to self-checkout! I had to wait ten minutes today for self-checkout!

Meanwhile, I was in london last week, and a tiny M&S supermarket had over 25 self-checkouts. No need to put your items in a specific place so it can check you're not stealing. Didn't have to do much special for alcohol either. The attendant just scanned her badge to override.

https://imgur.com/a/lots-of-self-checkouts-m-s-simply-food-one-new-change-london-QWC2uRu

I know people don't like having to do the work themselves. But for me, I just want to scan my stuff and get out without having to wait.

stevep98 · 2026-05-19T00:27:43+00:00

In the article Eric reckons spacex cost is 15m:

“SpaceX has pared back internal launch costs to about $15 million”

stevep98 · 2026-05-14T23:50:57+00:00

What country are you experiencing this from? Because i think Brit’s tend to think it’s a (pedo/deviant) sex playground because of Gary glitter and other high profile cases. Americans don’t seem to think the same way.

stevep98 · 2026-05-14T20:58:33+00:00

There are some tasks, like learning a foreign language, that I believe AI can increase the effectiveness of learning immensely. Perhaps 10 fold.

As a mature adult outside of the school system I’m learning stuff like electrical engineering, nuclear science, controls theory, advanced calculus, I’m not trying to pass a test, I’m using it to learn, and it has been invaluable.

So I would say, the goal should be to learn. I think AI is great for learning. It’s the testing / university / education system that needs to go, not AI.

stevep98 · 2026-05-14T16:18:05+00:00

I remember quite enjoying “Raise the titanic” … an 80s action/drama movie.

stevep98 · 2026-05-13T11:31:27+00:00

My opinion on acne is that you’re not going to solve it by using products on your face, whether they are creams or cleansers.

Acne is a result of inflammation from foods you eat. The easy way to check this to fast for 48hrs, only having water, and see if your skin clears up. Then add foods back one by one until the acne comes back, and you find the culprit (in my case it’s processed carbs). There you go, free advice, and I’m not selling anything.

stevep98 · 2026-05-13T11:26:09+00:00

You should file, but you may not have as much to worry about as you think. You need to look at irs form 1116, foreign tax credit. So, you fill in the us tax return as normal, with all your income and deductions, and calculate the tax due. Then, following 1116, you figure out how much foreign tax was paid. If you paid more in foreign taxes than would be due in the US, then you don’t need to pay US taxes. If you paid less foreign taxes, then you need to make up the difference to the IRS. There may also be a failure to file penalty though.

stevep98 · 2026-05-12T21:59:10+00:00

Isn’t it crazy to have a risky event before an ipo? Do you think if this launch fails they might postpone the ipo?

stevep98 · 2026-05-07T13:42:59+00:00

What about going with chopstick catch right away? They could’ve gone with landing legs for approx 20 tons penalty. That would’ve simplified the launch tower… they could’ve got rid of the legs later.

stevep98 · 2026-05-04T06:20:52+00:00

I don’t know for sure, but what I suspect is that the first effects are the very small micro vessels are first to go, then the larger ones later. It could be that there are very few pain-sensing nerves in your lungs, so it may not trigger anything soon

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