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If anyone is wondering what the line of attack the establishment is going to use against free broadband it’s “by part nationalising BT it’s going to harm it’s share price, which will in turn affect pension funds invested in BT”
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BT: https://youtu.be/Yj2oXMdZ4sk
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Nov 15, 2019 08:12
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This broadband policy is an absolute bsnger, been browsing the comments and the most negative ones are basically "not the worst idea but I fear we have bigger problems we have to deal with". Even the magic money tree nonsense looks nearly absent, absolutely every fucker loves this.
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Nov 15, 2019 08:20
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LIf you read through the BEIS industrial strategy then in 2017 the civil service identified four grand challenges leading into 2030 that needed addressing. Ageing Population Clean Growth Data Economy and AI Mobility Labour are hitting all of these boxes with their announcements, so I’d not be surprised to read something about data rights and the relationship between government and individuals along an Estonian model?
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Nov 15, 2019 08:33
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Ms Adequate posted:This broadband policy is an absolute bsnger, been browsing the comments and the most negative ones are basically "not the worst idea but I fear we have bigger problems we have to deal with". Even the magic money tree nonsense looks nearly absent, absolutely every fucker loves this. Yeah it's a belter. Sure there are bigger issues, but internet is absolutely an essential today, everyone who's ever dealt with them hates Virgin Broadband and friends, and it's really hard to argue against without sounding like you just love lovely extractive companies and hate people having good things. Anyone under 70 (years of age and/or £1000s a year) is going to be for this.
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Nov 15, 2019 08:39
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OwlFancier posted:Haha christ I will write up a list. I can't guarantee I have cd keys for all of them because some of the manuals have gone missing and I don't even know what DRM a lot of them used but obviously CD keys are defunct nowadays anyway cos every one's been cracked. Sounds like you've already arranged to give this to Rarity, but wondering if there's any old RPGs in there? Also, on the topic of old dos games, I'm trying to remember the name of a flight simulator; I never actually played it because it would crash after the intro video. I bought it as part of a collection in the late 90s It featured zeppelin launched fighters I think it was alternate reality, but it was not Crimson Skies The intro had some really manic violin music playing.
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Nov 15, 2019 08:46
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painted into a coroner posted:I love the apparent idea that building social housing is non-ideological. "Social housing" - i.e. housing built by the private sector with an arbitrary cap on rent based on local prices - is non-ideological and just common sense because it makes a profit. "Council housing", built by local authorities with rent set at a level determined by the actual ability of people to pay is completely ideological and worse than Hitler because there's no profit to be made for sensible, non-ideological landlords.
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Nov 15, 2019 08:49
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an angry penguin posted:Nationalise video games next, Jeremy. Britain's one-time lead in home computers - which led to our massive tech sector and particularly video games industry - is almost entirely thanks to massive direct public investment in microcomputer firms by the NEB and a national push for tech literacy among children through the schools system, led by noted pinko <checks notes> Margaret Thatcher. It's so glaring that the alleged sensible, non-ideological centrists are actually considerably more Tory than loving Thatcher.
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Nov 15, 2019 08:53
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goddamnedtwisto posted:Britain's one-time lead in home computers - which led to our massive tech sector and particularly video games industry - is almost entirely thanks to massive direct public investment in microcomputer firms by the NEB and a national push for tech literacy among children through the schools system, led by noted pinko <checks notes> Margaret Thatcher. If we'd kept it up Peter Molyneux might never have gone down his dark path.  The coalition government is to blame for Curiosity.
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https://twitter.com/mattzarb/status/1195108660176982018
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Nov 15, 2019 08:58
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Azza Bamboo posted:The Rudd government had full control for 6 years and then saw a Liberal/National coalition take over. This is part of the warning really: The reason the FT likes Corbyn is because they perceive his socialism to be a temporary inconvenience compared to brexit which they think would be hard to reverse. Also - whether they dare put it in such terms out loud or not - they recognise that Corbyn's fairly soft-left reforms are the only thing that will keep capitalism alive over the medium term. For all the screaming, they know that not letting the current pressure that's building up around the world out it's going to go bang in ways that make the first half of the 20th century look mild.
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Nov 15, 2019 08:58
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https://www.techradar.com/uk/news/world-of-tech/how-the-uk-lost-the-broadband-race-in-1990-1224784 (Jesus that site has a lot of popup newsletter / cookie / adblocker bullshit) quote:"In 1979 I presented my results," he tells us, "and the conclusion was to forget about copper and get into fibre. So BT started a massive effort - that spanned in six years - involving thousands of people to both digitise the network and to put fibre everywhere. The country had more fibre per capita than any other nation. I'm glad she's dead.
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goddamnedtwisto posted:Britain's one-time lead in home computers - which led to our massive tech sector and particularly video games industry - is almost entirely thanks to massive direct public investment in microcomputer firms by the NEB and a national push for tech literacy among children through the schools system, led by noted pinko <checks notes> Margaret Thatcher. Because the Tories don't actually believe the free market bullshit and know it's just an excuse to give money to their masters
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Nov 15, 2019 09:03
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Boris on BBC Breakfast looking rotund as hell. They probably only lured him on with the word Breakfast, he clearly thinks Brexit is a thing you can microwave/eat
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Nov 15, 2019 09:03
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goddamnedtwisto posted:Britain's one-time lead in home computers - which led to our massive tech sector and particularly video games industry - is almost entirely thanks to massive direct public investment in microcomputer firms by the NEB and a national push for tech literacy among children through the schools system, led by noted pinko <checks notes> Margaret Thatcher. Bit mad to credit Thatcher for this. Mostly a BBC project, and when she actually had to acknowledge computers existed so she could brag to the japanese that we also can do a technology, she ignored that project entirely to wave a spectrum around. They seem to have lost interest in computers all just at the moment ARM showed up, which is the biggest lost opportunity since north sea oil.
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Nov 15, 2019 09:10
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Is there any explicit confirmation that the free broadband policy will include line rental? Or is that just a wait for the manifesto on Saturday job?
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Nov 15, 2019 09:13
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Absolute madness. What's next, free healthcare for all? 
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Nov 15, 2019 09:13
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Johnson is such a mess. We’re in such a bad place, and maybe we deserve it? But it will only change through v̶i̶o̶l̶e̶n̶t̶ ̶r̶e̶v̶o̶l̶u̶t̶i̶o̶n̶ hard work, comrades!
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Nov 15, 2019 09:16
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HorseLord posted:Bit mad to credit Thatcher for this. Mostly a BBC project, and when she actually had to acknowledge computers existed so she could brag to the japanese that we also can do a technology, she ignored that project entirely to wave a spectrum around. The BBC project was part of a Thatcher policy, Acorn received massive finding direct from central Government for the BBC micro, and only existed because of NEB investment in Sinclair. Thatcher had been banging on about computers since her days as Education Secretary. Of course she reverted to type - possibly (almost definitely) under massive pressure from the Yanks, because the UK moving into the microprocessor market really seriously threatened Silicon Valley - but it's silly not to credit her for literally the only good thing she did in her entire career. (I don't credit her for soft-serve ice cream because it's an abomination)
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Johnson is a mess on BBC honestly Labour's best chance is that oaf getting as much screen time as possible.
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deletebeepbeepbeep posted:Johnson is a mess on BBC honestly Labour's best chance is that oaf getting as much screen time as possible. Hey he managed to shoot down the 'you weren't squeezing the mop' argument pretty effectively.
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Nov 15, 2019 09:31
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Doccykins posted:Is there any explicit confirmation that the free broadband policy will include line rental? Or is that just a wait for the manifesto on Saturday job? At the moment you don’t pay line rental on fibre anyway, it’s a bullshit phone thing
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Nov 15, 2019 09:35
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goddamnedtwisto posted:The BBC project was part of a Thatcher policy, Acorn received massive finding direct from central Government for the BBC micro, and only existed because of NEB investment in Sinclair. Thatcher had been banging on about computers since her days as Education Secretary. Also, if you can find it, the one-off drama Micro Men the BBC did a decade or so ago is a pro watch. Also features a pre-transition Sophie Wilson who they never actually name, presumably to avoid deadnaming her 
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feedmegin posted:Also, if you can find it, the one-off drama Micro Men the BBC did a decade or so ago is a pro watch. Also features a pre-transition Sophie Wilson who they never actually name, presumably to avoid deadnaming her https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXBxV6-zamM The whole thing's up on Youtube. She plays the barmaid in the pub at the end too.
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Nov 15, 2019 09:49
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jabby posted:Yeah, your narrative just got loving seized. Next up: the means of production.
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Angrymog posted:Sounds like you've already arranged to give this to Rarity, but wondering if there's any old RPGs in there? Was it Air Power by any chance? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-jTs1hcBHs
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Angrymog posted:Sounds like you've already arranged to give this to Rarity, but wondering if there's any old RPGs in there? Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe is ringing a bell.
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Nov 15, 2019 10:46
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feedmegin posted:Also, if you can find it, the one-off drama Micro Men the BBC did a decade or so ago is a pro watch. Also features a pre-transition Sophie Wilson who they never actually name, presumably to avoid deadnaming her They address the character as "rodger" a few times, because that's what her name was when it happened. It's a very good show. Liked who did Sinclair in that, really got across how much of a bellend he must've been to work for. Apparently the phone throwing scene used to really happen (!) nothing like a low stress environment when you're trying to make stereos out of duff parts bought on the cheap. HorseLord fucked around with this message at 10:54 on Nov 15, 2019 |
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Nov 15, 2019 10:50
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Thanks for the kind messages last night, everyone. I've called in sick today and I've got some cocodamol so I'm doing pretty good 
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HorseLord posted:They address the character as "rodger" a few times, because that's what her name was when it happened. Sinclair made calculators and watches on the cheap, it was Alan Sugar who made cheap stereos and completely hosed up Sinclair once he got his spiv hands on it.
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Nov 15, 2019 10:57
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Jedit posted:Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe is ringing a bell. 
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Nov 15, 2019 11:00
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Nov 15, 2019 11:02
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God they're so upset, I can't wait to see how shrill and paranoid these scumbags get as the election draws closer.
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So, if there's a Labor majority, what are people betting on for headlines? Personally, I favor "Comrade Corybn to Gulag Nation."
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Nov 15, 2019 11:07
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NewMars posted:So, if there's a Labor majority, what are people betting on for headlines? it'l be words like 'traitors' they'll cause more bloodshed
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Nov 15, 2019 11:08
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Wonder how the "who's going to pay for it all Jermy?" crowd would react if Labour's spending was paid for in exactly the same way the banks were bailed out to the tune of £375 billion - by magicing it up out of literally nothing at the click of a mouse. Quantitative Easing didn't seem to cause any inflationary problems, after all, so that's one of the big arguments against printing money countered.
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NewMars posted:So, if there's a Labor majority, what are people betting on for headlines? Corbyn shoots self in back shock. Probe, riddle.
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The DePfeffel posted:Your assertion that none of my children have been to state schools is wrong. Lmfao, yeah Boris. We know that you aren't financially supporting the many, many bastards and by-blows you refuse to talk about ya wee oval office. E: There will be no headlines, Comrade Corbyn will send the Levenson goon squads round tout suite to make sure of it. RockyB fucked around with this message at 11:17 on Nov 15, 2019 |
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NewMars posted:So, if there's a Labor majority, what are people betting on for headlines? Welcome to tiny train world
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Rarity posted:Thanks for the kind messages last night, everyone. I've called in sick today and I've got some cocodamol so I'm doing pretty good I remember a while ago two of my wisdom teeth started coming through and made the back of my gums swell up so much that I couldn't close my mouth for like a week, it loving suuuuuuuuuucked so I definitely feel your pain. Get well soon!
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