UKMT Summer 2020 - Two Pints of Saline and Abacavir for Drip

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big scary monsters: Sep 2, 2011; -~Ｓｋｕｌｌｗａｖｅ~-

Powerful Two-Hander posted:

Essentially yes but it's unclear who is being scammed. Is it Softbank? Their creditors? Or whoever is dumb enough to underwrite their [imaginary] ipo? Why not all three!

WeWork and Softbank in particular and "tech companies" that don't really do any tech are Trashfuture's biggest fascination, they've done a number of deep dives into their various funding and what exactly the scam is. In most cases, it's the insanely wealthy being literally unable to spend their money on anything real and just propping up useless companies as a way of kind of laundering their credibility and keeping that money in apparently productive motion. Softbank is laundering Saudi money specifically, and their ventures typically combine with some variant on union busting, undermining labour regulations or, in this case, being an unregulated landlord. It's a progression on the same scam as buying up half of London in the form of unoccupied luxury flats.

Darth Walrus posted:

Best take I've seen yet on the government's new initiative:

https://twitter.com/xtophercook/status/1299248051656237056?s=21

A lot of office based companies don't even want their employees back at work, as far as I can tell. It's actually great for them! They can reduce their offices or negotiate lower rent, they can lay off a bunch of support staff like cleaners and security, their employees are bearing electricity costs and sometimes equipment costs themselves, a lot of people are actually working longer hours and being more productive in those hours, you can monitor practically all of your workers' communications, they're more isolated and less likely to organise, and at the same time people are actually happier with their jobs! This is the kind of thing that unions would have rioted over if bosses had tried to push it themselves and unions still had any actual power.

# ? Aug 28, 2020 12:39

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# ? May 27, 2024 12:52

kecske: Feb 28, 2011; it's round, like always

sebzilla posted:

External. And yeah the screen could probably be replaced relatively easily I suppose. I've already got a new one though so I don't need to make it work for my own purposes, just want to get the best value back out of it.

It's about 6-7 years old I think.

may I suggest grifting for donations under the guise of charitable support?

# ? Aug 28, 2020 12:43

peanut-: Feb 17, 2004; Fun Shoe

jaete posted:

Wait. Are you sure this is the case in general?

Pretty sure but it's hard to find reliable numbers. Inflation has averaged 2.4% a year since 2013, I don't think London rents have increased that much in any year in that span. Since 2017 especially London rents have been almost flat.

Still expensive as balls mind you, and it's not like wages have kept up with inflation either.

# ? Aug 28, 2020 12:46

NotJustANumber99: Feb 15, 2012; somehow that last av was even worse than your posting

big scary monsters posted:

people are actually happier with their jobs! This is the kind of thing that unions would have rioted over if bosses had tried to push it themselves and unions still had any actual power.

Hmmm.

# ? Aug 28, 2020 12:50

Pistol_Pete: Sep 15, 2007; Oven Wrangler

The company that I work for is reopening very cautiously, 'cos we've been doing fine with everyone working from home and they no longer trust the government to take any sort of consistent line on the issue. We'll be at max 30% capacity in the office into 2021.

# ? Aug 28, 2020 13:10

OwlFancier: Aug 22, 2013

UK journalism .txt

https://twitter.com/LibyaLiberty/status/1299261144817901569/photo/1

# ? Aug 28, 2020 13:14

Red Oktober: May 24, 2006; wiggly eyes!

OwlFancier posted:

UK journalism .txt

https://twitter.com/LibyaLiberty/status/1299261144817901569/photo/1

You don�t even need to scroll to the picture to know he�s white with a statement like that. (The killer not the victims)

Red Oktober fucked around with this message at 14:20 on Aug 28, 2020

# ? Aug 28, 2020 13:17

Jose: Jul 24, 2007; Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer

OwlFancier posted:

UK journalism .txt

https://twitter.com/LibyaLiberty/status/1299261144817901569/photo/1

the cowards deleted this tweet but its the opening paragraph of the article

what is wrong with these peoples brains

https://twitter.com/IsabelHardman/status/1299309212246343681?s=20

# ? Aug 28, 2020 13:20

NotJustANumber99: Feb 15, 2012; somehow that last av was even worse than your posting

For those that don't understand, imagine if you were poor and like your house is total poo poo, I bet you'd love the chance to escape that by going to work.

# ? Aug 28, 2020 13:29

Communist Thoughts: Jan 7, 2008; Our war against free speech cannot end until we silence this bronze beast!

Jose posted:

the cowards deleted this tweet but its the opening paragraph of the article

what is wrong with these peoples brains

https://twitter.com/IsabelHardman/status/1299309212246343681?s=20

they're basically right but like everything its just that the already horrible aspects of our dying society are being made worse by covid

and since the entire political system's purpose is to prevent positive change the only solution is to send people back to their previous misery only this time with a plague

# ? Aug 28, 2020 13:32

thespaceinvader: Mar 30, 2011; The slightest touch from a Gol-Shogeg will result in Instant Death!

Communist Thoughts posted:

they're basically right but like everything its just that the already horrible aspects of our dying society are being made worse by covid

and since the entire political system's purpose is to prevent positive change the only solution is to send people back to their previous misery only this time with a plague

Now abuse victims can be miserable both in and outside the house.

No, we won't provide reliable support for victims to have somewhere else to live, or for the removal of their abusers from their homes.

# ? Aug 28, 2020 13:41

blunt: Jul 7, 2005

NotJustANumber99 posted:

For those that don't understand, imagine if you were poor and like your house is total poo poo, I bet you'd love the chance to escape that by going to work.

It's almost as if it should come down to employee choice instead of government/business mandate.

Personally I'll be working from home for as long as possible, to the point of considering changing job to retain work from home.

# ? Aug 28, 2020 13:51

Comrade Fakename: Feb 13, 2012

I suppose one or both parties dying of COVID would effectively solve the domestic abuse issue.

# ? Aug 28, 2020 14:01

Jose: Jul 24, 2007; Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer

they're so loving poo poo. do they even know what the name of their own party is

https://twitter.com/LucyMPowell/status/1299299332005466113?s=20

# ? Aug 28, 2020 14:02

CGI Stardust: Nov 7, 2010; Brexit is but a door,
election time is but a window.

I'll be back

Jose posted:

they're so loving poo poo. do they even know what the name of their own party is

https://twitter.com/LucyMPowell/status/1299299332005466113?s=20

coaxing workers back into the hated office with government-supplied nibbles and treats

# ? Aug 28, 2020 15:43

Microplastics: Jul 6, 2007; It's what's for dinner.

CGI Stardust posted:

coaxing workers back into the hated office with government-supplied nibbles and treats

The National Donuts Scheme will reimburse employers for 80% of spend made against donuts, up to 1 donut per day per 5 employees, on Mondays and Sundays only. This will be paid for by cutting fire services and selling Richmond Park.

# ? Aug 28, 2020 16:04

Julio Cruz: May 19, 2006

today I saw a motorcycle hearse which was a thing I didn't know existed until now

# ? Aug 28, 2020 16:10

Biggus Dickus: May 18, 2005; Roadies know where to focus the spotlight.

sebzilla posted:

Hey computer people.

I've got an old Alienware laptop that has a hosed screen and charger. Am I better off selling it as is, or stripping it down and selling individual components? NB: my technical ability to do the second option is theoretical at best.

Get a quote for the screen and research prices of working laptops on eBay.

edit: if eBay price minus screen cost leaves you a healthy few quid, flog it on eBay, fixed or otherwise.
For reference, I dropped my ideapad 320S and it was �90 to replace the screen.

Biggus Dickus fucked around with this message at 16:19 on Aug 28, 2020

# ? Aug 28, 2020 16:14

OwlFancier: Aug 22, 2013

Julio Cruz posted:

today I saw a motorcycle hearse which was a thing I didn't know existed until now

If you drive it fast enough any vehicle can be a hearse, briefly.

# ? Aug 28, 2020 16:30

thespaceinvader: Mar 30, 2011; The slightest touch from a Gol-Shogeg will result in Instant Death!

Mostly by the time it would count as a hearse it would have ceased to count as a vehicle, surely?

# ? Aug 28, 2020 16:39

Jaeluni Asjil: Apr 18, 2018; Sorry I thought you were a landlord when I gave you your old avatar!

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/jk-rowling-award-return-trans-kennedy-human-rights-a9693626.html

Rowling to return award.
Sorry can't copy article as on phone at airport.

Awarding body disappointed with her Terfiness.

# ? Aug 28, 2020 17:18

Communist Thoughts: Jan 7, 2008; Our war against free speech cannot end until we silence this bronze beast!

Jaeluni Asjil posted:

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/jk-rowling-award-return-trans-kennedy-human-rights-a9693626.html

Rowling to return award.
Sorry can't copy article as on phone at airport.

Awarding body disappointed with her Terfiness.

jk: go ahead, it only makes my opinions worse

# ? Aug 28, 2020 17:32

thrashingteeth: Dec 22, 2019; depressive hedonia
always tired
taco tuesday

stev posted:

Who had "letting the youngs work from home is basically as bad as the holocaust"?

"I'm not suggesting we're living through comparable times, but human nature is repeating itself."

What faux intellectual garbage man, god I hate this country.
WHAT DOES HUMAN NATURE HAVE TO DO WITH THIS.

# ? Aug 28, 2020 17:38

happyhippy: Feb 21, 2005; Playing games, watching movies, owning goons. 'sup; Pillbug

thrashingteeth posted:

"I'm not suggesting we're living through comparable times, but human nature is repeating itself."

What faux intellectual garbage man, god I hate this country.
WHAT DOES HUMAN NATURE HAVE TO DO WITH THIS.

It's Richard Littlecock (thank you Viz as this will forever be his name to me) and the Daily Mail.
I would be surprised when he doesn't make a WW2 reference.

# ? Aug 28, 2020 17:48

ShaneMacGowansTeeth: May 22, 2007; I think this is it... I think this is how it ends

thrashingteeth posted:

"I'm not suggesting we're living through comparable times, but human nature is repeating itself."

What faux intellectual garbage man, god I hate this country.
WHAT DOES HUMAN NATURE HAVE TO DO WITH THIS.

It's ok, we exported him to that bastion of intellectual thought and expression that is Florida

# ? Aug 28, 2020 17:54

OwlFancier: Aug 22, 2013

What happens if human nature stops repeating? Do humans just dissolve?

# ? Aug 28, 2020 17:59

Miftan: Mar 31, 2012; Terry knows what he can do with his bloody chocolate orange...

OwlFancier posted:

What happens if human nature stops repeating? Do humans just dissolve?

Either that or transhumanism, I guess? I'm alright with either tbh.

# ? Aug 28, 2020 18:01

Bobby Deluxe: May 9, 2004

JK Rowling mishears and immediately begins drafting an open letter.

# ? Aug 28, 2020 18:06

thrashingteeth: Dec 22, 2019; depressive hedonia
always tired
taco tuesday

I went to find more articles he had written on the Daily mail, realised that the Mail Online has a section for women called "Femail" and promptly shut it again.

Too much cursed content for a Friday.

# ? Aug 28, 2020 18:06

Guavanaut: Nov 27, 2009; Looking At Them Tittys
1969 - 1998; Toilet Rascal

Jaeluni Asjil posted:

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/jk-rowling-award-return-trans-kennedy-human-rights-a9693626.html

Rowling to return award.
Sorry can't copy article as on phone at airport.

Awarding body disappointed with her Terfiness.

I read her full letter so you don't have to.

Summary:

Lots of people wrote me letters and some of them were even trans.

Trans panic. Some people at women's places also have suspect views.

I gave money to gay people charities, so I can't be transphobic. But I'll strongly imply that trans people and women are separate categories (again).

I've got lots of sympathy for the sick trans and hope they find a cure.

Here's a website that sprung up yesterday with a huge donate button and a bunch of doctors whose names only seem to pop up on right wing sites.

They're upset that as soon as you go to a GP now and say you like different toys they put you on irreversible steroids and give you surgery.

Detransitioners.

RFKHR has stated that there is no conflict between the current radical trans rights movement and the rights of women. Thousands of terves disagree with this and told me so.

I'm giving my award back so I can keep being poo poo.

# ? Aug 28, 2020 18:14

crispix: Mar 28, 2015; Grand-Maman m'a raconté
_{(Les éditions des amitiés franco-québécoises)}

Hello, dear

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# ? Aug 28, 2020 18:15

the sex ghost: Sep 6, 2009

I've always been impressed by the mails shameless transition between 'are values are under attack' in the editorials and 'look which reality star put weight on this week' on the website

# ? Aug 28, 2020 18:15

ShaneMacGowansTeeth: May 22, 2007; I think this is it... I think this is how it ends

the sex ghost posted:

I've always been impressed by the mails shameless transition between 'are values are under attack' in the editorials and 'look which reality star put weight on this week' on the website

Look how they announced that Sarah Harding off of Girls Aloud had cancer

https://twitter.com/jessbrammar/status/1298638382650851329

# ? Aug 28, 2020 18:18

Guavanaut: Nov 27, 2009; Looking At Them Tittys
1969 - 1998; Toilet Rascal

crispix posted:

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Daily Mail version:
First they dressed up in very smart uniforms and we said that's what Britain needs too, a bit of iron discipline.
Then they came for the Communists, and we said good, they're a menace and shouldn't be on the streets.
Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and we said good, they're too powerful and disrupt industry.
Then they came for the Jews, and we said that thousands of stateless Jews were pouring into this country, and someone should do something about that too.
Then a war broke out and the government said that we couldn't keep openly supporting Hitler, which was very unfair.

# ? Aug 28, 2020 18:22

Red Oktober: May 24, 2006; wiggly eyes!

Guavanaut posted:

Daily Mail version:
First they dressed up in very smart uniforms and we said that's what Britain needs too, a bit of iron discipline.
Then they came for the Communists, and we said good, they're a menace and shouldn't be on the streets.
Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and we said good, they're too powerful and disrupt industry.
Then they came for the Jews, and we said that thousands of stateless Jews were pouring into this country, and someone should do something about that too.
Then a war broke out and the government said that we couldn't keep openly supporting Hitler, which was very unfair.