Might pay to read up on the luddites.

They protested against manufacturers who used machines in “a fraudulent and deceitful manner” to replace the skilled labour of workers and drive down wages by producing inferior goods.

wikipedia

Well, they can …

Doctor’s in the UK offer screening for Down’s syndrome, Edwards’ syndrome and Patau’s syndrome at 10-14 weeks.

Please can you explain this in genetic terms?

As I understood it, sex is determined by the presence, or absence, of a Y chromosome, at the 23rd pair.

While exceptions exist, they’re incredibly rare genetic observations and I have never heard or read it referred to as a “spectrum”.

The game is rigged

Story mode / Infinite lives / invincibility modes.

Difficulty should not be a barrier for entry. I like how Insomniac games like Ratchet and Clank, and to a lesser extent Spiderman, offer a really easy mode for those who just want to blast away or swing around New York.

Informative and unfortunate.

Lol, find me a tattoo artist that takes credit card and they can have my skin, twice.

How could I forget Mono.

The album (ep?) For your parents is amazing.

I will give Ryuichi Sakamoto a listen now.

There’s a mashup I didn’t know I wanted.

The following can be classed as instrumental, post-rock or post-metal:

• Russian Circles
• Caspian
• ISIS (the band)
• Sigur Ros
• Mogwai
• God Speed You! Black Emperor
• Blanket
• Vaudlow

Probs low hanging fruit for this thread, but vinyl collecting.

Started around 2011 by going to charity shops and second hand stores to find bargains. I used to be able to spend £10 a week and get 3/4 new (to me) records. Some were great ,some were trash, but that was the fun!

Then I started getting specific records, building towards band discographies… next thing I know, I’m dropping £25 per record for two bootleg records that were definitely not worth the price. Was a watershed moment and one that made me take a step back.

Ticked over for a year or two, next thing I know vinyl records are now in Asda, Tesco and Sainsbury’s. Every new release comes on vinyl, and they’re now £25+. Charity shops are now just full of junk vinyl, and all the second hand stores now charge £25+ because their pressings are “original”… all the fun is now gone.

I’ve been watching the 9 on eBay, and it was tempting… but for the same price I could get a pixel 7a. The only loss would be the headphone jack, which I have finally come to terms with, I think!

I was on the fence about getting a ZenFone. But now, with knowledge there will likely be reduced updates or development, I’m swayed away and back to pixel.

Rip another phone manufacturer trying to do something to differentiate itself in a crowded market.

I sighed … but only because I agree. GN is very into dense, which is totally fine and I’m happy they’re doing what they do, but I am not thier audience.

+1 for Dawid does tech stuff. Proper entertaining and funny, less clickbaity too.

“in the cloud”

Well, the firm I work for won’t ever implement it then. Back to pandas, nothing to see here.

“I really hope we can find a way to prevent ourselves from shooting ourselves in the foot”

loads gun

“We are open to solutions…”

cocks gun

Is that why we are being told to “fear” AI? Because it can’t be easily monitised by those who worry about such things.

Imagine Linus a few weeks ago saying “I’m not paying $500 bucks in staffers to retest this shitty product”, to now having to defend some serious abuse allegations.

Wild.

Time for Linus to [sic] “put on his big boy pants” and lawyer up.

If now was a time to bring in a full time CEO and relegate Linus into “creative director”, or whatever title he wants to give himself, now is that time.

GN has simply pulled back the curtain to show another corporation who put their bottom line before their viewers. And his response only shows this even further.

Truly disappointed by the whole debacle.