Waking up to videos of Elon Musk doing Nazi salutes on the podium at a US presidential inauguration; what a way to start the day!
I saw the stills, I thought “Nah, that’s been taken out of context.” Then I saw the video and an actual feeling of dread settled in my stomach.
It doesn’t even matter if it was really just a deliberately provocative prank.
Generally, this has been harder than it needs to be because there’s quite a lot of out of date information out there.
One thing that really threw me was trying to work with responsive layouts. I kept seeing this:
Parent.Width *
Switch(Parent.Size,
ScreenSize.Small, 0.5,
ScreenSize.Medium, 0.3,
0.25)Well, Parent.Size just didn’t want to work for me. I did eventually find out why: Size is a property of Screen controls. So, if you have a Screen control called “Main” Main.Size will get what you want.
Obviously if you’re working with a control that has a Screen as a parent, Parent.Size will work. So, while Parent might be useful shorthand when you’re writing… it’s not when you’re learning.
This took much longer than I expected. Forget Trump, the guy was already an avowed “great replacement conspiracy” nut…
I work with data in the UK public sector. For me, the accuracy of that data is paramount. I’ve certainly been in roles where the accuracy of the data was an unwelcome fact. While that’s not the case in my current role, I do have general concerns about the employment of AI in this area. This is along the lines of:
“We know it’s not completely accurate, but we also know no-one is really looking at it too closely, so what is the value of being accurate?”
The Bafta winner speaks about his new show and why young people are getting interested in folklore.
I like to think of it as a backlash against commercial and globalisation. It’s a popular refrain from the right that we’ve lost our British identity. I’m not sure which identity that is, though, and people that say it also seem to struggle to define it. Presumably an ideal from some point in the 19th century, when “red tape” and “wokeness” didn’t stop people making money. I can understand why reaching back before the “Age of Discovery” for some shared identity would appeal to people.
I feel similarly with paganism and the import of Christianity. When you consider the population of the UK was already 75% immigrants circa 400-800 CE/AD and you consider that Stonehenge was completed circa 1600 BCE/BC, it’s tricky to track down your cultural heritage.
A Tasmanian court has overturned an anti-discrimination ruling that shut down the Ladies Lounge.
(The Ladies Lounge provides) women with a rare glimpse of what it is like to be advantaged rather than disadvantaged
Well, I’m glad he gets it.
In Tactical Breach Wizards, you lead a team of renegade wizards in kevlar through turn-based battles to unravel a modern conspiracy plot. Combine their unique spells in clever ways, or rewind time to try every crazy plan you can think of to punch a Traffic Warlock through a 4th story window.
I been playing this over the last week or so and absolutely loving it. I’m not even sure the gameplay is the best part. The writing, world building and the art style are just so good.
Several things:
Firstly, how has this article been written without reference to Hot Fuzz?
Secondly, it’s not a bad idea. Especially considering:
If you’re 16 or 17 and accompanied by an adult, you can [already] drink beer, wine or cider with a meal.
Seems reasonable, right?
But, the major problem is that this does not remove the need for ID checks. Set the age at 16, you’ll get 13-14 year olds trying it on.
What we, in the UK, really need is culture shift where being falling down drunk is not tolerated and for landlords to abide by their license and stop serving such persons alchohol.
This is a story about four people named Everybody, Somebody, Anybody and Nobody.
There was an important job to be done and Everybody was sure that Somebody would do it.
Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it.
Somebody got angry about that, because it was Everybody’s job.
Everybody thought Anybody could do it, but Nobody realized that Everybody wouldn’t do it.
It ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody when Nobody did what Anybody could have.
FIN
I’m not a manager but if I ever become one I’ll be ashamed if I find myself in this position.
Jordan Peele's "Nope" is a sci-fi horror hybrid that leaves viewers with a lot of questions. We're explaining the most confusing moments from the film.
Spoilers!