@whimsical for one thing the day I run out is the day I remember to order more...

Didn't read, just gave ++ to put you at 50k.

@antigermgerm the irony is, which demographic do you think will find it easiest to work out how to get around the blocks? Kids and teens.

I remember my school had network blocks on stuff. We saw it as a challenge.

@AlgoRythm fair, I hadn't read too deeply when they said it was mostly public information anyway. But it's a Google internal instance by the sounds of it which surprised me.

@MM83 I'm still bummed the onion was blocked from buying infowars

@MM83 I think the BBC is somewhat unique in it's reporting compared to other mainstream outlets in the UK and other countries (I have limited knowledge of other countries though). My impression of other corrections are usually court ordered.

I like the BBC. They report on their own failures.

https://bbc.co.uk/news/articles/...
https://bbc.co.uk/news/live/...

@AlgoRythm I have a 30cm/12inch chef knife in my kitchen. My mother once dropped it, stabbed herself in the leg and needed stitches. I'm allowed it. Walking around outside and brandishing it as a weapon and it would be taken away from me. That's a concession I'm fine with.

@MM83 this. The Brit subreddits have some talk about banning this stuff cuz it's always from accounts with no activity. It's just trying to be divisive and creating a false impression of concern.

https://bbc.co.uk/news/...

To be clear, there's talk of a similar law in a lot of other countries including AMERICA, land of the carrot.

A lot to unpack here, first it's not just the UK but we're unfortunately the first. Second, yes knives, gardening tools and stuff get confiscated but only when used inappropriately. When compared to America, I think last time I looked London has fewer stabbings per person than New York. We have a tiny number of shootings, so if you're American, shut the hell up.

But most importantly, it won't last. MPs have been told off for watching porn while Parliament is in session. There'll be one or two data leaks and it'll get shuffled under the carpet as "impractical". Plus, they've been playing cat and mouse trying to ban streaming sites for ages. Are they really going to add to that list VPNs which are already hardened against government monitoring from Russia, China, etc? And just "every other site that doesn't follow your rules"?

I'm betting the next big shake up will be when they try to delist GTA from Steam and Rockstar lawyers either nuke everyone or a new and suddenly very popular payment processor is set up and people see a visible example of this not being justifiable or acceptable. Hot Coffee round 2.

I like pretty colors and blinking. I'm a child at heart.

@TeachMeCode like, half my career...

Or anyone that remembers AP Calculus/A-level math. Alas, I did university physics so I was waiting for it to get hard. I mean, it's a partial differential but there's no second variable! C'mon!

Did you suffer brain damage before or after the advent of AI?

@SidTheITGuy I'm not sure you know what flattery is. I'm guessing nobody has ever complimented you.

@antigermgerm ye gods, I'm a psychopath man. I'll argue for fun. Sid said people were running from him, he sounded like he was lookin for a barney so barney I will. Alas, he's run off again. Whining like a puppy.

@SidTheITGuy are you sure? It seems to have pretty effectively diffused your original comment and pushed you onto the back foot. Seems like you're the one with the skill issue.

@SidTheITGuy wait, shit, I'm considered cool? Awesome. Good to know.

I feel like Sid has run away whimpering like a puppy.

You're a cunt.

@donkulator most of the developed world's banking system runs on cobol. This is something less developed countries have an advantage on.

@AlgoRythm I've still not had chance to use modules, but in theory, modules!

@tamagotchi I can't take you seriously while typing that poorly. Go home grandad.

@antigermgerm you seem very angry. Have you tried therapy or is talking about your feelings too "woke"?

@antigermgerm for someone that doesn't have an opinion on this matter, you seem to have contributed to it quite a bit.

@antigermgerm imagine repeating the same opinion again and again because you're bitter nobody cares what you think.

@Lensflare no, yellow is old timey racist for Chinese

OK so this is one thing the blockchain kiddies got right... Decentralise everything.