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  1. jonbob_newcastle

    The race to Shackleton Crater is on—will Jeff Bezos or China get there first?

    I tend to agree with @Erbium168. There's a difference between coveting your neighbour's ass and sailing the seven seas, claiming every ass, ass farm and tract of land with ass-farming potential you lay eyes on.
  2. jonbob_newcastle

    Florida surgeon charged with killing man after removing liver instead of spleen

    Public healthcare isn't immune either, although in this case the surgeon merely signed his work...
  3. jonbob_newcastle

    Florida surgeon charged with killing man after removing liver instead of spleen

    Junior doctors being afraid to challenge their superior is such an old trope it's literally the first episode of Law & Order.
  4. jonbob_newcastle

    US jobs too important to risk Chinese car imports, says Ford CEO

    They sell rebadged Opel/Vauxhall Astras too.
  5. jonbob_newcastle

    Google launches search app for Windows, Gemini app for Mac

    The Aussies can do it in two: “Yeah, nah.”
  6. jonbob_newcastle

    US jobs too important to risk Chinese car imports, says Ford CEO

    Has this guy been in the deep freeze for the past thirty years or what? “Become”? Maybe it’s different in the Americas but the European market has never been particularly taken with what the US marques have had to offer.
  7. jonbob_newcastle

    Americans ask AI for health care. Hospitals think the answer is more chatbots.

    I'm reminded of the episode where Harry attempts to make by a new EMH by simply dumping all the medical literature and adding some basic code, but all it can do is stand there and recite Gray's Anatomy.
  8. jonbob_newcastle

    Websites that hijack your back button must stop by June 15 or face Google’s wrath

    Don’t worry, they’re still happy to run ads for liars, scammers and outright fraudsters.
  9. jonbob_newcastle

    Shock from Iran war has Trump’s vision for US energy dominance flailing

    Isn’t it 0.9c though? Petrol stations in the UK also charge eg. 175.9p/l. I have a vague recollection that it used to be .5p instead.
  10. jonbob_newcastle

    Shock from Iran war has Trump’s vision for US energy dominance flailing

    Given what happened with the late pope and the late Queen Elizabeth, I wonder if perhaps we could put JD Vance in a room with Liz Truss and see what happens.
  11. jonbob_newcastle

    Shock from Iran war has Trump’s vision for US energy dominance flailing

    Orban lost heavily today and a two-thirds majority seems likely for Magyar, which will make undoing some of the constitutional changes that Orban made much easier. We were due a bit of good news, so that’s nice.
  12. jonbob_newcastle

    Shock from Iran war has Trump’s vision for US energy dominance flailing

    He also doesn’t understand the difference between political asylum and a lunatic asylum.
  13. jonbob_newcastle

    AI models are terrible at betting on soccer—especially xAI Grok

    I didn't cite anything, nor did I mention polo. Now, where's that ignore button? I have enough salt in my diet already.
  14. jonbob_newcastle

    AI models are terrible at betting on soccer—especially xAI Grok

    That's a shame. Until a few years ago the English women's team barely got a mention either, but after they reached the final back in 2023 there was a groundswell of public support verging on honest to goodness patriotism and a lot more young women and girls took up an interest in the sport. A...
  15. jonbob_newcastle

    AI models are terrible at betting on soccer—especially xAI Grok

    As a Brit I call it football, but as a point of interest it’s called football because it’s played on foot, as opposed to on horseback.
  16. jonbob_newcastle

    YouTube increases Premium price again, says 90-second unskippable ads are a bug

    It’s to remove ads in regular videos, and enable downloading and background playback. There are some films and TV shows available PPV on YT, and there used to be a thing called YouTube TV but neither are covered by ‘YouTube Premium’. Funny how they use “premium” to mean “not completely covered...
  17. jonbob_newcastle

    YouTube increases Premium price again, says 90-second unskippable ads are a bug

    Premium Lite gets rid of “most video ads” - £10.49 ($14) Premium - £17 ($23)