Can't fool me, that's AI

Another year, another washing machine problem. Our previous Siemens one was replaced with a Bosch under an insurance policy 2 years ago after 6 engineer visits. Now this one is playing up. Engineer fixed it today, still not working properly. At least the Siemens lasted over 8 years before dying!

Virgin Media O2 announces 5GSA coverage across Surrey Read about Virgin Media O2 announces 5GSA coverage across Surrey. Broadband news from the longest running independent information website.

BS - our village is specifically named, but half the time at home we have no signal at all.
www.thinkbroadband.com/news/virgin-...

First trailer for Coyote vs. ACME, starring John Cena, Lana Condor, and Will Forte.

The Looney Tunes movie is in theaters on August 28.

Listening through my ancient Soundcloud catalogue (which is now not public). There are so many germs of ideas there that I've never followed up, but I guess most musicians have that problem. Time is running out before my fingers and/or brain seize up..

A dangerous blind spot in Donald Trump’s Iran war strategy America sets too little store by foreigners’ beliefs and values. It’s a costly mistake, each time

"...a damaging lack of curiosity about how foreigners really think."
www.economist.com/internationa...

Many happy memories

The only legitimate use of facial recognition cameras is for old people watching TV:
"He's the one from that film."
"No, you're thinking of whatsisname. But the woman is in that other thing."
"The one we don't watch?"
"No, she's younger and this one's blonde."
"She's had work done."
"David someone."

Spot on!

Love to know what colour

“I used AI to combine the data from two excel lists and then send emails to people who were on one list but not another. Saved me so much time.”

My brother in academia, you just fucking discovered mail merge. Welcome to early nineties computing.

True love: checking your blood pressure together

I reckon Trump himself seeded this story deliberately to try and make him look 'dangerous'.

That's always a saving grace, isn't it? 😭

Schools banning smartphones won't solve anything, the kids will just bring in Panini sticker albums of their favourite deadly ticktocks and misogynists rants.

Oh great, so I can have drawers full of dead phone batteries again

I believe that history is not on their side...

Why Do Humans Cry? An Evolutionary Biologist Explains Its True Purpose Research suggests that crying is not a sign of weakness, but one of the most sophisticated social technologies in the natural world.

You can smell tears, apparently
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It's going to be even worse the next time they appoint Peter Mandelson

Big Surprises at Mark Stuckey's Workshop! YouTube video by Dominic Chinea

Must admit I'm a little jealous of Mark Stuckey (of Repair Shop fame). Hobbyist extraordinaire.
youtu.be/gXQV8MkfBNc?...

Had to replace 1 broken cabinet door knob. So I now have 18 different cabinet door knobs, none of which fit. Currently gluing the broken one back together.

He's gonna use bold type on his Powerpoint, isn't he?

Never realised he was a mime artist

But how does it affect Elons?

So I guess zoetrope is Word Of The Month now

A bit of sun makes Mrs K crazy

There’s life in the old apple tree yet ❤️

One famous issue of PC Direct magazine when I worked at Ziff Davis in the 90s ran to 1000 pages.

So here’s are 2 octopus planters I commissioned from a Scottish potter (Church Mouse Ceramics and Glass)

Archaeologists in the Holy Land just uncovered a 3,000-year-old Israelite tablet…

It reads: “Iran is only weeks away from developing a nuclear weapon.”