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Off the Record / Re: The Off Topic Topic
Last post by Jacob - Today at 02:40:29 AMSaw this on the internet the other day:
Denmark and Norway combined account for an incredible 407 medals at the winter Olympics.
Denmark and Norway combined account for an incredible 407 medals at the winter Olympics.
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Off the Record / Re: Brexit and the waning days...
Last post by Syt - Today at 02:14:19 AMQuote from: Richard Hakluyt on Today at 01:23:01 AMif we have any young readers present
Unless we have kids from some of our regulars lurking here I find that increasingly unlikely
#3
Off the Record / Re: Hungarian Politics
Last post by Tamas - Today at 02:02:48 AMQuote from: Sophie Scholl on February 23, 2026, 11:59:17 PMIt would be such a powerful message to the world if Fidesz got trounced thoroughly. I'm wondering if maybe they're just putting the effort you mention up as a front while they pillage everything they can access and send it offshore?
Oh yeah they have been stepping up the pillaging but it is hard to notice as it's been going on a massive scale already for a decade.
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Off the Record / Re: Brexit and the waning days...
Last post by HVC - Today at 01:40:45 AM #5
Off the Record / Re: The EU thread
Last post by Jacob - Today at 01:25:12 AMSweden is looking to reintroduce Frigates to their navy, apparently targeting 2030. Three proposals have been submitted - by Navantia in Spain, Naval Group in France, and Babcock in the UK.
https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2026/02/sweden-prepares-to-put-a-foot-back-in-blue-water-with-frigate-acquisition/
https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2026/02/sweden-prepares-to-put-a-foot-back-in-blue-water-with-frigate-acquisition/
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Off the Record / Re: Brexit and the waning days...
Last post by Richard Hakluyt - Today at 01:23:01 AMThe Labour manifesto also helped the Conservatives. Gerald Kaufman famously called it the "longest suicide note in history" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_longest_suicide_note_in_history
Given that it incorporated leaving the EEC (European Economic Community if we have any young readers present) I felt obliged, like many, to vote for a different party despite despising the Conservatives. It had other failings, principally it was too socialist for the country's taste and too isolationist for many socialists.
I also think that Reform may have shot their bolt though. Rupert Lowe and his Restore Britain party is outflanking them on the right. As a response, or possibly to keep money flowing in from right-wing American donors, Reform has gone large on anti-immigration policies that show precisely who they are https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/feb/22/reform-uk-ice-style-agency-end-leave-to-remain-zia-yusuf
The possibility of filthy ICE-style thugs patrolling Britain's streets will delight the true believers but maybe give the "we need a change" folks pause for for thought.
All these Reform and Restore Britain parties. I wonder if Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen could be persuaded to form a new party, Redecorate Britain, that could somehow weaken Reform's vote even further.
Given that it incorporated leaving the EEC (European Economic Community if we have any young readers present) I felt obliged, like many, to vote for a different party despite despising the Conservatives. It had other failings, principally it was too socialist for the country's taste and too isolationist for many socialists.
I also think that Reform may have shot their bolt though. Rupert Lowe and his Restore Britain party is outflanking them on the right. As a response, or possibly to keep money flowing in from right-wing American donors, Reform has gone large on anti-immigration policies that show precisely who they are https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/feb/22/reform-uk-ice-style-agency-end-leave-to-remain-zia-yusuf
The possibility of filthy ICE-style thugs patrolling Britain's streets will delight the true believers but maybe give the "we need a change" folks pause for for thought.
All these Reform and Restore Britain parties. I wonder if Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen could be persuaded to form a new party, Redecorate Britain, that could somehow weaken Reform's vote even further.
#7
Off the Record / Re: Youtube Recommendations
Last post by Syt - Today at 12:56:29 AMAh, nostalgia. 
Bud Spencer and Terrence Hill were some of my childhood heroes. 
Bud Spencer and Terrence Hill were some of my childhood heroes. #8
Off the Record / Re: Hungarian Politics
Last post by Sophie Scholl - February 23, 2026, 11:59:17 PMIt would be such a powerful message to the world if Fidesz got trounced thoroughly. I'm wondering if maybe they're just putting the effort you mention up as a front while they pillage everything they can access and send it offshore?
#9
Off the Record / Re: The AI dooooooom thread
Last post by Sophie Scholl - February 23, 2026, 11:53:23 PMI saw someone refer to ai as "the asbestos of the internet" in terms of how widespread it is and how difficult and costly it will be to remove in the future and I think it is a heck of a comparison.
...minus the whole fact that asbestos actually *did* do a good job in its original purpose when it was put in everywhere.
...minus the whole fact that asbestos actually *did* do a good job in its original purpose when it was put in everywhere.
#10
Off the Record / Re: The AI dooooooom thread
Last post by HisMajestyBOB - February 23, 2026, 11:01:37 PMQuote from: Valmy on February 23, 2026, 09:45:11 PMQuote from: Richard Hakluyt on February 23, 2026, 03:40:15 PMHumans, eh? What a bunch of bloody idiots we are.
But still vastly superior to AI
AI has managed to do things I never thought possible. Things computers in 1985 would have no problem doing, remembering very simple facts, AI fails to do with rather perplexing regularity. I am always astounded how much I have to hold AI's hand, I never have to do that with an Excel spreadsheet.
This and my experiences with AI led me to come up with this:
