[-] wolfylow@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago

Native English speaker here - my English teacher at school always used to say that in order to write well, you need to read well.

That probably doesn’t help you in the short term, however! But, yes - finding “good” authors you enjoy is a good way to go.

[-] wolfylow@lemmy.world 38 points 1 month ago

Reminds me of the Netflix show “American Factory” about a Chinese factory opening in the US.

Quite a fascinating clash of cultures.

[-] wolfylow@lemmy.world 66 points 2 months ago

I think this is what happens when mainstream political parties legitimise this kind of anti-immigrant rhetoric.

Everyone is pointing at social media, what about Sunak/Braverman/Patel? Not to mention the odious Farage.

I lay a lot of the blame at their feet.

And also - I realise it makes no sense (the perpetrator is British born!) but as has so often been said: You can’t reason someone out of a position they didn’t reason themselves into. So yeah, here we are. Madness.

[-] wolfylow@lemmy.world 21 points 2 months ago

Yeah this was the main take-away for me, too. You’d expect they’d have ironclad QA when doing shit like this.

[-] wolfylow@lemmy.world 22 points 2 months ago

Found this post that explains what happened in detail: https://lemmy.ohaa.xyz/post/3522666

As an application developer (rather than someone who can/does code operating systems) I was just left open-mouthed …

Looks like they’re delivering “code as content” to get around the rigour of getting an updated driver authorised by MS. I realise they can’t wait too long for driver approval for antivirus releases but surely - surely - you have an ironclad QA process if you’re playing with fire like this.

[-] wolfylow@lemmy.world 32 points 2 months ago

Outstanding. You don’t often see content this good.

[-] wolfylow@lemmy.world 47 points 9 months ago

No shit, Sherlock.

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Don’t all rush … over 120kg of cocaine packages have washed up on NSW (Australia) beaches over the last few days.

Members of the public keep finding 39kg packages and I can’t help thinking “surely they’d have packed them rounded up to 40kg” … and wondering where the missing 1kg is …

[-] wolfylow@lemmy.world 79 points 11 months ago

Israel is seriously losing the plot. And possibly it’s grasp on reality.

Don’t they have a super right-wing government right now? This kind of frothing at the mouth sure sounds like it.

[-] wolfylow@lemmy.world 174 points 11 months ago

I mean, I do understand him saying: “don’t cut off water and power to over a million civilians, because it will be counterproductive in the long term”.

But what he should really be saying is “don’t cut off water and power to over a million civilians because that’s fucking evil”.

How did we get to this position where no leaders of the West will stand up and call this out for what it is?

I understand it’s a complex situation, but treating an entire people like they’re subhuman is morally unacceptable. And I can’t fucking believe that the sodding Israelis - of all people - don’t know this.

[-] wolfylow@lemmy.world 54 points 1 year ago

Man I wish we hadn’t all fallen for the “don’t be evil” motto all those years ago.

This move from Google is utter, utter bullshit.

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You have to laugh … I remember Glastonbury, up to my knees in mud - it’s all part of the fun. Having said that, it’s unlikely turn into a survival situation in a field in Somerset, so not really that comparable …

[-] wolfylow@lemmy.world 42 points 1 year ago

Interesting how little mention there is of lemmy/kibn/the fediverse in these articles about Reddit’s demise.

[-] wolfylow@lemmy.world 60 points 1 year ago

Funny but when I see a Tesla, I now judge the owner. Never used to care one way or another but.

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