disgrunty

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[–] disgrunty 1 points 4 months ago

Dagnabbit you've got me there!

[–] disgrunty 1 points 4 months ago

That's good to hear! Hopefully it becomes more common or someone makes a universal kit to adapt existing vehicles someday. It probably wouldn't be as elegant as a built-in fix, but definitely less waste and expense.

[–] disgrunty 1 points 4 months ago

That would be ideal, I agree. But that doesn't mean we shouldn't make cars safer in the meantime for children, who don't have a say in the matter.

[–] disgrunty 2 points 4 months ago

I ended up Googling which episode Clara left and watching from the one after that. I love her actress but the character was unlikeable for me, too. Bill's era is pretty good imho, and I'm working myself up to the next doctor because I'm slightly dreading it after all the bad stuff I've heard. I did watch the specials with David Tennant because anything with Donna Noble is always, always mandatory for me.

If you liked 10 and Donna, you should absolutely consider watching the specials.

[–] disgrunty 6 points 4 months ago (7 children)

I don't have kids and I don't plan to, but instead of all the smart crap in cars, why don't car manufacturers put some kind of car seat detection in? Like a little alarm that plays if you walk away from your car with a baby or child in it?

They can tell if someone's in a seat without their seatbelt, they should be able to work out a way to detect car seats too. This is 100% preventable.

Hell, not even car manufacturers. If someone made a Hackathon-type event where the goal was to make the best baby alert system, I'm sure there's at least one smart person out there who could crack this.

[–] disgrunty 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The CEO at my last place used to forget his passwords at least once a week, would write them on Post-It notes on his desk (and lose them by day's end).

We had a dashboard that showed failed security and he was many, many times worse than the rest of the business combined. That man cost the business more in IT time than anyone.

This was a bank. Granted, a small lending-only bank but still, I would never get a mortgage or loan with these people.

They should have just put a Yubikey on his keys. He never lost those.

[–] disgrunty 3 points 4 months ago

Now THIS is something I want to see Gordon react to in an establishment!

[–] disgrunty -3 points 4 months ago

Yes, child rapists should be ostracised forever. As adults, we have a responsibility to protect the children in our communities. Sorry if this is hard for you to understand but the safety of innocent children is infinitely more important than the poor delicate feelings of a child rapist. If they don't want to suffer the consequences of their actions, then they shouldn't do the bad thing.

Also, he didn't even serve the full sentence given by the court that sentenced him. So no, he did not serve his punishment. That's a load of shite. His government extradited him and let him off easy. And then they effectively spat on the whole punishment again by letting him represent his country anyway.

It doesn't matter how long ago it was. The harm was still real. And it screams "we care more about perpetrators' rights than victims." Or maybe they don't care because the victim wasn't Dutch. I don't know.

I do however agree that they shouldn't go after his family. He committed the crime, not them. Even if I am disgusted by the very idea of anyone willing to sleep with a nonce. Still not my business.

[–] disgrunty 9 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Kavernacle just did a very succinct video on this exact topic https://youtu.be/JmA-0it04Wk?feature=shared

It really does feel like that right now, as someone who lives in northern England.

[–] disgrunty 14 points 5 months ago (1 children)

And it provides warm spots for cats to bask in.

[–] disgrunty 2 points 5 months ago

The only liberty they care about is their own liberty. Everyone else can go do one.

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