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Yeah Asians need to stop this, it’s very disruptive. Inconsiderate people
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Fascinating case of people saying they hate the automation, but actually prefer it in real world settings. Many such cases, and this one was sorta by accident.
Contrary to popular belief, the kiosk was not, at least initially, developed as a labor-saving device.
They first emerged at McDonald's locations in France in 2007, for a relatively simple reason, per the company's IOM President Manu Steijaert: Peak times in the country can get very busy, with hundreds of customers per hour.
The company's restaurants didn't have the capacity to add registers to handle that capacity, which led to lost customers.
So McDonald's France, where it's known as McDo, added kiosks into its restaurants to be able to handle that capacity. and realized that a lot of customers preferred them. They also generate higher sales, because customers feel less rushed ordering on a kiosk and will sometimes select more. The kiosk also always suggestive sells.
Kiosks quickly spread through Europe and are now everywhere in the U.S. They also tend to be divisive: Some customers hate them. Some love them.
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h8 her think she should rot in prison forever but god this was so cunt
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This is a huge unforced error in UK AI policy. By default this will force many firms to comply entirely, pushing us to align with the failed project of European technology regulation and risking a further exodus of firms and talent.
So today the UK Government has agreed that part of the UK be subject to aspects of the controversial EU AI Act, a law we did not make and cannot change. There will inevitably be pressure for the rest of the UK to align. bit.ly/4javamY
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Adding wings to buildings is something we used to do to little or no controversy.
Over time Buckingham Palace first had enormous wings added (1820s), next it was turned into a quadrangle (1847), and after that the Portland Stone frontage with that iconic balcony was added in the 20th Century (1913).
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Could you imagine?
Sadly it would take 84 years of planning applications, £3 billion in consultations, and a network of new tunnels to preserve the rats below ground.
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Donald Trump charges $1M just to join Mar-a-Lago. Its first owner left it to America's presidents for free.
In 1973, cereal heiress Marjorie Merriweather Post willed it to the US government as a winter retreat.
In 1981, Washington gave it back. Too expensive to keep.
Asking price: $20M.
The buyer: Trump, 39.
CBS asks if he paid $5M.
"Well, you said that. I didn't say that."
"I won't discuss that on national television."
The full deal reportedly came to about $10M.
At a table set with gold, he wonders:
"What am I doing here? How did this happen?"
He walks the crew through 118 rooms.
"It's considered the number one home far and away in America."
The early '90s. His Atlantic City casinos go bankrupt.
He tells Palm Beach $3M a year in upkeep is too much for one owner.
The town won't let him split the land into lots.
In 1993, they agree on a private club. 500 members max.
The entry fee climbs to $1M. Members can book suites for the night.
In 2025, the club brought in $77.5M.
Nearly 8x what he paid for the whole estate.
Back then, the town feared a hotel casino. He told CBS:
"I have no intention of doing anything like that."
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None literally NONE as in ZERO of our day to day problems are because of Brexit.
It's ALL because of you shit politicians
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I'm not a fan of the 2012 Visual Identity, but I will concede that is work, because it was a system, and well executed. and this document? 183 page of JUICE.
Love it!
Transport for London Freedom of Information release:
TfL has confirmed it holds and supplied the original London 2012 spectator wayfinding signage manual, covering design, installation, accessibility, transport links, crowd management and removal.
Link below ⤵️
ALT A manual page titled "2.2 Colours" detailing the colour palette for the 2012 Games signage, featuring large swatches of magenta, dark magenta, and white, alongside the London 2012 Paralympic logo and its constituent colour codes.
ALT A manual page titled "2.9 Pictograms – secondary messages" showcasing columns of transport network symbols, single pictograms, multi-pictograms, and facility icons used for secondary sign information.
ALT A manual page titled "2.14 Transport overlay signs" demonstrating various layout options and examples of applying temporary vinyl overlays onto existing TfL station signs to indicate Olympic and Paralympic venues.
ALT A schematic route map titled "4.1 Last Mile – typical route plan" illustrating a pedestrian network with a prominent magenta trail, various numbered sign locations, and a detailed legend explaining route types and contingency paths.
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Transport for London Freedom of Information release:
TfL has confirmed it holds and supplied the original London 2012 spectator wayfinding signage manual, covering design, installation, accessibility, transport links, crowd management and removal.
Link below ⤵️
ALT A manual page titled "2.2 Colours" detailing the colour palette for the 2012 Games signage, featuring large swatches of magenta, dark magenta, and white, alongside the London 2012 Paralympic logo and its constituent colour codes.
ALT A manual page titled "2.9 Pictograms – secondary messages" showcasing columns of transport network symbols, single pictograms, multi-pictograms, and facility icons used for secondary sign information.
ALT A manual page titled "2.14 Transport overlay signs" demonstrating various layout options and examples of applying temporary vinyl overlays onto existing TfL station signs to indicate Olympic and Paralympic venues.
ALT A schematic route map titled "4.1 Last Mile – typical route plan" illustrating a pedestrian network with a prominent magenta trail, various numbered sign locations, and a detailed legend explaining route types and contingency paths.
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As someone with ADHD. Giving someone with adhd benefits is the worst thing you can do for them. The whole thing is you need urgency to be productive. You are just taking away their main source of motivation
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She’s fucking bang on with everything
'Double amputees run marathons': Kemi says having ADHD does not justify disability benefits as she unveils plan to cut £36billion from welfare bill trib.al/g2zldWS
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TL;DR: The hardware team cooked, and the software team shit the bed.
Nothing new.
I've had the new Proled macbook for the last few days and daily driving has been a doosy.
Heres some thoughts.
Touch screen is not for me. As an engineer who uses it in clamshell about 60% of the time, it does not make sense to have something that can be touched.
When using it as a laptop, it is absolutely pointless too. Steve jobs is correct about his critique on touchscreen laptops to this day. (Also fingerprints on it suck)
The dynamic island.
Is the most disappointing thing I've ever seen from apple in my life. I genuinely had to double take and check that this thing was not some dollar store knock off clone of the ios one which came pre installed.
I am utterly shocked that apple let this slide. Its playback bar is far too thick for its own good, its animations feel incomplete, and the layout justification around island content is useless.
IT ALSO for some fucking reason doesnt dismiss until you go back and click it again. I am genuinely shocked at how bad this is. Alcove is a FAR better notch in every way then this, and i say it in the most unbiased way i can.
The weight.
Its insanely light, even lighter than a 14" m4 mbp. Absurd to see and no notes there. It also somehow runs far cooler which is great.
The screen.
Oled is beautiful, we all know it is.
Overall it is a meaningful upgrade from the m4 max in terms of build quality, performance, and screen quality. I would, however, struggle to make a good argument to warrant upgrading from the m5 max.
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Burnham has opened Pandora’s Box over betraying Brexit. Even his own seat in Makerfield could dump him. Is it really worth it?
EXCLUSIVE: Andy Burnham faces Brexit civil war as GB News reveals list of Labour MPs who oppose rejoining EU. gbnews.com/politics/andy-bur…
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Less than 60% of pupils in English schools are White British and just over half of births in England and Wales are White British.
It is very demographically plausible that White Britons will become a minority around the 2050s or 2060s.
No one is debunking this unless a combination of the following occur:
1) The White British birth rate substantially improves in the coming decades and other ethnic groups don't
2) Gross immigration (not net migration) essentially falls to zero and stays there
3) Substantial numbers of migrants end up leaving the country
