Monday Links from the Gap Between Teams Meetings vol. DCCCLXXII

[NickFitz]

I see the AI bubble is starting to burst. Good job I gathered this selection of fine reading matter by hand, just like we used to in the old days

• The Militia and the Mole - Infiltrating the far right weirdoes of the USA: ”A wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover, climbing the ranks

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[Protagoras]

"The air traffic control outage that caused thousands of flights to be grounded across the UK earlier in the week was caused by a military aircraft entering “spurious” flight data into the system, according to a report."

https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...control-outage...

[Protagoras]

What happens when AI works out that the root cause of the world's problems is too many humans on the planet?

Okay, in the UK, government is working to help solve that with underfunded NHS, expensive food and unaffordable energy prices, but I rather suspect that the AI systems will work...

[milanbenes]

life

well our younger dorter starts uni in October and I gotta say, and not complaining like, but this period while they're both studying is the most expensive period in terms of monthly outlay that I've experienced

just sayin'

an I need to get over it :-)
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[sadkingbilly]

latest vote buying deal from the Donald:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62kzr1jg0jo

god bless Amurka.

[DoctorStrangelove]

After all these warnings about drinking tea hotter than 65 deg C, it turns out that I'm ok:

My mug of tea was at 64 deg C.

Result.

[NickFitz]

The weather's getting gloomier, but it's always sunny on the Internet

• The Bleeding Hearts - ”An ex-cop pulled off the largest armed robbery in Austria’s history, with his friend’s mistress as his accomplice. But he wasn’t trying to get rich. He wanted to be a real-life Robin Hood.” Shame he didn't

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[Martin@AS Financial]

Key Points:

• UK annual house price growth remained broadly stable in August at 1.6%
• House prices were up 0.2% month on month

Full report here:

https://www.nationwide.co.uk/media/h...14-8msgc-5bxd8...

[sadkingbilly]

anyone know where to recycle computers? 3laptops, 1 desktop.
apart from binning them i mean.
i've tried three co's, but they want win11 compatible or £500 collection fee. FFS.
these wont run anything newer than win7.
i'm in east yorks, for my sins....

[Protagoras]

Great to see the work that the CUK team is putting in to expose the goings on with these so-called loans.