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matthewmorganon Pondering routing more of my traffic via nodes outside the UK

Do you ever spend time thinking about your own opinions, or just other people's?

matthewmorganon UK Brings in Full Social Media Ban for Under-16s

I presume I'll be forced to dox myself for free to use those platforms?

matthewmorganon Statement on US government directive to suspend access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5

Bye!

matthewmorganon Removable batteries in smartphones will be mandatory in the EU starting in 2027

Another anti poor person law

matthewmorganon The Age Verification Trap: Verifying age undermines everyone's data protection

That was the goal.

matthewmorganon Every country should set 16 as the minimum age for social media accounts

I don't really like how western governments are coordinating all these massive law changes together. Something distinctly sinister about it.

matthewmorganon What nicotine does to your brain

https://archive.is/3WZx5

matthewmorganon Oxford loses top 3 university ranking in the UK

This is what happens when the didn't-earn-it crew roles in

matthewmorganon DoorDash to acquire Deliveroo

How does the fact that you can't see their number imply that they can't see your number?

matthewmorganon DoorDash to acquire Deliveroo

Do you know for sure that's the case for deliveroo?

matthewmorganon DoorDash to acquire Deliveroo

Last time I used deliveroo I got a spam/scam phone call 20 minutes later. I presume the drivers sell customer names, addresses, and phone numbers.

matthewmorganon Britain's police forces are cultivating cannabis

https://archive.is/VjwQz

matthewmorganon Why does Britain feel so poor?

Because a very few rich people are eating all the pies.

matthewmorganon How the U.K. broke its own economy

Why break your back when the prospect of owning your own home is so remote? Better to drop out.

matthewmorganon Who was Aleph Null? (2013)

Not sure if related but back in the day there was an aleph null associated with ADOM https://web.archive.org/web/19990428120058/http://www.aleph-...

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It's called virtue signalling

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Except those are actual holidays, where schools and shops close. See the difference?

matthewmorganon Some terminal frustrations

'I built a tool' no you didn't, you wrote a program. Stop larping

matthewmorganon Operation Leg – a pilot unlike any other (2020)

Whereas bagging on a dead war hero due to something you read in a book is highly creditable behaviour

matthewmorganon I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney, who does work for YC and startups. AMA

Do you believe there are such a thing as nations, or merely different economic zones?

matthewmorganon Road signs to help people limit radiation exposure in contaminated areas

Pages like this are completely unusable on mobile without adblock, and Google recently killed my ad blocker. Time to break this company up.

matthewmorganon It's time to abandon the cargo cult metaphor

Should we also do without the very important word 'taboo'?

matthewmorganon Engineer eats efficiently for $2.50 a day (2016)

Eating is the easy part. Now wash up

matthewmorganon Germany Opened Its Doors to Migrants. Now It's Struggling to Cope

https://archive.is/juJ4C

matthewmorganon Germany Opened Its Doors to Migrants. Now It's Struggling to Cope

Germany didn't just open its own doors, it opened the door to the whole of the European Union. Shortly afterwards the brexit vote happened. Coincidence?

matthewmorganon Why are UK electricity bills so expensive?

Californian pricing would be okay if we had Californian living standards.

matthewmorganon Lfgss shutting down 16th March 2025 (day before Online Safety Act is enforced)

I'm sure Big Tech helped to write the bill.

matthewmorganon Sora is here

"Sora is not available in The United Kingdom yet". Available elsewhere, from Albania to Zimbabwe. Any particular reason why?

matthewmorganon The New Product Liability Directive

Ever feel there are too many politicians and lawyers, and they need to make work for themselves?

matthewmorganon Jury Nullification

In the UK the powers that be are desperate to get rid of juries. We shouldn't let them