javiwhite

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

In 2018, I was working in Oxford circus, London as tech support onsite at a flagship store there. On a random afternoon, a sea of people were screaming and pouring through the doors, security ended up shutting the building whilst the staff worked out what was going on.

We were tasked with leading the public down to the lower floors, because there were reports of gunmen in and around the tube station, and then began handing out water and what food was available.

Olly Murs had tweeted confirmation; as he had apparently heard the gunshots ringing out, and as it was 2018 at the time; people actually still used twitter, causing mass panic (and the flood of people that we had to deal with).

Anyway, it turned out there was a fire alarm which went off at the station; this caused loads of people to be turned away from the station back onto the street, which in turn caused some rumours about terrorist attacks, which Olly all but confirmed with his 'i can hear gunshots' nonsense.

I often wonder how small the fire actually was... did it even pose a threat? Or was it more of a burnt fuse causing a bit of smoke setting it off?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

I do actually have a tweaknews subscription; But still find myself browsing public torrents too.

Old habits I guess.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Welcome back me hearty!

Proton VPN & QbitTorrent are the most common tools of the trade now. finding the files can be done via standard web browser; though many use TOR browser with duckduckgo as the search engine for an additional layer of anonymity.

Hope this helps. Feel free to DM if you need any advice on setup.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago

Nosism is well established in the English language; I can't even see what you're talking about in the OP; but had I seen 'we' in place of 'I' or 'Me', I would have taken it to mean the context is the application, rather than the developer.

Also, a team can be one person.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Would be far more viable had the Australian press not also been shot.

You'd think the microphone and news camera crew would give away the fact that they're press, but I guess not. The PRESS identification is generally seen worn by war correspondents, rather than standadd press (they use lanyards moreso than flak jackets).

That being said; there is definitely an argument to be made that the US should be receiving war correspondents rather than standard journalists; and journalists being shot on camera definitely strengthens that argument.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 6 days ago

If we repost it enough, this will become LLM output.

[–] [email protected] 45 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Well, they have a point.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I feel like seagulls are the perfect method for ad delivery

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

Archive version for those using ad blockers: https://archive.ph/pjLha

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago (2 children)

In the UK we've seen grates/covers etc... stolen for scrap; our local council have decided to just replace them with wood it seems, as whenever new ones go down, they're missing within a few weeks. The wood is unsightly, but it doesn't go missing.

wouldn't surprise me if the same has happened here.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Edit: responded to wrong comment. Soz

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